Paul Rothery:  

Paul William Rothery Paul William Rothery, 57, a resident of Portland and formerly of Arlington, The Dalles, Centralia and Honolulu, died of congestive heart failure in his apartment at the IOOF Odd Fellows Home on Monday, May 18, 2009. He was born Nov. 1, 1951 in Ephrata, Wash., the first of two children, to John "Bill" William and Donna Jeannette (Watkins) Rothery. He grew up in Washington and Oregon and attended school in Ephrata, East Wenatchee, Renton, Portland, Arlington, The Dalles, and Centralia, where he graduated in 1970. Despite having a high draft number at the height of the Vietnam war, Paul tried, but was unable due to a severe case of psoriasis, to enlist in the military. He married Shirley Dian Lanahan on June 25, 1971, in Portland; they divorced a few years later. They had two daughters (Paul lovingly called them "my girls"), Paula Jeane Rothery and Melanie Marla Ann Rothery. He attended the Laborers Training School in Salem Oregon and was a member of Laborers Local 320. He worked in the heavy construction industry in the Northwest for 12 years, was a custom wood craftsman in Honolulu for over a decade, managed a fresh orange juic...Expand for more