OBITUARY - WILLIAM L. VANOVER

Submitted by: Vikki, VGDriver1 at aol dot com

Source: "Lewis River News," Woodland, Cowlitz Co., WA, Thursday, 16 Apr 1959


Bill Vanover Funeral Held

Services were held Wednesday for William L. Vanover, 60, of Woodland, who died
Saturday in a Vancouver Hospital.


He had been a resident of Woodland 33 years, and was born Sept. 16, 1898 in
Oregon City.  He has been employed as a truck driver and bookkeeper by Woodland
Truck Lines.  He was a veteran of World War I, and a member of the American
Legion, and Eagles Lodge No. 2764.


He is survived by the widow, Elizabeth; two sons, William, Redding, Calif., and
Al, Portland; two step-sons, Adran Sperling, Vancouver, and Jim Sperling,
Longview; 12 grandchildren; mother, Mrs. Mae Butts; a brother, Buss, Woodland;
four sisters, Mrs. Pearl Matthews, St. Helens, Mrs. Lena Beaver, Sedro Woolley,
Mrs. Viola Hill, Seattle, and Alice, Fairbanks, Alaska.


The funeral service was conducted in Woodland Christian Church Wednesday at 2
p.m., with the Rev. Clifford Bethune officiating.  Burial was in Woodland IOOF
Cemetery.