Washington death certificates: abstracts

Source: Washington State Department of Health, certificates of death. Images from the Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907–2001 (free; downloaded 2026-09-27 to media/). Search: digitalarchives.wa.gov/Search (Record Series "Death Records", Title "Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-2001").

Abstracts record what the document says, including errors. Analysis is marked Note. Social Security numbers on the certificates are not copied here.

Other Hegnauer certificates in the same series, not yet abstracted: Adelaide Louise Hegnauer (1995, Cowlitz; H0105), Carolyn R. Hegnauer (1990, King; H0171), Lotta D. Hegnauer (1973, Pierce; H0063), Robert Lucius Hegnauer (1999; H0025). Several are already cited from Ancestry's copies in the master records; check before downloading.

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Allen Dale Wilson, 1951 (H0119)

File media/H0119_1951_death-cert_wa.pdf · State file 21157 · Reg. dist. 87 · registrar's no. 23 · filed 13 Nov 1951 · record digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/CB1CB83A9D1FEDC8EB83BD8333237D1E

• Place of death: Yakima County, Tieton, Rt. #1, Tieton, Wash.; length of stay 6 weeks. Usual residence the same.
• Name: Allen Dale Wilson. Male, white, single. Born Oct. 1, 1951, Yakima, Washington; age 0 (months and days entered as 1 and 6).
• Father: Floyd Perry Wilson. Mother's maiden name: Cora Laverne Ward. Informant: Mrs. Cora Laverne Wilson.
• Died Nov. 6, 1951, about 1:00 p.m. Death without medical attendance; certified by the Yakima County coroner (2714 Shelton Ave., Yakima, 7 Nov 1951) as accidental, occurring at home on Rt. #1, Tieton, on 6 Nov 1951 (handwriting partly illegible).
• Burial: 11/8/51, Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Wash. Funeral director Keith & Keith, Yakima.
• Note: Proves that Allen Dale (H0119), whom the family tree gives without a source, was a son of Floyd Perry Wilson (H0087) and Cora Laverne Ward (H0108), and that the family was at Tieton in 1951. First record seen with Floyd's middle name in full.

Clara Edith (Baker) Hegnauer, 1951 (H0250)

File media/H0250_1951_death-cert_wa.pdf · State file 15217 · registrar's no. 147 · received 30 Aug 1951, filed 25 Sep 1951 · record digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/AAB857A5CCBD970A2E86E47609B89A26

• Place of death: Spokane County, Spokane, N. 2415 Ella (her home). Usual residence N. 2415 Ella, Spokane.
• Name: Clara Edith Hegnauer. Female, white, married. Born 8/17/77 (17 Aug 1877), Illinois; age 74. Usual occupation housewife, own home.
• Father: "Unobt." [unobtainable]. Mother's maiden name: Abbie Porter. Informant: Leonard Hegnauer.
• Died 29 Aug 1951, 7:05 p.m. Cause: myocardial infarction (2 days), due to arteriosclerotic heart disease (15 years); other condition hypertensive cardiovascular disease (10 years). Physician Edward B. Sayor [?], M.D., Millwood, Wash., attended 27–29 Aug 1951.
• Burial: 8/31/51, Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Wash. Funeral director Sunset Mem. Chapel (B. & D.), Spokane; O. G. Marager [?].
• Note: The informant is her husband Leonard Hegnauer (H0012). Her mother's name agrees with a member story in the Ancestry tree (sources/ancestry/H0003-member-media.md item 11: Clara the daughter of Harrison P. Baker and Abbie C. Porter). Leonard and Clara Edith Baker married 24 Dec 1901 at Watseka, Iroquois Co., Illinois (FamilySearch Illinois marriages; see H0038 citations).

