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The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA, March 29, 1962, page 5

DEATH SUMMONS MARY MANSFIELD, AREA'S FIRST LADY OF FLOWERS

The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God's heart in a garden,
Than anywhere else on earth.

Funeral services for Mary Dunn Mansfield, 72, were held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 23, at Gardner's Chapel. The Rev. Roger L. Clevenger of Bethel Congregational Church, White Salmon officiated. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Bearers were James Hendryx Jr.; A. B. Carlock, William Balsiger, Larry Fields, George Driver and Clarence Bangert.
"Mary" (few who knew her called her anything else) was born Feb. 14, 1890 in The Dalles, Oregon, and was the foster daughter of A.H. and Jennie Jewett, the founders of White Salmon. Mary came to their home when she was only seven years old.

HER FAMILY

A.H. Jewett, a Civil War veteran, and his wife Jennie, a school teacher, were married in Wisconsin on March 13, 1870 and came to White Salmon from Sparta, Wisconsin in 1874. Two years later they moved to Jewett Farm, the present town site of White Salmon.
They were the first white settlers on the bluffs above Warner's Landing, now Bingen. By 1904 Jewett Farm comprised 375 acres, including 100 acres under cultivation (25 acres in orchard, ten in grapes and eight in strawberries).
Mr. Jewett was an outstanding horticulturist. He transformed Jewett Farm into a showplace. Guests came by sternwheelers to admire the park like landscaping, splendid meals and views.
Mary grew up with the Jewett's two other children: Aeolus and Lena. Aeolus died young and Lena about 20 years ago.
Aeolus' name is perpetuated by Aeolus Field, which the family gave to the White Salmon school. The Jewett's also gave White Salmon the site of its first church, Bethel Congregational, and the adjoining pioneer cemetery, now a town park.

GREEN THUMB

Mary inherited her father's green thumb. She prepared her soil with the same scientific skill that a pharmacist uses in mixing his prescriptions.
She loved flowers - and growing them - for more than their own shake. She never counted the hard work or cost of making her gardens a thing of beauty. She shared their bounty and her knowledge with everyone.
To like flowers was to be her friend. Many people got their start of choice and expensive plants from her stock. Her bouquets brightened hospital bedsides, her church altar and local homes for 50 years.
Mary and her late husband Charles Mansfield, who died on Sept 17, 1971, were among the most valuable members of the Columbia George Horticulture Society which will commemorate them by planting a choice blue Koster Spruce at Skyline Hospital.
Their generosity bequeathed a lasting legacy to this area, including Aeolus Field and Jewett Creek Park.
They are survived by two sons, Richard J. (Dick) and Charles Harvey Mansfield, both of White Salmon; and a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Cummings of Port Townsend; 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Mrs. Mansfield died Tuesday, March 20, at Hood River Memorial Hospital. She is also survived by a brother, George Dunn of Gervais, Oregon, and a half brother, Leon Nobel of Sarasota, Florida.
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness." (John Keats)

The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA, March 22, 1962, page 1

MARY MANSFIELD and VAN GLADDEN Are Called by Death

Gardner's Funeral Service of White Salmon announce the deaths of Mrs. Charles (Mary) Mansfield, 72, at Hood River Hospital on Tuesday, March 20, and Van Gladden who died shortly after midnight, Wednesday, March 21 at a Portland Hospital.
Mrs. Mansfield's funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, march 23 at Gardner's Chapel with the Rev. Roger Clevenger officiating. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Cause of death was cancer.
Funeral arrangements for Judge Gladden are pending notification of his daughter Janice, airline stewardess, New York City.
Judge Gladden, 73, was admitted to Skyline Monday, March 19 and was transferred to Portland by Gardner's ambulance at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 20. Cause of death was heart trouble complicated by asthma.
Obituaries will be published next week.

White Salmon Enterprise, White Salmon, WA, March 22, 1962, page 1

SERVICE TO BE FRIDAY FOR M. MANSFIELD

Mary Dunn Mansfield, resident of White Salmon for 63 years, passed away at the Hood River Community Hospital on March 20th at the age of 72.
Surviving are her two sons, Richard J. Mansfield of White Salmon and Charles Harvey Mansfield of White Salmon. A daughter, Virginia Cummings of Port Townsend, Washington. Thirteen grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren . One brother, George Dunn of Gervais, Oregon and one half-brother, Leon Nobel of Sara Sota, Florida. Funeral services will be Friday, March 23rd, 2 p.m., at Gardner's Funeral Home with the Rev. Roger Clevenger officiating. Interment will be in the IOOF Cemetery, White Salmon.

White Salmon Enterprise, White Salmon, WA, March 29, 1962, page 1

SERVICES HELD LAST FRIDAY FOR MARY MANSFIELD

Mary Dunn Mansfield was born Feb 14, 1890 at The Dalles, Oregon. She passed away at the Hood River Hospital March 20, 1962, at the age of 72 years, 1 month and six days.
She had lived in our community of White Salmon for 65 years. It was through the generosity of Charles and Mary Mansfield that we, as a community, enjoy the good football field and Jewett Creek Park.
She was a member of the Horticultural Society and the Congregational Church of White Salmon.
Surviving are two sons, Richard J. and Charles Harvey, both of White Salmon. One daughter ,Virginia Cummings of Port Townsend, Washington.; 13 grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Also a brother George Dunn of Gervias, Oregon and one half-brother, Leon Nobel of Sara Sota, Florida.
Funeral services were Friday, March 23rd, 2 p.m., at the Gardner's Funeral Home with the Rev. Roger Clevenger officiating. Interment will be in the IOOF Cemetery, White Salmon, Washington.