Floyd Edward Bales
Floyd Edward Bales, 82, of Moses Lake, WA passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at St. Joseph Care Center, Spokane, WA. He was born to Thomas and Golda (Klontz) Bales in Bronaugh, MO on September 25, 1927. Shortly after Floyd’s birth, the Bales family moved to Joseph, OR where he grew up, attended school and joined the Air Force. He was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska as an airplane mechanic. Floyd returned to the Wallowa, Oregon area where he met Colleen Martin, married and had a son, Dan Bales. Floyd adopted his wife’s son from a previous marriage, Mike and they made their home in Wallowa, working in the logging industry. The family moved to Anderson, CA where Floyd continued to drive logging truck. They later divorced, he remarried and moved to Alaska. He primarily worked in the logging and timber business but also spent time as a purchasing agent, a mechanic in food processing equipment manufacturing and in farming.
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