Dolly Bertha Rhode Umiker

Photo is of Dolly Bertha Rohde Umiker (left) and her daughter, Margaret Umiker Sowders.

From the Cowlitz County Advocate Castle Rock, WA Thursday 24 Jan 1957:
Mrs. Umiker, 76, Dies; Rites Tuesday --
Mrs. Dolly Bertha Umiker, 76, resident here for over 60 years, died Saturday in Cowlitz General hospital which she had entered the previous Sunday.
Dolly Rhode was born January 11, 1881, in Vancouver. The family came to Cowlitz county in the late 1880's and lived for several years in the Toutle country where the father operated a mill. She was married to Abraham Umiker in 1903 at Castle Rock. Mr. Umiker died in March 1936.
The survivors are two sons, Charles and Abraham of Castle Rock; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Larsen and Mrs. Doris Cunningham of Castle Rock and Mrs Margaret Sowders of Portland; eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren; three brothers, Herman and Henry Rhode of Castle Rock and Charles of Tacoma; and two sisters, Mrs Hannah Helms of Oswego, Oregon, and Mrs. Louise Lee of Seattle.
The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two-o'-clock in the Hubbard chapel with Laurence Morley, pastor of the Christian church officiating. Ernest Moore was soloist. Burial was in Hubbard cemetery.
The pallbearers were August Hanson, William C. Graham, G.T. Cunningham, N.J Staadt, Delbert Maddux and Ellis Davis.
The Hubbard Funeral home was in charge.

Additional information from the death Certificate of Dolly Bertha Umiker:
Date of death: Jan. 19, 1957
race: white
father's name: John Rhode (note: I have found in numerous census records that her father's name was "Herman"and he was from Germany. Whether that means he was "John Herman" or "Johannes Herman", or if the informant simply didn't know the name of Dolly's father, I don't know.)
mother's maden name: Elizabeth (Maiden name unknown)
never in the armed forces.
no SSN
Medical certification, Disease or condition directly leading to death: Cerebral embolus
Antecedent causes: Diabetes

verification

Beyond finding missing persons, the most frustrating difficulty for me has been verification. So many people it seems go gung-ho on finding and forget to make notes about where the information came from. What do you do when you find conflicting information and neither source has documentation to verify what they have?
I do have some death certificates, obituaries, newspaper articles, and birth certificates. I will post here what information I can from these sources.

The beginning

I was sitting in church today listening to a talk about searching out our ancestors. I thought of how I wish everyone who had the information I am seeking on my family history would post it somewhere for me to find. I figured I ought to do what I can for others with what I have. Maybe I can draw some other searchers to my site where we can compare and search together. So here I go.