William Irwin Chestnut
1882 - 1948 (65 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
1. William Irwin Chestnut was born on 11 Sep 1882 in Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas ; died on 28 May 1948 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; was buried on 1 Jun 1948 in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon. Notes:
William I Chestnut
William Irwin Chestnut died at his Cottage Grove home Friday. He lived in Cottage Grove 35 years. Born Sept. 11, 1882, at Clay Center, Kans., he was married Aug. 16, 1905, at Hutchinson, Kans., to Margaret M. Walkinshaw.
Surviving are his widow; children, Lawrence Chestnut Creswell, Mrs. Florence Mave, Albany, Mrs. Ada Pitcher, Cottage Grove; five grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Mrs. Maude Walkinshaw, Eugene, Mrs. Minnie Davis, Eugene, Elmer Chestnut of Tacoma, Wash., Clarence Chestnut of Grants Pass, and Mrs. Elsie O. Barton, Corvallis. He was a member of the AFL.
Services will be announced later by Mills Mortuary.
The Eugene Guard, Eugene, Oregon. Sunday, 30 May 1948.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96768170/william-irwin-chestnut
100F North Slope, Lot N1, Space 2William married Margaret Maria Walkinshaw on 16 Aug 1905 in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas. Margaret (daughter of Arthur Glasgow Walkinshaw and Mary Jane Scott) was born on 26 Jan 1884 in Nuckolls County, Nebraska; died on 8 Feb 1958 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Ada Fern Chestnut
was born on 15 Jan 1918 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; died on 12 Sep 1993 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon.
- 2. Ada Fern Chestnut
Generation: 2
2. Ada Fern Chestnut (1.William1) was born on 15 Jan 1918 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; died on 12 Sep 1993 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon. Other Events:
- Occupation: co-owner of Cottage Grove Flying Service
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.
LKH note:
both of Alpha and Ada sons, Thomas and Gary, died in a small plane crash in August 1973.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103462185/ada-fern-pitcherAda married Alpha Ottis Pitcher on 28 Jul 1940. Alpha was born on 28 May 1915 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; died on 10 Feb 2001 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Thomas William Pitcher was born on 10 Aug 1942 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; died on 21 Aug 1973 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon.
- 4. Gary Wayne Pitcher was born on 16 May 1954 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; died on 21 Aug 1973 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon.
Generation: 3
3. Thomas William Pitcher (2.Ada2, 1.William1) was born on 10 Aug 1942 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; died on 21 Aug 1973 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon. Notes:
Cottage Grove – Federal Aviation Administration investigators have not yet determined the cause of a plane crash that claimed the lives of two brothers here Tuesday.
Thomas William Pitcher, 31, of Rte.1, Box 11, Cottage Grove, formerly of Pacific, Wash, and his younger brother, Gary Wayne Pitcher, 19, of 414 Thornton Lane, Cottage Grove, died when their single-engine Luscombe plane crashed and burned in a pasture about a mile south of the Saginaw interchange on Interstate 5.
The two were sons of Cottage Grove State Airport Manager Alpha O. Pitcher. The younger brother had been living at his parents’ home at the airport on Thornton Lane, according to state police.
The two men had taken off from the small airport apparently just minutes before they crashed at 12:15 p.m. in the pasture just north of the runway, witnesses said.
The pasture is part of the George Molitor farm on Rte.1 Box 644, Cottage Grove.
Molitor’s 13-year-old daughter, Sally, told police she was wending a fence when she saw the plane crash. She said it had been flying north about 60 feet off the ground when it suddenly looped on its back, went into a tailspin and dropped almost straight down near a herd of cattle.
She said she ran and got her father who was the first person at the crash site. Molitor pulled the two men from the burning plane, but they were already dead, she said.
The plane broke apart and burned on impact. The plane’s nose and cabin were smashed into a shapeless mass, and one wing split off, landing several yards away from the wreckage. Only the wings and tail remained somewhat intact.
The plane had been purchased recently by Thomas Pitcher, according to state police.
FAA officials were still investigating the cause of the crash Wednesday, police said. State police added they had not determined the pair’s destination.
The bodies were taken to Smith-Lund Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove.
[newspaper clipping on Find a Grave, no publication information available]
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103461539/thomas-william-pitcher4. Gary Wayne Pitcher (2.Ada2, 1.William1) was born on 16 May 1954 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; died on 21 Aug 1973 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon. Notes:
Cottage Grove – Federal Aviation Administration investigators have not yet determined the cause of a plane crash that claimed the lives of two brothers here Tuesday.
Thomas William Pitcher, 31, of Rte.1, Box 11, Cottage Grove, formerly of Pacific, Wash, and his younger brother, Gary Wayne Pitcher, 19, of 414 Thornton Lane, Cottage Grove, died when their single-engine Luscombe plane crashed and burned in a pasture about a mile south of the Saginaw interchange on Interstate 5.
The two were sons of Cottage Grove State Airport Manager Alpha O. Pitcher. The younger brother had been living at his parents’ home at the airport on Thornton Lane, according to state police.
The two men had taken off from the small airport apparently just minutes before they crashed at 12:15 p.m. in the pasture just north of the runway, witnesses said.
The pasture is part of the George Molitor farm on Rte.1 Box 644, Cottage Grove.
Molitor’s 13-year-old daughter, Sally, told police she was wending a fence when she saw the plane crash. She said it had been flying north about 60 feet off the ground when it suddenly looped on its back, went into a tailspin and dropped almost straight down near a herd of cattle.
She said she ran and got her father who was the first person at the crash site. Molitor pulled the two men from the burning plane, but they were already dead, she said.
The plane broke apart and burned on impact. The plane’s nose and cabin were smashed into a shapeless mass, and one wing split off, landing several yards away from the wreckage. Only the wings and tail remained somewhat intact.
The plane had been purchased recently by Thomas Pitcher, according to state police.
FAA officials were still investigating the cause of the crash Wednesday, police said. State police added they had not determined the pair’s destination.
The bodies were taken to Smith-Lund Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove.
[newspaper clipping on Find a Grave, no publication information available]
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103461079/gary-wayne-pitcher