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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., April 28, 1949, page 1

CLIFFS RESIDENT PASSES AWAY ON APRIL 23

Jessie Lorena Ferguson, of Cliffs, passed away April 23rd at the age of 69 after an extended illness lasting over two years.
She was born Drywood, Chippawa County, Wisconsin, May 24, 1880, the daughter of James and Margaret Connell.
In 1903 she was married to Mike E. Melville, who was accidently killed in 1906 after they moved to Dot, Washington.
In 1907 she was married to Charles L. Ferguson of Dot. They had no children of their own, but raised five of his orphaned nephews and one niece.
They lived on the Burn for several years, then moved to Cliffs in 1915, where she lived until the time of her death.
She is survived by her husband Charles L. Ferguson; her brother, Forest Connell, Yakima, and his two children, Margaret Kinsey and James Connell; her foster children, Arthur Barret of Klickitat, Orville of Duvall, Walter of California, Lloyd of Chehalis, Clyde of Walla Walla and Luella Ritzschke of Centerville.
Funeral services were held from the Phillips Funeral Home Wednesday, April 27, at 2 p.m. with Rev. Walter Smith officiating. Interment was made at the Centerville cemetery.