The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., March 9, 1972, page 1

PIONEER OF TL DIES MAR. 1ST AT THE DALLES

     Elizabeth Pfister was born in Germany on May 14th, 1885 and came to the United States of America September 23rd, 1907. She and her husband, John, moved to the Trout Lake Valley in 1919, where they operated a meat market in the valley for many years. Mr. Pfister passed away in 1955.
     Mrs. Pfister expired at the Valley Vista Nursing Home in The Dalles, Oregon on March 1st, where she had been a patient since November 1971.
     She was a member of Trout Lake Grange No. 210, the Trout Lake Women's Club and a Lutheran.
     She leaves to mourn her passing one daughter, Mrs. Lawrence McCuistion of Trout Lake; one granddaughter, Mrs. Marvin Ripee of The Dalles, Oregon, three grandchildren; one nephew, Gordon Shaw of Seaside, Or.; and one sister-in-law, Mrs. Henry Ross of Portland, Or.
     Funeral services were held in Trout Lake Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, March 7th at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Lewis S. Abbott of Portland, Oregon officiating. Burial was in the Trout Lake Cemetery. Casket bearers were: Kenneth Schmid, William McCuistion, Charles Brown, Ronald Hollenbeck, Elvan Robbins, and Jay Robbins.

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