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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., September 26, 1957, page 1

FUNERAL HERE FOR G. QUINTON

George Quinton was born June 21, 1913 at Rigby, Idaho, son of James and Mabel Quinton. He came to Lyle with his parents and brothers and sisters where he has since made his home.
He spent from 1942 to 1946 in the Army Air Force.George and Sylvia were married January 1, 1948 at Forest Grove, Oregon at the home of Sylvia's parents. Besides his wife Sylvia, George leaves four children, Gayle, Patricia, Georgia and William, his father James of Lyle, three brothers, Lloyd and Lawrence of Lyle, three sisters, Stella and Lilly of Lyle and Ruby Gustafson of Gardenia, California. Many nieces and nephews and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held 2:PM, Sept. 16th at Gardners Funeral Home with the Rev. Miss Sawtelle of Lyle officiating. Interment was in the Lyle Cemetery.
Pall Bearers were: Stephen Pimley, James Pimley, Jerry Shepley, Ray Hess, Cyrus Grady, Earnest Struck.

The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., September 19, 1957, page 1

LYLE MAN DIES FROM SHIPWRECK

Lyle (special) services were held at Gardner's funeral home Monday, Sept. 16, at 2 p.m. for George Nelson Quinton, 44, of Lyle. Burial was in Balch cemetery. Officiating was Rev. Bettie Sawtelle.
Pall bearers were Stephen and James Pimley, Jerry Shepley, Ray Hess, Cyrus Grady and Earnest Struck.
Quinton died following his being rescued from the ocean after the Norwegian freighter Thorsall rammed the Army's dredge Rossell as it lugged its last load across the bar at Coos Bay, Ore. Quinton, employed by the Corps of Engineers, was a bin tender aboard the Rossell.
The Rossell sank almost immediately after being hit amidship at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10. Two crewmen were killed outright. Another was declared missing. Seven were hospitalized. Many of the remaining 42 men aboard were hurt and in stages of acute shock.
The men on the Rossell had less than a minute warning before the collision and another minute to get into lifeboats. One boat was smashed by eight-foot waves. Another capsized. Two others were successfully manned.
A helicopter piloted by Wesley Lematta of Portland managed to lasso and rescue 15 men clinging to the rigging and smoke stacks of the submerged Rossell.
Quinton was taken to the Coos Bay Coast Guard station at Charleston where he died, presumably from a heart attack. George Nelson Quinton was born June 21, 1913 at Rigby, Idaho. He was a W.W. II veteran and member of American Legion Post 140 of Lyle.
He is survived by his wife Sylvia and four children, Mrs. Gayle Pimley, Mrs. Patricia Brown, Georgia and William Quinton, all of Lyle; father, James, also of Lyle; brothers, Loyd and Lawrence, both of Lyle, and Earnest of Boise, Idaho; and sisters, Stella Pimley and Lilly Shigley of Lyle, and Ruby Gustafson of Gardenia, Calif.; and three grandchildren.

The World, Coos Bay, OR., September 13, 1957, page 3

GEORGE QUINTON

The body of George Nelson Quinton, 44, who died from a heart attack after being rescued from the sunken dredge Rossell Tuesday, is being forwarded by Mills mortuary to White Salmon, Wash., where services will be held Monday afternoon. Burial will be in the Lyle, Wash. cemetery.
Born in Idaho, Mr. Quinton had been here four months while the Rossell was working in port. He was a bin tender.
Survivors are his widow, Sylvia; son, William; daughters, Mrs. Gail Timley, Mrs. Patricia Frown, Giorgia Quinton, and father, James Quinton, all of Lyle; one brother and three sisters.

The World, Coos Bay, OR., September 12, 1957, page 3

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SINKING VICTIMS

Arrangements for George Quinton, 55, San Francisco, who died of a heart attack after a rescue from the Rossell, will be announced from the Mills Funeral home, Coos Bay.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., September 19, 1957, page 1

GEORGE QUINTON INTERRED MONDAY

George Quinton, 44, Lyle, who died in the sinking of an army engineers dredge at Coos Bay, Ore., September 10, was buried at Lyle Monday afternoon. Services were conducted at Gardner's Funeral Home in White Salmon, with the Rev. Miss Bertie Sawtelle officiating, before interment rites.
Mr. Quinton was born June 21, 1913 at Rigby, Ida., the son of James and Mabel Quinton. He came to Lyle with his parents at an early age and had lived there since.
From 1942 to 1946, he served with the air force. He was married January 1, 1948 at Forest Grove, Ore.
Survivors include his widow, Sylvia, Lyle; and four children, Gayle, Patricia, Georgia and William; his father, James, of Lyle; three brothers, Lawrence and Loyd, Lyle, and Ernest, Boise, Ida.; three sisters, Stella Pimley and Lilly Shigley, Lyle, and Ruby Gustafson, Gardenia, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Steven Pimley, James Pimley, Jerry Shepley, Ray Hess, Cyrus Grady and Ernest Struck.