[or-roots] Research Dilemma Help Needed

[judikat]

Hello, Fellow OR Researchers,

I wonder if someone on the list can please help me determine my next step in
following a trail.

It took three requests to find what I believe is the death certificate of an
ancestor.

The personal information is sketchy:

John WHITE, a white male logger, age "about 60," residing in Toledo, WA,
died on 23 June 1930 after 13 days at the Good Samaritan Hospital in
Portland of  Chronic Myocarditis and Arteriosclerosis.  The cause of death
was determined through exam and inquiry.  There was no autopsy, and the test
that confirmed the diagnosis was by exam.  The coroner was Earl Smith, and
the document was signed by GO Snook, Deputy Coroner.

The phrase "No record" is written next to every personal information
question.  The informant was the Coroner's Office in the City [Portland,
Melanoma].  Removal of the body took place on 7 July 1930 at ??:  Mulch...
or Molt.. [Cam? or Cram?]--hard to read this portion.  Boldly handwritten
over a thinner name [ending in -berry?/-berry?] is what looks like the word
"Gulbrandson Co" or "Galbrandson Co," Portland, Ore.  The death record was
filed 25 June 1930 by John G. Abele, M.D.  Above the stamped certificate
numbers in the upper righthand corner is the handwritten number 90B.  The
number "90" is also handwritten just below the diagnosis line.

Questions:

1.    What agency should I contact to find out how they acquired the details
they entered?  Name, occupation, residence.
2.    Would a face photo or fingerprints of the body have been taken in
1930?
3.      Is anyone familiar with the undertaker's name and where I can write
for his records?

Thank you for your attention.

Judith in Ashland, OR

judikat at teleport.com