OBITUARY: ETHYLE (TAYLOR) OYSTER

Submitted by: Linda Henson (Mullins), me@lindakellie.com

Source: Newspaper clipping; Jan. 8 1971


Ethyle Oyster dies at 73

    Mrs. Ethyle Oyster, widow of the late Byron Oyster and a native of Kelso
died Friday in a Portland nursing home. She was 73. Funeral services will be
Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ditlevsen-Moore Chapel with the Rev. Donald Irwin
officiating.
    The Oysters owned a farm on the banks of what is now Lake Sacajawea in the
early 1920s. They sold the farm to the Long-Bell Lumber Co. and it became a
densely populated residential area. The original farm house still stand and is
lived in.
    Mrs. Oyster was born Sept. 24 1897 in Kelso and lived most of her life in
Cowlitz County. She was a member and past matron of the Kelso O.E.S. No 98 and
she was a member of the Duaghters of the Nile, Zora chapter.
    In recent years, Mrs. Oyster had lived in Tacoma. Her late husband was a
long time employee of the Weyerhaeuser Co.
   Survivors include one son, Bryon Jr. of Tacoma; one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Erlandson of Beaverton, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Martha Smith of Tacoma and Mrs.
Nellie Dixon of Longview; siz grandchildren and six brothers, including Earl
Taylor of Longview, Bill and Frank Taylor of Kelso.