Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Walston, Bill "Stubby" February 27, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, February 1, 2006
     Bill “Stubby” Walston, 85, died Feb. 27, 2006 at Providence Hood River 
Hospital.
     He was born to Edgar Walston and Martha (Straub) Walston on Feb. 12, 1920 
in The Dalles, the second of eight children. The family moved many times 
settling in Dufur.
     Known to many as Stubby, he attended school in Dufur, graduating with the 
class of 1940. Upon graduation, he left for Weiser, Idaho to attend vocational 
school. When he returned to Dufur he began work with the Oregon maintenance 
highway crew repairing roads. He met and married Rita Brown in 1953. After 
transferring to The Dalles with the Oregon State Highway Department, another 
transfer took the family to Parkdale in 1965. Stubby continued to work out of 
the Parkdale shop even after moving to Hood River in 1970. He knew Highway 35 
very well after many miles of snow plowing year after year. In 1982, after 40 
years, Stubby retired from the Oregon State Highway Department. He could 
really pursue his passion now. 
     Stubby enjoyed the outdoors. An avid fisherman, he spent many hours along 
the banks of the Hood River. He also loved hunting and camping, especially the 
hunting and camping trips he took with family and friends. 
     Later in life, he enjoyed visits from his grandchildren and great-grand 
children, working on word puzzles, and watching sports. His family was 
everything to him. We will miss you dad, grandpa, papa Walston.
     Three brothers, Verne, Richard (Dick), and Fred, preceded him in death 
along with his mother and father. 
     He is survived by his former wife Rita Stratton, The Dalles; four 
children, Ed Walston, Mosier; Mike Walston, Odell; Cindy Baker and her 
husband, Cliff, The Dalles; and Debbie Stratton and her husband Rob, Kent, 
Wash.; three grandchildren, Travis Stratton, Michelle (Baker) Burbank and her 
husband, Matt, and Erica (Baker) Parker and her husband, Clyde; two great-
grandchildren, Cole Burbank and Cade Parker; his brothers Ernie, Madras; 
Robert (Bob), Goldendale; Jack Walston, John Day; and a sister Ellen Crump, 
Arcata, Calif; and numerous nieces and nephews.
     A memorial service will be held on Friday, Feb. 3, at Anderson’s Tribute 
Center at 1 p.m. with a reception following in The Dalles at United 
Pentecostal Church 2616 west 10th. Private interment will be at Odd Fellow 
Cemetery.
     Memorial contributions may be made to the Hood River Adult Center c/o 
Anderson’s Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations) 1401 Belmont, 
Hood River, OR 97031


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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