Elmer Oliver EIDAL

1894 - 1953  (59 years)

• Name	Elmer Oliver EIDAL
  Birth	12 Mar 1894	Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Public School Principal
  Washington Death Certificate	8250
  Death	24 Apr 1953	Seattle, King County, Washington
  Burial	IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  Notes	In the 1913 city directory for Everett, Washington, he was a student at Bethania College. He lived with Anders Eidal, also a Bethania student, at 3322 Bway. He was living at home in Ellensburg in the 1915 Ellensburg city directory. Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in North Kittitas, Washington. He was single and a farmhand on his father’s (Chris Eidal) farm at R.R.#4, Ellensburg, Washington. He was described as of medium height and stout build with blue eyes and light hair. In the 1925 city directory for Olympia, Washington, he and Henrietta lived at 1317 8th Ave W. He was the principal of Washington School. In the 1927 Olympia directory, he and Henrietta lived at 109 22nd Ave. He was principal of Lincoln School. Living at 109 E. 22nd Avenue in Olympia, Washington, at the time of the 1930 census. In June of 1930, he and his family moved from Olympia, where he had been principal of the Lincoln grade school, to Auburn, where he would be superintendent of schools. In the 1934 Portland, Oregon, city directory, he and Henrietta lived at 2034 SE Sherman. He worked for Carter-Eidal Automotive Service. In the 1940 census, he was a farmer in Kittitas County. Living with him and Henrietta and Richard were his wife’s two nephews, Lynn and Jack Vertrees. Elmer registered for the World War II draft in 1942. At that time, he and Henrietta lived on Route 1, Ellensburg. He was a self-employed farmer. Washington Death Certificate #8250. From the Seattle Daily Times, April 26, 1953: Funeral services for Elmer O Eidal, 59, of 12630 Shoreview Drive, will be held in Ellensburg at 2 o’clock Wednesday under the direction of the Honeycutt-Evensen Funeral Home. Burial will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery, Ellensburg. Mr. Eidal died Friday in a hospital after a six-month illness. Prior to his illness he was the manager of the Fifth Avenue studio of the Kennell-Ellis photographers. Mr. Eidal was born in Ellensburg and was graduated from high school there. He attended Central Washington College of Education and was graduated from the University of Washington. For many years, Mr. Eidal was associated with the teaching profession in Olympia and in Auburn, where he served as superintendent of schools. He served in the Navy in the First World War. Surviving are his wife, Henrietta; a son, Dr. Richard A. Eidal, Auburn; two brothers, Otto C. Eidal, Ellensburg, and Roy M. Eidal, Albuquerque, New Mexico; three sisters, Mrs. Warren F. Gilmour, Ellensburg; Mrs. Haskell C. Carter, Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Frank T. Maxson, Seattle, and two grandchildren.
  Person ID	I6962	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Christen Olson EIDAL,   b. Abt 1864, Eidal, Buskerud, Norway d. 14 Apr 1949, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Sigrid M (Sadie) DIGENE,   b. 1 Jan 1874, Digene Gård, Hedalen Parish, Søndre Aurdal, Oppland, Norway d. 3 Jun 1938, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1893
  Family ID	F299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henryetta Bertha (Heine) (Betty) LUFF,   b. 14 Feb 1895, Roberts County, South Dakota d. 14 Mar 1988, Auburn, King County, Washington (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1917	Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  Children	1. Richard Albert EIDAL,   b. 14 Mar 1921, Washington d. 21 Feb 2003, Auburn, King County, Washington (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F5330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2009