Carl M. Hauth died on Dec. 9.

He was born on May 22, 1918, in Mt. Angel to Anthony and Catherine Hauth. He attended school at Mt. Angel Catholic Academy throughout his education.

In 1939, Hauth married his grade school sweetheart, Katherine Edith Clouse, and moved to Hines to start his career with Edward Hines Lumber Company. He worked until retiring in 1978, with over 37 years of operating the crane.

After retirement, Hauth moved to North Bend to be near the sea, his life-long dream. He enjoyed his family, his boat, fishing and crabbing, camping, reading, photography, computers, new technology and watching the sea.

Hauth was a devoted husband for 62 years. To those who knew him, he was considered a very honorable man with a deep compassion for humanity, which showed in the way he cared for his family and treated his friends and strangers alike.

Hauth was very well read, studying a wide range of subjects, especially politics. He had an intense love of learning new things — most recently he was learning to use an iPod to download his favorite music.

Hauth is survived by his sons, Ronald Hauth and wife Kaye of Hines and Kenneth Hauth and wife Marti of Hines;

grandchildren, Carl Hauth, LeighAnn Graves, Tony Hauth, Lindsay Tyler, Ryan Hussey and Ashley Hussey; great-grandchildren, Katherine, Ryan and Zachary Hauth and Jeffery and Cambie Graves; great-great-grandchildren, Kynlee Hauth, Jeremy and Emma Tyler; and siblings, Marilyln Duman, Vincent Hauth and Victor Hauth.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Katherine Hauth; and siblings, Mike Hauth, Sue Brenden, Sister Mary Damian Hauth, Ray Hauth, Al Hauth and Louise Hauth.

A service will be held on Jan. 30 in Coos Bay. Hauth’s ashes will be joined with his wife’s, and then scattered in the places they loved at the Pacific Ocean, where they spent their retirement years.