The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., March 26, 1970, page 1

BILLETTE RITES HELD ON TUESDAY

     Mack Billette was born at Albertville, Minnesota on April 22, 1892, the son of Mary and Toussaint Billette. He was the last of a family of six children, having three brothers and two sisters. He passed away March 21st at the Hood River Convalescent Center.
     He came west in 1920 after homesteading three or four years in Alberta, Canada. On June 20, 1921 he was united in marriage to Ina Dawson. To this union was born two daughters and three sons.
     From 1925 until his retirement he was a logger and sawmill man in this area. He was baptized into the Seventh Day Adventist Church in 1967.
     Surviving him is his wife, Ina P. Billette of White Salmon; two daughters: Lucille Walker of White Salmon, Celia Lamb of The Dalles, Oregon, and one son, Joseph Billette. Two other sons, Elmer and Robert Lee Billette, preceded him in death.
     Funeral Services were held at Gardner's Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 24th, at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor William W. Ring and Pastor Elwood Starr officiating. Interment was in the White Salmon Cemetery.

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