This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marysday Surnames: Middlesworth, Kolar, Williams, Drain, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.lincoln/6438/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The News Guard, Lincoln City, OR 97367 February 27, 2013 Howard Ben Middlesworth Howard Ben Middlesworth, 89, passed away on January 1, 2013. He is survived by his wife Willetta of 61 years; three sons, Timothy Neal of Escondito, Calif., Tary Ben of Swan Lake, Montana, Todd Edward of Otis, Ore.; and one daughter, Tracy Kolar of Terrebonne, Ore; two sisters, Ida Williams of Newberg, Ore., and Erba Drain of Eureka, Calif.; and one brother, Verl Middlesworth of McMinnville, Ore.; eleven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Howard was born in Scotts Mill, Ore. December 1923 to Fredd and Eldore Middlesworth. When Howard was 4 years old, the family moved to the Otis area. He served in the armed forces during the war years of 1941 to 1945, where he learned to be a catskinner and helped build a lot of the logging roads in and around the Otis, Rose Lodge and Lincoln City areas. The last two years before he retired, he was a commercial fisherman with two of his sons Tary and Todd in Kodiak, Alaska. The last four or five years, he and his wife, Willetta, lived off and on in Terrebonne, Ore., and Lincoln City, Ore. Services will be held at Otis Fire Hall in Otis, Ore., on March 9, 2013, at 1 p.m. followed by a potluck gathering after the services. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.