149. Mariel Mae Catton (Lucy Iola Whitfield , Phebe Marie Fletcher , Lucy Wiggins , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 10 Aug 1914 in Seattle, King, Washington, USA. She died on 11 Mar 1975 in Strathmore, Tulare, California, USA. She was buried on 14 Mar 1975 in Lindsay, Tulare, California, USA.
Mariel died in a car crash. She was divorced from Raymond Slaight about 1949.
She married Collie Sunderland in December 1953 or January 1954.
Mariel married Raymond Edgar Slaight in 1937 in , , California, USA. The marriage ended in divorce. Raymond was born on 4 Jul 1914 in , , Kansas, USA. He died 1 on 23 Aug 1978 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypruss, Orange, California, USA.
They had the following children.
+ 213 F i Barbara Lee Slaight. + 214 F ii Terry Raye Slaight.
Mariel also married Collie Lawrence Sunderland, son of Smith, in 1954 in , , California, USA. Collie was born on 8 Jan 1889 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA. He died on 12 Sep 1961 in Porterville, Tulare, California, USA.
They had the following children.
+ 215 F iii Ann Mariel Sunderland.
150. Norman Charles Whitfield (Ray Henry Whitfield , Phebe Marie Fletcher , Lucy Wiggins , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 16 Jun 1907 in Aberdeen, , Washington, USA. He died on 25 Jul 1987 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA. He was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA.
Norman married Laurel Evelyn Walker "Evelyn", daughter of Elias H. Walker and Effie Bagley, on 29 Jun 1935 in Manila, Luzon, Philipine Islands. Evelyn was born on 18 Mar 1912 in Corvalais, Benton, Washington, USA. She died on 10 May 2010 in Bartlesville, Wadhigton, Oklahoma, USA. She was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA.
terePeggy's address is 2715 Northwest Van Bueren, Corvallis, Oregon 97330.
The last of six children, Evelyn was born into the bookish, warm and stable family of Effie and Elias Henry Walker in Corvallis, Oregon. Her father was a long-time school teacher and administrator, and she grew up knowing she would also teach.
Her mother died when she was only seven years old. Three years later, she went to live with an older sister, staying with her and her family until she was 18. At age 22, following her studies in Business Education and Social Sciences at Oregon State, she lived in Portland, working for a year as a secretary.
Then she joined her fiancé Norman Whitfield, someone she had known most of her life, where he was working in the Philippines. Their young marriage was soon interrupted by the intrusion of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, which is the subject of this book.
Later, they lived and worked in a number of places in Oregon and Washington, with Evelyn teaching whenever there was an opportunity, until their daughter Lauri was born. They returned to the Philippine Islands for a year when Lauri was 11, to fulfill a work contract for Norman. Then they returned to Corvallis, Oregon, to settle down for good. Evelyn completed an advanced degree at OSU, and continued to teach until retirement age.
Happily preoccupied with both family and church activities, Evelyn also keeps busy tending a lovely garden at her Corvallis home.
Evelyn W. Whitfield (1912 - 2010)
ObituaryEvelyn W. Whitfield, 98, died at 2:38 p.m. Monday at her residence in Bartlesville.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with Father Lee Stevens officiating. Cremation arrangements were provided by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.
A memorial has been established in honor of Mrs. Evelyn W. Whitfield and contributions may be sent to the Kane Literacy Fund, c/o St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 210 S.E. 9th, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74003.
The daughter of Elias and Effie (Bagley) Walker, Evelyn was born March 18, 1912 in Corvallis, Oregon. The youngest of six she lived in Corvallis and Portland. She moved to the Philippine Islands and married Norman C. Whitfield on June 29, 1935. Norman worked as a logging engineer in the gold mines.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, she and her husband both were captured and incarcerated in Japanese prison camps in the Philippine Islands. After their release in February 1945 they both returned to the United States making their home in Gilchrist, Oregon. They moved to Corvallis, Oregon in 1958 where Evelyn obtained her Masters degree in Education and taught business subjects in Monroe and Philomath Public Schools. She also authored two books titled "Three Year Picnic" and "The Farm."
Evelyn moved to Bartlesville in July 2003 to be near her daughter. She was active in the Christian Science Church, Alpha Delta Kappa and the Garden Club.
Evelyn is survived by her daughter and son-in-law; Laurel and Mike Watkins of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; four grandchildren, Jennifer Kay Kindred and her husband Scott Colgan of Los Gatos, California, Kimberly Kindred of Ashland, Oregon, Kelia Kindred of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Noah Watkins of Santa Cruz, California; three great-grandchildren, Kimaya, Rose and Ruby; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Norman C. Whitfield.
Published in Examiner-Enterprise from Apr. 14 to May 15, 2010
They had the following children.
+ 216 F i Laurel Josephine "Lauri" Whitfield.
151. Evelyn Iola Whitfield (Ray Henry Whitfield , Phebe Marie Fletcher , Lucy Wiggins , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 27 Feb 1912 in Salem, , Washington, USA. She died on 4 Mar 1993 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
Evelyn married Alexander George Ballachey on 22 Nov 1936 in Manila, Luzon, Philippines. Alexander was born on 26 Mar 1906 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1982 in Toronto, York, Ontaio, Canada.
