Wahkiakum Co. Eagle-March 07, 1974

TWO ARE VICTIMS OF MONDAY ACCIDENT

  Tim Anderson, 14, and Jason Anderson, 2, drowned Monday when a family 
car Tim was driving careened off the East Valley road east of the 
Lindsey residence and into Skamokawa creek.
  The accident apparently occurred at approximately noon when the auto 
spun out of control and slid backwards into the creek.
  A third occupant of the vehicle, a 17-year-old Skamokawa youth, was 
able to escape by opening the passenger door, which was ripped off on 
impact.  After attempting to dive for the boys three times, he left the 
scene when he was unable to locate Tim and Jason in the murky water.
  Meanwhile, passerby, Virginia Naehe of Skamokawa, discovered the 
vehicle’s wheel protruding from the creek and reported the accident to 
the sheriff’s office at 12:25 p.m.  Authorities were on the scene by 
12:40 and the bodies were recovered, still in the vehicle, at 
approximately 1 p.m.
  Tim was born in Grand Rapids, Minn., and Jason in Longview.  Tim was 
a freshman at Wahkiakum High school.
  He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Anderson of 
Skamokawa; one brother, Kenneth, at home; two sisters, Lori Ann and 
Lisa Kay, also at home; their maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Jerald Brockway of Skamokawa; a grandmother, Mrs. Alfred Larry of North 
Lewisburg, Ohio; and their great-grandmother, Mrs. Fox of Springfield, 
Ohio.
  Closed casket services were held Friday at the Skamokawa Methodist 
Church with Rev. Everett Groves officiating.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Donald Timothy ‘Tim’ Anderson
Fern Hill Cemetery-Skamokawa, Wa.
21 Jul 1959-04 Mar 1974
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)