One of Kittitas County’s earliest settlers died Monday [January 4] in the passing of Mrs. Jake Cleman, 63, who passed at the Ellensburg hospital from a brain hemorrhage which had confined her since Christmas Day.
Mrs. Cleman, whose maiden name was Nora Belle Sharp, came to this valley with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. sharp in 1874 and has resided here continually since that time. She was born in Oregon in 1868 and in 1887 was married.
Eleven children, three sisters and two brothers survive her. The children are Clarence of Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs. Lelah Pratsch of Aberdeen; Arthur, Herbert L., John, Mrs. John (Alice) Bilbie, Chester and Rosalie, all of this city, Ralph C. of Los Angeles, Harold of Kittitas and Lawrence, who is attending the University of Washington at Seattle. Brothers and sisters are Miss Emma Sharp, Mrs. Sherwood Pease, L. L. [Louis], and John Sharp all of Ellensburg and Eleanor Sharp of Yakima.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Honeycutt Chapel with the Reverend Bell officiating. [Interment IOOF Cemetery]
The Ellensburg Capital, January 8, 1932
Contributed by: Shelli Steedman