The Klickitat County Agriculturist, Goldendale, WA., May 7, 1904, page 1
"Klickitat Intelligence"

     PASSING AWAY OF A PIONEER. - Mrs. Jane Myers, a pioneer of Klickitat county, died at the home of her son-in-law D.W. Pierce, in Goldendale May 1st, after a short struggle with the dread disease pneumonia. Mrs. Meyers was a native of Clare county, Ireland, coming to America when she was nine years old. She was born in 1837, and resided in Lowell, Mass., during her youth, marring Peter Conboy in 1860. In 1863, they made the journey to the Pacific Coast by way of Panama, and resided in Portland until 1873, at which time they moved to Camas Prairie, in this county - than almost an unknown wilderness. About two years after Mr. Conboy died leaving his widow four small children to fight life's battles on and unimproved place as best they could. However, Mrs. Meyers proved equal to the emergency and not only raised the orphan children, but succeeded in improving and making one of the best farms in that locality. Her four children, John E. Conboy, of Goble, Oregon, Peter Conboy and Mrs. O.P. Kreps, of Camas Prairie, and Mrs. D.W. Pierce survive her and were all present at her bedside when the spark of life went out. Mrs. Meyers was a living exemplification of the time honored adage that "God helps those who help themselves" and her whole life has bristled with instances of this belief. She was kind, generous and always ready to shelter and care for the weary travelers, who went on his way refreshed with kind remembrances of his host. She was highly esteemed by her neighbors, and her hearty good cheer will always recall with a thrill of pleasure her many excellent qualities. In 1880 she was married to Mr. Myers who died about one year afterward. Her remains were taken to the Glenwood cemetery on Tuesday for burial by the side of her former husbands.

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