Death records for Grant County Oregon

John Day Valley Ranger

William Newton Vancil was born May 8, 1869 a few miles north of Milton, Oregon and passed away at the Blue Mt. General Hospital, Prairie City, Oregon. December 19, 1943 at the age of 74 years, seven months and 11 days.

In 1870 he went with his parents to Couse Creek. Six miles south of Milton and grew to manhood there, attending school in the school house which his father and other residents of that vicinity built.

He was married on July 9, 1896, to Miss Rosa Gibson of Milton, Oregon. They farmed near his birthplace until about 1910 then they moved to Freewater, Oregon where he had a second hand store and in 1914, they moved to Athena, Oregon where he had a livery barn. A little later they moved to Bear Valley and then to a ranch near Canyon City where they have lived ever since.

Surviving are his wife Rosa Vancil, and the following children Dan O. Vancil, Freewater, Calif., Mrs. Florence Schouten, Seneca,Or, Ray Vancil, Jackson , Calif.; Alva Vancil, Mc Call Idaho. Mrs. Delia Herburger, Canyon City, Mrs. Hazel Bergstrom, Lakeview, Wesley Vancil, Canyon City, Dallas and Virgil of the armed forces. Melvin Vancil, Dayville and Cecil Vancil John Day, 15 grandchildren and two sisters Mrs. Ann Carney of Milton, Oregon and Mrs. Lilly Huntley, Stanfield Oregon

Funeral services were held from the Driskeill Mortuary chapel, John Day, Wednesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Mrs. Josie Bach. Interment was in the Canyon City cemetery

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John Day Valley Ranger

Rosa Alice Vancil

Final rites were held Sunday for Miss Rosa Vancil of John Day, resident of eastern Oregon the past 66years. The late Mrs. Vancil died at 9:25 o’clock Friday morning at the John Day medical center and hospital where she has been a patient 14 days. Death was due to a heart ailment, which she had suffered several months. At the time of her death, she was 74 years, 3 months and 28 days old.

Services were held at the chapel of Driskill’s mortuary in John Day at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Officiating was the Rev. Fred L. Waller, pastor of the Community Methodist church of John Day. Burial was made in the Canyon City cemetery. Pallbearers were Charles W. Brown, William Grant and Niles Sproul of Canyon City and C.E.Gunther, Fred Lemcke and William Ste Marie of John Day. Out of town relatives attending the final rites were Mr. And Mrs. Cecil Vancil of Grants Pass, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Vancil of Ione, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Alva Vancil of Emmett, Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Vancil and family of Mt Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Harral of Pondosa, Mr. And Mrs. H. E. Bertgstrom of Lakeview, Mr. And Mrs. Harlan Schouten and sons of Portland, Mrs. Ora Wallace of Connell Wa., Mr. And Mrs. August Moroaco of Umpine, Miss Linnie Carney of Milton-Freewater, and Bert Gibson Walla Walla, Wa.

Rose Gibson, daughter of Horatio and Charlotte Hubler Gibson, was born June 29, 1880 of Earlton, Kansas. With her parents, she traveled from Kansas to Milton in Umatilla county in 1880. The trip across the plains of the Midwest was made by covered wagon.

The marriage of Rosa Gibson to W.N. Vancil was solemnized July 9, 1896 at Milton. To this union 13 children , nine who survived. The couple resided in that area until June 1915 when they moved to Grant County. Mr. Vancil died December 19, 1943 in Canyon City.

The deceased was a member of the Ellis Tracy Unit No. 77, American Legion Auxiliary. Her membership listed her as Gold Star Mother, Her son, Dallas, having been killed during World Was II.

Her survivors are three daughters. Mrs. Jerry (Florence) Harrol of Pondosa, Ms William (Della) Boethin of Canyon City, and Mrs. W.E. (Hazel) Berstrom of Lakeview: 6 sons, Raymond of Ione, Calif., Alva of Emmett, Idaho, Samuel of John Day, Melvin of Mount Vernon, Virgil of Pendleton and Cecil of Grants Pass; 29 grandchildren; 6 great-grand children, three sisters, Mrs. Ora Wallace, Connell Wash., Mrs. Della Nelson, Colfax, Wash, Mrs. Pearl Fairwather, Spokane, Wash., and a brother Bert Gibson of Walla Walla, Wash and two nieces, Mrs. Linnie Carney of Milton-Freewater and Mrs. August Moraco of Umpire

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HOLD UP MAN KILLED
Helena, Mont., March 8-A special from Canyon City, Oregon, says that James Montain, a Montana man, attempted to hold up a saloon and was killed by Bud Greenwell, the proprietor.

March 8, 1906 Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point Wisconsin

Pete French Reported Killed.
A report from Canyon City, Oregon, is to the effect that J.W. French, better known as Pete French, has been shot and killed by one of his neighbors in a dispute about land. French was one of the largest land and cattle owners in the State of Oregon. Some years ago he married a daughter of the late Hugh J. Glenn, who was a candidate for Governor of California at the time of the adoption of the new constitution, and the man for whom the county of Glenn was named.

December 20, 1897 Daily Nevada Journal, Reno Nevada

OREGON MOB LYNCHES PRISONER
Canyon City, Ore., Dec. 28-Orville Snyder, who killed Arthur Green near Junction bar in a row on December 24 and had given himself up to the authorities, was taken from Deputy Sheriff Casady while on his way to the county jail, by five masked men who shot him to death.

December 28, 1909 The Sheboygan Daily Press, Sheboygan Wisconsin