The Wahkiakum County Eagle-November 13, 2008 Roy E. Jolma Roy E. Jolma, 88, died at home on November 4, 2008, after prolonged illness. Roy was born in Vancouver, on July 18, 1920 to Arnet Theodore Jolma and Hilda Josephine Hill. He attended school in Quincy and St. Helens, then trained as a machinist at Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, Ore. He later married Helen Mary Helon of St. Helens, and had two sons, Jeff, of Boring, Ore., and Gerald, of Seaside, Ore. He also raised a niece, Lorna Cole, of Portland. In 1939 he enlisted in the USAAF and was stationed at Hamilton Field, Calif. He went to the Philippines in 1940 and worked at Nichols Field during the outbreak of WWII. He survived the march from Bataan and labored in a steel mill in Northern Japan. He received two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star as well as many other commendations. He is survived by his wife, Joanne Gerritz, his sons, nieces and nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held November 10, with a full military interment at Willamette National Cemetery. Willamette National Cemetery 18 July 1920-4 November 2008 (As compiled by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society in 2008.)