Individual Details

William Washington Cathey

(15 Apr 1876 - 6 Oct 1954)

Seattle Daily Times, Seattle, Washington, October 7, 1954, Page 64: William W. Cathey. Funeral services for William W. Cathey, 78, a member of a pioneer Oregon family , will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow in the Arthur A. Wright & Son chapel. Burial will be in Washelli. Mr. Cathey, formerly active in musical circles many years, died yesterday at his home, 115 W. Bertona St. He was a retired teamster and maintenance engineer. Mr. Cathey was born April 15, 1876 in Gresham, Ore., the son of George and Thursy Graham, pioneer homesteaders who traveled to the Willamette Valley in a covered wagon across the Oregon Trail. He moved to Seattle from Gresham in 1898. Mr. Cathey was a member of the First Free Methodist Church and formerly directed its choir many years. He was choir director at Seattle Pacific College from about 1915 to 1925. Surviving are his wife, Gladys; two sons, William C. Cathey, Seattle and Pvt. Robert L. Cathey Ford Ord, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs Wesley F. Graham, Seattle; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Jones, Gresham and three grandchildren.

Events

Birth15 Apr 1876Gresham, Multnomah Co., Oregon
Marriage15 Nov 1922Seattle, King Co., Washington - Gladys May Stanhope
Death6 Oct 1954Seattle, King Co., Washington
BurialEvergreen Washelli Memorial Park Cemetery, Seattle, King Co., Washington

Families

SpouseGladys May Stanhope (1899 - 1983)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. Washington State Digital Archives (n.p: www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, n.d).

3. Washington State Digital Archives (n.p: www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, n.d).

4. Washington State Digital Archives (n.p: www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, n.d).

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

6. Obituary of William W. Cathey, Seattle Daily Times, Seattle, Washington, October 7, 1954, Page 64.