The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-12-05
DEATH OF MRS. GUY FRgIr.


nesday ot last week TO learn mat Mrs.
Guy Fruit was III serious condition
at the 0ruyiIle General hospital with
very siigtlt chances Of recovery, AMI
while thus prepared tor the worst the
feeling OF personal loss was mona the
less Keen Thurssiay morning when IL
vas learned chat the lady had ,asse,i
away during the nigife. For I year or
more Mrs. Fruit has. been constant
sufferer from some aiIment OF tirs
stomach which at last was diagnosed
as cancer Some two weeks ago sne
submitted To an operation. and Dr.
Lewis discovered one of the most lg-
griYated cases OF cancer OF the stum-
ach that has ever come under his 9b-
servation- Necessarily the operation
was very serious and at the tire the
doctor had little hopes that the pa
tient would survive owing 70 the in
roads that the cancerous growth had
made Much To MS surprise and 10 tile
satisfaction OF re4afiyes and friends
Mrs. Fruit showed remariSabIe vital
ity, was very clleerfnl and apparently
was making marvellous progress to-
ward reeuvery. Every bulletin trOm
her bedside Tor. several days WIS
very cheering -and reas ring
ami from Indications therr was
every reason III hope. even I'd
o. Dect chat she wssuId eventually re-
.ceyer. Suddenly Gtsere was 4 mar1ed
change and her :. aditiou &c 1nce be-
came alarming she fingered only
same 4S hours afser she commenced
III ling when shs assed ou. into The
beyond
ID was her request thar size should
BE buried by the sisse OK her SON IN the
[ oomis cemetery 1n-f the cuueef! took
.r'Gee Saturday afternoon Will j.
Ford. OF Loomis, read the burial
:. rvice at the grave In The presence
.Ga a large number OF mourning rela-.
lives and Old uetsaDors IND Trends
.apoug whom sue lived lor SO ma1y
Years.
Mrs Josephine Fruit was, D2ru II
Walla WalIa. Washington. NovamDe:-
II. 1860. and hence was, aged - wears
and "a days ar the time OF her death.
She was one Of the first female chit.
dren born in eastern Washington Her
parents wers Robert and Kate Wright
pioneers Of the Pacific coast anu
among the earliest settlers in Wash
inxron TERRITORY Her father came to
tCalifcrrfa among s=ase tsers. attravtett
I'd the west by the discovery Of gold.
and for long time was engaged in
mining From California the Wrights
moved to Washington territory sett--
ling at WaIla WaIIa in 1858, where u
member OF the family lives to the
present day.
The deceased was married To Mr.
Fruit N Walla Waila. January s, 1873,
and has lived her life in Washington
with the exception Of u few brief per-
iods spent IN California. She only re-
Gently returned TO Qroville from Cali
fornia after an absence OF wear,
where she went IN the hopes OF re-
ceiving some relief from her ailnenC.
For the last IS years the Fruits
have lived IN Lo0mis and Qruv1lIe.
Two children were born 70 tt1Is union.
Samuel. who preceded his mother to
the grave in May, 1905, loss that was
a rerrihIe blow 70 the mother, anu
Susie. wife OF Attorney W. &. Grant
of this place. Besides her husband and
daughter the deceased leaves two
.brothsrh, William Wright. how in
South America AMI Robert Wright,
who IS large wheat grower in Walla
Walla county.
Mr.. Fruit also comes from pioneer
family OF the state. His father, James
Fruit settled at The DaIleS, Oregon,
in 1874. and located on what was
known as the Hudson Bay ranch. near
WalIa WalIa. in 1856.
In the death Of Mrs. Fruit this conf
munity has lost most est1manle anu
highly respected resident. lady or
most admirable qualities OF head AMI
heart. respected and beloved py all
who had the pleasure OF her acqua1nt-
ance. During her long residence III
Loomis and Oroville she andeared her
self to all with whom she came III
contact, and her death is felt as a per
,onal affrfction by a very wide circle
OF old friends and leighbors. She
was a patient and devoted wife, low
ing mother and a Sind neighbor ana
mar memory will I've green in tine
hearts of all who knew her for many
rlany years.
TARn M FgkNNS