OBITUARY - JESSE BOZARTH SMITH

Submitted by: Vikk, VGDriver1 at aol dot com

Source: "Lewis River News," Woodland, Cowlitz Co., WA, Thursday, February 13,
1958


Services Held for Smith, Bozarth Kin

Friends are offering condolence to Mrs. Clara Wilde who learned Thursday, Feb.
6, of the death of her brother, Jesse Bozarth Smith of Portland, Ore., in Santa
Ana, Calif.

Services were held in Santa Ana for the 81 year old man, born Feb. 18, 1877 in
Kalama, and who was visiting a the home of his son, Jesse Smith Jr, at the time
of his death.

He and his wife had gone to California in September and planned to spend the
winter there for the sake of his health and to be with his son.  Before leaving
they had stopped in Woodland to visit Mrs. Wilde.

The mother of Smith and Mrs. Wilde was a  member of the pioneer Bozarth family
who were numbered among the very first pioneers of the Cowlitz County area.