Jefferson County Washington Obituaries and Death Notices

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Obituaries and Death Notices

E. Carroll
PIONEERS WHO HAVE CROSSED THE RIVER -- Old Settlers of Johnson County Dying During the Year.
Sept. 1902- 27
E. Carroll, 87 years. Came to the county about 1850. Died at Port Townsend Washington.
[ Iowa State Press, Iowa City Iowa, August 20, 1903 - Submitted by Shauna Williams]

Jean Baptiste Deschamps
CENTENARIAN DEAD
Port Townsend, Wash., March 15 -- Jean Baptiste Deschamps died this evening at the St. Johns hospital at the advanced age of 102, having been born in Paris, February 28, 1798. He was an inmate of the hospital for six years. He was a direct descendant of the famous Deschamps, who figured prominently in French history during the reign of Napoleon.
[Source: Idaho Statesman - March 16, 1900 - Submitted by Sandra Davis]

Eleanor C. McCurdy
Eleanor Clack McCurdy died peacesfully February 19, 2004, in Seattle. Born September 26, 1913, in Havre, Montana, to Henry Earl and Margaret Turner Clark, she was one of six children. After graduating from Havre High School, Eleanor attended the University of Washington where she met and married Richard Francis McCurdy, native of Port Townsend, Washington, who became editor and publisher of the Port Townsend Leader newspaper. The family resided in Port Townsend where they became distinguished arts patrons and civic leaders. During her lifetime Eleanor was active in the Dr. Francis Delaney Guild of Children's Hospital, Community Concerts of America, Daughters of the American Revolution, S.L.A., and Alpha Gamma Delta soroity. In later years, she was a strong supporter of Centrum Arts and Jefferson General Hospital where she was memorials chairman for many years. Eleanor will be remembered as an elegant woman and gracious hostess who enjoyed social occasions with her many friends. She loved to read and possessed a remarkable vocabulary, a quick wit and an engaging sense of humor. An extensive traveler, she was proud to have visited most of the world's great art museums. Through her travels she met and enjoyed continuing friendships with people from all parts of the world. We will miss Eleanor and the lively spirit that always accompanied her. Eleanor was predeceased by her husband Richard in 1987, grandson Jason Andrew Lee in 1984, and is survived by sister margaret Clark Askew Cooper of Memphis, Tennessee and Whitefish, Montana; sister-in-law Barbara McCurdy Hill of Seattle; children Betsy Lee and husband Larry, Catherine Chatalas and husband John Ramsay of Seattle, Richard McCurdy, Jr. and wife Mary of Bainbridge Island; grandchildren Charles Lee of Sammamish, WA., Cassandra Lee, Houston, TX., Jody Chatalas and Helen Chatalas, both of Seattle; Winslow McCurdy, Bainbridge Island, Emma McCurdy and Beth McCurdy, London, England. She leaves two great grandsons and numerous nieces and nephews. Eleanor's last year was made comfortable by caregivers Tom and Marisol Kellough.
[Unknown newspaper, Feb. 28, 2004 - Submitted by Marla Snow]

Rutz
Highland-News reached us that the oldest son of Dr. Gallus Rutz, formerly of this place, died on the 13th inst at Port Townsend, Washington. [Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville Illinois - September 27, 1895 - Submitted by Shauna Williams]