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OBITUARIES
Dr. Reginald Baugh
Ann Arbor, Michigan
June, 12, 1956 — Jan. 21, 2021
Dr. Reginald Baugh
passed away on Jan. 21,
2021, after a courageous
battle against Lou Gehrig’s
disease. He was 64 years
old.
Dr. Baugh — his friends
called him “Reggie” —
was the middle son of Ger-
ald “Jerry” Baugh and Vir-
ginia Cooper Baugh. His
childhood in Oregon was
rich with nature, achieve-
ment and strong family
relationships.
Reggie attended Broad-
way School in Seaside,
Astoria Junior High School,
Astoria High School and
West Linn High School. He
was a scholar athlete who
played, and lettered, in foot-
ball, basketball, track and
baseball.
In 1974, the University
of Iowa recruited him to
play basketball. There, he
lettered two years before
graduating one year early in
1977. In 1981, Reggie grad-
uated from the University of
Michigan Medical School,
and remained there to com-
plete his otolaryngology
residency.
Dr. Baugh began his pro-
fessional career as the fi rst
African American faculty
member at the Texas A&M
College of Medicine. Then,
before the age of 40, he
became a senior vice presi-
dent for Cigna insurance.
Eventually,
however,
Dr. Baugh returned to his
fi rst love, patient care and
academic medicine. He
accepted a position as vice
chairman of the Department
of Surgery at Texas A&M
College of Medicine. Dr.
Baugh fi nished his career as
tenured professor of surgery
and assistant dean of admis-
sions at the University of
Toledo College of Medicine.
During his career, Dr.
Baugh also served the pub-
lic as a committee mem-
ber on the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration’s oto-
laryngology device evalu-
ation panel. He also was a
technical expert on the U.S.
Department of Health and
Human Services’s 2017 ton-
sillectomy guidelines.
Dr. Baugh also helped
develop the three national
otolaryngological multi-spe-
cialty medical guidelines for
tonsillectomies, Ménière’s
disease and benign paroxys-
mal vertigo.
But for all that Dr. Baugh
accomplished, the roles he
cherished most were that of
“Dad,” “Pop-pop” and hus-
band to his wife of almost
40 years, Bobbie Haff ord
Baugh.
His spirit lives on in
his two sons, Brandon and
Aaron;
daughter-in-law,
Yanika; and granddaughters,
Yara and Ava. He is survived
by his mother, Virginia Coo-
per Baugh; brothers, Gerald
“Andre” Baugh and Ronald
Baugh; sisters, Renée Baugh
and Michelle Baugh; neph-
ews, Roderick Baugh and
Steven Baugh; niece, Steph-
anie Baugh; and extended
family members and friends.
from killing each other.
By this time he had remar-
ried; this time, successfully,
to Star Van Valkenburgh.
They were happily married
for 52 years, completing
projects, including build-
ing an off -the-grid house in
Boulder Creek, California.
Leaving Pro-Log in 1986,
Larry started a management
consulting company, Salt-
water Institute. This job
required extensive traveling
in the U.S., Europe and Asia
training executives of For-
tune 500 companies in tech-
niques to better manage their
companies for employee sat-
isfaction and company suc-
cess. Larry, a natural peo-
ple-person, taught leaders
how to “make organizations
safe for humans.”
In retirement, Larry con-
tinued to be active in com-
munity organizations, serv-
ing on the board of the
Kernes pool, as a member
of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal
Church and as president of
his homeowners association,
where his skills in manage-
ment proved useful.
Larry mused frequently
how unbelievable it was for
a logging camp kid to end up
as a corporate executive and
international management
expert. He enjoyed playing
his guitar, owning a 1960
Corvette and writing poetry.
He was quick to smile, to
laugh and, mostly, to listen.
Lawrence E. Reierson
Monterey, California
Feb. 27, 1934 — March 7, 2021
It is hard to summarize
a life lived as fully as Law-
rence Reierson’s, who died
March 7, 2021, at home in
Monterey, California.
Born Feb. 27, 1934, and
growing up in Elsie, a small
logging community in the
Nehalem Valley, Larry was
one of six children, with
four older sisters and one
younger brother.
His early education was
in a one-room school. A
crack shot, Larry hunted
elk and deer, learning
basic life skills that helped
feed the family during the
Great Depression. Spear-
ing salmon in the Humbug
Creek and picking elderber-
ries provided supplements to
their diet.
His Uncle Albert, liv-
ing in a shack on the Rei-
erson homestead, made his
living as a bootlegger. He
was full of intriguing stories.
When Larry was a teenager,
bragging to his uncle about
soon becoming “a loggin’
man like my Pappy,” Uncle
Albert said, “Look here you
little s--t, you get the h--l out
of here; you don’t belong
here. You have more to
off er!”
Although very confused
and disheartened at the time,
Larry would soon fi nd it
would be some of the best
advice he ever got.
After getting over the
shock, Larry joined the
U.S. Navy. He served in the
Korean War, and when dis-
charged, went to work for
Tektronix as an electronic
technician, a skill he gained
in the Navy.
He never graduated from
college, but was admitted
to a master’s program in
organization development
at Pepperdine University,
based on his life experience.
His fi rst marriage ended
in 1969, after 12 years.
He is survived by one
stepdaughter,
Candalee,
and two biological children,
Careen and Lorrie. His step-
son, Lonnie, preceded him in
death in 2010. There are four
grandchildren and one god-
child, Rabecca Hand.
Leaving Tektronix after
20 years, he went to work
for Weyerhaeuser in man-
agement development, shift-
ing to Pro-Log, a Monte-
rey electronics company,
becoming general manager,
where he liked to say his real
job was keeping the owners
Robert ‘Bob’ Lester Eaton Jr.
Camas, Washington
Sept. 28, 1945 — March 4, 2021
Robert “Bob” Lester
Eaton Jr. passed into the
loving hands of his Lord
March 4, 2021, at the age
of 75, after a short illness.
In his fi nal days, Bob
was surrounded by his
loving wife, Bobbie, son,
Brad Eaton, and daughter,
Mindy Durias. Bob and
Bobbie resided in Camas,
Washington.
Bob was a loving and
committed husband, father,
grandfather, brother, uncle
and friend who never
missed a chance to spend
time with his family.
Bob met his wife, Bob-
bie (McCallister) Eaton,
in 1988, and the two were
inseparable from there.
Together they successfully
created a blended family,
including Bob’s children,
listed above, and Bobbie’s
sons, Jay and Todd McCal-
lister, her daughter, Amy
Crowley, and, in total, 15
grandchildren.
Bob was preceded in
death by his parents, Rob-
ert L. and Phyllis J. Eaton.
He is survived by his fam-
ily, already mentioned, and
his brother, Len Eaton; sis-
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many cherished cousins,
nieces and nephews.
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