Obituary: Montesano Vidette Montesano,WA January 1951
Jack E. Stearns Dies At Olympia--Word was recieved here today from Thurston county sheriff Frank C. Tamblyn , Olympia, of the death monday afternoon of Jack Edward Stearns 37, former Montesano man, and son of Carl Stearns, former Grays Harbor county deputy sheriff. Tamblyn said Stearns had been a member of the Thurston county sheriff's department since 1937. he had been ill since october 6. Stearns is survived by a son, Jack, 8, and a sister, both of Seattle.