Hazel Jean WICKHAM ³

  General Notes:

PHOTO AND INFORMATION: submitted by Betty Wickham House

DIVORCE: Hazel and Richard Taft divorced sometime between 1954 -1960.

MARRIAGE RECORDS, Skamania Co, WA: Hazel Jean Taft & Walter Jaster married 3/16/1956.

OR DIVORCE INDEX, 1961-1970: Hazel Wickham and Walter Jaster divorced Oct 11, 1963 in Oregon City, Clackamas Co, OR.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, Statesman Journal, Nov. 25, 1988: Accident leave 3 dead: A Japanese student, a Monmouth woman and a Wadsworth, Nev., infant were killed in two separate accidents Wed. as blustery winter conditions statewide made travel precarious.
Michie Shigeta, 24, a Western Oregon State College student, was killed when a car driven by Yukiko Sugawara, 21, collided with a car driven by Walter Gates about one mile southeast of Dallas.
Sugawara, also an exchange student, was in serious condition Thursday night at Emanuel Hospital & Health Center. Gates' wife Hazel Jean, 58, was killed, and he was in fair condition at Valley Community Hospital in Dallas.
"It's a little on the strange side," Polk County sheriff's deputy Larry Gilmore said of the 3 p.m. accident. Sugawara, who has only a learner's permit, was on a rainy, milelong straight stretch of Clow Corner Road when witnesses said the car started weaving, finally crossing the center line and being struck broadside, Gilmore said. Shigeta, the only passenger, did not have a valid license, he said.
The accident does not appear to be alcohol-related and both cars were traveling about 50 mph, he said. The accident remains under investigation, he said, and will include a mechanical inspection of the Sugawara vehicle.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, Itemizer-Observer, Nov. 30, 1988: Two people died in a Thanksgiving Eve traffic accident near Dallas.
The deaths of a Monmouth woman and a Japanese student from Western Oregon State College brought to 13 the number of people who have died on Polk County roads in 1988. Four of the deaths were in November.
Michi Shigeta, 24, and Hazel Gates, 58, were killed in a crash on Clow Corner Road near Ballard Road, tow miles west of Dallas. Gates' husband, Walter, was driving one car. Yukiko Sugawara, also a WOSC student, was the other driver. Both drivers survived the crash, which occured at 3 p.m.
Polk County Sheriff Ray Steele said the accident occured when a car driven by Sugawara, 21, also of Japan, swerved into the opposite lane, travelling east bound.
Walter Gates, 51, was coming west bound toward Dallas and he attempted to swerve to miss Sugawara's car. Steele said witnesses reported that Sugawara's car "fishtailed" into Gates lanes. He said Gates drove toward the ditch attempting to avoid the collision, but Sugawara's car broadsided Gates' car.
"We have no idea, (why Sugawara lost control)," Steele said. "I don't know if we'll ever know. He said that the pavement was wet, and that he did not believe alcohol was involved.
Shigeta's body was sent to Tokyo, and Sugawara's parents will come to Portland to take their daughter home, Steele said. Sugawara was taken first to Valley Community Hospital and transported to Emanuel Hospital in Portland. She is listed in stable condition.
Walter Gates was discharge from Valley Community on Nov. 26.

FUNERAL CARD: In Memory of HAZEL JEAN GATES - Born: March 1, 1930 Oregon City, Oregon - Died: November 23, 1988 Dallas, Oregon - Funeral Services from Bollman Funeral Home Friday, December 2nd at 11:00 A.M. - Officiating Rev. Harold Harms - Organist Carol Reed - Soloist Merrill Womack - Casket Bearers Bill, Randy and Lester Gates, Mike Taft, Sean Olson, Earl Wickham - Committal Services 2:00 P.M. - Redlands Cemetery, Redlands, Oregon

DEATH CERTIFICATE: Hazel Jean Gates; residence: 408 Atwater S., Monmouth, Polk Co, OR; married to Walter W. Gates; homemaker; 12th grade education; b. Mar. 1, 1930 in Oregon City, OR; father: Cecil E. Wickham; mother Irene F. Gibson; d. Nov. 23, 1988 1 mile on Clow Corner Rd, Dallas, Polk Co, OR of basilar skull fracture/massive blunt trauma in MVA/failure to use seat belts; 58 yrs. old; burial at Redland Cemetery, Redland, OR; informant: Walter W> Gates - spouse.

OR DEATH INDEX, 1903-98: Hazel Jean Gates; b. Mar 1, 1930; d. Nov. 23, 1988 in Polk Co; age 58; spouse: Walter.

Hazel married Richard Randall TAFT on 5 Nov 1948 in Casper, Natrona Co, WY.¹ (Richard Randall TAFT was born on 12 Apr 1927 in Porland, Multnomah Co, OR,⁵ died on 14 Mar 1970 in Astoria, Clatsop Co, OR ⁵ and was buried on 17 Mar 1970.)

Hazel next married Walter A. JASTER on 16 Mar 1956 in Skamania Co, WA.² (Walter A. JASTER was born on 6 Jul 1920 in Vancouver , Clark Co, WA,⁶ died on 21 May 1969 in Oregon City, Clackamas Co, OR ⁴ and was buried on 24 May 1969 in Mountain View Cem, Oregon City, Clackamas Co, OR ⁶.)

Hazel next married Jim McGUIRE on 2 Apr 1964.¹

Hazel next married Living