* TOM S. BRACE OBITUARY *
Tom Sheppard Brace, 84, of Longview died March 30, 2009, following a brief illness in Wenatchee, Wash.
He was born April 1, 1924 in Newbridge, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, to George and Lily Sheppard Brace. The family immigrated to the USA in 1929 and settled in Youngstown, Ohio, where his father was employed as a millwright at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
Tom graduated from the Rayen School in 1942 and he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March 1943. After radio school, he was assigned to the Armed Guard, a special unit of the Navy that furnished the gun crews, radiomen and signalmen on merchant ships. He made three transatlantic voyages and one in the Pacific.
On Aug. 3, 1945, he married Ruth Evelyn Gregory of Youngstown while his ship was stationed in Portland.
He was employed by the SP & S Railway in 1946 as agent telegrapher in Bingen, Wash., promoted to supervising agent in Albany, Ore., in 1955, and to supervising agent in Vancouver in 1956.
He resigned from SP & S in 1965 and accepted a position from Weyerhaeuser Co. as vice president and general manager of the Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Co. in Longview.
In June 1977 he was assigned the added responsibility of managing the Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad. He served several terms as the director Pacific Region of the American Shortline Railroad Association in Washington, D.C. He retired June 1, 1984.
He became a master Mason in December 1948, and in 2001 he served as worshipful master of the Kelso Lodge No. 94 F & AM of WA, where he was a lifetime member. He is also a lifetime member of the Kelso Valley Scottish Rite.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, in 2005 and is survived by sons David Brace (Freddy) of Vancouver, Jeffrey Brace (Diane) of East Wenatchee and Tom Brace Jr. of Los Angeles; brother John Brace of Youngstown; and three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, all in the Vancouver area.
At his request, no formal services will be held. Memorial contributions can be made to the Life Membership Memorial Fund of Kelso Lodge No. 94 F & AM of WA, P.O. Box 116, Kelso, WA 98626.
Published April 4, 2009
The Daily News - Longview, Washington
Tom Sheppard Brace, 84, of Longview died March 30, 2009, following a brief illness in Wenatchee, Wash.
He was born April 1, 1924 in Newbridge, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, to George and Lily Sheppard Brace. The family immigrated to the USA in 1929 and settled in Youngstown, Ohio, where his father was employed as a millwright at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
Tom graduated from the Rayen School in 1942 and he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March 1943. After radio school, he was assigned to the Armed Guard, a special unit of the Navy that furnished the gun crews, radiomen and signalmen on merchant ships. He made three transatlantic voyages and one in the Pacific.
On Aug. 3, 1945, he married Ruth Evelyn Gregory of Youngstown while his ship was stationed in Portland.
He was employed by the SP & S Railway in 1946 as agent telegrapher in Bingen, Wash., promoted to supervising agent in Albany, Ore., in 1955, and to supervising agent in Vancouver in 1956.
He resigned from SP & S in 1965 and accepted a position from Weyerhaeuser Co. as vice president and general manager of the Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Co. in Longview.
In June 1977 he was assigned the added responsibility of managing the Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad. He served several terms as the director Pacific Region of the American Shortline Railroad Association in Washington, D.C. He retired June 1, 1984.
He became a master Mason in December 1948, and in 2001 he served as worshipful master of the Kelso Lodge No. 94 F & AM of WA, where he was a lifetime member. He is also a lifetime member of the Kelso Valley Scottish Rite.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, in 2005 and is survived by sons David Brace (Freddy) of Vancouver, Jeffrey Brace (Diane) of East Wenatchee and Tom Brace Jr. of Los Angeles; brother John Brace of Youngstown; and three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, all in the Vancouver area.
At his request, no formal services will be held. Memorial contributions can be made to the Life Membership Memorial Fund of Kelso Lodge No. 94 F & AM of WA, P.O. Box 116, Kelso, WA 98626.
