The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., December 22, 1988, page 14

ARTHUR CAVEN

     Arthur L. Caven, a Tualatin resident born and raised in White Salmon, died Dec. 4 of cardiac arrest. He was 72.
     Mr. Caven was born May 9, 1916 in White Salmon, where he was educated. His father was a barber in White Salmon and his parents owned the Washington Hotel, formerly located near the place where Whitson Elementary is now.
     He worked as an insurance agent for many years, retiring in the late 1970s. He also worked as a manager of the Stirrup Room in the Multnomah Hotel in Portland.
     He was a lifetime member of the Waluga Masonic Lodge and belonged to the Harmony Masonic Lodge in Portland, as well as the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
     As a member of the Al Kader Shrine, he played the calliope during Shriners parades and events, and frequently played the organ for senior center events.
     He was a member of World War II, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
     He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, at home in Tualatin.
     Disposition was by cremation.

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