The grave marker of Esther Mary Wyatt, who died at age 29. She left behind a husband and four children. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)

Published as it appeared on Dec. 20, 1922, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Page 8, Column 3.

Esther Mary Wyatt, wife of William Elbert Wyatt, died yesterday at the home in this city (Corvallis). The funeral will be held from the Evangelical church, of which Mrs. Wyatt was a member, at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon, with Rev. S.M. Wood officiating.

Mrs. Wyatt was born at Carrolls, Washington, August 26, 1894, and resided in that city until the family came to Corvallis in 1910. She was married to William E. Wyatt June 2, 1915, and her husband and three children, Gilbert, Earl and Carol Wyatt, survive. She was a daughter of J.M. Pace of Corvallis, and the brothers and sisters are Mrs. John Gadban and Mrs. William P. Carlton of Kelso, Washington, E.A. LaFay and J.M. Pace, Jr., of Portland, Mrs. Caroline Grindle of Washington, Mrs. Charlotte Davies of Banks, L.H. Pace of Clackamas, Mrs. Robert M. Hamill, Miss Frances M. Pace and Frank D. Pace of Corvallis. Her mother died at the Corvallis home on Thanksgiving day.

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Editor’s note: Mrs. Wyatt’s death certificate and the grave marker both show her birth as 1893 (listed as 1894 in the obituary).