Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Sconawah, Matt June 28, 1973
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The Dalles Chronicle, July 10, 1973
The body of Matt Sconawah, 25, who drowned in the Columbia River June 28, was 
to be taken to Wapato Longhouse for services at 4 p.m. today.

Merritt Funeral Home at Wapato reported that interment will take place at 8 
a.m. Wednesday at the Shaker Church cemetery at White Swan, Wash.

Dr. John Skirving, Wasco County medical investigator, said a state autopsy 
report from Portland attributed Sconawah's death to drowning.  Companions had 
said he disappeared while on a boat ride.  The body was recovered Saturday.

Surviving are his wife, Priscilla of Wapato; a son, Eddie J. Sconawah II; two 
daughters, Michelle of Wapato and Rosalie of Warm Springs; his parents, Mr. 
and Mrs. Eddie Sconawah, and four brothers and five sisters, all of Wapato.

Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).



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