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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., September 25, 1941, page 1

FRANK SAXTON FUNERAL RITES HELD TUESDAY

Just one day after visiting with his Klickitat county friends and relatives, Frank's Saxton, 77-year-old Blockhouse pioneer, died at his home in Vancouver Saturday.
Funeral services for Mr. Saxton were held from the Phillips chapel in Goldendale Tuesday and burial followed in the Centerville Grange cemetery.
Mr. Saxton was born in a covered wagon enroute from Nebraska to California with his parents. Eight years later they moved to Goldendale. For many years he resided on a ranch in the Blockhouse community on the farm now owned by Ted Franz.
In 1934 Mr. Saxton moved to Vancouver to make his home. He was a member of the Townsend club number two in that city.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Minnie Jane Crawford, who passed away in 1935, and one daughter, Ethel (Mrs. Joe Yeackel). He is survived by two sons, Carl E. Saxton, of Kapowsin, Wash., and Virgil Saxton, of Vancouver. One daughter, Mrs. Edith Bledsoe, of Portland; one brother, George Saxton, of Goldendale; one sister, Mrs. Alice Coulter, of Vancouver; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

The Columbian, Vancouver, WA., September 22, 1941, page 7

FRANK SAXTON

Frank Saxton, 77, of 207 E. Ninth st., died at his home Saturday following a brief illness.
He was born May 24, 1864 in a covered wagon which was crossing the plains through Nebraska to California. The family lived there for eight years and then moved to Goldendale where Mr. Saxton resided until coming to Vancouver in 1934. He was a member of the Townsend club No. 2.
Surviving are two sons, Carl E. Saxton, Kapowsin, Wash., and Virgil Saxton, Vancouver; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Bledsoe, Portland; a brother, George Saxton, Goldendale; a sister, Mrs. Alice Coulter, Vancouver; four grandchildren and three great-grand children.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Phillips Funeral Home at Goldendale with the Vancouver Funeral chapel in charge. Interment will be in the Centerville cemetery.