The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., July 1, 1999, page 14

LOUIS HEARN

     Louis Ray Hearn, a longtime area resident, died on June 23, 1999, at Providence Medical Center in Portland, Ore., at the age of 71.
     Mr. Hearn was born Jan. 23, 1928, in St. Clair County, Mo., to Woodrow Hammond and Pauline Hearn Balsiger, White Salmon. He came to Washington when he was 3 years old and attended schools in Underwood and Bingen. He went into the Army Air Corp in 1947 and was stationed in South Dakota and Alaska. After his time in the service, he came back to the White Salmon area and worked at odd jobs - he was a Jack-of-all-Trades - and then he went to work in a lumber mill.
     Mr. Hearn enjoyed fishing, hunting animals and the outdoors. He loved to go camping and had many friends.
     Mr. Hearn is survived by his mother, Pauline, White Salmon; sister Phyllis Bacon, Concrete; brothers Henry Balsiger Jr., Portland, Ore., and Joe Balsiger, White Salmon; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by stepfather Henry Balsiger Sr.
     Arrangements were handled by Gardner Funeral Home, White Salmon

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