Wahkiakum Eagle-January 1997

BLAIN, Raymond Elton
	
  Age 71, a Rosburg resident, died at an Astoria hospital.  He was
born in Saginaw, Mich., to Roland and Leona (Griffeth) Blain.
  He served in the Army during WWII.  He and Betty Bauer were married 
July 10, 1945, in Andersonville, Mich.
  He started working in the timber industry in 1953, and spent 26 years 
employed by Weyerhaeuser Co., where he retired in 1984.  He was a 
member of the International Woodworkers of America Local 311.  He 
enjoyed hunting, fishing and traveling.
  He is survived by his wife, Betty, at home; three daughters, 
Bernadine Chattick and Robin Stanley, both of Olympia, and Julie 
Tearney of Patterson, Calif.; three sons, Ed of Rosburg, Greg of 
Naselle and Jeff of Olympia; a sister, Laura Rhodes of Longview; a 
brother, Franklin of Grays River; 17 grandchildren; six great-
grandchildren, and many aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and cousins.
  He was preceded in death by a sister, Delores Miller.
  Funeral services were held Saturday from Dowling Chapel with Rev. 
Walter Forberg officiating.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Grays River Cemetery-Grays River, Wa.
07 Aug 1925-01 Jan 1997
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)