Jack Eugene Beeson, 88, died peacefully on Sept. 1, 2019, at Community Hospice Care Center in Longview, Washington. He was born to Clayton and Marion (Lovelace) Beeson on a farm up Coal Creek just outside Chehalis, Washington, on May 6, 1931. He now returns to where his heart remained to lie beside his wife, Diana, overlooking the verdant Willapa River valley in Menlo, Washington.

Jack graduated from Weatherwax High School in Aberdeen, Washington in 1948. He enlisted in the Navy soon after in Nov. 1948, and saw active duty in the Korean War on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Shangri La as a gunners mate. He married Marjorie Kopecky in Boston prior to discharge from the Navy in 1953. Jack’s work in the ’50s and ’60s included skippering fishing charter boats out of Westport, Washington and working as a log boomman and timber scaler. Jack married Diana Richards in Naselle, Washington in Oct. 1972. Around about this time, Jack pursued his talent as a log scaler and became a career timber scaler with Washington State based in Olympia until retiring after 25 years of service in 1997. He and Diana moved to the Raymond, Washington area in retirement to pursue their shared love of fishing, hunting and razor clam digging. Jack was a outdoorsman at heart and always looked forward to his times out of doors.

Jack is survived by three sons; Dale Beeson of Bishop, California, Greg Beeson and Steve Richards of Raymond, Washington; two daughters: Linda Beeson and Lisa Lindsay of Raymond, Washington. Jack is also survived by nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his brother, Charles Beeson and wife Diana Beeson.

A graveside remembrance for family and friends will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at Fern Hill Cemetery in Menlo, Washington. Memorials may be made to the American Legion, 221 Duryea St, Raymond, WA 98577. Arrangements are in care of Stoller’s Mortuary in Raymond, Washington.

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