The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., May 21, 1987, page 12
JOHN C. CARSTENS
John C. Carstens, a Lyle resident who disappeared April
20, 1987, in the Klickitat River near Lyle, was found dead May 14, 1987,
at the age of 27.
Mr. Carstens was born May 9, 1959 in Aberdeen, Wash.,
to Maxine (Bailey) and Ralph V. Carstens. He came to Lyle in 1973 and attended
school there. He worked as a fire fighter and tree planter for the Forest
Service in Carson. He also worked for Oregon Cherry Growers in The Dalles.
He attended Lyle Christian Assembly.
He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Maxine and
Leonard Dave, Lyle; brothers, Dwight F., Vancouver, Ralph V. Jr., Homer,
Alaska, Robert L., Shelton, and Richard F., Lyle; sisters, Dorothy F. Olsen,
Battle Ground, Linda M. Boyle, Harrah, Wash., Karen L. Swanson, Yakima, Cheryl
S. Emerson and Joleen M. Carsten, both of Dallesport, and Marianne Ibarra
and Cindy K. LeMieux, both of The Dalles.
Services for Mr. Carstens was held Monday, May 18, 1987,
at 2 p.m. at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, with Rev. Les Haarstad
officiating. Interment was in Lyle Balch Cemetery.
The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, OR., May 17, 1987, page 2
JOHN C. CARSTENS
Funeral services for John C. Carstens, 27, Lyle-Murdock
area resident, will be Monday at 2 p.m. in Gardner Funeral Home in White
Salmon, Wash. He accidentally fell into the Klickitat River near Lyle April
28 and his body was located at the mouth of the river May 14.
Mr. Carstens was born May 9, 1959 in Aberdeen, Wash.
to Ralph and Maxine Bailey Carstens and moved to Lyle in 1973. He worked
for the U.S. Forest Service as a firefighter and tree planter at Carson,
Wash., and had worked for the Oregon Cherry Growers in The Dalles. He attended
the Lyle Christian Assembly.
Survivors include his mother, his stepfather, Leonard
Dave; brother, Dwight, Vancouver, Wash.; Ralph Jr., Palmer, Alaska; Robert,
Shelton, and Richard of Lyle; sisters; Dorothy Olsen, Battle Ground, Wash.;
Linda Boyles, Harrah Wash., Karen Swanson, Yakima; Sheryl Emerson, Joleen
Carstens, Dallesport; Marianne Ibarra, and Cindy LeMieux, The Dalles.
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Les Haarstad
and burial will be in the Balch Cemetery at Lyle.
The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., May 28, 1987, page 6
CARSTENS
John C. Carstens, 27, of Lyle drowned April 28 when he
fell into the Klickitat River.
Mr. Carstens was born on May 9, 1959 in Aberdeen, Wash.
to Maxine Bailey and Ralph V. Carstens. He moved to Lyle in 1973 and attended
school there.
Later he worked as a fire fighter and tree planter for
the Forest Service in Carson. He also worked for Oregon Cherry Growers in
The Dalles. He attended Lyle Christian Assembly.
He is survived by mother Maxine Dave and stepfather Leonard
Dave, both of Lyle; brothers, Dwight of Vancouver, Ralph of Homer, Alaska;
Robert of Shelton, Wash.; and Richard of Lyle; sisters, Dorothy Olsen of
Battleground, Linda Boyle of Harrah, Wash., Karen Swanson of Yakima, Cheryl
Emerson of Dallesport, Joleen Carsten of Dallesport, Marianne Ibarra of The
Dalles, and Cindy LeMieux of The Dalles.
Funeral services were held April18 at the Gardner Funeral
Home, White Salmon, with the Rev. Les Haarstad presiding. Burial took place
at the Lyle Balch Cemetery in Lyle.
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