Surnames: Tobie, Stayton, Rinell, Tipton, Bolton, Willett, Broechel, Broughton Rex Edwin Tobie, 85, a former resident of The Dalles and Dufur (Oregon), died in Portland on April 9, 2002. He was born in Dufur on July 2, 1916 to Walter Leslie and Elsie Mabel (Stayton) Tobie, the youngest of four children. He lived in Dufur and graduated from high school there in 1934. He married Elenore Rinell in Dufur in February 1939. They lived in The Dalles, moving to Portland in 1942. She died in 1943 and he joined the Navy in 1945. He married Jeanne Tipton in San Diego (California) on August 4, 1945. They had a son, David Eugene Tobie, born February 16, 1955. They later divorced. He started working for Prudential Insurance in 1949 and was an agent for more than 30 years before retiring. He met Lucy Channing in 1972 and they were companions and maintained separate residences for 38 years before her death. Survivors include his son, David and his wife, Barbara, and grandson, Matthew Griffin Tobie, all of Corbett (Oregon); nieces, Janet Bolton and Ruth Willett, The Dalles; Verlynn Broechel, Spokane (Washington); and nephew, Gene Tobie, The Dalles and numerous other relatives. He was preced in death by his parents, his sister, Helen Broughton and brothers, Otis and A. Lawrence Tobie. Services were held in Portland on April 11 and interment was at Willamette National Cemetery. The Dalles Chronicle April 11, 2002 Written permission to reprint obituary given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser.