The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., December 14, 2000, page 16

DAVID DURHAM

     David Frank Durham died on Dec. 7, 2000, in White Salmon, at the age of 88.
     Mr. Durham was born on June 28, 1912, in Colfax, to John Bert and Maude (Rotan) Durham. On Oct. 8, 1935, he married Gladys Henderson in Centralia. After moving to a number of towns in Washington, the couple settled in their home on Bald Mountain in 1947.
     Mr. Durham worked in a Tacoma shipyard during World War II. In 1955, he began working as a logger for SDS Lumber Company, eventually retiring from the company. He loved hunting, fishing, mushrooming and playing the fiddle. He was loved and respected by many.
     Mr. Durham is survived by his wife Gladys: daughters Betty Carter, Olympia, and Mane Moser, Carson; sons Bob, White Salmon, and Jim, Olympia; 18 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and eight great, great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by sisters Ruth and Alice, brothers Billy and Leo, daughter Evelyn Keys, and two great-grandsons.
     Funeral services for Mr. Durham were held Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, at 10 a.m. at Gardner Chapel in White Salmon, with Don Gray and BPOE Elks officers officiating. Interment was at White Salmon Cemetery.
     Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
     Arrangements were handled by Gardner Funeral Home of White Salmon.

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