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The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., September 21, 1967, page 4

EMILY THUN WAS ALMOST SIXTY YEAR RESIDENT

     Emily Josephine Thun, 79 a resident of Underwood, Washington since 1909, died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland Sunday Sept. 17.
     She was born May 20, 1888 in Over-Johnsdorf, Austria-Hungary to Anna and Johann Janisch.
     At Tacoma, Wash. on October 25, 1909 she was united in marriage to Louis Thun and they settled at Underwood, Wash. that year. Mr. Thun died July 16, 1960.
     Mrs. Thun was a member of Goodwill Rebecca Lodge No. 163 and Mt. View Grange, both in White Salmon.
     Surviving are four daughters: Helen Hartness of Portland, Martha Lehmann of Underwood; Lucille Teller of Seattle and Dorothy Nixon of Federal Way, near Seattle.
     Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 10:30 a.m. at Gardner's Funeral Home with Father Joseph Ibach of Goldendale officiating. Recitation of the Rosary by Father Moore of Hood River was Tuesday evening, 8 p.m. at Gardner's Chapel. Interment was in Chris-Zada Cemetery at Underwood.
     Casket bearers were Verne Newall, Paul Newell, Fred Frazer, Jr., Olaf Larsen, Clarence Randall and Sam Dallas.


The Skamania County Pioneer, Stevenson, WA., September 22, 1967, page 1

SERVICES HELD FOR EMILY THUN

     Emily Josephine Thun, a resident of Underwood since 1909, passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland Sunday Sept. 17.
     She was born in 1888 in Over-Johnsdorf, Austria-Hungary.
     At Tacoma, Wash., on Oct. 25, 1909 she was united in marriage to Louis Thun and they settled at Underwood that year. Mr. Thun died July 16, 1960.
     She was a member of the Goodwill Rebecca Lodge 163 of White Salmon and Mt. View Grange.
     Surviving are four daughters: Helen Hartness of Portland, Martha Lehmann of Underwood; Lucille Teller of Seattle, Dorothy Nixon of Federal Way, Seattle.
     Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 10:30 a.m. at Gardner's Funeral home in White Salmon with Father Joseph Ibach of Goldendale officiating.
     Recitation of the Rosary by Father Moore of Hood River was Tuesday evening, 8 p.m. at Gardner's Chapel. Interment was in Chris-Zada Cemetery at Underwood.
     Casket bearers were Verne Newall, Paul Newell, Fred Frazer, Jr., Olaf Larsen, Clarence Randall and Sam Dallas.

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