Wahkiakum Eagle-June 1998

BERTLING, Richard Bernard
	
  Age 69, of Cathlamet, died at the Hospice Care Center.  He was born 
in Toledo, Ohio, to Donald F. and Leona Eugena (Matz) Bertling and 
lived in Vancouver for 30 years until 1994.  He and his companion, Pat 
Diotte, spent many summers at Elochoman Marina in Cathlamet.  They 
spent winters in the Southwest.
  He worked as a machinist at Boeing Co. and Wagner Mining in Portland 
for many years.  He retired in the early 1990's.
  He served in the Navy for four years.  He enjoyed sailing and owned 
his own sailboat, the Windflower.  He especially loved spending time 
with Pat Diotte who survives him in Cathlamet.
  Also surviving are four sons, Thomas of Wilsonville, Ore., James of 
Vancouver, Gerald of Austin, Texas, and Francis of Vancouver; a sister, 
Phyllis Friedemann of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and seven grandchildren.
  There were no services.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Burial place unknown
18 Apr 1929- 18 Jun 1998

(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)