Leonard Hegnauer, 1963 (H0012)

File media/H0012_1963_death-cert_wa.pdf · State file 24507 · registrar's no. 2243 · received 11 Nov 1963 · record digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/C99EE2E92E41A84A0C8683A6E470BDE7

• Place of death: Spokane County, Spokane, Sharon Arms (inside city limits); length of stay 4 yrs. Usual residence: E. 1801 Upriver Dr., Spokane (inside city limits).
• Name: Leonard Hegnauer. Male, white, widowed. Born 3-22-72 (22 Mar 1872), Missouri; age 91. U.S. citizen. Not in the armed forces.
• Usual occupation: "Ret. Extension Agronomist, Wash. State Univ."
• Father: F. Leonhard Hegnauer. Mother's maiden name: Magdalena Hirschi.
• Informant: (daughter) Miss Dorothy Hegnauer, N. 2313 Girard Rd., Spokane, Wn.
• Died Nov. 10, 1963, 12:30 p.m. Cause: congestive heart failure (weeks), due to ASHD [arteriosclerotic heart disease] (years). No autopsy. Physician Roy T. Pearson, M.D., Spokane, attended June 1960 – 10 Nov 1963; signed 11 Nov 1963.
• Burial: 11-13-63, City Cemetery, Pullman, Washington. Funeral director C. E. Gilman-Hazen & Haeger [?], Spokane.
• Note: The birth date, 22 Mar 1872, agrees with the 1900 census month (Mar 1872) and Find a Grave (memorial 70188943: 22 Mar 1872 – 10 Nov 1963); the old tree's 22 May 1872 (Social Security claims index) is a variant. Mother: "Magdalena Hirschi" is the informant's error: Leonard's mother was Susanna Katharina Hirschi (H0038), and Magdalena (Stocker) was Susanna's mother, the informant's great-grandmother. His father Leonhard (H0003) had no known second name beginning with F. The occupation confirms that he is the agronomist of Oregon Agricultural College and later of Washington State College, Pullman, found in newspaper searches (see sources/ancestry/H0007-survey-abstracts.md). His daughter Dorothy (H0251) was unmarried in 1963.

Roy Kenneth Wilson, 1937 (H0106)

File media/H0106_1937_death-cert_wa.pdf · Washington State Board of Health · reg. dist. M-1 · registered no. 20 · filed 5 Feb 1937 · record digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/770C535D9BE498DDDCAF6B48E30687DB

• Place of death: Grays Harbor County, Aberdeen, 1110 West Perry St.; 13 years in the city. Residence the same.
• Name: Roy Kenneth Wilson. Male, white, single. Born 9/12/1920, Bernice, Oklahoma; age 16 y 4 m 22 d. No occupation.
• Father: Jas. I. Wilson, born Benton Co., Arkansas. Mother's maiden name: Lucy Harris, born Benton Co., Arkansas. Informant: Jas. I. Wilson, 1110 W. Perry, Aberdeen.
• Died 2/4/37, 11:40 a.m. Cause: bronchopneumonia (onset 2-1-37), with chronic saccular bronchiectasis (early childhood); diagnosis confirmed by X-ray; no autopsy. Physician Harry C. Watkins, M.D., Aberdeen, attended April 1935 – 2/4/37.
• Burial: Fern Hill, Aberdeen, 2/8/37. Undertaker Elerding Mortuary, Aberdeen.
• Note: The birthplace is Bernice, Delaware Co., Oklahoma, where the family was in the census of January 1920; the Ancestry index of this certificate (as the family tree has it) gives Missouri. Lucy's Benton County birthplace agrees with her own certificate (Sulphur Springs).

