Photo by Ackroyd Photography Inc., Portland.  WHC Collections M3 1992-103-0003   

Ernst Van Buren

Job Title(s)

Spinner, Filling Carrier

Dates of Employment

At least three stints of employment.  c.1932; 1947

Last Name  Van Buren
First Name  Ernest
Middle Initial  George
Born  6 May 1915 Fairview, Montana
Died 28 Feb 1989, Keizer, Marion, Oregon
Place Buried  IOOF Cemetery, Lebanon, Linn, Oregon
Spouse  Annie Casebeer (1934-1953)

Lela Peterson (1959-1989)

Children  Sharon

Mary Ann

Lonnie

Dates of Employment  Various
Job(s)  Filling Carrier (general labor)

Spinner

Sources
1930 US Federal Census Salem, Marion, Oregon – 2800 North Commercial Street
Van Buren, Fred A., Head, 46
Van Buren, Myrtle, L, Wife, 41
Van Buren, Lavern T., Son, 18
Van Buren, Carol R., Daughter, 16
Van Buren, Ernest G., Son, 14
Van Buren, William J., Son, 13
Washington Marriage Records Ernest Van Buren, Male, 19 to Annie Casebeer, 22 on 25 Aug 1934, Vancouver, Clark, Washington
WWII Draft Card
Ernest George Van Buren, 25
Born 5/6/1915 Fairview, Montana, USA
Address – scratched out: 1725 S. Capital Salem, Marion, Oregon
Name of Person Who Will Always Know your Address: Mrs. Anna May Van Buren, wife
Employer’s Name (scratched out): Thomas Kay Woolen Mills.  Next to it.  Washougal Woolen Mills, Washougal, Washington.
5’8” 150 lbs
Brown Eyes
Black Hair
Dark Complexion
Oregon Marriage Records
Ernest G. Van Buren, 43 to Lela Peterson on 28 March 1959, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon
1988 Salem City Directory
288 Chemawa Loop, Retired
Obituary Statesman Journal 3 March 1989 pg 18

Keizer

May 6, 1915- Feb 28, 1989

Memorial Services for Ernest G. Van Buren, 73, who died Tuesday in Salem, will begin at 6:30 pm Sunday in the Salem Foursquare Church.

Born in Fairview, Mont., he attended Montana schools.  He was a long-time Salem-area resident.  He was a contract painter and worked for Western Paper Co. for 19 years until retiring in 1975.  He then worked as a maintenance man for the Salem Foursquare Church, where he was a member and which he helped build.

Survivors include his wife, Lela; daughters, Sharon Perron and Mary Ann Gurr, both of Canada; Son, Lonnie of Canada; and brother, Bill of Portland.

Private internment was in the Lebanon Odd Fellows Cemetery….

 
 
 
WHC Catalog Items   Photographs:
M3 1992-103-0003-0004 – Working on Spinning Frame
M3 1978-004-0004 — Thomas Kay Woolen Mill Staff Photo, 1938

Thomas Kay Woolen Mill Records
M3 1966-001
51.001 — Employee ID Card
70.001 — Enrollment Cards
70.005 — Union Application Card

Oral History Interview
M3 1994-016-0025 — Interview conducted 1977

Other
2014.083.0001 – WEPACO Notebook (newsletter of the Western Paper Converting Co.)