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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., May 12, 1939, page 12

W. C. ALLAWAY CALLED

Walter Charles Allaway, pioneer resident of the Trout Lake Valley, passed away on May 5th at the age of 84 years and one month.
He was born April 6, 1855 in Reading, England. There were twelve children in his family and he was the last one to go. All his brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
He came to this country when seventeen years of age. He first stopped in Kansas City, Missouri. He was married to Miss Belle D. McNeal at Baxter Springs, Kansas on April 5, 1877.
To this union four children were born, and one of which is with us still, Mr. D. W. Allaway. There are also four grandchildren, Ethel Pearson, Mildred Gillmouthe, Homer Waltz, Daisy Waltz, Mildred Knutson, and Carlton Allaway, and four great grandchildren, Winifred Waltz, Carolyn Pearson, Susan Gayle Knutson, and Deanne Knutson.
He was a life-long member of the Baptist Church and was always loyal and faithful to Christ first, and then to the church of his choice. But he would work and worship with people of the other church. He was always faithful to the work and worship of this church. In whatever place he worshiped and worked he was always faithful and always in his place if at all possible in foul weather and fair. He was a great Sunday School man, and a loyal and faithful and efficient teacher, and a lover of children. He was always doing little things to make children from happy. And yesterday children from here and at Lakeside gathered flowers for his service. Last night as I came home from Glenwood I came by Lakeside. It was late, and took from the mailbox the flowers that the children had gathered for this service to show their appreciation of his work and his words to them.
When 19 years of age, he began the study of telegraphy, and became a night operator, then again at small stations. When he came west he had the station at Baker City, Oregon, then Pendleton, then Troutdale, and then at The Dalles.
In 1891 he accepted the position of general manager of The Dalles, Portland and Astoria Navigation Co. This position he held until 1904 when the line was bought by the SP&S railroad company and the boat line was discontinued.
He then moved to Portland in 1905, then to Trout Lake where he has resided since, except for seven years spent in Portland and Medford.
On April 5, 1927, Mr. & Mrs. Allaway quietly and informally observed their Golden Wedding anniversary in Portland, Oregon.
The funeral was held at Trout Lake Sunday, May 8, Rev. Good officiating. Interment in Trout Lake Cemetery.