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The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., September 1, 1966, page 3

SELMA S. MITCHELL

Selma S. Mitchell, 54, died in a Portland hospital Saturday, as a result of burns she suffered August 25, when she accidentally ignited her clothing with a lighter while under sedation and a hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Jay of Portland; her mother, Mrs. Dora Thornton, White Salmon; three sisters, Mrs. S.R. Aplin and Mrs. W. C. Koch, both of White Salmon, and Ruby Durkee, Portland, three brothers, Charles and Fred Thornton of White Salmon and Hugh of California.
Mrs. Mitchell was born Jan. 10, 1912, in White Salmon. She had been a resident of Portland for five years.
Services were held Wednesday morning in the Little Chapel of the Chimes. Interment was in the Underwood Cemetery with graveside services there at 2:30 p.m.

The Oregonian, Portland, OR., August 30, 1966, section 1, page 23

SELMA S. MITCHELL

Funeral for Mrs. Selma S. Mitchell, 5035 N. Montana St., will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Little Chapel of the Chimes, followed by interment in Sunset Hills Cemetery. She died Saturday in a local hospital.
Mrs. Mitchell was born Jan. 10, 1912, in White Salmon, Wash, and came to Portland five years ago. She was a housewife.
Survivors include the widower, Jay, Portland; her mother, Mrs. Dora Thornton, White Salmon, Wash.; three brothers, Charles and Fred, White Salmon, and Hugh in California; three sisters, Mrs. S.R. Aplin and Mrs. W. C. Koch, both of White Salmon, and Ruby Durkee, Portland.

The Oregonian, Portland, OR., August 30, 1966, section 3, page 9

MITCHELL -- Selma S., 5035 N. Montana; beloved wife of J.C. Mitchell; daughter of Dora Thornton; sister of Charles, Fred, Hugh Thornton, Mrs. S.R. Aplin, Mrs. W. C. Koch, Ruby Durkee. Services Wednesday, Aug. 31, 11 a.m., at THE LITTLE CHAPEL OF THE CHIMES, 430 N. Killingsworth. Interment Sunset Hills.