OBITUARY - EDNA (DOBLE) POLAND

Submitted by: Jan Redelsperger, jansperger at gmail dot com

Source: "Longview Daily News," Longview, Cowlitz Co., Washington, October 1942

Mrs. Edna Poland, Pioneer Resident, Laid to Rest

The funeral of Mrs. Edna Poland, 71, member of one of Cowlitz County’s best
known Pioneer families and a resident of Carrolls for nearly 50 years, who died
late Thursday, was held Saturday afternoon from the Central Christian Church
with Rev. W. L. Kingen, pastor, officiating.  

Six nephews served as pallbearers.  They were Merton and C. J. Patterson, Lou
and Wilbert Doble, and Lou and Ray Mooney.  Burial was in the I. O. O. F.
cemetery. 

Mrs. Poland was a member of the Doble family, who located in the Mt. Pleasant
district in the early 1890's.  She was born at Sac City, Iowa, July 31, 1871.
She made her home at Carrolls for a number of years and then the family moved to
Kelso.

Her husband, Judge George A. Poland, was Kelso justice of the peace and police
judge and a member of the local school board for many years.  They had resided
recently at 2116 ˝ Ocean Beach Highway.  

She was an active member of the Central Christian Church and had been a member
of St. Helens Rebekah Lodge during most of her residence here.

In addition to her husband she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Roy Watson,
Kelso, and Jeanne Poland, Seattle; two sons, Wayne, San Bruno, Calif., and Loyd
A., Longview; five grandchildren; her twin sister, Mrs. Ethel Paterson, Kelso;
two other sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Patton, Kelso, and Mrs. E. Griswold, Mt.
Pleasant, and a brother, Ernest Doble, Mt Pleasant.