Richard Owen (Dick) Bohannon^[1]

1902 - 1968  (66 years)

• Name	Richard Owen (Dick) Bohannon
  Birth	24 May 1902	Ipava, Fulton County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1930	Yakima, Yakima County, Washington   [4]
  	Electrician, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph, Co.
  Residence	1950	Pasco, Franklin County, Washington   [5]
  Residence	1956	Mercer Island, King County, Washington   [5]
  Residence	1962	Spokane, Spokane County, Washington   [5]
  Death	14 Oct 1968	Holy Family Hospital, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington   [2, 5, 6]
  Burial	16 Oct 1968	Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington   [6, 7, 8]
  	gravemarker
  Person ID	I276	LaZeut
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	George Washington Bohannon,   b. 4 Jul 1871, Ipava, Fulton County, Illinois d. 18 Aug 1955, Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Florence Edna Robinson,   b. 8 Nov 1875, Illinois d. 20 Jun 1955, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1893	Fulton County, Illinois   [3, 9]
  Divorce	Abt 1910  [3, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hattie H. Sutor,   b. 27 Sep 1899, Wylie, Red Lake County, Minnesota d. 4 Apr 1937, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1930	Yakima County, Washington   [12]
  Divorce	Bef 1937  [13]
  Family ID	F7003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Josephine Marguerite (Jo) Lincoln,   b. 19 Mar 1908, Hurry (Martin), Beaver, Alberta, Canada d. 25 Jan 2005, Good Samaritan Health Care Center, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	24 Nov 1937	Yakima, Yakima County, Washington   [14, 15, 16]
  Children	+ 1. A.M. Spaulding
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2017

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Occupation - Electrician, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph, Co. - 1930 - Yakima, Yakima County, Washington Marriage - 11 Oct 1930 - Yakima County, Washington Marriage - 24 Nov 1937 - Yakima, Yakima County, Washington Burial - 16 Oct 1968 - Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Bohannon: Yakima Frontier Days Celebration with Telephone Employees and Ricard O. Bohannon, 1935 Photo of Northwest Telephone and Telegraph employees in period dress for the Yakima, Washington Frontier Days Golden Anniversary Celebration. Standing in the back on the right in the white hat and behing the lady in the dress with bows is Richard O. Bohannon (also, see close-up photo).
  		Bohannon: Yakima Frontier Days Golden Jubilee with Richard O. Bohannon, 1935 (close-up) Close-up detail of employees of the Pacific Northwest Telephone and Telegraph Company celebrating Yakima Washington's Golden Jubilee during Frontier Days. Richard O. Bohannon is in the center of the back back row with the white hat.
  		Bohannon: Richard O. Bohannon at Installation of 4,200th Phone in Pasco, 1952 Publicity photo of Richard O. Bohannon (standing left) with unidentified phone installer and patron (most likely another telephone company employee). Installation of the 4,200th phone in Pasco in the Telephone Company's Foster addition.
  		Bohannon: Richard Bohannon and Josephine Lincoln Studio Portrait, 1955 Studio portrait of Richard O. Bohannon and Josephine M. Lincoln taken about 1955. Tutilwer Studio, Pasco, Washington
  		Bohannon: Richard O. Bohannon 1961 Studio Portrait Studio Portrait of Richard (Dick) Owen Bohannon (1902-1968). Hale Van Scoy Studio.
  		Bohannon: Richard O. Bohannon Studio Photo, 1967 Studio Photo of Richard O. Bohannon taken on the occasion of 41 years of service with Pacific Northwest Bell. Libby and Son Studio, Spokane.
  		Hulett: Roy Hulett and Elizabeth Lincoln Wedding Reception, 1947 Wedding reception of Roy Hulett and Elizabeth Lincoln at the Richard O. Bohannon residence, 1208 Broadway Avenue, Yakima, Washington. Left to right: Richard O. Bohannon, James A. Lincoln, Roy R. Hulett, M. Elizabeth Lincoln, Mary Dixon Lincoln, and Angeline M. Spaulding.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Bohannon: Richard Owen Bohannon Certificate of Birth, 1902 State of Illinois Certificate of Birth for Richard Owen Bohannon (b. 24 May 1902). Copy of original dating after 1940.
  		Bohannon: Richard Bohannon and Hattie Mantie Wedding Certificate, 1930. Certificate of marriage for Richard E. [O.] Bohannon and Hattie H. Manty [Mantey, née Sutor] (m. 11 Oct 1930). Note this document contains several errors; however, the identities of the two principals are assured by the names of the two witness who are their mothers. This was Richard Bohannon's first marriage and Hattie Sutor Mantey's second; her first husband, Otto Mantey, died in 1927.
  		Bohannon: Richard Bohannon and Josephine Spaulding Marriage Certificate, 1937 Certified copy of certificate of marriage for Richard Owen Bohannon and Josephine Margaret Lincoln Spaulding (m. 24 Nov 1937).
  		Bohannon: Richard O. Bohannon Celebrates 35 years with telephone firm, 1961. Article from the "Yakima Herald-Republic" discussing Richard O. Bohannon's 35-year career with Pacific Northwest Bell, beginning as an electrical engineer with Western Electric.
  		Bohannon: Richard O. Bohannon: 40-Year Stint Recognized, 1966 Article from the "Spokane Daily Chronicle" recognizing Richard O. Bohannon's 40 years with the Pacific Northwest Bell telephone company in 1966.
  		Bohannon: Richard O. Bohannon (1902-1968) Obituary Obituary of Richard (Dick) Owen Bohannon (d. 14 Oct 1968).
  		Bohannon: Richard O. Bohannon (1891-1968) Memorial Card Memorial card from the memorial service for Richard (Dick) Owen Bohannon (d. 14 Oct 1968). Spokane Unitarian Church.
  		Bohannon: Richard Owen Bohannon Death Certificate, 1968 City of Spokane, Washington, Health Department, certified copy of death certificate for Richard Owen Bohannon (d. 14 Oct 1968).

