Lora Maude Everett and William Steward Shumway

WILLIAM STEWARD SHUMWAY was born October 6, 1877 in Champlin, Hennepin, Minnesota,⁹⁸⁸ and died October 22, 1961 in Tonasket, Okanogan, Washington.⁹⁸⁸ He is buried in Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan, Okanogan, Washington.⁴⁵⁶

He married LORA MAUDE EVERETT on November 12, 1902 in Custer, Whatcom, Washington,⁵²¹⁷ daughter of MARY HUGH IRVINE and BENJAMIN WILLARD EVERETT. She was born October 18, 1881 in Missouri,⁹⁸⁸ and died May 1, 1969 in Omak, Okanogan, Washington.⁹⁸⁸ She is buried in Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan, Okanogan, Washington.⁴⁵⁶

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  • Edward Erwin Descendant Report (Ancestor of Lora M. Everett)
  • Jacob Clements Descendant Report (Ancestor of Lora M. Everett)
  • William Campbell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Lora M. Everett)

Children of LORA MAUDE EVERETT and WILLIAM STEWARD SHUMWAY:

1. HAZEL MARGARET SHUMWAY, b. December 17, 1903, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington;⁷⁰⁸¹ m. EDWARD QUINN ANDERSON in June, 1929 in Snohomish County, Washington⁵²¹⁷; d. September 23, 1983, Seattle, King, Washington.⁹⁸⁸
2. HELEN LUCILLE SHUMWAY, b. August 20, 1905, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington;⁷⁰⁸¹ m. CHESTER ARTHUR RINGHEIM on July 3, 1928 in Okanogan County, Washington⁵²¹⁷; d. March 27, 1989, Okanogan, Okanogan, Washington.⁹⁸⁸
3. MILDRED ELIZABETH SHUMWAY, b. August 9, 1908, Okanogan, Okanogan, Washington;⁷⁰⁸¹ m. CLAIRE FRANK PENTZ on June 5, 1927 in Okanogan County, Washington⁵²¹⁷; d. June 26, 2000, Okanogan County, Washington.⁷⁵⁶
4. MARY ESTHER SHUMWAY, b. December 29, 1914, Washington;⁹⁸⁸ m. ELWYN LOUIS KECHLEY on September 6, 1941 in Seattle, King, Washington⁵²¹⁷; d. September 27, 1989, Seattle, King, Washington.⁹⁸⁸
5. STEWARD EVERETT SHUMWAY, b. January 14, 1917, Omak, Okanogan, Washington;⁷⁵⁷ m. FRANCES L. TORPEY on September 11, 1942 in Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico¹⁰⁴⁶⁷; d. January 6, 1997, Olympia, Thurston, Washington.⁹⁸⁸
6. VIRGINIA CATHERINE SHUMWAY, b. February 25, 1919, Okanogan County, Washington;⁷⁰⁸¹ m. MANUEL ANTONE DUARTE on August 9, 1944 in Omak, Okanogan, Washington⁵²¹⁷; d. May 17, 2004, King County, Washington.⁷⁵⁶
7. NORMA ADELE SHUMWAY, b. November 16, 1921, Washington;⁹⁸⁸ m. DR. WILLIAM WILSON HODGES in Baltimore, Maryland¹⁰⁴⁷⁰; d. February 28, 1982, Omak, Okanogan, Washington.⁹⁸⁸

Personal Information

• William Steward Shumway was a member of the First Christian Church, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington. ¹⁰⁴⁶²

Military Service

Obituaries

Spokesman-Review, October 24, 1961¹⁰⁴⁶²

Death Takes Okanogan Pioneer, 84

OMAK, Wash. — A prominent Okanogan County pioneer businessman, W. F. Shumway, 84, died at St. Martin's Hospital in Tonasket Sunday after a lingering illness.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Precht Funeral Chapel in Omak, the Rev. Roger Muisiner officiating. Burial will be at Omak Memorial Cemetery.

Born at Champlin, Minn. Mr. Shumway moved with his parents to Whatcom County at the age of 12.

On Nov. 12, 1902, he married Maude Everett at Custer, Wash. They living in Bellingham until 1905, when he came to Alma, which is now Okanogan.

The following year he moved to Omak where the family has since lived. Mr. Shumway formed the Omak Mercantile Co. in 1907 and operated it until he sold in 1921. In 1922 he formed a partnership which established and built the Petersen, Keller and Shumway Fruit Warehouses. He remained active in this firm until he retirement in 1948. The firm still operates under the same name.

Mr. Shumway was active in the civic and political life of Okanogan County. He was appointed a county commissioner in 1921 to fill and unexpired term, and was elected to two subsequent terms. He served as one of the original commissioners of the Okanogan County Public Utility District.

Mr. Shumway was a charter member of the Omak Commercial Club, Palestine Lodge 214 and Bethany Chapter 154 of Omak. He was a member of the First Christian Church of Bellingham and was a veteran of the Spanish-American War.

Surviving are his wife, Maude E. Shumway, Omak; six daughters, Mrs. Hazel Anderson, Mrs. Esther Kechley and Mrs. Virginia Duarte, all of Seattle; Mrs. Norma Hodges, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Mildred Pentz and Mrs. helen Ringheim, Omak; one son, Stuart, Olympia; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie J. Thomas and Mrs. Stella Blythe, Bellingham; one brother, Ray Shumway, Lynden, Wash., 1 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 9, 190010437	Custer, Whatcom, Washington	Mary Hugh Irvine Benjamin Willard Everett Lora Maude Everett Irvine Fletcher Everett Lester Hugh Everett Guy Elwin Everett
April 23, 191010466	Omak, Okanogan, Washington	William Steward Shumway Lora Maude Everett Hazel Margaret Shumway Helen Lucille Shumway Mildred Elizabeth Shumway
February 5, 19207213	Omak, Okanogan, Washington	William Steward Shumway Lora Maude Everett Hazel Margaret Shumway Helen Lucille Shumway Mildred Elizabeth Shumway Mary Esther Shumway Virginia Catherine Shumway
April 3, 19509575	Seattle, King, Washington	Edward Quinn Anderson Hazel Margaret Shumway Son Lora Maude Everett