Kenneth Loren Hoagland

Kenneth Loren Hoagland was born Sept. 23, 1931, in Roseberry, Idaho. The family later moved to King Hill, Idaho, where Ken attended Glenns Ferry schools. After high school graduation he moved to Moscow, Idaho, to attend the University of Idaho. In 1953 he moved to Lewiston, Idaho, and found employment at Potlatch Forests Inc. Pulp Mill.

There, in Lewiston, he met his wife, Lila, and they were married in 1953. They had three daughters.

In 1967 he was hired at Crown Zellerbach Pulp and Paper Mill, and moved his family to Knappa. He retired from the mill (then James River) in 1993.

Ken enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing, spending time with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and winters in Arizona.

He served in the military as a 2nd lieutenant in 1954-56, and was a member of Clatsop Post 12 American Legion in Astoria.

He is survived by his wife Lila; daughters Terri Peden, Cheryl Aho and Vicki Searle; four grandchildren, Jennifer Peden (Erin), Chris Peden (Karen), Mathew Aho and Nathan Searle (Nicholle); Eight great-grandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren; two sisters, Reva Carlock of Mountain Home, Idaho, and Gloria Weerheim Lead, South Dakota; a brother Richard of Clatskanie, Oregon; numerous nieces and nephews and his best friend “Bandit.”

Besides his parents and stepparents, he was preceded in death by brothers Clarence and Ronald. Ken and Lila celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary Nov. 29 of this year.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.