Troy, Wallowa County, Oregon
Ray C. Hester, who was engaged in stock raising at Troy a few years beginning in 1918, died at Pendleton Monday after a short illness.
He was born at Emmetsburg, Iowa, 54 years ago, and the family moved to Lewiston, Idaho in 1904.
After leaving Troy he moved to Pendleton, and at the time of his death he was assistant cashier of the branch of the First National Bank of Portland.
Surviving are the widow, a son and a daughter and a brother and a sister.
Source: Enterprise Record Chieftain, Enterprise, Oregon, February 29, 1940, page 2
Contributed by: Sue Wells