Eva Frances Smith

F, b. 28 January 1909, d. before 1970
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Parents:

Father*: Daymond Claude Smith b. 29 Jan 1885, d. 5 Jun 1961
Mother*: Lena Docia Watson b. 7 Apr 1886, d. 29 Jul 1953

Ivan Daymond "Bud" Smith

M, b. 16 November 1911, d. April 1977
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Parents:

Father*: Daymond Claude Smith b. 29 Jan 1885, d. 5 Jun 1961
Mother*: Lena Docia Watson b. 7 Apr 1886, d. 29 Jul 1953

Lois Vivian "Dolly" Smith

F, b. 18 August 1910, d. 4 October 2004
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  • Name Variation: Lois Vivian "Dolly" Smith was also known as Lois Elma "Dolly" Smith.
  • (Witness) Census: She appeared on the census of 22 January 1920 in the household of Daymond Claude Smith at North Catlow, Harney County, Oregon.
  • Married Name: As of 15 November 1928,her married name was Forell.
  • (Witness) Census: Lois Vivian "Dolly" Smith appeared on the census of 14 April 1930 in the household of Harold Ellis Forell at Mountain View, Bonner County, Idaho.
  • (Surviving Parent F) Obituary: Lois Vivian "Dolly" Smith survived her daughter (Nancy Adella "Della" Forell) and was listed in the obituary as Dolly Forell of Kootenai ID (Obituary dated on 4 December 1997.)
  • Obituary*: An obituary appeared in the Lois `Dolly' Forell Kootenai, Idaho
    Service for Lois V. "Dolly" (Smith) Forell, 94, will be today at 2 p.m. at Coffelt Funeral Service in Sandpoint. Burial will be at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint. Mrs. Forell, who was born in Glide, Ore., died Monday. She graduated from high school in Tekoa, Wash., and married Harold Forell in 1929. She was a longtime Bonner County resident. She was a homemaker and enjoyed reading the Bible, gardening, flowers, music and singing. Her husband died in 1973. Survivors include seven children, Velma Nelson of Priest River, Idaho, Delmer and James Forell, Betty Jean Jeffres and Carol Millard, all of Sandpoint, Daymond Forell of Kootenai and Larry Forell of Post Falls; two brothers, Clyde Smith of Naples, Idaho, and Ellis Smith of Sandpoint; 28 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren. on Thursday, 7 October 2004 Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.

Parents:

Father*: Daymond Claude Smith b. 29 Jan 1885, d. 5 Jun 1961
Mother*: Lena Docia Watson b. 7 Apr 1886, d. 29 Jul 1953

Family:

Harold Ellis Forell b. 13 Jun 1904, d. 14 Mar 1973

Children:

Nancy Adella "Della" Forell+ b. 9 Sep 1931, d. 29 Nov 1997
Delmar H. "Bubby" Forell+ b. 16 Jul 1933, d. 11 Aug 2008
Daymond C. Forell+ b. 16 Nov 1937, d. 6 Oct 2016
Sherry Hope Forell b. 2 Jul 1949, d. 6 Jul 1949

Clyde Irvin Smith

M, b. 9 July 1913
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Parents:

Father*: Daymond Claude Smith b. 29 Jan 1885, d. 5 Jun 1961
Mother*: Lena Docia Watson b. 7 Apr 1886, d. 29 Jul 1953

Lucille Velma Smith

F, b. 22 March 1915, d. 2 November 1992
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Parents:

Father*: Daymond Claude Smith b. 29 Jan 1885, d. 5 Jun 1961
Mother*: Lena Docia Watson b. 7 Apr 1886, d. 29 Jul 1953

Family:

William Henry Robert "Bill" Kannady b. 9 Apr 1911, d. 19 Aug 2007

Child:

Virginia Anne Kannady+ b. 2 Sep 1942, d. 3 Feb 2021

Lelia Lena Smith

F, b. 16 January 1917, d. 8 September 2002
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Parents:

Father*: Daymond Claude Smith b. 29 Jan 1885, d. 5 Jun 1961
Mother*: Lena Docia Watson b. 7 Apr 1886, d. 29 Jul 1953

Family:

Ira Jordan Witherell b. 9 Oct 1912, d. Jun 1985

Sylvia Smith

F, b. 1920, d. June 1969
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  • Birth*: Sylvia Smith was born in 1920 at Oregon.
  • Death*: She died in California in June 1969.

