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Harry Grady Obituary

HARRY L. GRADY
March 17, 1921 ~ Sept. 10, 2009

Harry L. Grady of Vancouver, WA, passed away Sept. 10, 2009. He was born March 17, 1921 in Everett, WA and lived in San Diego, CA until moving to Vancouver in 1986.
He married Ruth Adele Stulgate on Aug. 27, 1943 at Eagle Rock, CA. She later died in 2008.
Harry was a Navy veteran of World War II.
He retired in 1982 after 41 years in law enforcement, first in 1961 from the San Diego Police Dept., then from Naval Investigative Service and San Diego District Attorney's Office.
Harry was a defender of Oregon and Washington Pioneers (1843). He was the grandson of Peter Holt Hatch who helped found the First Congregational Church west of the Rockies at Oregon City, OR in 1944 and helped Tibitha Brown establish Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR in 1846. His grandfather, Joseph Bretherton, was a member of the 1890 Lt. O'Neil Army Survey Expedition in the Olympic Mountains that was formed at the Vancouver Barracks. He was to be the first man to climb Mt. Olympus.
Survivors include his daughters, Kim Biro, Baltimore, MD, Sherry Bernal, San Bernardino, CA; brother, Roger Grady, Des Canso, CA; niece, Linda Hastie, Eureka, CA; nephew, Mike Grady, Eureka, CA; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
A funeral Mass will be held at St. James Catholic Church on Tues., Sept. 22, 2009, 12:10 p.m., followed by burial with Military Honors at 2:00 p.m. at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR.
Arrangements by Hamilton-Mylan Funeral Home, Vancouver.
Please sign the guest book at: www.hamiltonmylan.com

Published by The Columbian on Sep. 20, 2009.
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I miss you Grandpa, every day. I am so proud of who I became alot because of you. Making them laugh in heaven

Cynthia Perry

May 25, 2020

My Grandpa, my hero. I miss you everyday.

Cynthia Perry

November 11, 2019

My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Lee. He was a kind and gentle soul. He will be missed.

Julia Graves

September 21, 2009

From the day we met Lee, he always had a positive word and a kind smile. His love for Ruth was obvious. He is the kind of person that makes you smile just because you are thinking about him. It was an honor to be able to help him and Ruth. We will miss them. Our sympathies to his family and friends. Joy Pruitt Family Care Services

Joy Pruitt

September 21, 2009

Mr. and Mrs Grady where very wonderful people. We met them through our children having the paper route in their neighborhood for 6 years. What special people, they will both be remembered fondly and missed for their wonderful sense of pride in community and friends.

Richard and Gayle Bentz

September 20, 2009

Harry will be missed and my shared memories will stay with me for a long time. You alway's made me laugh and asked me for my Draft Card Status! My thoughts with the family. Missy of Clearwater Spring's in Vancouver.

September 20, 2009

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