Indian Chief's Funeral Held OROVILLE, Wash.
Funeral mass was held yesterday for Edward J. Pierre, 68, who had been chief of the Okanogan Indian Tribe for nearly 50 years. He had succeeded his grandfather, Chief Antoine, in 1914. Pierre was born at Kipling, an early-day town near the present town of Molson, and had lived his entire life in the Oroville area. He died Monday in the Omak Hospital after a month's illness. Surviving are his wife. Mary, whom he married in 1920; a daughter, Mrs. Harvey Moses, Nespelem; five sons, Abraham of American Lake, William, stationed at Castle Air Force Base, Calif., and George, Johnny and Edward, all of Seattle: two sisters, Mrs. Christine Williams, Oroville, and Mrs. Millie Zacherle, Okanogan; two brothers, Tom and Dan, both of Oroville, and 101 grandchildren. Burial was at the Catholic! cemetery in Ellisford with Barnes Funeral Home, Oroville in charge.
Funeral mass was held yesterday for Edward J. Pierre, 68, who had been chief of the Okanogan Indian Tribe for nearly 50 years. He had succeeded his grandfather, Chief Antoine, in 1914. Pierre was born at Kipling, an early-day town near the present town of Molson, and had lived his entire life in the Oroville area. He died Monday in the Omak Hospital after a month's illness. Surviving are his wife. Mary, whom he married in 1920; a daughter, Mrs. Harvey Moses, Nespelem; five sons, Abraham of American Lake, William, stationed at Castle Air Force Base, Calif., and George, Johnny and Edward, all of Seattle: two sisters, Mrs. Christine Williams, Oroville, and Mrs. Millie Zacherle, Okanogan; two brothers, Tom and Dan, both of Oroville, and 101 grandchildren. Burial was at the Catholic! cemetery in Ellisford with Barnes Funeral Home, Oroville in charge.
Indian Chief's Funeral Held OROVILLE, Wash.
Funeral mass was held yesterday for Edward J. Pierre, 68, who had been chief of the Okanogan Indian Tribe for nearly 50 years. He had succeeded his grandfather, Chief Antoine, in 1914. Pierre was born at Kipling, an early-day town near the present town of Molson, and had lived his entire life in the Oroville area. He died Monday in the Omak Hospital after a month's illness. Surviving are his wife. Mary, whom he married in 1920; a daughter, Mrs. Harvey Moses, Nespelem; five sons, Abraham of American Lake, William, stationed at Castle Air Force Base, Calif., and George, Johnny and Edward, all of Seattle: two sisters, Mrs. Christine Williams, Oroville, and Mrs. Millie Zacherle, Okanogan; two brothers, Tom and Dan, both of Oroville, and 101 grandchildren. Burial was at the Catholic! cemetery in Ellisford with Barnes Funeral Home, Oroville in charge.
Funeral mass was held yesterday for Edward J. Pierre, 68, who had been chief of the Okanogan Indian Tribe for nearly 50 years. He had succeeded his grandfather, Chief Antoine, in 1914. Pierre was born at Kipling, an early-day town near the present town of Molson, and had lived his entire life in the Oroville area. He died Monday in the Omak Hospital after a month's illness. Surviving are his wife. Mary, whom he married in 1920; a daughter, Mrs. Harvey Moses, Nespelem; five sons, Abraham of American Lake, William, stationed at Castle Air Force Base, Calif., and George, Johnny and Edward, all of Seattle: two sisters, Mrs. Christine Williams, Oroville, and Mrs. Millie Zacherle, Okanogan; two brothers, Tom and Dan, both of Oroville, and 101 grandchildren. Burial was at the Catholic! cemetery in Ellisford with Barnes Funeral Home, Oroville in charge.
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