Wasco-Umatilla-Sherman County OR Archives Obituaries.....Eakin, Ronald Claud January 13, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, April 7, 2006
     Ronald Claud Eakin, 59, son of Mary Eakin and the late Elton Eakin, died 
in Hermiston on Wednesday, Jan. 13, after a bout with lung cancer.
     He was born Jan. 22, 1947 in The Dalles, the third of five children to 
Elton and Mary (Coats) Eakin. He attended Grass Valley Grade School then 
graduated from Sherman County High School in 1965, then went on to college 
where he graduated from Central Washington in Ellensburg. 
     He worked for the highway department in both Washington and Oregon 
states. He drove trucks for Jack Gray for five years, and worked for farmers 
doing all jobs. 
     He loved horses and other animals, enjoyed western music, the Baptist 
Church and his pipe. 
     He is survived by two sons; Randy, Seattle, and Ryan, Sedro-Woolley, 
Wash.; his mother Mary, The Dalles; his sister Helen Eakin, Spokane, Wash.; 
his sister-in-law, Martha Flatt, Wasco; his three grandchildren, Tyson, Chris 
and Rochelle Eakin; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
     He was preceded in death by an infant sister, Frances, and two brothers, 
John and Leonard.
     Memorial service will be held Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 12 p.m. at Moro 
Community Presbyterian Church.
     Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 2120 First Ave. N, 
Seattle, WA 98109 or Sherman County Historical Society, Moro, OR 97039.
 

Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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