Wahkiakum County Eagle-February 1996

Errol Oscar Heagy
        
  Age 77, died at his home on Greenwood road.
  He was born at LaGrande, Ore., the son of Floyd and Nellie (Routh) 
Heagy.  He was married to Jean Campbell July 21, 1945 at Kalama       
and the couple observed their 50 anniversary last year.
  He was in the logging business during the Vanport flood and lost much 
of his equipment at that time.  In 1947 the Heagys moved to Skamokawa 
where he worked for Ship yard and Morris and Archie Adams.  He logged 
for Crown Zellerbach for 30 years, retiring in 1977.
  He enjoyed fishing, hunting, traveling and his extended family.
  He was a member of the Elochoman Grange.  The family moved to 
Cathlamet in 1952.
  Survivors include his wife, at home; a daughter, Judy Houk of Bend, 
Ore.; four sons, Steve of Ketchikan, Alaska, Dennis Barkley of Longview 
and Ronald and Terry Heagy of Cathlamet; a brother and sister; 18 
grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.
   A son Dennis died in 1978.
   Services were Wednesday at Dowling Funeral Chapel with Rev. John 
Turner officiating.
   Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, Wa.
10 Mar 1918-10 Feb 1996
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)