Ernest A. Dahman Ernest “Ernie" A. Dahman passed away on the afternoon of March 12, 2007 in Olympia. He was 89 and a Mason County resident for over 40 years. He was born to Frederick W. and Leona M. (Rutherford) Dahman on Sep- tember 1,1917 on a tarm in East Lynn, Missouri. The tamily moved back to LeRoy, Kansas shortly af- ter his birth. As a young boy, he was a caddy at a golf course and had several other add iobs while in Kansas to help support the family, he would say. In 1929, his mother and stepfather moved to washing» ton State. They lived in a couple at locations around the Seattle area, finally moving to Port Townsend, and then moved to Port Orchard. He went back to school and graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1935. He was an avid trapper, from a very young age in Kansas to a grown man with a family. Starting at 13, he took the ferry from Bremerton to sell his pelts in downtown Seattle. When he was ill, he went to Alas- ka to work on a fishing boat and ended up being the cook. He started working in the woods for Bill Bushnell shortly after re- turning from Alaska, running a crosscut saw. He worked for a few other outfits around the area and then partnered with Carol Mercer and worked iobs from Seabec to Chehalis. That would grow into the Buck Mountain Logging Company, with their other partners, Morey Anderson, Bill Bushnell, and Ray Buchman, and into what was billed the largest independent logging company on the West Coast; it was based in Quilcene and dissolved in 1976. He met Virginia Miller»C|ay in Shelton, and they married on June 14, 1940 In Port Orchard. They lived and raised their family from Matlack to Seabec, trom Quilcene ta Shelton. He purchased tidelands in the Togen tnlet from E.N. Steele in 1946 and built an oyster house above his tidelands in 1951, which started Dahman‘s Oyster Bay Oys- ter Company; he sold oysters up and down the West Coast and sold Olympia oysters to the Space Nee- dle Restaurant through the 19705. He acquired other tidelonds and properties through the years. He also planted Christmas trees as a hobby, which turned into Ernie and his wite selling them on a lot known as Ernie’s Christmas Trees in California for 30—plus years. After Buck Mountain Logging Company, he partnered up with Kenny Brones far the Dahman & Brones Construction Company and built Forest Service roads in the Olympic Mountains along the Hood Canal area from 1973 in 1983. In 1989, he went into partnership with his sons in Dahmun’s Shellfish Company. He loved his family, the outdoors. hunting, fishing, golfing, bird watching, traveling, reading, Dushr ing dirt around with his D-7 Cater- pillar, and his dog. He loved telling hunting stories and stories of his experiences in lite. He was always good at giving you a piece of ad- vice and would hit the dance floor every chance he would get. He was a member of the tirst Pa- cific Oyster Producers CoOp, the Shelton Moose and Elks Lodges, the Masonic Lodge, the Shelton Chamber of Commerce, the Olyme pic Lagging Conference (as well as past president), the Pacific Loe- Qing Congress, the Trap Shooters Association, and the Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association. He was also involved in and helped set up the first Forest Festival Los- ging Show in Shelton and won a team trophy competition. He was preceded in death by his wite of 52 years, Virginia, in 1992; his brothers, Otis, in 1953, and Floyd, in 1919; and two grandchil» dren, Renee Dahman, in 1963, and Toni Martin, in 1001. Surviving him are two sons, Don- ald Dahman, and his fiancee, Judy, and Chuck Dahman, and his wife, Kelli, all at Shelton; four daugh- ters, Ann Anderson, and her hus- band Llovd “Andy", and Peggy Bloomfield, and her husband, Steve, all at Shelton, and Susan We her and Donna Bernal, and her husband, Ruben, all of Olympia; 20 grandchildren; 23 great» grand- children; fuur great-great— grand children; and many nieces and nephews. Services will be held on Satur- day, March 31, 2007, at 11 :00 am. at the Hope Chapel in Shelton. Viewing will be on Friday, March 30, 1007, from 8:00 am. to 5:00 pm. at McComb Funeral Home in Shel- ton. Danations may be made to the Diabetes Association, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 911101. , OCR Text: Ernest A. Dahman Ernest “Ernie" A. Dahman passed away on the afternoon of March 12, 2007 in Olympia. He was 89 and a Mason County resident for over 40 years. He was born to Frederick W. and Leona M. (Rutherford) Dahman on Sep- tember 1,1917 on a tarm in East Lynn, Missouri. The tamily moved back to LeRoy, Kansas shortly af- ter his birth. As a young boy, he was a caddy at a golf course and had several other add iobs while in Kansas to help support the family, he would say. In 1929, his mother and stepfather moved to washing» ton State. They lived in a couple at locations around the Seattle area, finally moving to Port Townsend, and then moved to Port Orchard. He went back to school and graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1935. He was an avid trapper, from a very young age in Kansas to a grown man with a family. Starting at 13, he took the ferry from Bremerton to sell his pelts in downtown Seattle. When he was ill, he went to Alas- ka to work on a fishing boat and ended up being the cook. He started working in the woods for Bill Bushnell shortly after re- turning from Alaska, running a crosscut saw. He worked for a few other outfits around the area and then partnered with Carol Mercer and worked iobs from Seabec to Chehalis. That would grow into the Buck Mountain Logging Company, with their other partners, Morey Anderson, Bill Bushnell, and Ray Buchman, and into what was billed the largest independent logging company on the West Coast; it was based in Quilcene and dissolved in 1976. He met Virginia Miller»C|ay in Shelton, and they married on June 14, 1940 In Port Orchard. They lived and raised their family from Matlack to Seabec, trom Quilcene ta Shelton. He purchased tidelands in the Togen tnlet from E.N. Steele in 1946 and built an oyster house above his tidelands in 1951, which started Dahman‘s Oyster Bay Oys- ter Company; he sold oysters up and down the West Coast and sold Olympia oysters to the Space Nee- dle Restaurant through the 19705. He acquired other tidelonds and properties through the years. He also planted Christmas trees as a hobby, which turned into Ernie and his wite selling them on a lot known as Ernie’s Christmas Trees in California for 30—plus years. After Buck Mountain Logging Company, he partnered up with Kenny Brones far the Dahman & Brones Construction Company and built Forest Service roads in the Olympic Mountains along the Hood Canal area from 1973 in 1983. In 1989, he went into partnership with his sons in Dahmun’s Shellfish Company. He loved his family, the outdoors. hunting, fishing, golfing, bird watching, traveling, reading, Dushr ing dirt around with his D-7 Cater- pillar, and his dog. He loved telling hunting stories and stories of his experiences in lite. He was always good at giving you a piece of ad- vice and would hit the dance floor every chance he would get. He was a member of the tirst Pa- cific Oyster Producers CoOp, the Shelton Moose and Elks Lodges, the Masonic Lodge, the Shelton Chamber of Commerce, the Olyme pic Lagging Conference (as well as past president), the Pacific Loe- Qing Congress, the Trap Shooters Association, and the Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association. He was also involved in and helped set up the first Forest Festival Los- ging Show in Shelton and won a team trophy competition. He was preceded in death by his wite of 52 years, Virginia, in 1992; his brothers, Otis, in 1953, and Floyd, in 1919; and two grandchil» dren, Renee Dahman, in 1963, and Toni Martin, in 1001. Surviving him are two sons, Don- ald Dahman, and his fiancee, Judy, and Chuck Dahman, and his wife, Kelli, all at Shelton; four daugh- ters, Ann Anderson, and her hus- band Llovd “Andy", and Peggy Bloomfield, and her husband, Steve, all at Shelton, and Susan We her and Donna Bernal, and her husband, Ruben, all of Olympia; 20 grandchildren; 23 great» grand- children; fuur great-great— grand children; and many nieces and nephews. Services will be held on Satur- day, March 31, 2007, at 11 :00 am. at the Hope Chapel in Shelton. Viewing will be on Friday, March 30, 1007, from 8:00 am. to 5:00 pm. at McComb Funeral Home in Shel- ton. Danations may be made to the Diabetes Association, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 911101. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Other Obituaries,D Last Name,Dahman, Ernest Albert''Ernie'' #3.tif,Dahman, Ernest Albert''Ernie'' #3.tif, Dahman, Ernest Albert''Ernie'' #3.tif