Leland E. Cobain, 89, lifelong resident of Montesano died at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. He was born in Montesano October 24, 1923, the son of John James Arthur and Grace Alameda (Gibson) Cobain. He attended Montesano schools and served in the Marine Corps during World War Two.
Following the war he was a fireman for the Aberdeen Fire Department and later in the 1950’s became an operating engineer for Interstate Asphalt Co. of Aberdeen. He retired in 1973.