Wahkiakum Co. Eagle-November 1974 Earl Lester Garrish Age 76, lived in Cathlamet, passed away at a Albany, Ore. hospital. He was born at Gaston, Ore. He resided the last 36 years at Cathlamet, coming from Portland where he had lived for four years. During the last four years, he had worked some in the Albany area. His life work was ranching. On August 3, 1934 in Tacoma, he married Augusta May Garrish who survives. Other family members are a son, Robert, of Albany; a daughter, Ruth Beebe of Cathlamet; five grandchildren; three half- brothers and two half-sisters. He attended the Assembly of God church in Cathlamet. Funeral services were held at Fisher Funeral Home in Albany, Ore. Oak Lawn Memorial Park-Corvallis, Ore. 27 Jul 1898-11 Nov 1974 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)