This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Huffman, Paxton, Raymond, Germain, Weatherley, Johnson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YZ5.2ACIB/986 Message Board Post: The Daily News Longview, WA Oct 1, 2002 Longtime area resident Violet "Fern" Huffman, 82, of Woodland, died Sept. 28, 2002, at a Woodland nursing home. She was born Feb. 26, 1920, in Omaha, Neb., to George and Glessie Edith (Raymond) Paxton. She moved to the Kelso area in 1933 and later to Longview and Woodland. She attended Kelso schools and married Daniel St. Germain in 1938. He preceded her in death in 1943. She then married Alec Huffman in 1947. He preceded her in death in 1972. Mrs. Huffman worked at Long-Bell Lumber Co. in the early 1940s and at Cowlitz Fish Co., in the 1950s and 1960s. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary in Woodland and enjoyed fishing, crocheting and gardening. She is survived by two daughters, Dorothy Weatherley of Woodland and Martha Johnson of Gilford, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a niece; and a nephew. In addition to her husbands, Mrs. Huffman was preceded by two brothers. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Steele Chapel with Don Sheldon officiating. Interment will take place at Longview Memorial Park. The viewing will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.