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravemarker: Bohannon, Richard Owen (1902-1968) Gravemarker of Richard Owen Bohannon (d. 14 Oct 1968).

  
  

• Sources

  [S2322] Birth Certificate: Bohannon, Richard Owen. Richard Owen Bohannon Place of Birth: Fulton County, Pleasant Township Date of Birth: May 24, 1902 Father: George Washington Bohannon Mother Florence Edna Robinson [S25] Social Security Death Index (SSDI), 1925-2014, (Ancestry: Social Security Administration). [S1561] Henry Hardy Catron, compiler, Kettenring Family in America, (Mount Pulaski, Illinois: H.J. Wible Publishing, 1956), p. 65. [S1221] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Ancestry: various sources), Yakima, Washington (1930). [S1672] Obituary: Bohannon, Richard O., (Yakima Herald. Yakima, Washington, 15 October 1968, p. 24). [S2334] Death Certificate: Bohannon, Richard Owen. Death was caused by: Pneumonia 4 days as a consequence of Parkinson's Disease - Severe 3 yrs. [S302] Find A Grave, (Lehi, Utah), Memorial# 159993805. [S4255] Cemetery Marker. Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Washington. [S421] Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, compilers, Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900, (Ancestry: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah). [S197] U.S. Census, 1910, (Ancestry: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.). [S103] Davis, Roy, Bohannon Family Tree. [S426] Washington State Digital Archives, (Washington Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, Cheney, Washington), Yakima County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1896-2008. Richard E. [O.] Bohannon m. Hattie H. Manty [Mantey] [S2357] Death Certificate: Bohannon, Hattie Sutor. [S2335] Marriage Certificate: Bohannon, Richard and Josephine Spaulding. On 24 Nov. 1937, in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, Richard Owen Bohannon and Josephine Margaret Spalding [sic] were married by Orval D. Peterson, Minister of the Gospel [First Christian Church] in the presence of Elizabeth Lincoln and M Ward Gaiser. The contacting parties signed their names: Richard Owen Bohannon and Josephine M. Spaulding. [S426] Washington State Digital Archives, (Washington Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, Cheney, Washington), Yakima County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1896-2008. [S97] Lincoln, Roger M. et al., Family of James A. Lincoln and Mary H. Dixon, (Wasilla, Alaska: self-published, March 2000, supplements 2002, 2004, and 2007), pp. 37, 123, 125.