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Who's Who at Walla Walla Meeting Room, WA

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==Blann family==
1900 @ Waterman, Wheeler, OR.
* William Lewis Blann '''+1982-1984''' (b. 1890 Mitchell, OR - d. 1984 WW, WA), son of Isaac Blann (b. 1859 Austinville, Monroe Twp., Livingston, MO - d. 1934 Mitchell, OR) & Mary Gertrude Wooden Blann (b. 1865 Bowers, Carroll, MO - d. 1938 Mitchell, OR).
* 1st wife (1912): Lelia Charlotte Campbell Blann (b. 1891 OR), daughter of Washington Lafayette Campbell & Martha Wilson Campbell.
** William Merle Blann (b. 1913 Mitchell, OR - d. 1998 Bend, OR). Wife (1937 @ Franklin, WA): Lena Margaret Sigfrit Blann (b. 1918 Mitchell, OR - d. 1990 Bend, OR), daughter of Edwin Lee Sigfrit (b. 1896 Mitchell, OR - d. 1978 Helena, MT) & Sudie McCarty Sigfrit (b. 1899 Mitchell, OR - d. 1977 Sacramento, CA).** Clifford Lewis Blann (b. 1918 Mitchell, OR - d. 1996 Camp Sherman, Jefferson, OR). Wife (1946 @ Redmond, OR): Anna Lou "Louise" Metke Blann (b. 1924 Bend, OR - d. 1984 Bend, OR), daughter of Luther James Metke (b. 1885 Buffalo, Erie, [[New York|NY]] - d. 1985 Bend, OR) & Anna M. Dobbs Metke (b. 1880 Tullamore, Kings, [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] - d. 1969 Vancouver, WA). * 2nd wife (1923 @ Franklin, WA): Viola Lewis Payne-Grisham-Blann-Underwood (b. 1891 Mitchell, OR; m. 1923 Franklin, WA; d. 1972 Yakima Co., WA), daughter of Charles Frederick G. Lewis (b. 1838 Bremen, Germany; emig. 1866; m. 1877; d. 1924 Mitchell, OR) & Mary Adelaide Woodward Lewis (b. 1861 Eugene, Lane, OR - d. 1934 Mitchell, OR).
* 3rd wife (1932 @ Wasco, OR): Maybelle Mawel Blann (b. 1894 Lexington, OR)
==Brash family==
''The Evening Statesman'' reported that John Brash owned a 10-acre orchard on Pleasant St., just east of the city limits, harvested $700 worth of apples in 1904, but expected not to do more than $100 that year due to heavy frost damage from a few weeks prior in May 1905. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1860. In 1870, he was a lumberman in Onim Valley, Plumas, California, and in 1871 as a printer in Alameda Twp., Alameda, CA, and naturalized that year in San Francisco. 1880 @ Drayton, Pembina, North Dakota.
* John Brash '''+1901+''' (b. 1839 [[Scotland]] - d. 1915 WW, WA), son of Robert Brash & Jane Brash.
==Graber family==
As per Paul's obit in the ''Tri-City Herald'', Pasco, WA, the following poem was found in his Bible, written by his own hand: "My pleasure rise from things unseen, beyond this world and time; Where neither eyes nor ears have been, nor thoughts of mortals climb. I want no pomp, nor royal throne, to raise my honors here: Content and pleased to live unknown till Christ my life appears."
* Paul Graber '''+1982-1994''' (b. 1907 Freeman, Turner, SD - d. 1994 Wallula, WW, WA), son of Peter J. Graber & Elizabeth Graber. Paul was raised on the family farm near Glendive, MT. He served until retirement as head custodian at the school system in Salem, Oregon. He resided in Milton-Freewater, OR 1976-1994, then spent five remaining months in the home of his daughter in Wallula.
* Ruth Evangeline Giltner Graber '''+1982-1994''' (b. 1908 Idaho Falls, Bonneville, ID - d. 1994 Wallula, WA), daughter of Frank Benjamin Graber & Tillie E. Giltner Graber.
** Lois Graber Longmeier - Wallula, WA. Husband: Bob Longmeier.
** James Andrew Graber (b. 1947 Denver, CO - d. 2020 Molalla, Clackamas, OR)
==Klassen family==
* Irvin Herbert Klassen '''+1935-2003''' (b. 1912 Aberdeen, [[Idaho|ID]] - d. 2003 WW, WA), son of Cornelius Klassen (b. 1877 Neumunsterberg, Germany; emig. 1893; d. 1950 Aberdeen, ID) & Paula Hege Klassen (b. 1885 Hettstadtherhof, Germany; emig. 1893; m. 1904 Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, CA; d. 1978 Aberdeen, ID).
