The following appeared in a Walla Walla newspaper on April 21 or 22, 1986.
Maude Taschereau
Maude Isobel Taschereau, 85, of the Smith Nursing Home died there Sunday.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Ernest Campbell will officiate. Burial will be in Blue Mountain Memorial gardens.
Mrs. Taschereau was born Feb. 28, 1901, in Spokane to Albert Henry and Katherine Ross Poston. She attended Spokane schools and graduated from Lewis-Clark High School. She attended Whitworth College and later transferred to Washington State College, receiving her teaching certificate. She taught school in Spokane for several years and also taught in hawaii for six months.
She married Charles Taschereau Oct. 18, 1944, in Spokane. They moved to Port Orchard and later to Everett, where her husband and his brother purchased a commercial fishing boat. They sold the boat and moved to Walla Walla in 1946.
Mrs. Taschereau started the Newcomers Hostess in 1947, which she operated until retiring in 1983. She was also a saleswoman for Walla Walla Realty. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Taschereau is survived by her husband, at home; one son, Reggie Taschereau of Edmonds; one sister, Gertrude Gemmill of Kelowna, B.C., Canada; one brother, Gordon Poston of Mead, Wash. Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
obituary notice
TASCHEREAU - April 20, 1986, at Smith Nursing Home, Maude Isobel Taschereau, 85, of 1865 East Alder. Born in Spokane, WA, on Feb 28, 1901. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. She is survived by her husband, Charles Taschereau, at the home; 1 son, Reggie Taschereau of Edmonds, WA; 1 sister, Mrs. J. D. Gemmill of Kelowna, B.C.; and 1 brother, Gordon Poston of Mead, WA. She was preceded in death by 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Arrangements entrusted to the care of COLONIAL-DEWITT FUNERAL HOME, Don Rhodes and Alan Ray, Funeral directors. (Paid Notice)
funeral notice
TASCHEREAU - Funeral services for the late Maude Isobel Taschereau, 85, of 1865 East Alder will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 1986 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with Father Ernest Campbell officiating. Burial will be in Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens. Arrangements entrusted to the care of COLONIAL-DEWITT FUNERAL HOME, Don Rhodes and Alan Ray, Funeral directors. (Paid Notice)
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The following appeared in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin.
Monday, May 19, 1986
Charles Taschereau
Charles S. Taschereau, 83, of the Odd Fellows Home died there today. Me was born May 24, 1902, in Spokane.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Colonial-DeWitt funeral Home.
Tuesday, May 20, 1986
Charles Taschereau
Charles S. Taschereau, 83, of the Odd Fellows Home died there Monday.
The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Ernest Campbell will officiate. Ritualistic services will be conducted by Walla Walla Lodge No. 7, AF&AM. Burial will be in Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Walla Walla Senior Center through Colonial-DeWitt Funeral Home.
Taschereau was born May 24, 1902, in Spokane to Charles F. and Isabel Atkinson Taschereau. He attended schools in Spokane but graduated in 1930 from Lewis-Clark High School. He had dropped out of school to work, but later decided he wanted to earn the deploma. He worked in the lumber-jack trade prior to World War I when he was 14. He held other jobs including in sawmills, as a steam engin operator, locomotive crane operator and steam track layer.
In the 1930s, he worked for seven years on the Grand Coulee Dam construction project. After the Dec. 7, 1941, bombing of Pearl Harbor, Taschereau went to Hawaii to help repair the damage as a shipfitter, joining among others, sheet metal and iron workers and plumbers.
After his three-year stint in Hawaii, he married maude Poston Oct. 18, 1944, in Spokane. He went into a commercial fishing venture out of Everett and other Puget Sound ports then came to Walla Walla where he was involved in the sprinkler irrigation business from 1947. He had a poultry business at the Big Y for a few years and a trampoline business when it was a popular pastime here.
For 11 years, Taschereau was a night engineer at St. Mary Medical Center before retiring in 1976. His wife died April 20, 1986.
He was an active member of the Masonic Lodge here and was a past master of Lodge No. 7, AF&AM. He was a member of El Katif Shrine and Blue Mountain Shrine Club, St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Scottish Rite Bodies. He was a charter member of the Walla Walla Senior Center and served as its second president.
Taschereau is survived by one son, the Rev. Reginald Taschereau of Edmonds; one sister, Maud Sanger of Grass Valley, Calif.; and one brother, George Taschereau of Coulee City, Wash. Three brothers preceded him in death.
(Four brothers preceded him. - Cousin Sam)
obituary notice
TASCHEREAU - May 19, 1986, at the Odd Fellows Home, Charles S. Taschereau, 83, of 534 Boyer Ave. Born in Spokane, WA, on May 24, 1902. He was a member of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Past Master of Walla Walla Lodge No. 7, F.&A.M., Scottish Rite Bodies, El Katif Shrine of Spokane, and the Blue Mountain Shrine Club. He is survived by 1 son, Rev. Reginald Taschereau of Edmonds, WA; 1 sister, Maud Sanger of Grass Valley, CA; and 1 brother, George Taschereau of Coulee City, WA. Preceded in death by his wife, Maude on April 20, 1986; and 3 brothers. Arrangements entrusted to the care of COLONIAL-DEWITT FUNERAL HOME, Don Rhodes and Alan Ray, funeral directors. (Paid Notice)
funeral notice
TASCHEREAU - Funeral services for the late Charles S. Taschereau of 534 Boyer Ave., will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 1986, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with Father Ernest Campbell officiating. Pallbearers will be Charles Garver, Max Marr, Al Brantingham, Maurice Coker, Sanford Sherman and Howard Kaseberg. Burial will be in Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens. Ritualistic services by Walla Walla Lodge No. 7, F.&A.M. Memorial contributions may be made to the Walla Walla Senior Center through the Colonial-DeWitt Funeral Home. Arragnements entrusted to the care of COLONIAL-DEWITT FUNERAL HOME, Don Rhodes and Alan Ray, funeral directors. (Paid Notice)
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