Parents:

Father*: Daymond Claude Smith b. 29 Jan 1885, d. 5 Jun 1961
Mother*: Lena Docia Watson b. 7 Apr 1886, d. 29 Jul 1953

Lorraine Delores Smith

F, b. 24 September 1928, d. 1 June 1972
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Parents:

Father*: Daymond Claude Smith b. 29 Jan 1885, d. 5 Jun 1961
Mother*: Lena Docia Watson b. 7 Apr 1886, d. 29 Jul 1953

Family:

Harold Magnus Overland b. 16 Apr 1930, d. 7 Mar 2020

Waitha Gay McKean

F, b. 23 December 1919, d. 3 March 2006
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Parents:

Father*: Volney Byron McKean b. 17 Oct 1883, d. 4 May 1951
Mother*: Vivian Violet Watson b. bt 7 Nov 1887 - 7 Nov 1888, d. 9 Oct 1946

Family:

Waldron Alfred Johnson b. 13 Aug 1917, d. 16 Jan 1990

Child:

Robert Waldron Johnson b. 26 Mar 1944, d. 22 Sep 1960

Volney Byron "Byron" McKean Jr.

M, b. 10 February 1925, d. 3 November 1984
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Parents:

Father*: Volney Byron McKean b. 17 Oct 1883, d. 4 May 1951
Mother*: Vivian Violet Watson b. bt 7 Nov 1887 - 7 Nov 1888, d. 9 Oct 1946

Family:

Child:

Charles McKean b. 7 Jan 1948, d. 7 Jan 1948

Watson Claud Talcott

M, b. 11 December 1920, d. 15 May 2003
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  • Occupation*: He was logger.
  • (Witness) Census: He appeared on the census of 1 May 1930 in the household of Claud Delbert Talcott at Douglas County, Oregon.
  • Residence*: Watson Claud Talcott lived in 1970 at Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon.
  • Obituary*: An obituary appeared in the TALCOTT, Watson Claud-Born December 11, 1920, to Claud and Waitha (Watson) Talcott, and passed away on May 15, 2003. He was a great-grandson of James and Emily Watson, pioneers of 1853. He graduated from Glide High School, attended Oregon State University, and served in the Navy during WWII. Watson lived in the Glide area, logging and ranching for many years. He is survived by his children, Susan Talcott; Cindy Medlar; Melissa Otto; and Bill Talcott; seven grandchildren and his brother, Neil Talcott. Private interment is at Oak Creek Cemetery. He will be among those honored at the 1:30 p.m. memorial service July 25, 2003, at a Veterans Administration Chapel of Roseburg, Oregon.
    The News Review
    on Sunday, 8 June 2003 Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon.

Parents:

Father*: Claud Delbert Talcott b. 17 Oct 1885, d. 22 Sep 1959
Mother*: Waitha W. Watson b. 26 Sep 1891, d. 23 Apr 1977

Family:

Child:

Susan Jean Talcott b. 26 Oct 1952, d. 3 Dec 2012

Neil Cline Talcott

M, b. 9 August 1925, d. 19 December 2014
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  • Occupation*: He was logger and raises cattle.
  • (Witness) Census: He appeared on the census of 1 May 1930 in the household of Claud Delbert Talcott at Douglas County, Oregon.
  • Residence*: Neil Cline Talcott lived in 1970 at Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon.
  • Note*: He Vets' reflections by Paul Craig
    They all believed they were there to do a job Their offices were snowy battlefields, B-24 planes and prisoner camps. Their working conditions were hostile. World War II was their boss.

    Memorial Day comes once a year to honor American war veterans who have died. Memorial walls throughout the county honor the living as well. For a group of local veterans, surviving the war was the real accomplishment.

    "I just thank God that I was able to survive and come back home," said Harold Pederson of Glide.

    Pederson piloted B-24s through 31 missions between 1944 and 1945. His name is inscribed on a brick at the Douglas County Veterans Memorial in Glide, as is Neil Talcott's. Talcott spent two years overseas with the 63rd Infantry Division, 125 days on the war's front line, which seemed closer to an eternity, he said.

