The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., August 18, 1988, page 7

HENRY LEE BALSIGER

     Henry Lee Balsiger, a longtime Mid-Columbia resident, died Monday in The Dalles of complications from an auto accident, at the age of 89.
     Mr. Balsiger was born Jan. 20, 1899, in Highland, Ill., to Mary (Mala) and John J. Balsiger. He moved to the Mid-Columbia area in 1918 and married his wife, Pauline in 1935. He worked for Broughton Lumber Company maintaining the flume. He also worked in agriculture and for SDS until his retirement in 1965. His hobbies included fishing, gardening and "tinkering".
     Mr. Balsiger is survived by his wife, Pauline, White Salmon; children, Joe Balsiger, White Salmon, Henry Balsiger Jr., Eden Prairie, Minn., and Phyllis Bacon, Kent; step-son, Ray Hearn, White Salmon; brother, Edward Balsiger, Richmond; sister, Marie Connelly, Palo Alto, Calif.; and nine grand-children and five great grand-children.
     Services for Mr. Balsiger will be held today (Thursday) at 3 p.m. at Gardner Funeral Home. Interment will be in the White Salmon Cemetery.
     Contributions may be made to a charity of your choice.

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