Obituaries

The graveside service will be 1 p.m., Thursday, at the Klickitat County Cemetery, White Salmon.

Memorial contributions may be made to Gospel Outreach through Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, Wash. 99362.

Mr. Wilkes was born Aug. 28, 1915, in Colville, Stevens County, to Gilbert Earl and Nancy Burnham Wilkes. He worked as a logger until he was injured in 1950. He then became a television and radio repairman for Mansfield Hardware in Bingen, until his retirement.

He enjoyed hiking, camping, fishing, rock collecting and reading. He moved to Walla Walla from White Salmon in 1994. He was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Survivors include daughter, Donna Wilkes, Toledo; four sons Ken Wilkes, Kalama, Keith Wilkes, Adams, Ore., Lee Wilkes, Willard, and Jim Wilkes, Goldendale; 13 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Juanita, in 1982 and second wife, Allie, in 1989.