The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., September 25, 1952, page 1

SHOT FATAL TO 17 YEAR OLD DAN WIIDANEN
Self-Inflicted Rifle Wound Is Coroner's Verdict

     Daniel Matthew Wiidanen, 17, Centerville, shot and killed himself with a .22 rifle during the night of September 19, Klickitat county coroner Thurman Ward stated. The boy's body was discovered when his parents returned home early Friday morning from a party. Ward said his verdict was suicide with some slight possibility it was an accident.
     Dr. Holderby said the shot entered above the left ear and the boy, a Junior at Goldendale high school, had died between 5 and 9 p.m., Ward stated.
     The case was investigated at 6 a.m. Friday by Sheriff E.C. Kaiser and Deputy Earl Jones, accompanied by a Dr. Holderby and an ambulance.
     The body was taken to the Phillips Funeral Home in Goldendale for care and funeral rites.
     Final rites for the victim were held at Phillips Funeral Home Monday at 2 p.m. with Carol Barker officiating. Interment was made in the Centerville Grange cemetery.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., September 25, 1952, page 6

DANIEL MATTHEW WIIDANEN

     Daniel Matthew Wiidanen of Centerville was born in a January 17, 1935 at Spokane and died September 18 at his home. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wiidanen of Centerville.
     Funeral rites were conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Phillips Funeral Home with interment in Centerville Grange cemetery. Carroll Barker officiated at the final rites.
     Survivors besides the parents are a half-brother, Kenneth Carter; three uncles, Charles Wiidanen, Reece Andrews and Paul Andrews of Seattle; and six aunts, Mrs. R.M. Largent of Goldendale; Mrs. Elizabeth Thiele of Spokane and, Mrs. Avan Kaiser of Freewater, Oregon; Mrs. Ida Barney of Seattle; Mrs. Hilda Fielding of Portland; and Mrs. Charles Bayman of Centerville.
     Pallbearers were Stan Gray, Wayne Eshelman, Johnny Miller, Ross Shupe, Louis Hill and Larry Kaiser.

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