\L (VF/45 Ella 0. La att Ella Overby LaMatt of Shelton died at the Fir Lane Terrace Con- valescent Center September 5. She was 93‘ A funeral service was held Monday at McComb Funeral Home with Pastor Neil Thompson officiating. Mrs‘ LaMatt was born May 9, 1902 in Cooperstown, North Da~ kota, to Christian and Martha (Johannsen) Overby. When she was years old the family of eight moved to Silver- ton, Oregon, Where two more si- blings were born. In 1905 the family moved to a farm near Somers, Montana. She went to grade school and started high school. She did not finish be- cause of a serious illness in the family. She had to care for the family instead. She married Richard DeVoe in 1926. Their first child, Richard Lyle, was born late that year, but he died soon afier birth. She moved to Grapeview in 1942. She had lived in Mason County for the past 54 years, except two years spent in Walla Walla. She spent her last two years at Fir Lane Convalescent Center af- ter suffering a small strokes She is survived by two daugh- ters and two sons-in-law, Phyllis and Ray Bowlen of Belfair and Roberta and John Campbell of Apache Junction, Arizona; 13 grandchildren; 28 great~grand- children; and five great-great- grandchildren, Interment is in Shelton Memo- rial Park. , OCR Text: \L (VF/45 Ella 0. La att Ella Overby LaMatt of Shelton died at the Fir Lane Terrace Con- valescent Center September 5. She was 93‘ A funeral service was held Monday at McComb Funeral Home with Pastor Neil Thompson officiating. Mrs‘ LaMatt was born May 9, 1902 in Cooperstown, North Da~ kota, to Christian and Martha (Johannsen) Overby. When she was years old the family of eight moved to Silver- ton, Oregon, Where two more si- blings were born. In 1905 the family moved to a farm near Somers, Montana. She went to grade school and started high school. She did not finish be- cause of a serious illness in the family. She had to care for the family instead. She married Richard DeVoe in 1926. Their first child, Richard Lyle, was born late that year, but he died soon afier birth. She moved to Grapeview in 1942. She had lived in Mason County for the past 54 years, except two years spent in Walla Walla. She spent her last two years at Fir Lane Convalescent Center af- ter suffering a small strokes She is survived by two daugh- ters and two sons-in-law, Phyllis and Ray Bowlen of Belfair and Roberta and John Campbell of Apache Junction, Arizona; 13 grandchildren; 28 great~grand- children; and five great-great- grandchildren, Interment is in Shelton Memo- rial Park. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Obituaries for Shelton Cemetery,L Last Name,LaMatt, Ella Overby.tif,LaMatt, Ella Overby.tif, LaMatt, Ella Overby.tif