Lifelong Aberdeen resident Martin Sven Schefstrom, 86, passed away at Grays Harbor Community Hospital on Sunday, February 3, 2013. Martin was born April 10, 1926, in Aberdeen, Washington, to Sven and Myrtle (Freeburg) Schefstrom. Martin graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1944 and enlisted in the Navy shortly after graduation. He served on the U.S.S. Coos Bay and the U.S.S. Gardiners Bay during World War II.
On May 7, 1955, Martin married Dorothy Eldart at The First Baptist Church in Aberdeen. She survives him at their home in Hoquiam.