Sarah Helen Catherine Sawyer and Lee Harvey Alexander

SARAH HELEN CATHERINE SAWYER, daughter of DELOCIA CAMILLA HILLS and CHARLES HUMPHREY SAWYER, was born March 3, 1889 in Wagon Landing, Polk, Wisconsin,⁹⁸⁸ and died December 14, 1967 in Sunnyside, Yakima, Washington.⁹⁸⁸ She is buried in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima, Washington.⁴⁵⁶

She married LEE HARVEY ALEXANDER on August 16, 1907 in Prosser, Benton, Washington.⁵²¹⁷ He was born March 8, 1885 in Nettleton, Caldwell, Missouri,⁷⁰⁵⁹ and died July 11, 1970 in Grandview, Yakima, Washington.¹²⁰²⁸ He is buried in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima, Washington.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Sarah H. C. Sawyer)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Sarah H. C. Sawyer)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Sarah H. C. Sawyer)

Children of SARAH HELEN CATHERINE SAWYER and LEE HARVEY ALEXANDER:

1. VANETA DEE ALEXANDER, b. June 16, 1908, Sunnyside, Yakima, Washington;¹²⁰²⁹ d. January 31, 1986, Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho.¹²⁰²⁹
2. RAY LEE ALEXANDER, b. November 4, 1911, Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho;¹²⁰³⁰ d. November 15, 1971, Yakima County, Washington.¹²⁰³⁰

Obituaries

Sunnyside Sun, July 16, 1970¹²⁰²⁸

Local Pioneer Passes Away

Lee H. Alexander, 85, of Route 2, Sunnyside died in Grandview late Saturday, Jul 11.

Mr. Alexander was born in Saint Joseph, Mo., and as a boy he and his parents rode for property on the Cherokee Strip under the Homestead Act.

He came to the Valley in 1902 on an immigration train. In 1907 he married Helen C. Sawyer. They farmed in Sunnyside from 1917 until his retirement in 1954.

He and Mrs. Alexander celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary shortly before her death in December 1967. For the past two and one half years he has made his home with his daughter.

Survivors include his daughter Mrs. Albert R. (Vaneta) Peffers of Sunnyside; a son, Ray L. Alexander of Sunnyside, three granddaughters and 13 great grandchildren.

Funeral services for Alexander were held Wednesday, July 15, at 10 a.m. in Ball Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Arthur Schulz of the First Baptist Church officiating. Pall bearers were John Caruthers, Glen Smith, Frank Kirkham, All Pulley, Zane Smith, and Kenneth Smith. Interment will be in Tahoma Cemetery of Yakima with Ball Memorial Chapel in charge of arrangements.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 13, 19007051	Zillah, Yakima, Washington	Charles Humphrey Sawyer Charles Allen Sawyer Clinton James Sawyer Leslie Sawyer George Gardner Sawyer Sarah Helen Catherine Sawyer Lois Alma Sawyer