Published as it appeared on Nov. 25, 1925, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Page 1, Column 6.
MRS. LIUM IS DEAD
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Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will-
iam Knotts Passes Away
In Tucson, Arizona
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A telegram coming to Mr. and Mrs. William Knotts this morning brought the sorrowful news of the passing early this morning of their daughter, Ethel Knotts Lium. Mrs. Lium, wife of Elder Lium of Florida, died in Tucson, Arizona, where she was taken several months ago when relatives became aware that her long and lingering illness had become critical. Mr. Lium was at the bedside. The remains are to be brought to Corvallis by Mr. Lium and the funeral will be held here, the date to be announced later.
Ethel Knotts Lium was born on the Knotts estate north of Corvallis, the birthplace of her father, 24 years ago. She attended Benton county schools and O.A.C., graduating from the college in 1922. After teaching two years in southern Oregon she married Elder Lium of Grants Pass and the couple went to Florida to reside. Mrs. Lium came back to Oregon early last summer upon learning of the illness of her mother, Mrs. Knotts. She remained here several months and the illness, which already had taken its hold upon her, was through the summer gradually sapping her vitality and strength. In the late summer she accompanied Mr. Lium to Tucson where she improved for a time, but in recent weeks had failed rapidly.
A beautiful and talented girl, Mrs. Lium was generally beloved for her sweet and gentle disposition and lovable characteristics. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Knotts, survive with one sister, Mrs. Tom Owens of Raymond, Washington, and a brother, William Jr.
Published as it appeared on Nov. 28, 1925, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Page 3, Column 3.
Mrs. Lium Funeral Sunday — The funeral of the late Mrs. Elder Lium will be held from the First Methodist Episcopal church at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. William Hints, pastor of the church, will officiate at the service and interment will be in Newton cemetery. The body of the late Mrs. Lium arrived in Corvallis early this afternoon from Tucson, Ariz., where she passed away Wednesday morning, Mr. Lium accompanied the remains. Mrs. Lium was Miss Ethel Knotts, a Corvallis girl and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Knotts of this vicinity.
Published as it appeared on Dec. 26, 1925, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Page 6, Column 1.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to sincerely thank the friends and neighbors who gave assistance and sympathy at the time of the illness and death of our beloved wife and daughter, Ethel Knotts Lium. We are particularly appreciative of the beautiful floral offerings sent.
E.L. Lium,
MR. and MRS. WILLIAM KNOTTS and Family.
Editor’s note: Ethel Lium’s death certificate shows her birth as March 23, 1901, in Corvallis and confirms Nov. 25, 1925, at the date of death at Tucson, Arizona. The cause of death was listed as pulmonary tuberculosis.