OBITUARY:
Pearl Branscom Grimes died at the U.S. Veterans hospital, Walla Walla, Wash. Born in Nebraska November 1, 1887 [sic]. His mother and one brother passed away when he was eight years of age. His father and himself came to Washington in 1900.
He was a member of the WOW Salem No. 118, and the American Legion. He served in France in the World war and received his discharge from the army in Mal [sic] 1919 and was married to Nila M. Parkhill on July 2, 1919 and resided in Salem up till July 1926 when he was sent to the USV hospital where he died April 2, 1927, in the 39th year of his age. He leaves his wife, a daughter Dorris M. and one uncle, Wm. Williams of Montana. His father preceded him to the grave on January 26, 1927 at the Masonic Home at Puyallup, Wash. Funeral services from the Terwilliger funeral parlors, Wednesday, 2 p.m. Burial in the IOOF cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 5 Apr 1927 5:6-7
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