Telephone Register, McMinnville, Oregon, Thursday, February 5, 1942
MRS. SARAH SECHRIST DIES AT BALLSTON HOME
BALLSTON, Feb. 5 – Sarah Amelia Sechrist, 76, died January 28 at her home here. She was born in Illinois in 1863, and was married to E.L. Sechrist in 1886.
The family moved to Ballston 28 years ago, where they had a store for many years.
She is survived by her husband and five children: Mrs. Essie Kitching and Mrs. Grace Sears of Oakland, Calif.; Mrs. Fay Shafer of Ballston, Jay of Salem and Orlo of Sheridan; fifteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Sheridan, the Rev. Reece of Portland officiating, with burial in the Evergreen cemetery in McMinnville.
Family Members
Parents
John Jay Zepp
1830–1903
Edith Melissa Eckley Zepp
1830–1892
Spouse
Emmet Leroy Sechrist
1860–1947
Siblings
George Washington Zepp
1853–1934
Mary Elizabeth Zepp Speirs
1856–1939
Charles William Zepp
1859–1922
Clara M. zepp Brady
1867–1948
Children
Essie Sechrist
1887–1942
John Jay Sechrist
1896–1974
