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Title: Obituary Lookup please
Post by: carol80 on Tuesday 27 May 25 23:22 BST (UK)
Have a hint from Ancestry. Could some kind Rootschatter look up the following Obituary for Stanley A. Wadsen?
Details from Ancestry are: Death Date   3 Mar 1999
Death Place   Seattle, King, Washington, USA
Obituary Date   5 Mar 1999
Obituary Place   Olympia, Washington, USA
Newspaper Title: The Olympian

Thank you for your time.
Carol
Title: Re: Obituary Lookup please
Post by: crisane on Wednesday 28 May 25 02:47 BST (UK)
A tree on ancestry has the newspaper obituary which allowed me to transccribe it, Didn't know ancestry had this facility till now  :)

Stanley A. Wadsen Stanley A. Wadson, 80, a 12-year resident of Olympia, died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Wednesday, March 3, 1999, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He was born Jan. 24, 1819; to Stanley and Josephine (Meger) Wadzinski in DePew, III. Mr. Wadsden married Ernestine Petrus in 1941. He was a roll designer. He worked for Kaiser Steel in Fontana, Calif. He retired in 1 987. Mr. was a member of Trout Unlimited, Masons and Bible Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed fishing and traveling. He is survived by his wife, Ernestine Wadson of Olympia; two sons, (*); a daughter, (*); three sisters, Irene (deceased), (*), and two grandchildren. No services are planned. Memorial donations can be made to Trout Unlimited. Arrangements are by Olympic Funeral Home, Tumwater.



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Title: Re: Obituary Lookup please
Post by: carol80 on Wednesday 28 May 25 05:29 BST (UK)
Many Thanks.
Carol
Title: Re: Obituary Lookup please
Post by: shellyesq on Wednesday 28 May 25 22:02 BST (UK)
A quick search indicated that Stanley's wife is deceased, but since some/all of those other people may still be alive, I removed their names.  The obituary can be seen here - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-olympian-obituary-for-stanley-a-wad/173343345/
Title: Re: Obituary Lookup please
Post by: carol80 on Friday 30 May 25 22:31 BST (UK)
Many Thanks, shellyesq.
I have a DNA match with his daughter and wife on my father's line.

Carol