Ada Fern Chestnut
1918 - 1993 (75 years)-
Name Ada Fern Chestnut Born 15 Jan 1918 Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Occupation co-owner of Cottage Grove Flying Service [2] Died 12 Sep 1993 Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon [1, 2, 3] Buried Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon [1, 2] Person ID I1087 McKeown Last Modified 7 Aug 2023
Father William Irwin Chestnut, b. 11 Sep 1882, Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas , d. 28 May 1948, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon (Age 65 years) Mother Margaret Maria Walkinshaw, b. 26 Jan 1884, Nuckolls County, Nebraska , d. 8 Feb 1958, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon (Age 74 years) Married 16 Aug 1905 Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas [2] Family ID F421 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Alpha Ottis Pitcher, b. 28 May 1915, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon , d. 10 Feb 2001, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon (Age 85 years) Married 28 Jul 1940 [2] Children 1. Thomas William Pitcher, b. 10 Aug 1942, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon , d. 21 Aug 1973, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon (Age 31 years)2. Gary Wayne Pitcher, b. 16 May 1954, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon , d. 21 Aug 1973, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon (Age 19 years)Last Modified 23 Oct 2017 Family ID F422 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 15 Jan 1918 - Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon 
Died - 12 Sep 1993 - Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon 
Buried - - Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - The Eugene Register, Guard Lane County, Oregon. 14 September 1993..
Ada Pitcher
Flying service co-owner
Cottage Grove – The funeral will be held today for Ada Fern Pitcher of Cottage Grove, who died Sept. 12 of pulmonary fibrosis. She was 75.
Pitcher was born Jan. 16, 1918, in Cottage Grove. She married Alpha Pitcher in Albany on July 28, 1940.
A lifelong resident of Cottage Grove, she formerly was co-owner and operator of Cottage Grove Flying Service. Pitcher also was a homemaker and a secretary for South Lane schools.
She was a member for 43 years of Dorena Grange No.835, belonged to Daughters of the Nile and was a life member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She attended Cottage Grove First Presbyterian Church.
Her hobbies included boating, flying sewing, cooking and gardening.
In addition to her husband, Pitcher is survived by four daughters, Kay Seats of Horseshoe Bay, Texas., Marie Miller and Marilyn Hickey, both of Eugene, and Lana White of Cottage Grove; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Today’s service is at 2 p.m. at Cottage Grove First Presbyterian. Burial will be at Fir Grove Cemetery. Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove is in charge of arrangements.
[1, 2] - LKH note:
both of Alpha and Ada sons, Thomas and Gary, died in a small plane crash in August 1973.
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- The Eugene Register, Guard Lane County, Oregon. 14 September 1993..
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