Sue EIDAL

1931 - 2000  (69 years)

• Name	Sue EIDAL
  Birth	29 Jan 1931	Washington
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Sep 2000	Seattle, King County, Washington
  Notes	A 1945 article in the Seattle Daily Times referred to her as Sue Eidal Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Turner. The September 2nd article described her leaving for Walla Walla to enter St. Paul’s School for Girls. Her extensive genealogical records are in the Sue Eidal Collection in the Fiske Genealogical Library in Seattle. Sue’s Mother’s father’s CHURCHILL family came to Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington in 1887 from Oregon. O.H. Churchill had gone to California from Kentucky at age 10 in 1851. His wife was Amelia Catherine HOUSER whose family came to Kittitas County in 1868 from Pennsylvania. Another booklet covers the REED family from Ohio. The bulk of the collection consists copies of articles, notes, and supportive evidence, placed in cardboard boxes after her death and has been sorted by the Library. Major family names include: EIDAL, CHURCHILL, DIGENE, HOUSER, RAEN, REED, RUDE, SORFLATDALEN, WERKHISER, NERBY, FRAMGARDEN, HUMPHREY, and others. Sue Eidal was born 29 Jan 1931 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, daughter of early pioneer families: Roy Martin Eidal born 16 October 1905 in Ellensburg, and Doris Mildred Churchill, also born in Ellensburg. Sue’s grandfather , Kristen Olsen Eidal was born in Norway and she has traced those families back into the early 1600s. Sue’s mother was Doris Mildred Churchill, born 14 April 1903 in Ellensburg, daughter of Chester Charles Churchill who was born in Lynn County Oregon, the family earlier from Kentucky. He married Amelia Catherine Houser. Sue died 29 Sep 2000 in Seattle, King County, Washington. Sue was employed by the Washington Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and retired in 1984 when they relocated from Seattle to Olympia.
  Person ID	I9306	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Leroy (Roy) Martin EIDAL,   b. 16 Oct 1905, Washington d. 8 Feb 1974, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Doris Mildred CHURCHILL,   b. 14 Apr 1903   d. 15 Sep 1978, King County, Washington (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1927	Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart