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TRIBUTE TO OUR FALLEN  BROTHERS AND SISTERS
Back to Workers Memorial Page     contact: Jeff Welle
 
   UNITED STEEL WORKERS LOCAL 608 

o      John Bergen  III –age 35- died:  June 30, 2010, tripped and struck head

o      Jonathan Wager –age 32- died:  June 27, 2010, auto accident

o      Howard Weatherly –age 55- died:  July 29, 1994, Struck by falling plywood at the Jaype Mill.

o      Robert (Bob) Stadtmiller –age 59- died:  Hurt in accident in 1987, Crushed in roll line.

o      Scott Taylor– Plant Support driver - age 18- died:  March 24, 1980, baler fire

    UNITED STEEL WORKERS LOCAL 712 

o      Brian Prior –age 33- died:  July 28, 2000, – crushed by falling machinery

o      Robert Bauman – Firefighter –age 27- died:  March 24, 1980, baler fire

o      Mark Evans – Firefighter –age 24- died:  March 24, 1980, baler fire

o      James Charlo – Firefighter–age 24-  died:  March 24, 1980, baler fire

o      Sherman “Curly” Branch-- Pipefitter-age  -  died:   , 1979, from complications of being engulfed in black liquor

 

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS LOCAL W364:

o      Gene Law –age 63- died:  January 2008,  #4 Power Boiler. Heart attack

o      Eric Schwane –age 60- died:  March 2000, Potlatch Forest Products. Heart attack

 

OTHER POTLATCH FACILITIES AND WORKERS:

o       Raymond A. Gardner –age 57- died:  January 19, 1993, fell into de-barker at Spaulding Log Yard.

o       William Stevenson –age 36- died:  November 20, 1990, hit by snag while falling tree. Headquarters, Idaho A Potlatch Corp. employee working in the woods near Beaver Creek and ‘old camp 14’

 

OUT-OF-HOUSE CONTRACTED MAINTENANCE:

o      Norman Herrington –age 25- died:  March 25, 1991, apprentice welder from Kamtech-Livsey Industrial Construction working on fiber line from Nacogdoches, TX

o      Gene Leach  –age  ?- died:  October 04, 1977, Operating Engineers Local 360, Haener Bros. Crane Operator (Liz Chavez’ father)

 

   POTLATCH CORPORATION MANAGEMENT:

o      Ronald Pollick - Maintenance Supervisor - age 37... died:  March 24, 1980, baler fire

 

 

   CITY OF LEWISTON:

POLICE DEPARTMENT:

  • Officer Ross D. Flavel - age 22 ... died:  July 13, 1972

  • Officer Edward E. Davis -age- 52 ... died:  November 18, 1971

  • Officer Ralph T. Russell -age- 31... died:  June 15, 1970

  • Officer Gordon Harris -age- 28 ... died:  October 21, 1924

  • Officer Harold J. Mosman -age- 20 ... died: August 9, 1921

Complete information for these officers can be found by clicking this.

FIRE DEPARTMENT:

  • Dave Leroy Shell -   ... died 2001

   STATE OF WASHINGTON:

WASHINGTON STATE PATROL

  • Trooper Jim Saunders-age ...died: