The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., December 5, 1985, page 4

ARLIE A. KNOWLTON

     Arlie Alberta Knowlton, of Ridgefield, Wash., and a former resident of the Mid-Columbia area, died Nov. 25 in Portland, Ore., at the age of 72.
     Mrs. Knowlton was born April 21, 1913 to Malvin and Francis (Lee) Thomas in Potlatch, Idaho. She was preceded in death by her husband Lester, who passed away in August of this year.
     As a child, Mrs. Knowlton traveled all over the west with her family because her father built sawmills. She came to the Mid-Columbia in 1945 with her husband. He worked for the Fisheries Department and the Department of Natural Resources.
     She was a member of the Evergreen Grange and the Willard Woman's Club.
     Mrs. Knowlton is survived by two sons, William Kelly of Milton, Fla., and Larry Knowlton of Ridgefield; a brother, Larry Martin Thomas of Renton, Wash.; four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
     Services were held Nov. 27 at the Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, with the Pastor Vilas Mazemke officiating. Interment followed in the White Salmon Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were made by Gardner Funeral Home, Inc.

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