Cowlitz County WA Archives Obituaries.....Parker, Paul Matthew     December 30, 2005
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Published in The Daily News on 1/5/2006.
  
Paul Matthew Parker, 58 of Longview, died December 30, 2005 at Hospice Care 
Center. 

He was born April 16, 1947 in Leon, Iowa to Ralph and Amelia Parker. Paul grew 
up in Iowa and graduated there in 1966. He moved with his family to Castle Rock 
in 1966. He was drafted into the army for 2 years and served one of those in 
Vietnam. He married Linda McDole in Iowa in 1968 and they returned to the 
Longview area. Paul worked at Weyerhaeuser Pulp in the powerhouse and later 
went into maintenance as a pipe fitter. He worked at Weyerhaeuser 38 years and 
retired in April 2004.

Paul was preceded in death by a brother, Robert, his father Ralph and mother 
Amelia Parker. 

He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Linda Parker; a son, Troy and daughter-
in-law Carrie, grandson Evan; a daughter, Tess Dahlquist and grandsons Jordan, 
Jared and Seth; four brothers, James, Ben, Tom and Dave Parker, all of Castle 
Rock; three sisters, Susan Parker of California, Mary Curtis of Castle Rock, 
and Rose Swofford of Castle Rock; numerous cousins, nephews and nieces. 

Paul attended Rainier Assembly of God. Paul loved to help others wherever he 
could, loved spending time with his family and his grandsons were the twinkle 
in his eye. Paul was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish and had 
recently gone to Alaska Halibut fishing.

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