Published April 4, 2009
The Daily News - Longview, Washington
* TOM S. BRACE OBITUARY *
Tom Sheppard Brace, 84, of Longview died March 30, 2009, following a brief illness in Wenatchee, Wash.
He was born April 1, 1924 in Newbridge, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, to George and Lily Sheppard Brace. The family immigrated to the USA in 1929 and settled in Youngstown, Ohio, where his father was employed as a millwright at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
Tom graduated from the Rayen School in 1942 and he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March 1943. After radio school, he was assigned to the Armed Guard, a special unit of the Navy that furnished the gun crews, radiomen and signalmen on merchant ships. He made three transatlantic voyages and one in the Pacific.
On Aug. 3, 1945, he married Ruth Evelyn Gregory of Youngstown while his ship was stationed in Portland.
He was employed by the SP & S Railway in 1946 as agent telegrapher in Bingen, Wash., promoted to supervising agent in Albany, Ore., in 1955, and to supervising agent in Vancouver in 1956.
He resigned from SP & S in 1965 and accepted a position from Weyerhaeuser Co. as vice president and general manager of the Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Co. in Longview.
In June 1977 he was assigned the added responsibility of managing the Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad. He served several terms as the director Pacific Region of the American Shortline Railroad Association in Washington, D.C. He retired June 1, 1984.
He became a master Mason in December 1948, and in 2001 he served as worshipful master of the Kelso Lodge No. 94 F & AM of WA, where he was a lifetime member. He is also a lifetime member of the Kelso Valley Scottish Rite.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, in 2005 and is survived by sons David Brace (Freddy) of Vancouver, Jeffrey Brace (Diane) of East Wenatchee and Tom Brace Jr. of Los Angeles; brother John Brace of Youngstown; and three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, all in the Vancouver area.
At his request, no formal services will be held. Memorial contributions can be made to the Life Membership Memorial Fund of Kelso Lodge No. 94 F & AM of WA, P.O. Box 116, Kelso, WA 98626.
Published April 4, 2009
The Daily News - Longview, Washington
Tom Sheppard Brace, 84, of Longview died March 30, 2009, following a brief illness in Wenatchee, Wash.
He was born April 1, 1924 in Newbridge, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, to George and Lily Sheppard Brace. The family immigrated to the USA in 1929 and settled in Youngstown, Ohio, where his father was employed as a millwright at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
Tom graduated from the Rayen School in 1942 and he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March 1943. After radio school, he was assigned to the Armed Guard, a special unit of the Navy that furnished the gun crews, radiomen and signalmen on merchant ships. He made three transatlantic voyages and one in the Pacific.
On Aug. 3, 1945, he married Ruth Evelyn Gregory of Youngstown while his ship was stationed in Portland.
He was employed by the SP & S Railway in 1946 as agent telegrapher in Bingen, Wash., promoted to supervising agent in Albany, Ore., in 1955, and to supervising agent in Vancouver in 1956.
He resigned from SP & S in 1965 and accepted a position from Weyerhaeuser Co. as vice president and general manager of the Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Co. in Longview.
In June 1977 he was assigned the added responsibility of managing the Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad. He served several terms as the director Pacific Region of the American Shortline Railroad Association in Washington, D.C. He retired June 1, 1984.
He became a master Mason in December 1948, and in 2001 he served as worshipful master of the Kelso Lodge No. 94 F & AM of WA, where he was a lifetime member. He is also a lifetime member of the Kelso Valley Scottish Rite.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, in 2005 and is survived by sons David Brace (Freddy) of Vancouver, Jeffrey Brace (Diane) of East Wenatchee and Tom Brace Jr. of Los Angeles; brother John Brace of Youngstown; and three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, all in the Vancouver area.
At his request, no formal services will be held. Memorial contributions can be made to the Life Membership Memorial Fund of Kelso Lodge No. 94 F & AM of WA, P.O. Box 116, Kelso, WA 98626.
Published April 4, 2009
The Daily News - Longview, Washington
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