At 7:30 Tuesday night Mrs. William Emmett died at her home
in Estacada. Mrs. Emmett was in her 78th year. Old age caused her
death.
She was one of the early Clackamas County pioneers, having crossed
the plains in ox team with her parents from Missouri in
1852 and located near Oregon City. Her maiden name was Mary Lamb,
and about 1855 she married Isaac Stormer, of the then Oregon
Territory. Later she married William Emmett.
She had eight children, five of whom survive her, Frank Stormer,
of Grant County; Abe Stormer, of McMinnville; John Stormer,
of Estacada; Mrs. M. Anderson, of Bend, and Mrs. M. Kandle, of
Tillamook.
The funeral was held at the Lone Oak Cemetery, at Estacada, Thursday
afternoon. Services were conducted at the Christian
Church. |