Unknown Newspaper-June 1955

CRABB, Robert Miles
	
  Tragedy came to a former Puget Island family this week, as a rolling 
log took the life of a young man well known and liked in the community.
  He was a graduate of Wahkiakum High School in 1954, and was killed 
Tuesday afternoon in a logging accident near Swisshome, Ore.  He worked 
as a choker-setter, and was trying to fasten a cable to a log on a hill 
when a log above him dislodged and rolled over him.
  Nineteen years old, Crabb had lived several years on Puget Island, 
where his parents owned a dairy farm.  After selling the farm, Crabb’s 
father purchased the Cathlamet Meat Market and operated it until 
selling to Al Freitag.  The Crabbs moved to Greenleaf, Ore., about a 
year ago.
  Always popular with his classmates, Bob held various class offices 
while in high school.  He participated in all three sports for the 
local team—playing quarterback in football, guard in basketball and 
infield and outfield on the Mules baseball teams.
  A friendly young man with a ready smile, he was active in local 4-H 
and FFA work.  He was born in LaCenter, Wash.
  He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Crabb and his 
brother, Perry Erwin, all of Greenleaf; two sisters, Bonnie Goble of 
Greenleaf and Dolores Rees of Vancouver; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. 
John J. Crabb of Yakima and his grandmother, Rose Relyea of LaCenter.
  Funeral services were held Friday, July 1st at the Vancouver Funeral 
Chapel.  Interment was in the Pioneer Cemetery at Ridgefield, Wash. 


Pioneer Cemetery-Ridgefield, Wa.
03 Apr 1936-Jun 1955
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2005 from 
original newspaper collection.)