* Gladys Maxwell Cook Klassen '''+1937-1987''' (b. 1915 Seattle, WA - d. 1987 WW, WA), daughter of Alban Lorenzo Cook (b. 1884 Zephyr, ON - d. 1939 Seattle, King, [[Washington|WA]]) & Grace Evelyn Kann Cook (b. 1891 Cheever Twp., Dickinson, KS - d. 1920 Spokane, WA).
** Ronald J. Klassen '''1936-2008+''' (b. 1936 WW, WA). Wife: Lois Nina Klassen Kilcup '''+1963-2017''' (b. 1936 Hoquiam, Grays Harbor, WA - d. 2017 WW, WA), daughter of Charles Elmer Kilcup (b. 1897 Pocologan, Charlotte, [[New Brunswick|NB]] - d. 1975 Tacoma, Pierce, WA) & Nina Beryl Simpson Kilcup (b. 1897 Letete, Charlotte, NB - d. 1982 Tacoma, WA). In 1950, Charles was employed in Tacoma as a ship repairman.*** Valerie Lee Klassen '''1963-1984+''' (b. 1963 WW, WA - d. 2004 Rideau Ferry, ON).
** Ruth Gladys Klassen '''1937-1955+; +1985-1993''' (1937-1993 WW, WA)
** Mary Lou Klassen Mitchell '''1939-1957+''' (b. 1939 WW, WA - d. 2006 Weston, Umatilla, OR). Husband (1966): Ralph Edward Mitchell (b. 1932 Weston, OR - d. 2013 Milton-Freewater, OR), son of Edward Lee Mitchell (b. 1905 Weston, OR - d. 1972 Umatilla Co., OR) & Violet Mae Grover Mitchell (b. 1913 Pendleton, OR - d. 2010 Weston, OR). ==Knowles family==* Fred "John" Knowles, Jr. '''+1982-1990+''' (1935-2021 WW, WA), son of Fred John Knowles, Sr. (b. 1898 Sun City, Barber, KS - d. 1990 WW, WA) & Olgie Myrtle Walker Knowles (b. 1899 Sun City, KS - d. 1989 WW, WA). * Dorothy Ann Upcraft Knowles '''+1982-1990+''' (b. 1936 Blalock, WW, WA; m. 1954 WW, WA; d. 2014 WW, WA), daughter of John Alexander Upcraft (b. 1898 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, [[Pennsylvania|PA]] - d. 1962 WW, WA) & Helen Agnes Anna Schmelzer Upcraft (b. 1912 Prospect Point, WW, WA; m. 1935 WW, WA; d. 2000 WW, WA). John & Helen's wedding officiated by the pastor of [https://www.christwallawalla.org/ Christ Lutheran]. In 1950, John Upcraft was self-employed in Walla Walla in sales and installation of furnaces. * Brent Alan Knowles '''+1977-2008+''' (b. 1958 - '''d. 2-23-2024'''). Happily married 46 years.
==Lamb family==
** John Maxwell Lamb (b. 1906 Dixie, WA - d. 1990 WW, WA). Wife: Opal Faye Nutt Lamb (b. 1908 TX - d. 1995 WA), daughter of Paschal Sam Nutt (b. 1871 TX - d. 1954 Alpine, Brewster, TX) & Minnie Caroline Ringer Nutt (b. 1880 Lampasas Co., TX - d. 1902 San Angelo, Tom Green, TX).
