Dwain Arlen Estes | Feb. 4, 1936–July 10, 2017

Dwain was born Feb. 4, 1936 in Joseph, Or., to parents Aubrey Dwain Estes and Maida Caldwell Estes. Aubrey owned the town barbershop and Maida was a teacher. As a boy, Dwain loved the outdoors and developed a life-long passion for hunting and fishing. He was active in the Boy Scouts and later in the Mazamas, where he climbed several Northwest peaks.

Dwain graduated from Eastern Oregon State College in 1957 and began teaching in Portland's Parkrose School District that autumn. He taught in Parkrose for 33 years, retiring in 1990. Much of his career was spent as a sixth-grade teacher where he shared his enjoyment of the outdoors with many of his students at Outdoor School. He finished his career as a math teacher at Parkrose Middle School.

After retirement, Dwain devoted much of his free time to fishing the rivers in Oregon and Washington, filling his (and friends and family) freezers with salmon and steelhead. Even after suffering a stroke in 2011, his passion for the outdoors was not diminished and he continued to fish with the help of his good friends.

Dwain is survived by his younger sister, Marleen Caloia (Chuck) of Frederick, Md.; his son, Daniel Estes (Thia) of Hubbard, Or.; and grandchildren, Ashlee Pecyna, Gabriella Plante and Cole Plante. Dwain is also survived by his long-time love and companion, Barbara Roberts of Portland; and by many good friends from a long life, well lived.

Private services were held in Joseph, Or. and also at Dwain's favorite fishing hole, the location of which dare not be published.