Wahkiakum Eagle-August 1981 WITHAM, Fred Hiram Age 75, of Cathlamet, died in an area nursing home. He was born in Rainier, Ore., and had been a resident of Cathlamet for 33 years, moving there from Aloha in 1948. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, a veteran of WWII and a meat cutter by profession. He retired from Doumit Shopping Center in 1971. Survivors include his wife, Ethel, at home; one daughter, Gaylene Johnson of Cathlamet; one granddaughter, Janelle Kerstetter of Cathlamet; one great-granddaughter, Melissa Kerstetter of Cathlamet; two brothers, Bert and Walt, both of Cathlamet; and five sisters, Lily Troxel of Eugene, Ore., Gertrude Swan of Bremerton, Ann Wend and Marie Frick, both of Cathlamet, and Doris Engerbretson of Vancouver. Services were Monday at Dowling Funeral Chapel with Rev. Everett Groves officiating. Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, Wa. 10 Nov 1905- 21 Aug 1981 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2007 from original newspaper collection.)