The News Tribune was published in Tacoma, WA. Here are family death notices and obituaries:
The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) published Aug. 20, 1957, page 25:
Ida Mae (Rowley) Ham (1875 - 1957)
"MRS. GEORGE HAM Mrs. George (Ida M.) Ham, 81, of 823 So. Ferry St., died yesterday in a local hospital. Born in South Dakota, she had lived here for 40 years.
Mrs. Ham was a member of the First Congregational Church.
Survivors include her husband, George H. Ham; and three brothers, J.A. Rowley and William Rowley, both of South Dakota, and Lester L. Rowley of Elkins, AR.
Services will be announced by the Buckley-King Co."
The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) published Aug. 21, 1957, page 34:
Ida Mae (Rowley) Ham (1875 - 1957)
"HAM -- Services for Mrs. Ida M. Ham will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Buckley-Kin chapel. The Rev. A. Vaughn Abercrombie will officiate. Entombment will follow in the Tacoma Mausoleum. The Ham's celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last June. Pallbearers will be Ed Williams, Roscoe W. Speers, James Healy, Lawrence Healy, Donald Flagg and L.D. Boyle."
The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) published Jun. 2, 1962, Page 2:
Harry Sydney Rowley (1875 - 1962)
"HARRY ROWLEY Harry Rowley, 86, or 6418 S. Villard St., died Thursday in a local hospital.
Born in Michigan, he had lived in Gig Harbor 65 years and in Tacoma six years. he was a retired diary farmer and a member of the Methodist Church of Gig Harbor.
Survivors include his wife, Eva, a son, Richard of Bellingham; a daughter, Mrs. Carol McBurnie of Tacoma; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home."
The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) published Apr. 4, 1966, page 30:
George Henry Ham (1878 - 1966)
"HAM -- George H. Ham, 88, of 7515 W. 24th St., died Saturday in a local nursing home. He was born in Jamesport, Mo., and had lived in Tacoma since 1917.
He was a retired real estate salesman and a member of the First Congregational Church.
Survivors include a step-son, Delbert Coleman, of Tacoma; a stepdaughter, Deloris Palmer, of Tacoma; a sister, Mrs. Edith Burress of Trenton, Mo.; and three brothers, Arthur, of Tacoma, Samuel, of Brentwood, Calif., and Claudius of Fowler, Colo.
Services will be annouinced by Buckly-King Mortuary."