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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., August 27, 1953, page 1 & 5

FRANK OVERACKER BURIED SATURDAY

Death came to Frank Overacker, 77, of Klickitat on Thursday, August 20, at Skyline hospital. He had been disabled for over three years.
Funeral services were held Saturday at White Salmon.
Frank was born on August 5, 1875, at Delphos, Kans., and came west with his mother, Jane, after the death of his father when he was very young. They settled on Puget Sound in 1886.
The boy Frank harvested oysters and hunted to supply the family with food. He was one of the first Washingtonians to own a hunting license.
As an employee of the Snoqualmie Power Co., he helped to install the first electric lines around Seattle. For several years he worked for the Pacific Power and Light company at Toppenish.
Then he moved to Goldendale, was married to Grace Glover and settled on a wheat ranch. In 1922 their only son, Alvin, now stationed in Austria, was born. Between 1923 and his retirement in 1945, he worked for J. Neils at Klickitat.
In 1936 his first wife died, and he was married to Ida Creighton in 1939. She, his son Alvin, and two stepchildren, Dayton Glover and Wilma Bartlett, survive him.
His many friends remember him as one who never considered himself. He was always doing something for others. From a life richly lived, he gave freely of his belongings, experience and understanding.
During the long ordeal of his illness, Mr. Overacker devoted much time to religion. According to his pastor, the Rev. Elmer F. Muhly, he prayed for death -- not because he was afraid to live, but because he was so confident of a better life to come.
Frank knew about this life. As a young man he was a personal friend of the famous westerner, Ezra Meeker. He followed adventure. With two friends he built a boat and floated it down the Milk River to Bismarck, N.D., at the turn of the century.
He herded cattle in Texas, saw Galveston swept under a tidal wave, mined for gold in Alaska, trapped around Mt. Baker and served as a guide at Mt. Shuksan.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, August 22, friends gathered at Gardner's Funeral Home in White Salmon to pay their last respects. Officiating was his friend, the Rev. Muhly of Klickitat's Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Esther Hendryx of White Salmon sang his two favorite songs: "Just as I Am" and "Rock of Ages." He was buried in White Salmon's IOOF Cemetery.

The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., August 27, 1953, page 10

FRANK OVERACKER LED ACTIVE LIFE

In answer to his prayers, death came to Frank Sylvester Overacker, 77, of Klickitat on Thursday, August 20, at Skyline hospital. He had been disabled for over three years. Funeral services were held Saturday at White Salmon.
Frank was born on August 5, 1875, at Delphos, Kansas and came west with his mother Jane after the death of his father when he was very young. They settled on Puget Sound in 1886.
The boy Frank harvested oysters and hunted to supply the family with food. He was one of the first Washingtonians to own a hunting license.
As an employee of the Snoqualmie Power Co., he helped to install the first electric lines around Seattle. For several years he worked for the Pacific Power and Light company at Toppenish.
He then moved to Goldendale, was married to Grace Glover and settled on a wheat ranch. In 1922 their only son, Alvin, now stationed in Austria, was born. Between 1923 and his retirement in 1945, he worked for J. Neils at Klickitat.
In 1936 his first wife died, and he was married to Ida Creighton in 1939. She, his son Alvin, and two stepchildren, Dayton Glover of Prineville and Wilma Bartlett of Ridgefield survive him.
His many friends remember him as one who never considered himself. He was always doing something for others. From a life richly lived, he gave freely of his belongings, experience and understanding.
During the long ordeal of his illness, Mr. Overacker devoted much time to religion. According to his pastor, the Rev. Elmer F. Muhly, he prayed for death -- not because he was afraid to live, but because he was so confident of a better life to come.
Frank knew about this life. As a young man he was a personal friend of the famous westerner, Ezra Meeker. He followed adventure. With two friends he built a boat and floated it down the Milk River to Bismarck, N.D., at the turn of the century.
He herded cattle in Texas, saw Galveston swept under a tidal wave, mined for gold in Alaska, trapped around Mt. Baker and served as a guide at Mt. Shukstan.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, August 22, friends gathered at Gardner's Funeral Home in White Salmon to pay their last respects. Officiating was his friend, the Rev. Muhly of Klickitat's Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Esther Hendryx of White Salmon sang his two favorite songs: "Just as I Am" and "Rock of Ages." He was buried in the Lyle Cemetery.
Pall bearers were Nels Linde, Norman Elsner, Bob Hallyburton, Amos Holman, Allen McEwen and Frank Creighton, all of Klickitat.