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- [S204] Obituary (Reliability: 2).
William Anderson Pyne, editor and publisher of The First Segregation News, died early Monday morning, December 6, 1943 at his home in Hazelton.
Mr. Pyne was born at Urbana, Kansas on May 6, 1870 and would have celebrated his 74th birthday next May 6th. He was married to Linnie S. Harmon February 19, 1891. To this union five children were born; four sons being Chas. F., Jerome, Idaho; William L. and Gurney A., both of Boise; Elmer E., Springfield, Oregon; and one daughter, Mrs. Fay Utterback of Gearhart, Oregon, all of whom survive.
His newspaper career started in Oklahoma where he learned the printing trade and established the Woodward Democrat at Woodward, Oklahoma in 1908. He operated this paper until 1911 when he came west to Klamath Falls, Oregon; but returned after a year to Fowler, Kansas where he followed his trade of printer. [Note: His newspaper career actually began in Ashland, Kansas in about 1890. At the time of his marriage in February, 1891 he was the City Editor of the Clark County Clipper in Ashland, Kansas.]
In the spring of 1914, he moved to Wendell as editor of the Irrigationist and soon established himself in the community. He served as chairman of the village trustees at Wendell and affiliated himself with the I. O. O. F. lodge. When he moved to Hazelton in 1923 he transferred his lodge membership and was a prominent worker in the Odd Fellows, and is a past Noble Grand of the Hazelton lodge. He also served as secretary for a number of years.
On August 10, 1915 he was married to Mrs. Katherine E. Carr. No children were born to this union. Other survivors are his wife, Katherine E. Pyne; three step-shildren, George T. Carr of White Salmon, Washington; Mrs. Evelyn Carr McGinn of Palo Alto, Calif. and Mrs. Gladys Carr Payne of Coronodo, California. He is also survived by a half-brother, Grover C. Carter of Protection, Kansas and a half-sister, Mrs. Frances Carter Coles of Lookout, Oklahoma; also twenty-eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral Thursday
Funeral services were conducted Thursday, December 9 at 2:00 from the Presbyterian church here with Rev. E. E. Parker in charge. Burial was in the family plot at Wendell with the Odd Fellows lodge in charge of the graveside services. Pall bearers were Dave Robinett, Walter Robinett, Lester Saunders, Edgar Robinett, Willard Wardell and George Talley.
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(Written By a Friend)
As an editor of the old school, with a broad vision and understanding of people and public problems, Mr. William A. Pyne was kindly and considerate in his editorial expressions, although never compromising with the principles and ideals of fair play. He was by nature a conservative man and was always found supporting those things which were for the betterment of the community. He was most careful of his scrutiny of news material for his paper to avoid anything that savored of scandal and was able at all times to keep free of entanglements in factional disputes.
Coming to Hazelton in 1923, he took over the First Segregation News printing and publishing business and early was recognized as a leader in civic affairs. He served for a number of years on the village board of trustees and was chairman of the board during the last years of his service. He took an active part in the local Odd Fellows Lodge, having held a number of responsible offices in this order. A real loss is felt in the Hazelton community through the death or Mr. Pyne and the sympathy of a host of his friends goes out to his bereaved family.
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