Marilyn Wright Powers contributed the following obituary for her grandmother's sister:

Source: The Lewis County Advocate (no date given)

Mrs. Katherine Blair
(Katherine Gore Blair)

Funeral services were held in Salkum for Mrs. Katherine Blair, wife of William Blair, who died in Tacoma. The family lived at Salkum many years before removing to Tacoma. Mrs. Blair was 59 years of age and in addition to her husband is survived by a son, Alfred, and three daughters, Mrs. Viva Campbell, Mrs. Esther Bence and Mrs. Elsie Lipstack of Tacoma. A brother, Ed Gore, lives at Castle Rock and two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Wright and Mrs. Maud Wright at Moro, Oregon. E. C. Fissel was in charge of the funeral services.

Notes:

(*my addition)
The children mentioned were step children.

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