Wahkiakum County Eagle-December 1996

Thomas William Maughan

  Age 80, died at his Ilwaco residence.  He was born in Bonners Ferry, 
Idaho, the son of Thomas and Hazel (Harmon) Maughan.  At age 12 he 
moved with his family to Puget Island and attended Wahkiakum High 
School in Cathlamet.
  At age 17 he joined the US Navy, serving four years, and he later 
served with the Merchant Marine at the end of WWII.  He worked at the 
Crown Zellerbach mill in Cathlamet in the power plant and in 1942 was 
called to work at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.  He 
retired from the shipyard in 1969 as a steam and electrical engineer.
  He married Audrey Ellison Sept. 9, 1937 in Skamokawa and she 
survives.  Following retirement they moved to Ilwaco where they have 
resided the past 16 years.  He was a life member of the Port Orchard 
Masonic Lodge #98 F & AM, life-member of Occident Lodge #99 F & AM of 
Ilwaco, and a member of Scottish Rite Temple of Bremerton and Aloha 
Shrine Temple of Honolulu, Hawaii.  He had been a ham radio operator 
since 1963 and enjoyed traveling.
  Besides his wife of 59 years, he is survived by a brother Ralph K. 
Maughan Sr. of Bonney Lake; five adopted grandchildren and four adopted 
great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by a daughter Susan 
Leisle, son Thomas Dean Maughan, brother Donald J. Maughan and grandson 
Danny Maughan.
  No formal services were held.  Arrangements were by Penttila's Chapel 
by the Sea, Long Beach.


Lewis Cemetery-Bremerton, Wa.
24 Feb 1916- 04 Dec 1996
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)