    "You just kind of got numb to the whole thing," he said. "You know you had to do it, but your feelings were just numb."

    On Canyonville's Veterans Memorial is Zane Becker's name. Becker was one of hundreds contracted by the Navy to build up defenses on Wake Island in 1941. He spent the next three years and eight months of his life as a prisoner of war in China and Japan.

    "Frankly, I didn't think I'd ever get out of Japan," he said. "We always thought the U.S. was going to win the war, but I didn't see how we were going to get out of there."
    GOING TO WAR
    Becker, a Riddle native, heard about an opportunity to build an airstrip on Wake Island through a Grants Pass contractor. He took the position in July and headed to the 6.5-square-mile island in the northern Pacific Ocean.

    He said he never envisioned it being a focal point of an attack.

    On Dec. 7 he was in a truck on his way to eat lunch when he saw planes flying overhead. It wasn't an uncommon sight to see American pilots cruising the airways.

    "We just thought they were ours," he said. "When we saw the bombs dropping -- that got our attention real quick."

    Low-flying Japanese bombers, 36 of them, with machine guns blasting and bombs falling, hit the island. The bombing continued throughout December.

    "They hit us the same day they hit Pearl Harbor - about six hours later," he said. "We'd heard about Pearl Harbor, but we didn't believe it."

    The island was surrendered to the Japanese on Dec. 24.

    "We could see that flag change," he said of the American flag being lowered and the Japanese flag going up. "That's a sinking feeling, if you've ever had one."
    WAR IS HELL
    Talcott's war experience began with the melancholy thought that he might never see Lady Liberty again.

    He had been stationed in New York and his last image of America was from the back of a boat, watching Ellis Island fade away.

    "I watched the Statue of Liberty until I couldn't see it anymore," he said.

    Talcott was bound for the battlefields of the European theater. Three years after the December devastation in the Pacific, Talcott's unit enjoyed a brief respite from the carnage. They dined on a Christmas dinner in Southern France.

    "When we got through with dinner, we picked up our guns and walked one mile to the front line," he said. "We could hear the firing going on while we were eating."

    On the a battlefield north of Marce, France, covered in 14 inches of snow, Talcott had his first encounter with land mines. He said the mines were nearly impossible to see in the snow and were taking men all around him.

    He heard screams from people wondering if they still had their arms, legs or eyes.

    "I tell you, that was a baptism," he said.

    The opening experience changed everyone, he said. Some couldn't cope.

    He recalled one man seeing the carnage and turning and running. It was months before he knew what became of that man.

    Four months later, he was asked to stand guard at an injury station in a southeastern German town. When he looked in the tent, he saw "Ol' Dixon," the man who fled.

    "He saw me and he just grinned," he said. "I could have shot him right there."

    Protecting a coward, he said, was unfathomable, especially considering the changes firefights had instilled in him. The killing and death surrounding him had just become a part of life.

    "At that time, shooting another human being -- one more wouldn't have made any difference to us," he said.

    'HUNGRY AND COLD'
    Pederson said there wasn't time to panic, be afraid or even think. When a routine transfer flight from Australia to the Philippines turned into a crisis, fear had to be replaced by instinct.

    At the helm of the B-24 "Carrot Top," Pederson's flight engineer informed him the plane was having problems transferring fuel. Soon, one of the engines died. Then another.

    The destination was Mindoro Island, where Pederson had been briefed there were three airfields. With the plane failing and the island in sight, he spotted four airfields.

    "I was starting to worry quite a bit, so I picked the first one I could see," he said.

    He chose wrong. About 2,500 feet before touchdown, a C-47 transport pulled onto the runway Pederson was headed for. Pederson attempted to turn around, but the plane's third engine died. It crash landed in a nearby field.

    The landing gear was torn completely off in the crash and fires were burning around the airman trapped inside. The plane's top turret gunner, Harry Bright, tried to escape through an emergency hatch, but an explosion blew him off the aircraft.

    In a panic and ablaze, Bright sprinted away from the wreck. Pederson tackled him and put the flames out. The two remained friends for years.

    Bright has since died, but his widow in Maryland contacted Pederson, asking for information on the crash. It was even chronicled in the book "The Best of the Southwest," by Glenn Horton Jr.

    Pederson said he's unimpressed with being featured in a book.