** Lois Capitola Lamb '''+1949+''' (b. 1908 Dixie, WA - d. 1994 WW, WA).
** James Daniel Lamb, Sr. '''+1949-1994+''' (b. 1913 Dixie, WA - d. 2002 Spokane, WA). Wife (1938 @ WW, WA): Marjorie Jane Johnson Lamb '''+1949-1994+''' (b. 1921 Silver Lake, Cowlitz, WA - d. 2004 Selah, Yakima, WA), daughter of Cecil Olive Johnson (1900-1990 WW, WA) & Sylvia Grace Scott Johnson (b. 1899 Armstrong, North Okanogan, BC - d. 1971 WW, WA).*** Robert Lee Lamb '''+1949-1957+''' (b. 1939 WW, WA)*** James D. Lamb, Jr. '''+1949-1959+''' (b. 1941 WW, WA)*** Russell Rexford Lamb '''+1949-1960+''' (1942-2014 WW, WA). 1st wife (1963): Deanna R. Davison Lamb-Aichele (b. 1945 Lancaster, NE), daughter of Lloyd Davison (b. 1908 Norton, KS; m. 1931 Norton, KS; d. 1984 Boise, ID) & Jennie Ethel Hendrickson Davison (b. 1911 Norton, KS - d. 1984 Boise, ID).*** Barbara Jean Lamb Barclay-Price '''+1949-1962+''' (1944-2015 WW, WA). 1st husband (1966): Kenneth Daniel Barclay, Sr. (b. 1936 Potter, TX - d. 1984 Anchorage, [[Alaska|AK]]), son of James "Jim" B. Barclay (b. 1909 Damsite, Hardeman, TX - d. 1966 Palmer, AK) & Clarine Muriel Hicks Barclay (b. 1909 Batesville, AR - d. 1996 Auburn, King, WA); 2nd husband (2006): Dale L. Price (b. 1938 WW, WA), son of Clarence Lucius Price (1906-1973 WW, WA) & Vera Rowene Harter Price (b. 1914 Washtucna, Adams, WA - d. 1987 WW, WA).
** William Paul Lamb (b. 1915 Dixie, WA - d. 2008 WW, WA). 1st wife (1943 @ Tom Green Co., TX): Elizabeth May Gipson Lamb (b. 1918 San Angelo, Tom Green, TX - d. 1993 WW, WA), daughter of Thomas Roy Gipson (b. 1890 Jamestown, Smith, TX - d. 1951 WW, WA) & Ada Mildred Copeland Gipson (b. 1886 Palestine, Anderson, TX - d. 1956 WW, WA). 2nd wife: Florence Grace Mills Ewing-Lamb (b. 1920 Webster City, Hamilton, IA - d. 2015 WW, WA), daughter of Bernard Mills (b. 1892 Devils Lake, Ramsey, [[North Dakota|ND]] - d. 1954 Salt Lake City, [[Utah|UT]]) & Elizabeth Rosella Williams Mills (b. 1896 Webster City, IA - d. 1987 Layton, Davis, UT).
** Phillip Russell Lamb '''+1949-2001''' (1918-2001 Dixie, WA). Wife (1944 @ WW, WA): Eva "Effie" May Johnson Lamb '''+1949-current''' (b. 1925 ID), sister of Phillip's brother James Daniel Lamb, Sr.'s wife Marjorie Jane.
** Perry Alan Lamb (b. 1922 Dixie, WA - d. 2003 College Place, WW Co., WA). Wife (1955 @ WW, WA): Jean Arlen Roberts Lamb-Krenz-Weinard (b. 1937 WA).
** Thomas "Tom" Rexford Lamb (b. 1923 Dixie, WA - d. 2014). Wife (1946 @ Livingston Park, MT): Shirley Robertson Lamb (b. 1926 Little Washington, PA - d. 2000 WW, WA), daughter of Andrew Jackson "Jack" Robertson (b. 1878 Marion, Jasper, IN - d. 1962 WW, WA) & Mary Agnes Upcraft Robertson (b. 1895 South Bend, Armstrong, PA - d. 1978 WW, WA).
** Bonnie June Lamb Kirkpatrick '''+1949+''' (b. 1929 Dixie, WA - d. 2002 Seattle, King, WA). Husband (1953 @ WW, WA): John Howard Kirkpatrick (b. 1929 Arborfield, Melfort, SK - d. 2019 Missoula, MT), son of John Gordon Kirkpatrick (b. 1897 Murchison, Nipissing, ON - d. 1965 WW, WA) & Thelma Ethel Piper Kirkpatrick (b. 1901 Denver, CO - d. 1987 Vancouver, Clark, WA).
==Liening family==* Russell P. Lamb Geraldine "Gerry" Rose Kilcup Liening '''+19851982-1994+2021'''(b. 1941 Aberdeen, WA - d. 2021 WW, WA), daughter of Charles Elmer Kilcup (b. 1897 Pocologan, Charlotte, [[New Brunswick|NB]] - d. 1975 Tacoma, Pierce, WA) & Nina Beryl Simpson Kilcup (b. 1897 Letete, Charlotte, NB - d. 1982 Tacoma, WA). Happily married 55 years.
==Meuter family==