Lostine, Wallowa County, Oregon
Memorial services for Mrs. Carrie Viola Caudle who passed away at the Wallowa Memorial hospital Monday afternoon, May 22, 1967, will be conducted by the Bollman Funeral home today (Thursday) at 2:30 p.m. at the Lostine United Presbyterian Church with Rev. Earl Eyre officiating. Mrs. Ella McArtor and Melvin Crow will sing “Under His “Wings” and “Beyond The Sunset”, and Mrs. Freda-Bobs Goodman will be organist.
Casket bearers will be Bud Wynans, E.J. Blokland, Jack Read, Howard Williamson, Orval McArtor and E.J. Hook, and internment will be in the Lostine cemetery.
Mrs. Caudle was the daughter of James and Sarah Hammack and was born at Summerville on August 22, 1879. She was married at Summerville on December 5, 1897 to Berkley Caudle who preceded her in death on September 22, 1954.
She had lived in and near Lostine for 67 years. She was a member of the Christian Church and of the Lostine Rebekah Lodge. She was the last of a large family of children of James and Sarah Hammack.
Survivors include two sons, Joe and Harley Caudle, both of Lostine; nine grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. Four children, Mabel, Thelma, Berl and Mrs. William (Ethel) Hook, preceeded Mrs. Caudle in death.
Wallowa County Chieftain, May 25, 1967
Contributed by: Sue Wells and Gary Jaensch