The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., January 11, 1940, page 1

HEART ATTACK TAKES LIFE OF W.M. WIIDANEN

     William M. Wiidanen, 65, pioneer resident of the Centerville community, died at his home Monday evening following a heart attack.
     Funeral rites for Mr. Wiidanen were held from the Phillips chapel in Goldendale Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.. Rev. C.E. Hanes, Baptist minister, conducted the service. Interment was made in the Centerville Grange cemetery.
     Mr. Wiidanen was born in Finland and came to this country when nine years old. He had been a resident of the Centerville community since that time.
     Survivors include the widow, Ida, one daughter, Mrs. Edna Simi; five sons, Burton, Albine, Francis, Merle and Wesley; two brothers, Abraham and Edward, both of Portland; for sisters, Mrs. Mary Mattson of Centerville, and Mrs. Ida Johnson, Mrs. Hilda Thorpe and Mrs. Anna Jelkrem, all of Portland.

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