Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Stinson, Carl Howard September 29, 2003
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The Dalles Chronicle, January 8, 2004
     Carl Howard Stinson, 82, a former resident of The Dalles, died at home in 
Sonoma, Calif., on Sept. 29, 2003. 
     He was born at home in Sunnyside, Wash., to Carl Elias Stinson and 
Cynthia Graham Stinson on Aug. 29, 1921. His mother died when he was 5, 
leaving his father, an immigrant Swedish farmer, with two stepsons, a daughter 
and two of his own sons. He worked hard on the farm from an early age picking 
hops, harvesting peas, and sewing sacks during wheat harvest.
     He attended Sunnyside High School during the Great Depression and met 
Della Joy Matthew, who would later become his wife. He attended Washington 
State University, studying engineering and playing bass fiddle in a dance 
band.      At the outbreak of World War II, he worked in the shipyards in 
Seattle, before taking exams for the Army Air Corps. Graduating a commissioned 
officer, he piloted A-26 bombers over Germany. 
     He started his own construction company after the war, using Army surplus 
for equipment. He moved his family to Kingston, Wash., and later to The Dalles 
where he and his brother Stanley operated Interstate Paving Company. He was 
past president of the Oregon Asphalt Paving Association, a member of the 
Jaycees, The Dalles Elks Club and The Dalles Country Club, where he enjoyed 
playing with the Columbia River Blues. After retirement, he and his wife 
developed the Pomona Mobile Home Park in The Dalles.
     He always loved the newest toy, starting his collection with Army surplus 
airplanes, motorcycles and boats. He always owned a small plane, but also 
owned and flew a helicopter and, in his 70s, an ultra-light. As a pilot, he 
also loved travel, enjoying trips to Asia, Europe and Egypt with his wife.
     He spent many years commuting between The Dalles, Depoe Bay and Desert 
Center, Calif., before retiring in Sonoma.
     He is survived by his wife, Della Joy Matthew Stinson; son and daughter-
in-law Mark and Celia Stinson; daughter and son-in-law, Christy and John 
Coulston, all of Sonoma; daughter and son-in-law Cindy Stinson-Chennel and 
Chris Chennell, McMinnville; daughter Jane Stinson, Anchorage; sister Dora 
Christine Garcia, Richland, Wash; brother Stanley Stinson, The Dalles; 
grandchildren Jessica and Andrew Stinson, Mildred and Libby Chennell, and Kyle 
and Corey Madden.
     No funeral services were held, at the deceased’s request; however, the 
family met at the Oregon Coast in a celebration of his life and spread his 
ashes over an area he particularly loved.


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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