Obituary: Douglas R. Saxton July 6, 1943 - Oct. 16, 1997
Douglas R. Saxton died Oct. 16 at his Sherwood home of a heart attack. He was 54. Born July 6, 1943 in Berkeley, Calif., he lived for 24 years in Tigard, from 1971 through '95. He had resided in Sherwood's Woodhaven development for the last two years.
A member of the Rolling Hills Community Church in Tualatin, he was from one of the church's five founding families. He and his wife linda had been married for 32 years. A graduate of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill., Mr. Saxton served on both the Tigard and Sherwood planning commissions. He played in the Tualatin Valley Community Band.
Survivors include his wife Linda of Sherwood; daughters Tanya Engel of Camas, Wash., Amy Emery of Sherwood and Laura Holmes of Tualatin; brother Paul, sister Heather Saxton and father Robert, all of Oakland, Calif.; plus two grandchildren.