Individual Details

Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Thursday, March 28, 1963, Page 34, Col. 3: Mrs. Elsie Getchell, 9529 NE Glisan st., died Tuesday. Her funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Caldwell's Colonial Mortuary with private entombment at Portland Memorial. A native of Pullman, Wash., Mrs. Getchell was born November 15, 1880, and lived at Portland since 1942. She was a member of the Grange and Rebekah Lodge for 64 years. Survivors include two daughters, Mayda Painter, of Mukilteo, Wash., and Florence Pennell, of St. Helens, Ore.; three sons, Chester, of Auburn, Wash., Walter, of Spokane, and Scotty of Pasco; one sister, Minnie Olds, of Pullman; one brother, Ben A. Swall, of Seattle, six grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Birth	15 Nov 1880	Whitman Co., Washington
Marriage	1 May 1900	Latah Co., Idaho - Walter Scott Getchell
Death	26 Mar 1963	Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
Burial		Portand Memorial Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon

Spouse	Walter Scott Getchell (1876 - 1956)
Child	Chester L. Getchell (1903 - 1984)
Child	Mayda Cecelia Getchell (1906 - 1976)
Child	Walter E. Getchell (1910 - 1974)
Child	Scott Gene "Scotty" Getchell (1912 - 1966)
Child	Florence Alice Getchell (1914 - 1999)

Father	John J. Swall (1854 - 1898)
Mother	Alice J. Kirkpatrick (1855 - 1913)
Sibling	Benjamin Aurelious Swall (1878 - 1966)
Sibling	Minnie Luella Swall (1883 - 1963)
Sibling	Mary Emma Swall (1887 - 1887)
Sibling	John Ralph Swall (1888 - 1930)