The Wahkiakum County Eagle-Published on Thu, Jan 14, 2010 Dr. Stanley D. Irving Dr. Stanley D. Irving, 82, died in St. Luke's Hospice on December 17, 2009. He was born June 5, 1927 in Astoria, and spent most of his adventurous childhood in Cathlamet. It's amazing from all his escapades and explorations as a little boy, that he grew to be a man. In his teen years, Stan moved to the neighboring town of Skamokawa, still attending the same schools, and became very active showing his skills in high school basketball, as captain and football as tackle. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1946. After graduation he was most proud to be a bus driver in Yellowstone National Park - after succeeding in getting the Superintendent of Schools and a lawyer to falsify his age (18) and say he was 21. They knew he would be responsible. He had lots of stories to tell about his passengers that were humorous and entertaining. Before college, he worked in logging camps for about two years and commercial fishing in Alaska. He then went to college with the idea of being a pharmacist. He took his academics very seriously, all too often sacrificing pleasure for study. After four years, at the insistence of a medical professor, he decided to apply to medical school (he was accepted in several) with the intent of becoming a physician. That summer, before the first year of medical school, he married Marilyn "Terry" Hays, a girl from his hometown; the two of them embarked on a four year medical school "journey," with Terry teaching elementary school as he attended classes. They were a good team. Each chance he could get and in the summertime, he would get out in the woods, and hike and ride "in the hills" with Terry along for the ride. Stan became a first time father his last year of medical school, having a son, Mark. He owed four years of service time as his schooling was Air Force sponsored. Internship was in Tacoma, and following years found him transferred to an Air Force hospital in Spokane where a daughter Jennifer, was born, and he was promoted to Major. Lackland Air Force base in San Antonio, TX was next, where he took a Pathology residency for four years. He was then transferred to Travis Air Force base in California where a third child, Gail, was born. The last and final Air Force assignment was to Terrejon Base in Spain for three years, making a career of 14 years in the service which he was glad to end; he retired a Lt. Colonel. After seeking jobs in the U.S., he found Duluth, MN, St. Luke's Hospital and a group of pathologists working with Dr. Volker Goldschmidt and two others. He loved his work and was dedicated to his profession. He was with St. Luke's for 24 years, retiring in 1994. Life after that was spent walking in the woods and on trails with his beloved dog, Miss Daisy, and oft-times with Terry or his close friend Byron Backus. His very last year was full of heath issues, the biggest being on dialysis...the result of renal failure from diabetes. He was preceded in death by his parents George P. Irving and Pearl (Kelly) Irving. He is survived by his wife Marilyn "Terry," children Mark (Diane) Irving, Jennifer (David) Klockeman, Gail(Ken) Higgins and seven grandchildren, Kristin (Irving) Zoellner, Laura Irving, Summer and Courtney Klockeman, and Kieffer, Garrett and Clayton Higgins. Unknown Burial Location 5 June 1927-17 December 2009 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2012 from the Museum's original newspaper collection.)