The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., April 13, 1967, page 4
LILLIAN McCOY
Mrs. Joseph H. (Lillian) McCoy was born October 28, 1877
at Ballston, Ore., and died April 8, 1967, at the home of her daughter, Naomi
Charlton, in Ellensburg at the age of 89 years.
She spent the early part of her life in the Center Ridge
area of Wasco County. On January 28, 1895, she was united in marriage to
Joseph McCoy in The Dalles and spent a number of years on High Prairie and
at Lyle with her rancher husband.
She is survived by three sons, Ernest of Portland, Joseph
of White Salmon and Willis of Yakima; two daughters, Naomi Charlton of Ellensburg
and Dora Courter of Redding, Calif.; a brother, Clarence Phipps of Pasco;
two sisters, Wanda Hutchinson of Whittier, Calif., and Blanche Deardorff
of The Dalles; four grand sons; eight great-grandchildren and one
great-great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her husband, an infant
son, Wilbur, and a daughter, Frances Rainey.
Funeral arrangements were in charge of Spencer and Libby
in The Dalles. Interment was at Hartland Cemetery.
The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., April 13, 1967, page 5
HIGH PRAIRIE PIONEER PASSES
Lillian McCoy died Saturday, April 8, in the Ellensburg,
Wash. Funeral services were held Tuesday in The Dalles, with burial in the
Hartland Cemetery. Casket-bearers were grand sons and great-grand sons: Bobby
Dick McCoy, Ross McCoy, Larry Charleston, Gary McCoy, Wilbur Rainey and Adrian
Phipps.
Mrs. McCoy was born Oct. 28, 1877 at Dallas, Oregon.
She was married Jan. 28, 1895 in The Dalles to Joseph McCoy who preceded
her in death. They lived at Dufur, Oregon, moving to the High Prairie area
in 1904. She moved to Lyle in 1940, then to The Dalles, until about 1962.
Since then she has been with one or the other of her daughters.
Survivors include sons, Joe McCoy of White Salmon, Ernest
of Portland, Willis of Yakima; daughters Dora Courter Redding, Calif., and
Naomi Charleston of Ellensburg, Wash.; four grandchildren, eight
great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild, two sisters and a brother.
The Ellensburg Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA., April 10, 1967, page 8
MRS. MCCOY DIES
Funeral services for Lillian May McCoy, 89, who died
Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Glen (Naomi) Charlton in the Fairview
District, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in The Dalles, Ore.
The services will be at Spencer and Libby Funeral Home.
Interment will follow in Hartland Cemetery near Lyle, Wash.
Mrs. McCoy had resided seven years with Mrs. Charlton
and another daughter, Mrs. D.W. (Dora) Corter in Redding, Calif.
Born Oct. 28, 1877 at Ballston, Ore., Mrs. McCoy was
married to Joseph McCoy on Jan. 28, 1895 at The Dalles. The couple ranched
at Lyle, Wash., from 1904 until 1948 except for 10 years spent in Portland,
Ore. Mr. McCoy died in 1948. Mrs. McCoy remained at the family ranch a year
following his death.
In addition to her daughters, she is survived by three
sons, Ernest, Portland, Joe, White Salmon and Willis, Yakima; two sisters,
Mrs. Blanche Deardorff, The Dalles, and Mrs. Earl Hutchinson, Whittier, Calif.;
a brother, Clarence A. Phipps, Pasco; five grandchildren, eight
great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
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