Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Wilke, Fred D. May 16, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, May 20, 2005
     Fred D. Wilke, 80, a former resident of The Dalles and a resident of Sea-
Tac, Wash., died May 16, 2005.
     He was born in Woodland, Wash., on Sept. 4, 1924.
     He graduated from high school in Maupin in 1942. He then worked for 
Inland Navigation on the Columbia River between Portland and The Dalles to 
Pasco, Wash., on the river tugs.
     He also loaded barges for Inland Navigation in Portland and pumped barges 
for them in Umatilla and Pasco. He also ran the ferry boat in The Dalles and 
ran the Maryhill car ferry some.
     He was on The Dalles ferry when it made its final trip the day the new 
bridge opened in The Dalles.
     He was a Washington ferry boat captain retiring in 1993.
     He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in the 
Pacific Theater. 
     Survivors include his wife, Sharon; daughters, Evelyn Thorsen and her 
husband Kevin; and Cheryl Ann Wyatt and her husband, John; niece Joyce 
Gilbert; grandchildren, April, Heather, Jenny, Jacob and Kelli, and great-
grandchildren Kassidy, Evan, Logan and Mayzie.
     Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 22, with funeral 
services at 1 p.m. Monday, May 23, at Yahn & Sons Funeral Home, 55 West Valley 
Highway, in Auburn.


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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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