Lower Columbia Eagle-May 10, 1962 ASHLEY, John Herbert Age 63, of Rosburg, born in Astoria, died in Altoona, at the home of a friend. He had farmed and raised beef cattle on the Ashley homestead near Brookfield. At one time he was firewarden for Crown Zellerbach. Surviving are three sisters, Hazel Blanchard of Wauna, Ore., Myrtle Lutschinger of Calif., and Ruth Peterson of Portland, Ore.; one brother, Roscoe H. Ashley of Kelso. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Dowling Chapel in Cathlamet with Rev. David Nelson officiating. Mrs. David Nelson was organist. Pallbearers were Charles W. Smith, Rodney Anderson, Arvid Kalander, Joe Greget, Gerald Ashley and Keith Ashley. Dowling Funeral Home was in charge. Ocean View Cemetery-Astoria, Ore. 09 May 1898-07 May 1962 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society in 2006 from it’s original newspaper collection.)