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The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., November 16, 1961, page 5

OLIVER SPITZNOGLE SUMMONED BY DEATH

Funeral services for Oliver Wendell Spitznogle, 47, 9420 Hull St., Hood River, Ore., were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Anderson Funeral Home, Hood River. Frank Roberts officiated.
Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. in the Glenwood Grange Cemetery. Oliver was a member of the Church of Christ.
Oliver was born in Rockland, Idaho on Jan. 1, 1914 to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spitznogle. He will be remembered as the jolly deaf boy who grew up in Glenwood and attended Vancouver School for the Deaf where he met and married Rose Metricks of Battle Ground.
They lived in Glenwood until 1940 when they moved to Hood River where Olive made many friends and was a successful logger. He built a new home in Hood River in 1950, acquired a small ranch in Yacolt and other properties.
A very hard worker, Oliver at last succumbed to serious effects from spinal meningitis which took his hearing at the age of 17.
Survivors include his widow, Rose of Hood River; father, Walter Spitznogle of White Salmon; brother, Dean of Salem, Ore.; sister, Anna Ellen Troh of Glenwood; ten nieces and nephews.

The following memorial poem was written by Mrs. Troh.

TO MY BROTHER

Heavenly Father, be very kind to him up there
Our Lord Jesus know how much he did bear.
But he laughed and was cheerful, tho' the trials did abound;
With a generous hand, he served all around.
A little help here, a little lift there.
He hath done what he could,
Then Lord, hear our prayer,
And may he be building and happy with you,
Mother, sister and brother, friends and relatives too,
Good music, good fishing -- and not too long to wait,
'Till we meet him anew at the "Homecoming Gate"

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., November 9, 1961, page 12

OLIVER WENDELL SPITZNOGLE SUMMONED BY DEATH

Oliver Wendell Spitznogle, Age 47, of 920 Hull Street, Hood River, Ore., died at his home, November 1. Services were held Saturday at 7 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home in Hood River. Mr. Frank Roberts of Hood River Church officiated.
Interment at Glenwood Grange Cemetery at 3 p.m., followed.
Survivors include his widow, Rose, of Hood River; his father, Walter Spitznogle of White Salmon; one brother, Dean, of Salem, Ore.; one sister, Anna Ellen Troh of Glenwood; and ten nieces and nephews.
Mr. Spitznogle was born in Rockland, Idaho on January 1, 1914 to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spitznogle.

The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., November 9, 1961, page 13

OLIVER WENDELL SPITZNOGLE

Services for Oliver Wendell Spitznogle, 47, were held at the Anderson Funeral home on Saturday, Nov. 4, with Mr. Frank Roberts officiating and interment in Glenwood Grange cemetery at Glenwood, Wash.
He is survived by his widow, Rose of Hood River; father, Walter Spitznogle of White Salmon; brother, Dean of Salem, Ore.; sisters, Anna Ellen Troh of Glenwood, ten nieces and nephews.
Mr. Spitznogle had been a resident of Hood River for 20 years and was employed by the city of Hood River and Highway department. He was a member of the Church of Christ.