OBITUARY - ORPHA BELLE (KNOWLES) SHEPARDSON

Submitted by: Diana Smith

Source: "Centralia Daily Chronicle."  Centralia, Lewis Co., Washington.  28 Oct
1933, p. 6

"Pioneer Cowlitz Resident Passes"

Kelso, Oct. 28---Mrs. Orpha Belle Shepardson, 64, who had resided in this
vicinity for half a century, died Thursday at her home.  She and her husband,
Arthur Shepardson, owned a large farm west of Longview that they sold to the
Long-Bell Lumber company, 10 years ago.  They have resided in Kelso since.
Survivors are the widower; a son, Lawrence Shepardson of Kelso, and four
daughters, Mrs. Ada Bagley, Mrs. Maud Parkingham, Mrs. Fay Prentiss and Mrs.
Leona High, Seattle; three brothers, Oliver Knowles of Portland; Henry Knowles,
Kelso; and Sherman Knowles, kelso; and two sisters, Mrs. Ida Weber, Kelso and
Mrs. Fred Stanley, Longview.