Cowlitz County WA Archives Obituaries.....Wolcott, Calvin Wesley  April 26, 2006
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Published in The Daily News on 5/2/2006.      www.tdn.com/obits
 	 	
Calvin Wesley Wolcott passed away in Cathlamet, Washington on April 26, 2006. 

He was born July 15, 1920 at White Bird, Idaho. He was the son of Donald J. and 
Alice (Wilson) Wolcott. He was raised in Idaho and graduated from White Bird 
High School in 1938 and then attended Weister Agricultural Tech in Weister, 
Idaho. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII in the Asiatic Theater. 

He married Bernace Gillett on May 23, 1940 in Grangeville, Idaho. For many 
years, he worked as a Cattle Rancher and as a Logger, on the Salmon River, in 
Idaho. He and Bernace had spent time in Cathlamet, WA over the years and he had 
worked in the woods here, as a Timber Faller, until he was injured. Then 
followed a few years in Reno, Nevada, after which time, they became "Snowbirds" 
from 1982 until 1994, and enjoyed traveling. They returned to Cathlamet, WA and 
made that their permanent home in 1994. 

He was a "devoted" family man, had a great love for his children and 
grandchildren, and was always interested in their lives and what they were 
doing. He was a person who enjoyed people and had a great "sense of humor". He 
also loved to be outdoors, fishing, and had many and varied interests. Calvin 
was a member of the Cathlamet Seventh Day Adventist Church. 

He is survived by his wife, Bernace, at home in Cathlamet; his four sons and 
daughters-in-law; John and Ada Anne Wolcott of Astoria, OR, Jim and Petey 
Wolcott of Sebastian, Florida, Jerry and Joanne Wolcott of Libby, Montana, and 
Don and Beckie Wolcott of Cathlamet, WA; and a sister and brother-in-law; Doris 
and Floyd Hoelker of Sparks, Nevada; 13 grandchildren, 19 ½ great grandchildren 
and numerous nieces and nephews. 

He was preceded in death by his parents and by a granddaughter, Jerilea 
Wolcott. 

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the 
Seventh Day Adventist Church in Cathlamet, WA. A private family inurnment will 
take place at Greenwood Cemetery. 

Memorial donations may be sent to the Seventh Day Adventist "Helping-Hands" 
Food, P.O. Box 547, Cathlamet, WA 98612, Cathlamet First-Aid Division, P.O. Box 
142, Cathlamet, WA 98612, or Community Home Health and Hospice, P.O. Box 2067, 
Longview, WA 98632. 

Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

	


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