The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., March 14, 1957, page 1

DEATH SUMMONS JIM C. STAACK

     Lyle (special) Services were held at Gardner's funeral home, White Salmon, at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9 for James C. (Jim) Staack, 65, who died Wednesday March 6, in a Portland, Oregon hospital.
     Members of Mt. Adams Elks Lodge 1868 conducted the requiem ceremony and served as pall barers: Amos Pearce, Orie Kreps, Kenneth Gross, Don Van Deventer, Jim Hore and R.T. Anderson. Burial was in the Odd Fellow cemetery.
     Jim Staack was the son of Martha and Clause Staack, pioneers of the Glenwood country. He was born at Panakanic on Sept. 22, 1891, attended school at Laurel and spent most of his life in Klickitat county.
     One of his great interests in early life was participating in Oregon and Washington rodeo events. For over 25 years he operated heavy equipment for the Newport Construction Co. of Portland.
     On July 22, 1933 he was married to Letha Irene Van Deventer Coffee. She died July 20, 1945.
     Mr. Staack is survived by two brothers, Frank of The Dalles, Oregon and Perda of Glenwood; one sister, Mrs. Murriel West of Lyle; step-granddaughters, Tessie and Judy Thompson of Gibbon, Oregon; aunts, Miss Nora Murray of White Salmon and Mrs. Joe (Della) Hylton of Colton, Oregon; nieces and nephews.

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