The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., October 2, 1980, page 1

MAN KILLED IN TRUCK WRECK

     A White Salmon man was killed last Wednesday when the truck he was driving rolled over on a logging road east of Glenwood.
     Merle Dean Vezina, 21, was killed when he lost control of his Kenworth water tanker in a curve, rolled over at least twice and landed on its top, according to Klickitat County sheriff's deputies. The accident occurred about 4:20 p.m. on the Summit Creek Road, a St. Regis logging road.
     There were no witnesses, and Vezina was the only occupant of the truck. Loggers who approached the scene of the accident shortly after it occurred reported it. Vezina was dead when help arrived, deputies said.
     Vezina was employed by KLC Logging, which had leased the truck.

The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., October 2, 1980, page 6

MERLE DEAN VEZINA

     A White Salmon resident, Merle Dean Vezina, died in an accident in east of Glenwood Sept. 24. He was 21 years old.
     Rosary service was Sept. 29 in at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in White Salmon. Father Daniel Green officiating. Interment was in White Salmon Cemetery, with arrangements by a Gardner Funeral Home, Inc..
     Mr. Vezina is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Vezina, White Salmon; grandparents; Mrs. Irene Vezina, Minneapolis, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Otis Goodwin, El Dorado Springs, Mo.; and four sisters, Laura, Rosalie, Diana and Deborah, all of White Salmon.
     The Columbia High School graduate was born in Hood River August 21, 1959, and lived in the area all his life.

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