This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crowell, Batalgia, Kinnaman, Smith, Beeler Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HaB.2ACI/365 Message Board Post: News-Times, Newport, OR March 1, 2002 A9 Reagan Allen Crowell Jr., 71, of Waldport died Feb. 27, 2002. He was born Sept. 10, 1930 in Meeker (Lincoln Co., OK) to Reagan and Edna Beeler Crowell. His family moved to Warren, Oregon when he was 6 months old. Following his graduation from McMinnville High School, where he was a trumpet and baritone player, he joined the U.s. Air Force. He served tours of duty in Thule, Greenland; Shemya, the Aleutians; Cape Newenham, Alaska; Perrin Air Force Base, Texas; LaredoAFB, Texas; Lackland AFB, Texas; Tinker AFB, Oklahoma; Altus AFB, Oklahoma; Dyess AFB, Texas; Fort Gordon, Georgia, Castle AFB, California, where he was a member of the 15th Air Force Inspector General's team; and Nagoya, Japan. He retired from the Air Force in 1969, and later worked at Cape Lisburne in Alaska as a civilian employee. Following his return from Alaska, he spent 15 years as emergency services director for the Benton County Sheriff's Office, from which he retired in 1992. He then moved to Newport (Lincoln Co., OREGON). He was a Cub Pack Master and Scout Master in Hillsboro, and was a member of the Forest Grove Lions Club. He was also a member of the Newport Elks Lodge and was emergency services chairman and a board member of the Lincoln County chapter of the American Red Cross. He was retired from the Oregon Wing, Civil Air Patrol, as a major. He was a life member of the Oregon State Sheriff's Association. He is survived by his mother, Edna Crowell of McMinnville; his wife, Virginia; a daughter and son-in-law, Gina and John Kinnaman of Fort Lupton, colorado; two sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Jill Crowell of Cornelius, and Kevin and Susan Crowell of Lyons; grandchildren Matthew, Scott, Jeffery, Sarah, Amy and Jeremy Crowell, and Freya Smith; great-grandchildren Meagan Smith and Courtney Batalgia; and a brother, James of McMinnville. Preceding him in death were twin son and daughter James Reagan and Sarah Margaret Crowell, one grandson, Ryan Batalgia; and his father, Reagan A. Crowell Sr. Graveside services will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland. Memorials are suggested to the Lincoln County chapter of the American Red Cross, or the local hospice.