Wahkiakum Co. Eagle-September 04, 1975 Lyle A. Pedersen Age 53, died at home. He was born in Brownsmead, Ore., he was a log scaler for the Columbia River Log Scaler's and Grading Bureau for 19 years, a member of the Scaler's Assoc. and the Temple Masonic Lodge of Astoria. He was a Navy veteran of WWII. Survivors include his wife, Elsie, at home; two sons, Gerald of Cathlamet and Clifford of Astoria; his grandmother, Nellie Ward of Svensen, Ore.; a brother, Fred of Corvallis; a sister, Audrey Leslie of Knappa, Ore.; an aunt, Ellen Findal of Svensen. Services were held Wednesday at the Chapel of Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria. Luce-Layton Mortuary, Astoria was in charge. Greenwood Cemetery-Astoria, Ore. 18 Jan 1922-30 Aug 1975 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)