Adams County,  Ritzville, WA  

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The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times, no obits during October 1912 and November 1912
  
The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times, Thursday, December 19, 1912, issue

Mrs. Nancy Jane Lee
	Christmas in Carl Lee's home one-half mile southeast of this city, will not be the happy
event this year that it ususally is, due to the death of a beloved mother and grandmother.
On Wednesday morning, December 18, Mrs. Lee, mother of Carl, died suddenly of heart failure at
his home. It seems that the family was just getting ready for breakfast, when Mr. Lee told his
little girl to go into her grandmother's room and call her to breakfast. When the little girl
went into the room she found Mrs. Lee sitting in a rocking chair, dead. She had dressed and was
sitting as though she had gone peacefully to sleep. Dr. Bice was hastily called, but it was known
before he arrived at the home that Mrs. Lee was beyond the aid of human hand. Mrs. Lee was 87
years of age. She will be buried in Fairmont Cemetery in Spokane, where her husband, who died
seven years ago, is buried. Carl Lee and family have gone to Spokane with the body where the
funeral services will be held.
	Mrs. Lee is survived by seven children and a number of grandchildren. Her sons are: Carl
Lee, of near this city; O. M. Lee of Indianapolis; F. O. Lee, who makes his home in California;
and R. H. Lee, who makes his home in Wilson Creek, this state. The daughters are: Mrs. D. A.  
Darling, and Mrs. Smith Lee, both of Spokane, and Miss J. B. Lee of San Francisco. A number of  
the members of the Knights of Pythias lodge were at the Northern Pacific depot today to see the
bereaved family leave with the body of Mrs. Lee for Spokane.

The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times, Thursday, December 26, 1912, issue

Fred Bickford
	News arrived in this city yesterday of the death of little Fred, the four year old son of
E. F. Bickford and wife, who live seven miles east of Hatton, at half past ten on Christmas  
morning. The little fellow had been sick three weeks with spinal meningitis, and although every
effort was made to save his life by the attending physicians, Drs. Marion of Hatton and I. Hall
of Spokane, nothing availed. Funeral services will be held friday by Rev. Hutton, of the Congregational
church of this city, and interment of the remains will be in the Michigan Prairie cemetery.