    "15 men came out of that alive," he said. "That's what's amazing to me."

    No matter what happened, Pederson said, he'd have to get up the next day and fly again.

    "We weren't old enough to know anything was dangerous," he said.

    The war took Becker's youth. He was 20 years old when he was taken prisoner. He remained a slave to the Japanese military until he turned 24.

    "They wanted to use us for their coal mines, shipyards and steel mills," he said.

    "We were busy all the time," he said, "and hungry and cold."

    A single cup of rice was often the extent of a day's diet, and beatings weren't uncommon. Bruises took on a variety of shapes as they were levied by fists, clubs and rifle butts.

    "They had complete control over you," he said. "If they wanted to, they could kick you. If they wanted to, they could stick a bayonet through you."
    LIFE AT WAR
    Talcott found himself in some of the war's bloodiest battles. It was a semi-relaxing moment, however, that could have done him in.

    After taking the south side of a German headquarters, the American troops were resting in a house, preparing to drive the Germans out of the north end. A crash hit the house and Talcott said he thought it was some guys messing around.

    An artillery shell, at least 2 feet long, had been fired into the house and lodged in a staircase. It was a dud.

    "It was about 18 inches behind my back," he said.

    The accuracy of the German weapons were usually dead-on, Talcott said. The whistling of a tank-fired artillery shell instilled fear in those close enough to hear it.

    "When a shell goes off, you hit the ground and you lay there until you don't hear anything else," he said. "You start gradually looking around to see who's left. Sometimes you see the whole person, sometimes you just see pieces of him."

    On Wake Island, Becker was lined up on a road with other Americans and had a gun put to his head by Japanese soldiers.

    "I thought, 'well Becker,' you made it to 21, but that's as old as you're going to get," he said.

    "Luckily," he added, "I was wrong."

    Years later, he learned that 98 men were executed on the island. Becker was transported to Shanghai, China, to work.

    The only knowledge of the war came from an occasional English version of a Shanghai newspaper.

    "That was only when the Japanese were winning," he said. "They wanted us to know how bad we were getting whipped."

    In 1943, Becker was moved to Japan to work in steel mills. A straw mat about one foot wide in a run-down barracks was home.

    "You feel like your life isn't worth anything -- it isn't," he said.

    Becker was unaware the United States dropped atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in August 1945. When the emperor of Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, Becker was free.

    It was his 24th birthday.

    RETURNING HOME
    Talcott endured his last battle in early May 1945. His division paved the way for the capture of Hermann Goering, one of the main architects of Nazi Germany.

    To this day, Talcott has trouble with crowds. With a son living in Washington, he's been to two Seattle Mariner baseball games.

    "I was ready to be out of there by the fourth inning," he said.

    Bright flashes and popping sounds still give Pederson the impression he's being fired at. Though, he said, all the beautiful country he experienced while flying is something he won't forget.

    He's spent many Memorial Days in parades, but now tries to pay respect by leaving flags and flowers at local veterans' graves.

    "It's something that they try to do all over the country," he said, "and I'm proud to be able to do it."

    Talcott said World War II was supposed to be the war to end all wars, but it didn't happen that way. At the time though, he was just happy to see Lady Liberty once more.

    "When we did come back, we came back the same way," he said. "I was waiting to see it. When I did see it, I knew I was going to get my feet on dry ground again."

    Becker, meanwhile, carries with him the image of Old Glory being replaced by a Japanese flag.

    "It's in your mind all the time," he said. "You just can't shake it -- no need to try, but it sure makes you thankful for what you have."

    He said not a day goes by that he doesn't reflect on his experiences. That singular Wake Island image that reminds him how much he appreciates this country.

    "Let's never forget that feeling when the stars and stripes went down and that red ball went up," he said. "That flag means everything."
    The News Review
    http://www.newsreview.info/article/2003105250002 on 25 May 2003 at Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon.
  • PHOTO*: He Bronzed honor
    Neil Talcott of Glide is a World War II Army veteran who was awarded a bronze star.
    STEPHEN BRASHEAR / The News-Review on 25 May 2003 Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon.
  • PHOTO: He 60th Anniversary Neil & Jane Talcott

