The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA, October 29, 1964, page 1

ABE MERESSE RITES ON FRIDAY

     Funeral services for Abel Meresse, 85 owner and publisher of the White Salmon Enterprise for over 50 years, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30 at Gardners Chapel in White Salmon.
     The Rev. Roger Clevenger will officiate. Burial will be in Goodwill Cemetery.
     Active bearers will be Walter Hunsaker, Al Lermo, Hub Strain, Marion Babb, Leon Berry and W. S. Logan. Honorary bearers will be Roy Heaman, M.D. Vigus, R.T. Anderson, Orie Kreps, Merle Biesanz, John Pearce, Dan Bartlett and Earl Warneke.
     Mr. Meresse was born Nov. 9, 1897 at Leuz, France and has lived in White Salmon since 1912. Although he has been in failing health for the past year, he helped out at the shop as late as last week.
     He was a 1902 graduate of Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon where his family lived many years. On Dec. 31, 1910 he was married to Eva Huston in Albany, Oregon.
     Prior to 1910, Abe Meresse worked on the Oregonian, Oregon Journal and the Albany Democrat. Before moving to White Salmon in 1912 he worked on newspapers at Vale and Condon, Oregon.
     He died Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Skyline Hospital after suffering a heart attack at his home.
     He is survived by his wife Eva and son Robert, both of White Salmon; daughters Catherine Garrett of White Salmon and Nancy Aalvik of Carson; and ten grandchildren.
     The Mt. Adams Sun Office will be closed from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday in respect and regard for a good neighbor and fellow publisher.

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