<p>Rev. Chester E. 'Chet' Falby</p>

The Rev. Chester (Chet) E. Falby, 86, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, of complications due to pneumonia.

He was born to the late Vern and Blanche (Nutting) Falby, May 27, 1927, in Clinton, Mass. He served as an aviation cadet in the Naval V-5 program from 1945-46, and graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1948. He took his seminary training at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, graduating in 1951. Ordained in the Episcopal Church in June, he began his ministry in Washington state. In August of the same year, he married Deanne Bowman.

In 1953, he returned to the East Coast to earn a masters in theology at General Seminary in New York City. During this time, he served churches in New York and New Jersey. He also served as an archdeacon in the Diocese of Newark from 1959-62.

Fr. Chet served churches in the Upper Skagit River Valley, Wash. from 1962. In 1966, he accepted the call to All Saints Church in Hillsboro, Ore., followed by St. Georges Church in Roseburg, Ore. In 1992, they retired to Gearhart, Ore. Fr. Chet served as interim priest at Calvary, Seaside, from 1998-99 and at St. Catherines in Manzanita from 2000-02.

In addition to his love of worship, preaching and teaching, Fr. Chet liked to watch movies and to garden; he was a Master Gardener. He discovered computers after retiring. Fr. Chet also worked at learning Spanish while helping minister to the Spanish-language community at St. Catherines.

The Rev. Chester E. Falby is survived by his wife of 61 years, Deanne; brother Clifford with wife Canna Falby of Wakefield, RI. He is also survived by five children: John with wife, Sandy Falby, of San Diego, Calif.; Matt with wife, Ruth Falby, of Salem, Ore.; Mark Falby,with partner, Craig Jensen, of Aurora, Ore.; daughter, Casey Titchenal; and Paul Falby, with partner, Scott Edward, of Portland, Ore. He is also survived by four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services were held on Jan. 22, 2014, at St. Catherine Episcopal Church in Nehalem with the Right Rev. Michael Hanley, Bishop, presiding.

It was Fr. Chets request that in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts be made to St. Catherines Episcopal Church. Mail to: St. Catherine Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 251, Manzanita, OR 97130.