The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., April 6, 1978, page 5

RICKA L. HUNSAKER

     Ricka L. Hunsaker, 75, who lived her entire life in White Salmon, died March 31 in Portland. Funeral was Monday at Gardner Funeral Home, with the Rev. Frederick Haag officiating. Interment was in White Salmon.
     Mrs. Hunsaker was born February 2, 1903, in Trout Lake to Jacob and Hendrika Claterbos. She was raised by her grandmother, Willamina Wyers, in White Salmon.
     After high school, she attended the University of Washington. She married Walter Hunsaker June 21, 1923, and in 1973 they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
     Mrs. Hunsaker is survived by her husband; a son, Harry, and a daughter-in-law, Marje; three grandchildren, Ann and John Hunsaker and Terry Tincher; a great-granddaughter, Mimi Marie; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
     She was preceded in death by a son, John Walter, in 1945, and by three brothers, Harry, Bill and Lou Claterbos.
     She was a Gold Star Mother, a member of the P.E.O., and a Past Worthy Matron of Eastern Star. She belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary, Daughters of the Nile, Horticulture Society, and Bethel Congregational Church.
     Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, c/o Vada Yarnell, White Salmon; or to Memorial Fund, Bethel Congregational Church, White Salmon.

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