NameOscar M Taplin 60
Birth26 May 1888, Anatone, Asotin Co., Washington
Death7 Apr 1975, Clarkston, Asotin Co., Washington
Death Memod. Tri-State Memorial Hospital
BurialVineland Cemetery. Clarkston, Asotin Co., Washington
Burial MemoPlot: 4, 54A, 1, 1A
Lewiston Morning Tribune – April 8, 1975
Oscar Taplin dies at 86
Oscar M. Taplin, 86, a former teamster and a retired pipline employee for Washington Water Power Co., died of infirmities of age at 10:45 Monday morning at Tri-State Memorial Hospital.
He had been in ill health for a year. His home at the time of his death was at 402 Morrison St., Clarkston.
As a young man, Taplin worked as a teamster, driving six-horse teams from Anatone to Asotin with loads of lumber. In 1936 he took a job with WWP, working on the pipeline that conveyed water from Asotin Creek to Clarkston. Speaking of those years, he once said. “They used to have to thaw me out to get my clothes off.” He worked on the pipeline for several years, the last few as foreman of the crew.
In the summer of 1955, Taplin took a job with WWP and Pacific Northwest Power Co., helping with exploratory drilling at the Pleasant Valley damsite about 70 miles south of Clarkston on the Snake River. He continued to work there until 1957, when he retired.
Taplin was born at Anatone May 26, 1888, the son of Frank and Emma Taplin. He attended schools and grew to manhood there, working as a ranch hand and sawmill worker.
In 1918 he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War I. The armistice was signed while the troop train that was carrying him to the port for embarkation to France was passing through Texas.
After his discharge, Taplin moved to Orofino, where he worked as a woodsman until 1936.
He married Anna E. Taplin at Pomeroy April 2, 1933. She survives at the home. In 1936 he moved with her to Asotin, where he lived until 1953. Since that time he had lived at Clarkston.
He was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of World War I.
Other survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Joseph Wells, Lapwai, Mrs. Joseph Accuardi, Portland, and Mrs. Alfred Appleford, Clarkston; eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Merchant Funeral Home. Burial will be at Vineland Cemetery.
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