Wahkiakum County Eagle-February 1996

Clarence Adolph Hedlund
	
  Lifelong Rosburg-Deep River resident, age 81, died in a Long Beach 
care center.
  He was born in Astoria, to Adolph and Mary (Heldt) Hedlund, and 
weighed only 3 pounds at birth.  The family lived in the Rosburg-Deep 
River area of Wahkiakum county, and he attended school at Seal River.
  He married Glenrose Lindgren on Feb. 23, 1940 in Deep River.  He 
worked for the Wahkiakum County Road Dept. for 20 years, ran the
loading donkey for Grays River Logging, rafted logs for Peters & 
McKinnon and later was a custodian and bus driver for the Naselle-      
Grays River School District, retiring in 1975 after 20 years.  He also 
was a self-employed sinker-picker retrieving sunken logs from area 
rivers.
  He was a member of the Grays River Grange and was active in the 
perpetual care of Rosburg Cemetery.  He was an avid collector of 
antiques and enjoyed fishing, smoking fish and woodworking.  He was 
close to his family and had many life-long friends.
  Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Glenrose, at home; two 
daughters, Diane Kogut of Vancouver and Elaine Wilbanks of Longview; a 
son, Dennis Hedlund of Portland; seven grandchildren; two great-grand-
children; a niece; and a nephew.  A sister, Martha Bailey, died in July 
1994.
  Funeral services were Monday at the Grays River Methodist church.
  Arrangements were by Penttila Chapel by the Sea in Long Beach.

Rosburg Cemetery-Rosburg, Wa.
26 Jul 1914-22 Feb 1996
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)