omedaven.html

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., March 2, 1933, page 3
"Local News"

The death of Mrs. A. Davenport occurred Monday about noon, at the hospital in The Dalles, following an illness of many weeks. The funeral services were held this morning from the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Rev. Fr. T.A. Edwards conducting same. An obituary will be published in next week's Sentinel.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., March 9, 1933, page 5

MRS. ALEX DAVENPORT

Mrs. A. Davenport (nee Mary Ellen Colleary), who died on Sunday, February 26, 1933, in The Dalles, Oregon, and was buried from Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Goldendale, on March the 2nd, interment in the Catholic cemetery near here, was born on November 1st, 1876, in San Francisco, California. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Colleary, pioneer minded, joined the great trek to the fertile lands of the Oregon country, settling in the Pleasant Valley section of the Klickitat country, fourteen miles east of Goldendale, Washington, in 1879.
Mary Ellen was married in The Dalles on December 1st, 1898, to Alex Davenport, also a member of a sterling pioneer family of the Klickitat country, a dozen miles or so to the southeast of Goldendale. Six children were born of this union, one of whom died in infancy. The living are: Mrs. Nellie Rauscher, of Goldendale; Paul and James of the Yakima Valley; Leo and Henry, who live with their father on the home ranch. There are four grandchildren. Mrs. Davenport, besides her husband, is also survived by two brothers: Charles, of Vancouver, Washington; Will, Okanogan county, Washington; and four sisters: Mrs. Alice Twohig, of Goldendale; Mrs. Agnes Curran, of Heppner, Oregon; Mrs. Elizabeth Groshong, of White Salmon, Washington; Mrs. Angles Grant, of Los Angeles. All were present at the funeral except Mrs. Grant and Will.
From the first moment of her arrival in 1879, Mrs. Davenport resided continuously in Klickitat country and may truly, though still young in years, be classed among the old pioneers, for she actively participated in that most momentous half century of progress in the history of the Pacific Northwest. Why one so much needed should be called in the prime of life is one of the mysteries we cannot solve but accept with resignation. Her memory will be a treasure as long as any are left to give testimony of her fidelity to God and fellow man. Her energetic sympathetic nature showed forth in the family, among relatives, friends, neighbors; her hearty cooperation could always be relied upon for the advancement of any good cause.

The Klickitat County Agriculturist, Goldendale, WA., March 10, 1933, page 4
"Local News Up To Date"

Mrs. A. Davenport, (nee Mary Ellen Colleary), who died Sunday, February 26, 1933, in The Dalles, Oregon, and was buried from Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Goldendale, on March the 2nd, interment in the Catholic cemetery near here, was born on November 1, 1876, in San Francisco, California. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Colleary, pioneer minded, joined the great trek to the fertile lands of the Oregon country, fourteen miles east of Goldendale, Washington, in 1879.
Mary Ellen was married in The Dalles on December 1, 1898, to Alex. Davenport, also a member of a sterling pioneer family of the Klickitat country, a dozen miles or so to the southeast of Goldendale. Six children were born of this union, one of whom died in infancy. The living are: Mrs. Nellie Rauscher, of Goldendale; Paul and James of the Yakima Valley; Leo and Henry, who live with their father on the home ranch. There are four grandchildren. Mrs. Davenport, besides her husband, is also survived by two brothers: Charles, of Vancouver, Washington; Will, of the Okanogan county, Washington; and four sisters: Mrs. Alice Twohig, of Goldendale; Mrs. Agnes Curran, of Heppner, Oregon; Mrs. Elizabeth Groshong, of White Salmon, Washington; Mrs. Angles Grant, of Los Angeles. All were present at the funeral except Mrs. Grant and Will.
From the first moment of her arrival in 1879, Mrs. Davenport resided continuously in the Klickitat country and may truly, though still young in years, be classed among the old pioneers, for she actively participated in that most momentous half century of progress in the history of the Pacific Northwest. Why one so much needed should be called in the prime of life is one of the mysteries we cannot solve but accept with resignation. Her memory will be treasured as long as any are left to give testimony of her fidelity to God and fellow man. Her energetic sympathetic nature showed forth in the family, among relatives, friends, neighbors; her hearty cooperation could always be relied upon for the advancement of any good cause.

Our sincere thanks are extended to the many who by their sympathy, assistance ad other marks of thoughtfulness and generosity, lessened the sorrow occasioned by the death of our death departed, Mrs. A. Davenport.

The Family.