Spilyay tymoo., March 07, 1983, Page 3, Image 3

SPILYAY TYMOO
MARCH 7,1983 PAGE 3
Annie Smith leaves legacy in family
Many family members and friends helped A nnie celebrate her 100 th birthday last June. In the front
row (left to right) are A ndrew David, A nnie and her sister, Ruth Estabrook. In the back row (left to
right) are Annie’s children, Zelma Smith, Claude Smith, Sr., M ildred Tyler, M yrtle Monroe and
Atvis Smith, Sr. Another daughter, Katherine Courtney is not shown due to a granddaughter’s
wedding.
interpreter for the Waseo
Tribe. Her other activities
included beadwork, drying
sa lm o n , c a n n in g an d
sewing.
A n n ie w as f o n d ly
remembered at the Shaker
and Presbyterian services
held the four days after her
death. It was Annie’s request
that Reverend Ed Mach­
am er, who served as
Presbyterian minister here
for nearly 25 years, be asked
to assist in her funeral rites.
Machamer said he felt that a
“page of history was turned
over.” He also said her life
was not an easy one, having
to travel by horseback and
use kerosene lanterns and
that Annie was a “hard
worker. She had a large
family to care for and a large
ranch. She never was idle.
She had lots to do and she
did it.”
Wasco Chief Nelson
Wallulatum said that Annie
“was a link with the past. We
don’t have many Wasco where her family “worked
elders left now. Spirits and the land.” The7 property,
souls must be fed by words which was at that time
and ways. She fulfilled the owned by Wesley’s parents Annie (right) spend quite a lot o f time with her sister-in-law
ta s k h e lp in g to lead Robert and Annie Smith, Georgianna Jackson (left). In center is A nnie’s daughter Myrtle.
someone else down the was later purchased by
traditional way.” Grandson Wesley and Annie, accor­ in Seekseequa, also survives.
A final tribute such as this
Uren Leonard said that it ding to youngest daughter
Dressing ceremonies were to a person of Annie’s
was his grandmother’s way Zelma.
February 26, 1983 at stature and obvious respect
Annie will be missed by held
to love, care and help others.
the M adras E vergreen
“She has always prayed for many people. Her immedi­ Chapel conducted by Stella is difficult to put into words.
The sorrow of her loss will
ate family includes six
others.”
c K in le y a n d M a ry be felt for a long time, but
Annie was born in The children, Myrtle Monroe, M
Dalles, a t Watsuts, to Jim Mildred Tyler, Katherine Phillips. Services were held she has left us with much
and Mary Jackson in 1882. Courtney, Alvis Smith, Sr., at the Warm Springs Shaker wisdom and many memo­
In 1892, Annie, her parents, Claude Smith, Sr. and Church February 26,27 and ries—memories and a legacy
and her brother Charlie and Zelma Smith. Zelma has 28. Funeral services were that will continue through
her sister Ruth moved to been a constant companion F e b r u a r y 28 a t th e her children, their children
Warm Springs where they to Annie nearly all her life Prebyterian Church in and their chUdfeh’s chidren.
lived on Shitike Creek, the and has cared for Annie and Warm Springs followed by This legacy is the greatest
D e sc h u te s R iv e r (th e the ranch for many years. b u ria l at the Agency tribute of all.
“Wukmup” area) and in the Annie was preceded in death Cemetery.
Dry Hollow area. She: by two sons, Victor in 1934
married Wesley in 1899 and and Stanley in 1958. There
they celebrated their 70th a re 47 g r a n d c h ild re n
wedding anniversary before surviving and 131 great
his death in 1969.
granchildren. There are also
Her family lived in a tent 15 great, great grandchil­
in the Wukmup area. The dren survivng. One sister,
old Smith barn still stands Ruth Estabrook, who lives
Watsuts, on the Columbia River near The Dalles, was Annie’s birthplace. She returned there many
times with her family to catch and prepare salmon. Some o f the buildings at Watsuts are currently
located near The Portage Inn in The Dalles.
/fnme and Wesley married in 1899, according to family
members. They were married 70 years before Wesley’s death bt