Memorial Stories

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  • Larry Riedesel

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    Larry passed away peacefully at home on August 25th, 2024. He was born at Ames, Iowa November 27th, 1930. In 1940 they moved to Moscow, Idaho. Here Larry met his future wife, Ruth Dimond, in the 4th grade. They continued in school together, graduating from Moscow High and the University of Idaho. He earned a…

  • About / Contact Us

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    We are the Ferguson, Stiltz, Anagnostou Families and these are the gravesites we visit annually on Memorial Day to help us remember are friends and family members that have passed. Do you have information you would like to add or edit about these gravesites? Contact us using the comment section of the page you would…

  • W. Dana McPherren

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    W. Dana McPherren was born September 22, 1896 in Geneva, Nebraska. After Mattie died he remarried. He and his son would often visit Mattie’s relatives at Laverne Ferguson’s house. Dana died on May 9, 1975 at age 78 in Cornelius, Oregon.

  • Mattie McPherren

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    Mattie McPherren was born to Noah and Catherine Ferguson on February 16, 1898 in Oregon. She Married W. Dana McPherren. She died young of diabetes on December 19, 1948 in Fall City, Oregon.

  • Catherine Ferguson

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    Catherine Ferguson was born October 30, 1864 in Fulton County, Ohio to David Kaegi and his wife. (David Kaegi was born in Switzerland). Catherine married Noah Ferguson and moved to Oregon. She died February 10, 1929 at the age of 64 of flu pneumonia in Fall City, Oregon.

  • Noah Ferguson

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    Noah Ferguson was born January 25,1863 in Columbus, Ohio to Samuel and Magdalin Ferguson. He married Chatherine Kaegi and moved to Oregon. He died on March 30, 1932 at the age of 69 in Springfield, Oregon.

  • The Legend of the Turtle Bridge

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    When Linda and Chris were children the trip to Falls City occurred probably every month or two.   Each time the same little bridge was crossed over, and each time, Milton (their Dad) would say, There are turtles in this creek.   The children, and Theo were skeptical.  Therefore, while returning from one of their…

  • Maxine Stewart and baby Charles

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    Susan Maxine Stewart, 23, wife of Walter S. Stewart of Longview, WA. She passed away at Longview Thursday, January 18, a short time after the birth of a baby boy who also failed to survive. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Dickinson of Falls City. Mrs. Stewart was born May 25,1916,…

  • Minnie Fitzgearlds

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    DALLAS — Minnie Grace Fitzgearlds. 74, died Saturday Oct 3, 1964 in a Dallas nursing home. Mrs. Fitzgearlds lived here since 1963.  She was born June 3, 1890, in Tipton, Iowa, the daughter of James Daniel and Hannah Geeseman Dickinson. She was married to Frank Fitzgearlds Nov. 23, 1920, in Hot Springs, S.D. He died in…

  • Iva Lou Gay

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    Mrs. Iva Lou Gay, 89, died Sunday at the Dallas hospital. She had made her home at 211 Clay street for the past three years with her sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Maros and Mrs. Minnie Fitzgerald. Mrs. Gay was born August 1,1869, in Cedar county, Iowa, daughter of James G. and Hannah E. Dickinson. She…