Alma Fern Hathway

1918 - 2001  (82 years)

• Name	Alma Fern Hathway
  Born	18 Aug 1918	Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Jun 2001	Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States   [2]
  Buried	26 Jun 2001	Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States
  Person ID	I2619	Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2014

  
  

  Family	Merle Norman Royse,   b. 19 Oct 1914, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States ,   d. Bef Jun 2001  (Age < 86 years)
  Married	16 May 1937	Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Living   2. Harold M. Royse,   b. 2 Jul 1943, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States ,   d. 11 Dec 2007, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States  (Age 64 years)   3. John Royse,   b. 19 Oct 1946, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States ,   d. Abt Mar 2001, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Aug 1918 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Married - 16 May 1937 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Died - 22 Jun 2001 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Buried - 26 Jun 2001 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1918 BIRTH: CANADA,Alberta Province-Calgary, Alma Fern Hathway born 18 August 1918 to A Cleve and Alberta Bingamen Hathaway [went by Fern] HIST: June 2001 Obit: "She moved to WW, where her father started a printing shop. She grad from WW High School in late 1930s; a legal secretary." 1937 MARRIAGE: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla, Fern married Merle Royse 16 May, 1937 1955 HIST: 1955 letter from Ivy Wegner Royse Pound, mother/law, to Mary Gray Marks: Merle in Walla Walla 1955; Fern's obit, June 2002: Fern "assisted her husband at his Royse Auto Repair; worked for US Postal Service, retiring as postmaster secretary in 1978." RELIGION: 2002 Obit: "She was member of Grace United Methodist Church & for sev years its volunteer bookkeeper." HOBBIES: 2001 Obit: "She enjoyed gardening, sewing and stitchery and spending time with her husband at their cabin on Mill Creek. She loved to travel and visited a son in Australia & bro in Hawaii" 2001 DEATH, BURIAL: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla, Alma Fern Royse, 82, of 1460 Dalles Military Rd, died June 22, 2001 at the Park Manor Rehabilitation Center. Funeral by Dewitt; buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Walla Walla. Memorials to Multiple Sclerosis Soc or Amer Cancer Soc Mrs Royse is survived by son Harold M Royse & wife Dianna, both of Walla Walla; Carol E Linke of Spokane; a bro Glen Hathaway of Lake Oswego OR; five grandchildren & four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, son John Royse, bro Erle Hathaway & sis Hazel Rommel & Ethel Freeburn." ACTION-CHECK OUT-Alma Fern Hathway Royse: 1. Fern die of Multiple Sclerosis or Cancer or both?

  
  

• Sources

  [S138] Obituary: Washington,Walla Walla: Union Bulletin newspaper. Mrs Royse bn 18 Aug 1918 in Calgary, Alberta, to A Cleve & Alberta Bingamen Hathaway. Date: June 2001 [S138] Obituary: Washington,Walla Walla: Union Bulletin newspaper. Alma Fern Royse, 82, of 1460 Dalles Military Road dd June 22, 2001, at the Park Manor Rehabilitation Center. Visitation is scheduled from noon-6pm Mon & 8:30-10am Tues at Colonial-DeWitt Fun Home, 19 E Birch St. Her life will be celebrated at 10am at fun home. Rev Tom Peterson will officiate. Interment will follow at Mtn View Cem. Memorial contributions may be made to Multiple Sclerosis Soc or Amer Cancer Soc. Mrs Royse bn 18 Aug 1918 in Calgary, Alberta, to A Cleve & Alberta Bingamen Hathaway. She moved to WW, where her father started a printing shop. She grad from WW High School in late 1930s. She md Merle Royse on May 16, 1937, in Walla Walla. Mrs Royse was a legal secretary, then assisted her husband at his Royse Auto Repair. After the business closed, Mrs Royse worked for the US Postal Service, retiring as postmaster secretary in 1978. She was member of Grace United Methodist Church & for sev years its volunteer bookkeeper. She enjoyed gardening, sewing and stitchery and spending time with her husband at their cabin on Mill Creek. She loved to travel and visited a son in Australia & bro in Hawaii. Mrs Royse is survived by son Harold M Royse & wife Dianna, both of Walla Walla; Carol E Linke of Spokane; a bro Glen Hathaway of Lake Oswego OR; five grandchildren & four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, son John Royse, bro Erle Hathaway & sis Hazel Rommel & Ethel Freeburn. Date: June 2001 [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse. Merle Norman Royse md Fern Hathway, children: Carol Elizbeth, Harold and John [no dates or places shown] 1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Marks, doc#87 [S138] Obituary: Washington,Walla Walla: Union Bulletin newspaper. She [Fern] married Merle Royse on May 16, 1937, in Walla Walla. Obit of wife, Fern Date: June 2001