Arthur Garfield Curtis, 1966 (H0054)

File media/H0054_1966_death-cert_wa.pdf · State file 4718 · registrar's no. 72 · received 10 Mar 1966 · record digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/7C4B11A317BB239C8E7D14827BAACFDC

• Place of death: Cowlitz County, Longview, Cowlitz Valley Nursing Home (inside city limits); length of stay 6 years. Usual residence: 202 Ross Road, Kelso, Cowlitz County (inside city limits; not a farm).
• Name: Arthur Garfield Curtis. Male, white, married. Born 10-20-1880, Valparaiso, Indiana; age 85. Farmer (farming). Not in the armed forces.
• Father: Nathan Curtis. Mother's maiden name: Louise Thomas. Informant: Hazel Lucille Curtis, Kelso, Wash.
• Died March 8, 1966, 11:15 [?] p.m. Cause: pneumonia (4 days) due to cerebral vascular arteriosclerosis (years). No autopsy. Physician attended 1960–1966.
• Disposition: removal, 3-10-66, to the Anderson Mortuary, Montevideo, Minnesota. Funeral director Ditlevsen-Moore Funeral Home, 301 Cowlitz Way, Kelso.
• Note: Names Arthur's parents for the first time in the study: Nathan Curtis (H0041, born Hebron, Porter Co., per the family tree) and Louise [Louisa] Thomas (H0283). This disproves WikiTree's link of Arthur (Curtis-3938) to Randolph Curtis (Curtis-3943).

William D. Evans, 1972 (H0145)

File media/H0145_1972_death-cert_wa.pdf · Washington State Department of Social and Health Services · state file 22418 · local file 422 · received 6 Nov 1972 · record digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/D85A4A20D2D2009B9CEE38C384B4B486

• Place of death: Grays Harbor County, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Community Hospital. Residence: 812¼ Stewart St., Aberdeen.
• Name: William D. Evans. Male, white, married. Born Jan 12, 1910, North Dakota; age 62 [entry partly illegible]. Truck driver, logging.
• Surviving spouse: Mary Worek. Father: Loenard [Leonard] Evans. Mother's maiden name: Matilda Mattson. Informant: Mary Evans, 812¼ Stewart St., Aberdeen.
• Died October 31, 1972, about 10:40 a.m. Cause: myocardial ischemia (hours), due to diffuse myocardial fibrosis (years), due to occlusive coronary atherosclerosis (years); autopsy performed. Certifier Arthur A. Campbell, M.D., Aberdeen, 6 Nov 1972.
• Burial: Nov 3, 1972, Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen. Funeral home Elerding Mort. Inc., Aberdeen.
• Note: "Mary Worek" is Mary Ann Worek (H0103), his wife from 1965; he was earlier the husband of Ruth E. (Lefaive) Evans (H0179), who married Woodrow E. Wilson (H0101) in 1964. He is deceased (the study had him as possibly living).

James H. Cook, 1919 (H0231)

File media/H0231_1919_death-cert_wa.pdf · Spokane Health Department and Bureau of Vital Statistics · reg. dist. 2 · registered no. 1051 (record 1015) · filed 3 Nov 1919 · record digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/AAF71D44BEA73021BFE3E1AC99DA5A1A

• Place of death: 1930 W. Boone Ave., Spokane (his residence); 9 years in Spokane.
• Name: James H. Cook. Male, white, married; husband of Ada M. Cook. Born Sept. 12, 1865; age 54 y 1 m 19 d; birthplace Nebraska. Occupation real estate, self-employed.
• Father: John Cook, born England. Mother's maiden name: Lena Kimmick, born New Jersey. Informant: Mrs. James H. Cook, 1930 W. Boone Ave.
• Died Nov. 1st, 1919, 8 a.m. Cause: pulmonary tuberculosis (6 months). Physician J. J. Walker, M.D., 2129 W. Broadway, attended July – 1 Nov 1919.
• Burial: Nebraska City, Neb. Undertaker Turnbull Co., Spokane.
• Note: "Ada M." is Adeline Marie (Heywood) Cook (H0232). The birth date is 12 Sep 1865, as the old family tree had it (from the 1900 census), not WikiTree's 12 Nov 1865 (Cook-57196). Nebraska City is in Otoe County, where WikiTree places his birth. Whether he was the father of Hazel Lucile Cook (H0064) is not stated here; the 1900 census remains the test.

