Person:Ealoha James (1)

Notes from Family Album by Bertha Qualls: Ealoha was the first woman in her family to: own an automobile, drive an automobile, travel by airplane, play the piano, be matron of Eastern Star, undergo caesarean section, use an automatic washer and dryer for clothes, smoke cigarettes, belong to a bowling league.

Notes by Lynn Maynard: Ealoha had to repeat the second grade due to serious illness. She did well in the county music competition in both voice and piano. After graduation from High School, she worked for the Diefendorf family in Centralia for a time. In late 1943 she and her first husband contracted polio followihg a trip into Oregon to visit her sister Bertha. He died but she survived, pregnant, paralyzed and a widow. Her polio settled in her legs so she had to relearn how to walk. Her second husband was killed in a logging accident. She married Everett Maynard while he was home on leave from the Navy during the Korean War. She worked as a supervisor at the Bell Telephone office until her pregnancy with Lynn, when she quit to care for her children. She was an excellent artist and pianist.

Obituary in Centralia Daily Chronicle: Mrs. Everett E. (Ealoha E.) Maynard, 55, a resident of Centralia for the past 35 years, died Friday at a Centralia hospital. She was born Sept 21, 1916, at Frances, and was a former resident of Onalaska. Mrs. Maynard was a member of the First Christian Church of Centralia and a member and past matron of Centralia Chapter No. 14, Order of Eastern Star. She was employed by Pacific Northwest Bell for 13 years and was a supervisor at the time of her retirement several years ago. Survivors, all of Centralia, include her husband; two daughters . . . and a son . . ., her mother, Mrs. George James; a sister, Mrs. Carden (Bertha) Qualls; one brother, Larry James and one grandson. Services will be Tuesday at 1:30 pm at Newell-Hoerling's, Centralia, with the Rev. Harvey C. Hartling officiating. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery , Centralia.

Funeral Program: In Memory of EALOHA M. MAYNARD, born September 21, 1916, Francis, Washington, Passed Away December 31, 1971, Centralia, Washington. Services At NEWELL-HOERLING'S Tuesday, January 4, 1972, 1:30 P.M. Rev. Harvey C. Hartling, Officiating. Eugene Simmons, Soloist, "How Great Thou Art." Mrs. Reta Dunn, Organist. CASKET BEARERS: Fred Haas, Ward Brown, Lloyd Bryant, Paul Isaacson, Herb Truesdell, Ralph Huntington. Interment: Mt. View Burial Park.

Ealoha is mentioned several times in the church records of the First Christian Church of Centralia, WA: She taught Sunday School (1st grade) for 7 years. Although complete records are not available, the "Annual Reports" for 1962-3, 1963-4, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68 list Ealoha as a church school teacher and her address as 801 N. Pearl, Centralia, 736-4449. The 1965-65 report also lists her as the Worship Director for the Christian Women's Fellowship. The Historian's scrapbook has an article from the "Daily Chronicle" entitled "American Missionary to Japan Guest Speaker at CWF Breakfast" (undated but probably from 1956) in which she is listed among the officers for that year, as worship chairman. A listing of committee members for the new church building in 1967 lists Mr. and Mrs. Everett Maynard on the Overseers committee, whose duties including taking inventory of the church furnishings, arrange work parties for moving it, arrange for coffee for the crews and advise the craftsmen committee of any necessary shelving or other construction.

Ealoha worked at the telephone office until 1952. It is uncertain when she began work there but the 1939 Polk Directory for Lewis County lists Ealoha M. James, an operator with PT&T, residing at 402 Madison with Geo and Matilda James. The 1937 directory lists her at the same address but shows her as a student, with her father a mill worker.

R.L. Polk directory 1937 lists her as a student living with her parents at 402 Madison. 1939 Polk lists her still living with parents at 402 Madison but now working at PT&T Co.

1. ↑ Certificate of Death of Ealoha Maynard, in Certificate of Death, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, of Ealoha M. Maynard.

   Deceased - Ealoha M. Maynard; Sex - female; Date of death - December 31, 1971; race white, age 55, date of birth September 21, 1916, County of death Lewis, city, Centralia inside city limits, at Centralia General Hospital. State of birth Washington, U.S. A. Married, surviving spouse Everett E. Maynard, SSN xxx-xx-xxxx, occupation housewife and telephone supervisor, telephone P.N.B. (Pacific Northwest Bell), residence - Washington, Lewis, Centralia, 303 Tilley Ave.
   Parents - Father: George James. Mother: Matilda Pero. Informant: Mr. Everett E. Maynard, 303 Tilley Ave., Centralia, Washingotn
   Cause: metastatis C.A. to cerebral ****** 6 mos, due to adenocarcinoma right breat with metastasis 3 years. No autopsy.
   Certificate of physician -- attended from 3/11/57 to 12/31/71. last saw on 12/31/71, did view body after death, death occurred 8:30 a.m. Dr. Ross M. Galvin, 208 West Locust, Centralia, Washington 98531.
   Burial: burial at Mt. View Burial Park, Centralia, Washington, January 4, 1972 by Newell-Hoerling's, 205 W. Pine, Centralia, Wash. 98531, funeral director Robert W. Hoerling.

2. ↑ First Christian Church, Centralia, WA, Index card files.