Arnold O. Saeger Lifelong Mason County resi- dent Arnold Oakley Saeger, a member of a pioneer family that settled here in the mid-19th Cen- tury. died of natural causes Sat» urday, October 18, at his home in Shelton. He was 86. He was born May 14, 1917 in Shelton to Chalmer Riley and Mary Eliza- beth (Oakley) Saeger. He married Wilma Lenore Clark on July 3, 1938 at Mount Arnold 0. Olive Lutheran Saeger Church in Shel- ton. Mr. Saeger’s grandfather, Cal- vin Saeger, pioneered in Shelton in the late 1860s. Mri Saeger started farm work as a young boy with his grandfather Oakley. Around age 10, he hauled milk in a little truck from his uncle’s dairy on what is now the Cloqual- lum Road to the creamery in Shelton He went to work on Simpson Logging Company’s log boom at age 18‘ He left after a few years, got his own boat and moved rafts of logs down Oakland Bay to the Simpson mill. He later owned his own logging company and did saw milling and farming. He returned to Simpson Tim- ber Company in 1960 and retired from the dry sort yard in Dayton in 1979. Mr. Saeger‘s favorite things to do were clearing ground with - his Caterpillar, going clamming at the ocean and camping, as well as visiting people to tell his sto- ries. Survivors include his wife, Wil- ma Saeger of Shelton; daughter Gayle Saeger of Shelton; sons Ralph Saeger and his wife Vicki of Clarkston, Bruce Saeger and his wife Judy of Shelton, and Paul Saeger and his wife Rochelle of Shelton; 10 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 3 pm. Sunday, October 26, at Mountain View Alliance Church, Washington and East J streets in Shelton. Mark Sartori will offi- ciate. Arrangements are under the direction of McComb Funeral Home in Shelton. , OCR Text: Arnold O. Saeger Lifelong Mason County resi- dent Arnold Oakley Saeger, a member of a pioneer family that settled here in the mid-19th Cen- tury. died of natural causes Sat» urday, October 18, at his home in Shelton. He was 86. He was born May 14, 1917 in Shelton to Chalmer Riley and Mary Eliza- beth (Oakley) Saeger. He married Wilma Lenore Clark on July 3, 1938 at Mount Arnold 0. Olive Lutheran Saeger Church in Shel- ton. Mr. Saeger’s grandfather, Cal- vin Saeger, pioneered in Shelton in the late 1860s. Mri Saeger started farm work as a young boy with his grandfather Oakley. Around age 10, he hauled milk in a little truck from his uncle’s dairy on what is now the Cloqual- lum Road to the creamery in Shelton He went to work on Simpson Logging Company’s log boom at age 18‘ He left after a few years, got his own boat and moved rafts of logs down Oakland Bay to the Simpson mill. He later owned his own logging company and did saw milling and farming. He returned to Simpson Tim- ber Company in 1960 and retired from the dry sort yard in Dayton in 1979. Mr. Saeger‘s favorite things to do were clearing ground with - his Caterpillar, going clamming at the ocean and camping, as well as visiting people to tell his sto- ries. Survivors include his wife, Wil- ma Saeger of Shelton; daughter Gayle Saeger of Shelton; sons Ralph Saeger and his wife Vicki of Clarkston, Bruce Saeger and his wife Judy of Shelton, and Paul Saeger and his wife Rochelle of Shelton; 10 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 3 pm. Sunday, October 26, at Mountain View Alliance Church, Washington and East J streets in Shelton. Mark Sartori will offi- ciate. Arrangements are under the direction of McComb Funeral Home in Shelton. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Other Obituaries,S Last Name,Saeger, Arnold Oakley.tif,Saeger, Arnold Oakley.tif, Saeger, Arnold Oakley.tif