The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., January 25, 1996, page 5

LESTER MULKEY

     Funeral services for Lester Virgil Mulkey Sr., 87, of Ryderwood on Jan. 26, 1996, at 10 a.m. at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon.
     A complete obituary will appear in next week's paper.

The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., February 1, 1996, page 3

LESTER MULKEY SR

     Lester Virgil Mulkey Sr., a former Bingen resident, died in Ryderwood on Jan. 19, 1996, at the age of 87.
     Mr. Mulkey was born May 22, 1908 in Elberton, to Effie (Hawkins) and Horace Grant Mulkey. He moved from Elberton to Wyoming where he grew up. He then moved to Newport Ore., and started working for Safeway as troubleshooter.
     He then owned his own stores in Portland, Vernonia and Corvallis, Ore.
     He moved to Bingen and owned a store there from 1939 until he retired. He then went to work for SDS Lumber Co. as a grader and worked there several years. He moved to Idaho in 1973 and then to Ryderwood is 1990.
     He was a member of the Elks Lodge. He loved animals and raised many different varieties.
     Mr. Mulkey is survived by his wife, Nedra Mulkey, Ryderwood; son Virgil Mulkey, Ryderwood; stepson Jerry Crowe, Prineville, Ore: daughter Marilyn Van Hynling, Newport Ore.: stepdaughter Sheryl Walker. The Dalles, Ore.; sister Agnes Morrison, Cheyenne, Wyo.: six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
     Services from Mr. Mulkey were held Friday. Jan. 26, 1996, at 10 a.m. at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, with Rev. Bob Brackett officiating. Interment was at White Salmon Cemetery.
     Gardner Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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