Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Raymond W. Donaldson ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Raymond W. Donaldson
LAST NAME: Donaldson FIRST NAME: Raymond MIDDLE NAME: W. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 21 Jan 1885 DIED: 30 Jun 1915 BURIED: 1 Jul 1915
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Mill Worker
BIRTH PLACE:  Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father Robert O. Donaldson
Maiden name of mother Sarah Ann Smith
1900 OR CENSUS - Raymond Donaldson, age 13, b. Jan 1887 [sic] in Oregon, is enumerated with Robert O., age 50, occupation farmer, b. Feb 1850 [1851] in Wisconsin, and Sarah, age 44, mother of 4, b. Wisconsin, along with Ella, age 18, single, b. Dec 1881 in Oregon, W. B., age 16, b. Jun 1883 in Oregon, Ruby, age 14, b. Jun 1885 in Oregon.
MARRIAGE - Ray W. Donaldson md Lenne L. Bosler 25 SEp 1912 in Marion Co., Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
At the late residence, 1690 Lee Street, Wednesday, June 30, 1915, at 1 p.m., Ray W. Donaldson, aged 28 years. 
Besides his wife, Mrs. Lennie Donaldson, he is survived by his father, R. O. Donaldson, at whose home he lived, two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Ella Kurtz of Dallas, Mrs. Ruby Poujade of Salem, and Bert Donaldson of Portland. 
Ray Donaldson passed most of his life in Oregon, having been born at Jefferson. At the time of his death he was the foreman of the planning department of the Charles K. Spaulding mill. He had been ill for three months. The funeral services will be held today at 3 p.m. from the chapel of Rigdon & Richardson. Interment will be in Odd Fellows’ cemetery. 
Daily Oregon Statesman 1 Jul 1915 5:6.
INSCRIPTION: 
RAY 
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD Ridgon record Vol. 7 #149 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1915) #4399 
Saucy Survey & Photographs 
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 140, sheet 8B) 
Oregon Marriages, 1906-1920
DOS 1 Jul 1915 5:6
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LOT: 608 SPACE: 2 NE S½ LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.201' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.894'
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