Wahkiakum Eagle-August 1997

WEGDAHL, Maxine Gail	
	
  Age 65, died at her home.  She was born at Wilark, Ore., to Homer and 
Elva Trask Olmstead, and came to Cathlamet at the age of 9 where she 
attended Cathlamet schools.  She lived in this area the rest of her 
life.
  She worked as a switchboard operator for the phone company for 
several years and in 1975 began working at the Wauna Paper mill in 
Oregon.  She retired from the mill in 1992.  She enjoyed reading, doing 
needlework and loved to learn.  She was a member of United Paperworkers
International Local 1097.
  Survivors include four daughters; Sherri Thompson of Longview, 
Gailanne Bendiksen of Houston, Texas, Nancy Bendiksen Manley of 
Olympia, Terri Lynn Wegdahl of Longview; one son, Marti Wegdahl of
Longview; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.  She was 
preceded in death by sisters, Beryl Olmstead and Ervel Watkins.
  There was a Celebration of Life Service Sunday in the Cathlamet City 
Park.  Chaplain Lyle Prather officiated.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Maxine Gail (Olmstead) Bendiksen Wegdahl
Burial place unknown
29 Mar 1932-02 Aug 1997
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)