OBITUARY - ARCHIE PORTERFIELD

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Source: "Lewis River News," Woodland, Cowlitz Co., WA, Thursday, 18 Sep 1958


Porterfield Dies From Gas Injuries

Reno Rd. resident Archie Porterfield, 42, died last Thursday of injuries
received when overcome by sulphur gas Sept. 5 while working at the Longview pulp
division of Weyerhauser Timber Co.

 

Services were conducted Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Presbyterian church, with the
Rev. Clifford Bethune officiating.  Burial followed at the IOOF Cemetery.
Arrangements were made by Woodland Funeral Home.

 

Porterfield was born Oct. 19, 1915 in Holstein, Ia.  He was a veteran of World
War II and served in the navy 20 years.  He had been working for Weyerhauser
Timber Co. for the past two years.

 

He is survived by his wife Mary; parents Dr. & Mrs. R.S. Porterfield, Holstein,
Ia.; two sisters, Mrs. Joyce Slike, Compton, Calif., and Mrs. Dora Norcutt, of
Longview.