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Sarah Ellen <I>Wilson</I> Dunbar

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Sarah Ellen Wilson Dunbar

Birth
Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, USA
Death
17 Jan 1962 (aged 70)
Brewster, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Burial
Pateros, Okanogan County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Note: Raised by her grandparents after the death of her mother.

Ellen Overturf Dunbar of Pateros passed away of cancer at the Brewster hospital on Wednesday morning.

Mrs. Dunbar was born in Sparta, Illinois, and when a young girl moved to Grant County. She was married to Dennis Overturf and the young couple homesteaded in the Mazama district of the Methow Valley.

After Mr. Overturf's death in 1929, she moved to Winthrop and later to Pateros, where she married Robert Dunbar in 1937.

She was a member of the Wenatchee Baptist Church, Alta Rebakah Lodge and the Pateros Grange.

She is survived by her husband, one son, Vernon Overturf of Moses Lake, a daughter Mrs. Merle Freshour of Seattle, three grandchildren, Terry Overturf, Phillis and Robert Freshaur.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the Methodist Church at Pateros, Reverend Francis Adams officiating. William Barnes is in charge of arrangements.

children: Vernon Conrad Overturf b: 4 Dec 1914 d: 13 Dec 2001, Merle Elaine Overturf Freshour b: 19 Feb 1917 d: 15 May 2002
Note: Raised by her grandparents after the death of her mother.

Ellen Overturf Dunbar of Pateros passed away of cancer at the Brewster hospital on Wednesday morning.

Mrs. Dunbar was born in Sparta, Illinois, and when a young girl moved to Grant County. She was married to Dennis Overturf and the young couple homesteaded in the Mazama district of the Methow Valley.

After Mr. Overturf's death in 1929, she moved to Winthrop and later to Pateros, where she married Robert Dunbar in 1937.

She was a member of the Wenatchee Baptist Church, Alta Rebakah Lodge and the Pateros Grange.

She is survived by her husband, one son, Vernon Overturf of Moses Lake, a daughter Mrs. Merle Freshour of Seattle, three grandchildren, Terry Overturf, Phillis and Robert Freshaur.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the Methodist Church at Pateros, Reverend Francis Adams officiating. William Barnes is in charge of arrangements.

children: Vernon Conrad Overturf b: 4 Dec 1914 d: 13 Dec 2001, Merle Elaine Overturf Freshour b: 19 Feb 1917 d: 15 May 2002


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  • Created by: Teresa
  • Added: Jul 14, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28288865/sarah_ellen-dunbar: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Ellen Wilson Dunbar (9 Jan 1892–17 Jan 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28288865, citing Pateros Cemetery, Pateros, Okanogan County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Teresa (contributor 46969893).