OBITUARY - DOLLY BERTHA (RHODE) UMIKER

Submitted by: TerriLyn Young

Source: "The Cowlitz County Advocate," 24 Jan 1957


Mrs. Dolly Bertha Umiker, 76, resident here for over 60 years, died Saturday in
Cowlitz General hospital, which she had entered the previous Sunday.

Dolly Rhode was born January 11, 1881, in Vancouver. The family came to Cowlitz
county in the late 1880's and lived for several years in the Toutle country,
where the father operated a mill. She was married to Abraham Umiker in 1903 at
Castle Rock. Mr. Umiker died in March 1936.

The survivors are two sons, Charles and Abraham, of Castle Rock; three
daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Larsen and Mrs. Doris Cunningham of Castle Rock and Mrs
Margaret Sowders of Portland; eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren;
three brothers, Herman and Henry Rhode of Castle Rock, and Charles, of Tacoma;
and two sisters, Mrs. Hannah Helms of Oswego, Oregon, and Mrs. Louise Lee of
Seattle.

The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock in the Hubbard
chapel with Laurence Morley, pastor of the Christian church, officiating. Ernest
Moore was soloist. Burial was in Hubbard cemetery.

The pallbearers were August Hanson, William C Graham, G. T. Cunningham, N.J.
Staadt, Delbert Maddux, and Ellis Davis.

The Hubbard Funeral home was in charge.