Odis Alfred Wilson, 1996 (H0092)

File media/H0092_1996_death-cert_wa.pdf · State file 146 6 02929 · local file 078 · received 22 Feb 1996 · record digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/D972520D77F3B3C74CFC080E198ED391

• Place of death: Aberdeen, at home, 1011 Cleveland Street; Grays Harbor County. Residence: 1011 Cleveland, Aberdeen; 73 years in the county.
• Name: Odis Alfred Wilson. Male. Born Oct. 8, 1913, Noel, Missouri; age 82. Married; surviving spouse Genevieve (maiden name not entered). Not in the armed forces. Education: 9th grade. Usual occupation street maintenance, City of Aberdeen. Caucasian.
• Father: James I. Wilson. Mother: Lucy Harris. Informant: Genevieve Wilson, 1011 Cleveland, Aberdeen.
• Died February 22, 1996, 10:00. Cause: lung cancer, due to chronic obstructive lung disease, due to pneumonia. Certifier Dr. Barbara Givens, Aberdeen.
• Burial: Feb. 26, 1996, Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen. Fern Hill Funeral Home.
• Note: Confirms the family tree's and WikiTree's dates (Wilson-127910) and gives the town of birth, Noel, McDonald County. Find a Grave memorial 160724503.

Glen Bertram Farnsworth, 1988 (H0099)

File media/H0099_1988_death-cert_wa.pdf · State file 146-8 016198 · local file 375 · received 2 Aug 1988 · record digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/1C16D570CB19C4101798ABC108BFCEEC

• Place of death: Aberdeen, St. Joseph Hospital (inpatient); Grays Harbor County. Residence: 812 1/4 Stewart St., Aberdeen.
• Name: Glen Bertram Farnsworth. Male, white. Born July 13, 1917, Colorado; age 71. Married; spouse Mary Worek. Not in the armed forces. Machine operator, plywood mill.
• Father: Burton Farnsworth. Mother: Amy Nation. Informant: Mary Farnsworth, 812 1/4 Stewart St., Aberdeen.
• Died July 31, 1988, 11:03. Cause: cardiac arrest, due to atherosclerotic heart disease, due to cigarette tobacco abuse; other conditions malnutrition and oesophageal obstruction secondary to reflux; autopsy. Certifier Dr. William Sayles, Aberdeen.
• Disposition: cremation, Aug. 2, 1988, Fern Hill Crematory, Aberdeen; Fern Hill Funeral Home.
• Note: "Mary Worek" is Mary Ann Worek (H0103), his wife; they lived at 812¼ Stewart St., her address with William D. Evans in 1972. WikiTree Farnsworth-3083 gives "about 1920"; the certificate gives 13 Jul 1917, as the study has.

Hazel Lucille (Cook) Curtis, 1978 (H0064)

File media/H0064_1978_death-cert_wa.pdf · State file 277 · local file 54 · received 1 Feb 1978 · record digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/942975E44A303455CED83060AA2C5737

• Place of death: Cowlitz County, Longview, Monticello Medical Center. Residence: 926 Delaware St., Longview.
• Name: Hazel Lucille Curtis. Female, white, widowed. Born 9-27-1891, Nebraska; age 86. Sales person-clerk, department store.
• Father: James Cook. Mother's maiden name: Adelaide Haywood. Informant: Mrs. Adelaide Hegnauer, 118 Ross Road, Kelso.
• Died Jan. 28, 1978, 6:20 a.m. Cause: congestive heart failure (5 years) due to arteriosclerotic heart disease (15 years); other: fracture right hip (slipped and fell at a rest home, Longview, 31 Dec 1977), diabetes, pulmonary fibrosis. Physician L. D. McRae, M.D., attended from 1962.
• Disposition: removal 1-30-1978 to Granite Falls City Cemetery, Granite Falls, Minnesota. Ditlevsen-Moore Funeral Home, Kelso.
• Note: Settles her death place (Longview, not the tree's Kelso) and burial, and names her parents James Cook and Adelaide [Adeline] Haywood (H0231/H0232) — a third independent proof of her parentage.