Harley Van Eaton died on Nov. 4, 1997 in Phoenix, AZ. He was born in his father's house in Eatonville, WA on Nov. 30, 1925. Harley joined the U.S. Navy in 1944 and was home to graduate with his Class. As a home-grown son of Eatonville, he defended his country in World War II, where he fought in battle conditions as a gunner on the U.S. Boston, serving under "Bull" Halsey with the Third Fleet.
After the war he married Billie Rotter and had two sons. Later, as a young man, he left Eatonville with the Walker Brothers Logging Co. to log out of Redwood Creek Valley, California. Throughout his life, he hunted and fished with his two sons.
As the years passed, he outlived all the original loggers from Washington. He died at age 71. He lived his last ten years in Kingman, Arizona.
Harley was the grandson of Thomas Cobb Van Eaton, the founder of the Town of Eatonville.
He is survived by his two sons, Jamie Van Eaton of Redding, CA, Donald Van Eaton of Kodiak, AK; 4 grandchildren; his siblings, Mary Jane Elkins of Bellingham, Thomas Frank Van Eaton, Jr. of San Jose, CA, Jackie Parnell of Eatonville and Betty Myers of Sun Lakes, AZ; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Harley was a gentle man; he will be missed.
Memorial services will be Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997 at 11:00 AM in the Fireside Room at the Eatonville Methodist Church. 185 Mashell Ave N., Eatonville. Reception to follow. The family suggests memorials may be made in Harley's memory to the Eatonville Methodist Church.
After the war he married Billie Rotter and had two sons. Later, as a young man, he left Eatonville with the Walker Brothers Logging Co. to log out of Redwood Creek Valley, California. Throughout his life, he hunted and fished with his two sons.
As the years passed, he outlived all the original loggers from Washington. He died at age 71. He lived his last ten years in Kingman, Arizona.
Harley was the grandson of Thomas Cobb Van Eaton, the founder of the Town of Eatonville.
He is survived by his two sons, Jamie Van Eaton of Redding, CA, Donald Van Eaton of Kodiak, AK; 4 grandchildren; his siblings, Mary Jane Elkins of Bellingham, Thomas Frank Van Eaton, Jr. of San Jose, CA, Jackie Parnell of Eatonville and Betty Myers of Sun Lakes, AZ; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Harley was a gentle man; he will be missed.
Memorial services will be Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997 at 11:00 AM in the Fireside Room at the Eatonville Methodist Church. 185 Mashell Ave N., Eatonville. Reception to follow. The family suggests memorials may be made in Harley's memory to the Eatonville Methodist Church.
Harley Van Eaton died on Nov. 4, 1997 in Phoenix, AZ. He was born in his father's house in Eatonville, WA on Nov. 30, 1925. Harley joined the U.S. Navy in 1944 and was home to graduate with his Class. As a home-grown son of Eatonville, he defended his country in World War II, where he fought in battle conditions as a gunner on the U.S. Boston, serving under "Bull" Halsey with the Third Fleet.
After the war he married Billie Rotter and had two sons. Later, as a young man, he left Eatonville with the Walker Brothers Logging Co. to log out of Redwood Creek Valley, California. Throughout his life, he hunted and fished with his two sons.
As the years passed, he outlived all the original loggers from Washington. He died at age 71. He lived his last ten years in Kingman, Arizona.
Harley was the grandson of Thomas Cobb Van Eaton, the founder of the Town of Eatonville.
He is survived by his two sons, Jamie Van Eaton of Redding, CA, Donald Van Eaton of Kodiak, AK; 4 grandchildren; his siblings, Mary Jane Elkins of Bellingham, Thomas Frank Van Eaton, Jr. of San Jose, CA, Jackie Parnell of Eatonville and Betty Myers of Sun Lakes, AZ; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Harley was a gentle man; he will be missed.
Memorial services will be Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997 at 11:00 AM in the Fireside Room at the Eatonville Methodist Church. 185 Mashell Ave N., Eatonville. Reception to follow. The family suggests memorials may be made in Harley's memory to the Eatonville Methodist Church.
After the war he married Billie Rotter and had two sons. Later, as a young man, he left Eatonville with the Walker Brothers Logging Co. to log out of Redwood Creek Valley, California. Throughout his life, he hunted and fished with his two sons.
As the years passed, he outlived all the original loggers from Washington. He died at age 71. He lived his last ten years in Kingman, Arizona.
Harley was the grandson of Thomas Cobb Van Eaton, the founder of the Town of Eatonville.
He is survived by his two sons, Jamie Van Eaton of Redding, CA, Donald Van Eaton of Kodiak, AK; 4 grandchildren; his siblings, Mary Jane Elkins of Bellingham, Thomas Frank Van Eaton, Jr. of San Jose, CA, Jackie Parnell of Eatonville and Betty Myers of Sun Lakes, AZ; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Harley was a gentle man; he will be missed.
Memorial services will be Saturday, Nov. 15, 1997 at 11:00 AM in the Fireside Room at the Eatonville Methodist Church. 185 Mashell Ave N., Eatonville. Reception to follow. The family suggests memorials may be made in Harley's memory to the Eatonville Methodist Church.
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