    Neil and Jane Talcott celebrated their 60th anniversary with a private family dinner.Abby Jane Messing married Neil Talcott May 5, 1951 at the Glide Baptist Church. They are both native Douglas County residents. When Neil returned from serving in World War II, he settled on a ranch in Glide. After he and Jane were married, they built the Talcott Ranch house and planted berries, roses, and a variety of other flowers. They raised cattle and sheep for many years. As the family grew, Neil logged timber with the help of his sons.Jane assisted Neil on the ranch, did extensive food … on 8 May 2011 Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon.
  • Note: He Glide veteran awarded French Medal of Honor by Kristin Goodwillie
    ROSEBURG, Ore. -- A man from Glide was awarded one of the highest French Medals of Honor Friday. The President of France personally selected Army veteran Neil Talcott to be awarded the Legion of Honor Medal. Unfortunately Mr. Talcott passed away last month, but the family was able to receive the medal on his behalf. "I'm just very proud and he was very proud," said Neil Talcott's wife Jane. "That needs to be said because he was proud that he got it and actually, he earned it." This is the highest medal awarded by France to veterans of World War II who fought in the war for France. "Mr. Talcott was very deserving of this medal. It is not something that is given easily," said Francoise Aylmer, Honorary Council for France in Oregon. "Dad was in the Calmer pocket; they called it the 'little Battle of the Bulge," said Neil's son Daniel. "They were the first units through the Siegfried line and after 129 days of straight combat, he finally got pulled off the line." Talcott, remembered as a family man, never talked about his days in the war. "He supported a lot of people when he didn't even have the money to support them, he still supported them. That was the kind of guy he was," said Daniel Talcott. Mr. Talcott is the fourth veteran in Douglas County to receive this award.

    http://kpic.com/news/local/glide-veteran-awarded-french-medal-of-honor in January 2015.

Parents:

Father*: Claud Delbert Talcott b. 17 Oct 1885, d. 22 Sep 1959
Mother*: Waitha W. Watson b. 26 Sep 1891, d. 23 Apr 1977

Phyllis Ann Brumbach

F, b. 7 March 1925, d. 12 March 1925
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Parents:

Father*: Joseph Parr Brumbach b. 29 Sep 1895, d. 9 May 1990
Mother*: Alda Lorene Watson b. 4 Feb 1898, d. 22 Jun 1994

George William Lang

M, b. 11 January 1887, d. 6 September 1983

Family:

Cloy Icelene Matthews b. 27 May 1889, d. 24 Mar 1976

Joanne Yost

F, b. August 1919, d. 18 September 2019
  • Married Name: As of 1943,her married name was Creason.

Family:

Alves Lynn "Pudgie" Creason b. 19 Jul 1917, d. 1 Nov 1998

Children:

David W. Creason+ b. 21 Aug 1944, d. 21 Mar 2023
Mary Lynn Creason b. 26 Oct 1950, d. 27 Jan 2018

Mary Lynn Creason

F, b. 26 October 1950, d. 27 January 2018
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  • Married Name: Her married name was Mansfield.
  • (Surviving child Dad) Obituary: She survived her father (Alves Lynn "Pudgie" Creason) and was listed in the obituary as Mary Mansfield of Springfield VA (Obituary dated on 3 November 1998.)
  • Obituary*: An obituary appeared in the on Monday, 5 February 2018 Washington, D.C.

Parents:

Father*: Alves Lynn "Pudgie" Creason b. 19 Jul 1917, d. 1 Nov 1998
Mother*: Joanne Yost b. Aug 1919, d. 18 Sep 2019

Nora Atlanta Barzee

F, b. 20 January 1890
  • PARENTS*: She was the child of Charles W. (b KS) & Martha E Barzee (b OR d 16 Nov 1930 Multnomah Co OR) (see 1910 & 1920 census.)
  • Married Name: As of 6 July 1908,her married name was Matthews.
  • Census: She appeared on the census of 16 April 1910 at Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
  • Census*: She appeared on the census of 2 January 1920 at Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
  • Name Variation: Nora Atlanta Barzee was also known as Nora Atlanta Zimmerman.
  • MARRIAGE3*: She Case# 002 Name Zimmerman, Nora Atlanta Barzee Date 1/20/1890 Record Type Evidence County Sherman Source Health
    Oregon State Archives Index.

Family:

Delos D. "Dee" Matthews b. 18 Nov 1887, d. 9 Apr 1939