Elsie Lee Greathouse 1 2
- Born: 3 Sep 1895, Grayhorse, , Oklahoma Territory 1 2
- Marriage (1): Ivy Andrew Woodrum on 22 Dec 1912
- Marriage (2): Ray Walter Collins on 18 Nov 1933 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
- Died: 27 Dec 1981, Forest Grove - Forest Grove Community Hospital, , Oregon at age 86 2
- Buried: 30 Dec 1981, Forest Grove - Forest View Cemetery, Washington County, Oregon 2
 Cause of her death was sepsis, pneumonia, and CVA.2
Another name for Elsie was Elea Lee Greahouse.
Details of her life include:
Elsie Greathouse as a young girl. Photo
Elsie Lee Greathouse with her cousin Ethel Jones Photo
She resided at Star RT. 900 on Gales Creek, Oregon at the time of her death. 2
Memorirs: A summary of Elsie Lee's memoirs by Patti L. Hutterli
I was born September 3, 1895, at Greyhorse O.T. (Oklahoma Territory). Was named Elea Lee Greathouse. My father was Charley Lee Greathouse; he was born on December 30, 1872, in Kansas near Leeds, Kansas.
My mother was Ida Elmira Jones; don't know date of birth - year 1873.
My father was married to Ida Hopper - she died; they had one child, a girl named Belva. Her grandparents, the Hoppers, raised her. She married Jeff Craig and had three sons; she died & husband's whereabouts unknown. I don't know when he and my mother married; there was a boy born. I don't know how old he was when he died.
My father was shot by a U.S. Marshal. He was in the back of is wagon when his team & wagon came up to the gate. The horses had brought him home. My mother and a neighbor named Metcalf got the bullet out & he lived about a year later. Boney Jones, my mother's brother, and Jake, another brother & rest of family. My Dad's sister Verna and husband Orlando Walkling. My mother & Mrs. Metcalf, they drove cross country in Jake's wagon, and small wagon the Walklings was driving - to Kansas and other folks & relations waited for them to go to Round Mound Cemetery where he was buried. Most all of our relation are buried. It's 5 miles northwest of Waunita, Kansas. I was 18 months old when my father died.
My mother sewed, did washing, & odd jobs to try to try to make money to keep me. She married Barnet (Barney) Morrison - don't know when, but think I was about 2 or 2 1/2 when we lived in a house with an upstairs. She & I was upstairs & started down when she fell. I ran out to the field where Barney was plowing, and told him Mama had fallen down the stairs and couldn't get up.
I was sent to Kansas to live with my Dad's mother and two half brothers names Jeff and Art Kirby. My Grandma died when I was 13 and I went to live with my Dad's sister and husband Laverna and Orlando Walkling. I went to grade school till I finished then went to Emporia, Kansas to my uncle & wife Art & Ida Kirby. Went to high school & college, taught one term, and on December 22, 1912, I married a neighbor boy named Ivy Andrew Woodrum. We had one son LeVern Ivy Woodrum. He was born July 8, 1916. His father and I separated, and LeVerne was killed August 1935 in Kansas City [Missouri] in a truck accident. I came west in 1923 & worked in Portland. I met Ray Collins in August 1933 & we was married on November 18, 1933. Will be married 41 years November 18, 1974. I have a letter my other wrote to my aunt in 1896 & she spelled my name Elca. I did not know until my Aunt Verna passed away in 1970.
Elea "Elsie" Greathouse Woodrum -My Life page oneDocuments/d-elsie-greathouse-mylife-page1.jpg
Elea "Elsie" Greathouse Woodrum -My Life page two Documents/d-elsie-greathouse-mylife-page2.jpg
Photo copy: death certificate. Provided by Patti Lalack Hutterli
Elsie Lee Collins Dec. 27, 1941
Birth Sept. 3, 1895 , Oklahoma, married
Died Forest Grove Community Hospital, Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon
resident Gales Creek, Star route 900, Washington county Oregon
occupation seemstress
Father Charles Greathouse, mother Ida Jones, husband Ray Collins
burial Forest View Cemetery, Forest Grove, Oregon
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Photo copy: Elsie Lee Collins Funeral Program. Provided by Patti Lalack Hutterli
Elsie Lee collins, 86, died Dec. 27, 1981 at the Forest Grove community Hospital following an illness of the past four months.
Mrs Collins was bonr 3 Sept. 1895, in Greyhourse, Oklahoma the daughter of Charles and Ida Jones Greathouse. Her parents both died by the time she was five years old and she was raised by her grandmother and her uncle Orlando Walking, in Perry, Oklahoma.In 1913 she went ot Kansas city and worked in a dress manufacturing plant.
Mrs Collins came to Portland in 1926 and married at Vancouver, on Nov. 18, 1933 to Ray Collins. They lived in Portland until 1939 when they moved to Los Angeles and then in 1942 to Lake Oswego. In 1947 they moved to a farm near Carlton and then in 1960 to their present home at Gales Creek.
Surviving are her husband Ray Collins, Gales Creek and two cousinsVerna Walking of Kansas and Ken jones of Dallas, Oregon.
Elsie married Ivy Andrew Woodrum on 22 Dec 1912. (Ivy Andrew Woodrum was born on 9 Mar 1896 in Louisville, , Texas 1 and died on 18 Mar 1955 1.)
Elsie next married Ray Walter Collins on 18 Nov 1933 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. (Ray Walter Collins was born on 16 Feb 1909 1 and died in Dec 1982 in , , Oregon 1.)
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