Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon
William Fine Dies At Hospital
William Dodridge Fine, a resident of Wallowa County for over forty years, passed away at the Wallowa Memorial hospital Wednesday morning, June 6, 1951 following an illness of about four years.
He was born April 24, 1877 at Sprague, Idaho and was the son of Henry W. and Olive Fine. On June 22, 1915 he was married at La Grande to Miss Minnie C. Young. For many years the couple were prominent cattle ranchers and farmers on the hills northeast of Enterprise. A few years ago they retired to Enterprise and bought a home on Residence Street in the southeast part of town.
Survivors are his wife; two daughters, Joy, of Enterprise and June of Pendleton; his mother, Mrs. O.M. Fine, Prescott, Washington; one sister, Mrs. Clarice Williams, Danuba, California; four brothers, John, of Enterprise, Myron of Prescott, Washington, Jacob of Boise, Idaho and Hallie of Portland; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be from the Booth-Bollman Chapel Saturday afternoon, June 9 at
2: 00 o’clock with Rev. H.C. Stover officiating.
Source: Wallowa County Chieftain, June 7, 1951, Front Page
Contributed by: Sue Wells