Wahkiakum Eagle-July 1977 EVEREST, Ralph M. Age 89, died in a Cathlamet nursing home. He was born in Brainerd, Minn. and moved to Cathlamet 51 years ago. He was a member of the Congregational Church in Cathlamet and the Elochoman Grange. In his earlier years, he had worked as a boiler maker. Survivors include two sons, George of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Ralph M., Jr. of Canandaigua, N. Y.; two daughters, Carol Smith of Ocean Park, Wa., and Marian Healy of Longview; two sisters, Mable Peterson of Bloomington, Minn. and Ruth Ackerson of St. Cloud, Minn.; 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were Monday at the Congregational Church in Cathlamet with Rev. Everett Groves officiating. Dowling Funeral Home was in charge. Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, Wa. 27 Oct 1887/88-08 Jul 1977 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)