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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., April 8, 1965, page 10

DEATH TAKES ERWIN SAUTER

Mr. Erwin Sauter, Lyle, age 73, passed away at 5:30 Wednesday afternoon at Skyline. He had been admitted April 1. He was born on June 12, 1891 in Minnesota. He is survived by his wife Nellie of Lyle and four sons, among them T.W. Sauter, Erwin Sauter and Franklin.
A complete obituary will be printed next week. Arrangements have not been completed by 8 p.m. Wednesday evening.

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LAST RITES FOR ERWIN SAUTER

Last rites for Erwin A. Sauter, 73, of Lyle, were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10, at Columbia Grange Hall, Lyle. Gardners Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements. The Rev. Everett Richey officiated. Burial was in Balch cemetery.
Bearers were: Ray Hess, James Curl, Ernest Struck, Wm. Bashers, Lloyd McNabb and Frank Hewett.
Erwin Sauter, son of Catherine and Frank Sauter was born June 12, 1891 at St. Cloud, Minnesota. they moved to Portland, Oregon when he was five months old; and to The Dalles, Ore. when he was four years old.
On October 3, 1916, he and Nellie A. Evans were married at The Dalles. Two years later they moved to Lyle where they established Rockview Farm. Here between the Columbia Bluffs and the river the Sauters developed a unique family business; commercial salmon fishing and raising poultry.
Mr. Sauter died Wednesday, April 7, at Skyline Hospital, White Salmon.
He is survived by his widow, Nellie; four sons, Erwin A. of Moscow, Idaho. Franklin M. of Seattle, Richard R. and Theodore W. both of Lyle; two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Sorensen (Nellie) of Lyle and Mrs. LeRoy Ramm (Mary) of Mt. Hood, Ore. Also two brothers, Franklin C. of The Dalles and William O. of Prineville, Ore.; three sisters, Mrs. L.H. Dean (Martha) of Klamath Falls, Ore.; Mrs. Lena Howard of Yakima; and Mrs. J. W. Allie (Bertha) of Chehalis; and 21 grandchildren.