Elden Abner Toll

Elden Abner Toll of Woodburn died July 11, 2004. He was 80 years old.Elden was born to Willard and Daisy (Gresham) Toll in Kooskia, Idaho. He moved with his family at the age of 4 to Molalla, Oregon where he attended school and graduated from high school in 1941. He entered the Army Air Force at the age of 19, serving 4 years in active duty as a bombardier. He served mostly in Guam. Following his discharge, he reenlisted in the Air Force Reserve, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Following WWII he attended Oregon State University. In 1948 he married Maxine Brown of Canby. They were married in the Molalla Church of Christ. In 1949 he graduated from Oregon State with a degree in agriculture, teaching 2 years at Molalla High School. He then accepted a position with the Farmers Home Administration in Madras and Redmond. He was later transferred to Fairbanks, Alaska for 10 years, before being transferred back to Oregon in 1975 to contiue working for the Farmers Home Admin. in Salem and St. Helen's. After retiring in 1979 he drove school bus for the Woodburn School District for 13 years, finally retiring in 1993 following open heart surgery. He was also a diabetic.Elden was very active in his church, the Church of Christ. As an elder, song leader, school teacher of adult classes and treasurer. His hobbies inlcluded reading, traveling, doing cross word puzzles and enjoying his grandchildren.Elden and his wife were married 2 months short of their 56th anniversary on September 5, 2003.Besides his wife Maxine, Elden is survived by 2 brothers, Ray Toll of Wenatchee, WA and Don Toll of Portland, OR, 9 living children, Lee Toll of Grand City, Missouri, Rose Boyd of Newberg, Oregon, Gene Toll of Fairbanks, Alaska, June Anderson and Dee Dickerson of Bartlette, Tennessee, Fay Teadtke of Welches, OR, Jay Toll of Oregon City, OR, Guy Toll of Gaston, OR and Max Toll of Hillsboro, OR, 15 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant brother in 1921 and his son Ron Toll at age 31 in 1988. Elden was a member of the Special Military Active - Retired Travel Club and current president of the NARFE - National Association of Retired Federal Employees. Memorials may be sent to the Kenneth Schoder fund at the Woodburn Church of Christ.

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Elden Abner Toll

October 31, 1923 - July 11, 2004