Mrs. Joel Stearns.
Word was received locally this week of the death of Mrs. Joel E. Stearns, which occurred Saturday, October 24 at Salinas, Calif. They had recently completed a fine home in that city.
Source: The Chehalis Bee-Nugget, 30 October 1931, page 5. Microfilm available at Washington State Library, 6880 Capitol Boulevard South, Tumwater, WA. 98512
Transcribed by Kathryn Lester. She has no further information on this individual.
[Editor's note: In the 1900 census for Claquato, Lewis Co., Washington, there is an entry for Joel E. Stearns, age 33, b. Dec 1866 in Washington, and wife Emily, age 33, b. June 1866 in Iowa.]