Individual Details

George Fred Presten

(1880 - 16 Oct 1950)

On the 1910 U. S. Census of Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington, George Presten appears with his wife Elsie and son Clason Presten. George is a bookkeeper in an office. George and Elsie have been married 3 years and Elsie is the mother of one.

On the 1920 U. S. Census of South Moran, Spokane Co., Washington, George F. Presten appears with his wife Elsie and sons Clason L., Neal G. and Mark E. George is a farmer. Also in the household is a ward, Lydia Nitschke age 10, described as an orphan and a cripple.

On the 1930 U. S. Census of South Moran, Spokane Co., Washington, George Prester [sic] appears with his wife Elsie and sons Neal and Mark. George is a farmer.

Spokane Daily Chronicle, Spokane, Washington, October 18, 1950, Page 34, Col. 2: Preston, George F.---His home, Rt. N.3, Spokane. He had been a resident of this community 31 years. He was a member of the Grace Baptist church. Survived by his wife, Dorothy Preston at the home, 3 sons, Mark Preston, Spokane, Clason L. Preston, Maiden, Wn. and Neal G. Preston, Portland, Ore., 1 sister, Mrs. Pauline Alden, Battle Creek, Mich., 6 grandchildren. Funeral Thursday, October 10 at 2 p.m. at the Sunset Memorial Chapel (Ball & Dodd), Jefferson st. at Fourth ave. Spokane. Rev. Cecil T. Axworthy officiating. Interment at Moran Prairie. Ample parking space east of the building.

Events

Birth1880Michigan
Marriage6 May 1907Spokane Co., Washington - Elsie Clason
Death16 Oct 1950Spokane Co., Washington
BurialMoran Cemetery, Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington

Families

SpouseElsie Clason (1880 - 1955)
ChildLeroy "Clason" Preston (1908 - 1987)
ChildNeal George Preston (1911 - 1958)
ChildMark Elroy Presten (1917 - 1993)

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