Cowlitz-Lewis County WA Archives Obituaries.....Wade,  Loren A.  March 18, 2006
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P. J. Stepp steppmom5@hotmail.com April 4, 2006, 4:58 pm

Published in The Daily News on 3/24/2006.

Loren A. Wade, 66, died Saturday, March 18, 2006 at the Ray Hickey Hospice 
House in Vancouver, WA. He was born June 12, 1939 in Mulino, OR to Wren P. and 
Olivia V. Wade (Baxter). 

Loren was an aircraft mechanic in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1960. On March 31, 
1962, he married Carolyn D. Noblitt in Longview, WA. He received a college 
degree from LCC and became a computer programmer at Weyerhaeuser. They moved to 
Vancouver in 1972, where Loren owned and operated Wade's Auto Wrecking until 
his retirement in 2001. He was a well-known automotive enthusiast and expert, 
becoming an award-winning Nascar driver (1993-2001). 

A beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, Loren is survived by his 
wife, Carolyn; son, Michael; daughter, Lori; 

grandchildren, Amanda, Jordan, Colton, Jennifer, Cara and Bret; brothers, 
Ronald, Milton, Bryan, Robert, Gary and Rodney and mother-in-law Gladys 
Noblitt. 

Viewing will be on Friday from 9am to 9pm at Evergreen Memorial Gardens Funeral 
Chapel, 1101 NE 112th Ave, Vancouver, WA. A memorial service will be held on 
Saturday, March 25, 2006 at 2 p.m. at Evergreen Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. 
A reception will follow at 4 p.m. at The Firstenburg Community Center. In lieu 
of flowers, donations may be made in Loren's name to the Ray Hickey Hospice 
House. 

 
  


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