Obituary of Jake Gilman

Jake Gilman passed away on October 22, 2008 in the Bering Sea after his boat the F.V. Katmai unexpectedly took on water and sank. He fought courageously for 19 hours but rescuers weren't able to get to him in time. Jake was born on November 1, 1985 in Vancouver. He was a lifetime Camas-Washougal resident and a graduate of Camas High School in 2004. Growing up he became a C-W Little League and Babe Ruth All-Star. Throughout school he worked at the Camas Dairy Queen, Totem Rent-All of Washougal, Gregg's Roofing, and as hunting guide in Idaho, before getting his final job as a commercial fisherman aboard the F.V Katmai for Katmai Fishing Inc. of Kodiak, Alaska. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing, and he also enjoyed Muay Thai MMA, and skateboarding. Jake is survived by his parents Shara and Ronald Martindale, sister Hannah Cagle, brother Coe Cagle, stepsisters Alta Hertz, and Lynn Hertz, step-brother Trapper Martindale, grandparents Charles and Vickie Menefee, and Betty Thornton, uncle and aunt Robert and Pam Menefee, and numerous cousins and friends. There will be a Celebration of Jake's Life on what would have been his 23rd birthday, Saturday, November 1st at 1:00 pm at Camas High School: 26900 SE 15th St., Camas, WA 98607. Viewing will be held Wednesday thru Friday from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm at Brown's Funeral Home in Camas. Vault interment will take place at the Fern Prairie Cemetery in Camas. Memorials in Jake's honor may be sent to either St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital: 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942 or Doernbecher Children's Hospital: M/S 20, PO Box 4100, Portland, OR 97208-9908. Brown's Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Camas has been entrusted with arrangements.