They had the following children.
+ 217 F i Rae Whitfield Ballachey. 218 M ii John Alexander Ballachey. + 219 F iii Barbara Ann Ballachey. + 220 M iv William Charles Ballachey.
153. Roy Dean Richmond (Harry J. Richmond , Annie May Fletcher , Lucy Wiggins , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 15 Nov 1897 in Westport, Jackson, Missouri, USA. He died on 12 Oct 1933 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA. He was buried in Independence, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
Roy married Orra May Dickerson on 12 Oct 1919 in Kansas City, Mo. Orra was born on 22 Apr 1898 in Coffeyville, , Kansas, USA. She died on 10 May 1969 in Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA. She was buried in Coffeyville, , Kansas, USA.
They had the following children.
221 M i Baby Boy Richmond.
159. Evelyn Lucille Bowen (Lucy Lynn Richmond , Ella C. Fletcher , Lucy Wiggins , Nathaniel , Joshua ).
Evelyn married William Henry Hitchcock.
They had the following children.
222 F i Connie Hitchcock.
167. Milan W. Ransom (Nellie Pearl Wiggins , Milan D. , Nahum , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 27 Jul 1909 in Bloomingdale, , Michigan, USA. He died on 15 May 1999 in , , California, USA.
Milan W. Ransom was born in Bloomingdale, Michigan, on July 27, 1909, to Dr. Thomas Ransom and Nelle Wiggins Ransom, who was a school teacher. He attended local public schools and the University of Michigan, transferring first to the University of Arizona and then to the University of California at Los Angeles, from which he graduated in 1933, during the bottom of the Great Depression. After trying several other jobs, Ransom began his true career in October 1934 by joining the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, where he began at the bottom of the ladder as a Laborer in the Hydraulic Division. As he mastered the work of his profession, he enjoyed a series of promotions, first to Hydrographer, in which he was part of the team coping with the historic March 2, 1938 flood, and into the Engineering series in 1941. He interrupted his engineering career to serve as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, and commanded a Destroyer Escort before returning to civilian life. Ransom became a member of ASCE in 1947, and became registered as a Civil Engineer in California in 1949. He continued to advance in the Flood Control District, capping his career as Chief Deputy Engineer from 1970 until his retirement in March of 1973. After retirement from that District, he served on the Board of Granada Hills Hospital from 1986 to 1990 and did consulting work including working for the San Gabriel Valley Protective Association. He was a member of Rotary for many years and continued to enjoy frequent games of golf. Ransom married Elizabeth (“Bud”) Cushman on September 4, 1938. Living in Burbank, California, she survives him as do their two sons, Robert in Pasco, Washington, and Joe in Laguna Niguel, California, three grandchildren (John, Shelley, and Lauren), and a sister. Ransom passed away on May 15, 1999. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 1998, pp. 621-622
Milan married Elizabeth Cushman "Bud" on 4 Sep 1938.
They had the following children.
223 M i Robert Cushman Ransom. 224 M ii Milan Lawrence "Joe" Ransom.
179. Myrtle Osmundson (Rachel Wiggins , William E. , Charles , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 22 Sep 1902 in Salem, Greenwood, Kansas, USA.
Myrtle married Ersel Freeman on 10 Sep 1925 in , , Kansa, USA. Ersel was born on 19 Nov 1898. He died on 4 Apr 1974 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA.
They had the following children.
225 M i Fred Ersel Freeman. 226 F ii Freeman.
181. Bernice Osmundson (Rachel Wiggins , William E. , Charles , Nathaniel , Joshua ).
Bernice married Wilber Tipton. Wilber was born on 19 Nov 1914. He died on 31 Mar 1998.
They had the following children.
227 M i Tipton. 228 F ii Tipton.
182. George Raymond Osmundson (Rachel Wiggins , William E. , Charles , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 12 Jan 1915 in , , Minnesota, USA. He died on 3 Aug 2001 in , Greenwood, Kansas, USA.
George married Margaret Helen Davis.
They had the following children.
+ 229 F i Ann Osmundson.
183. Roy Clifford Osmundson (Rachel Wiggins , William E. , Charles , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 12 Jan 1919 in Salem, Greenwood, Kansas, USA. He died on 29 Sep 2003 in Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, USA. He was buried in Highland Cemetery, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, USA.
Roy married Majorie Jean Gove on 16 Jun 1948. Majorie was born on 22 Apr 1922. She died on 19 Mar 2000 in Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, USA. She was buried in Highland Cemetery, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, USA.
They had the following children.
230 F i Osmundson.
184. Ralph Leonard Osmundson (Rachel Wiggins , William E. , Charles , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 11 Sep 1922 in Salem, Greenwood, Kansas, USA. He died on 3 Aug 1986 in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, USA. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, USA.
They had the following children.
231 M i Max Dee Osmundson was born on 24 Jan 1949 in Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, USA. He died on 24 Jan 1949 in Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, USA. 232 M ii Osmundson. 233 F iii Osmundson.