The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., June 25, 1981, page 7

EDDITH LEATON

     Eddith Merle Leaton, a resident of the White Salmon area since early childhood, died Friday in White Salmon. She was 86.
     Mrs. Leaton was born Dec. 31, 1894, in Portland, Ore., to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cornett, and came to White Salmon in 1905. She graduated from White Salmon High School and 1915 and later graduated from Central Washington College of Education. She taught school in the White Salmon area for 44 years before retiring in 1963.
     She was a member of the Rebekahs and the Order of Eastern Star, and the state and national Retired Teachers Association.
     Mrs. Leaton is survived by two sisters, Bernice Smith and Jessie Peeler, both of White Salmon, four nieces, two nephews and several cousins.
     Funeral services for Mrs. Leaton were held Monday at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon with the Rev. Frederick Haag officiated. Interment was in the White Salmon cemetery.
     Contributions in honor of Mrs. Leaton can may be made to the Congregational Church Memorial Fund or to Skyline Hospital.

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