June 30, 1916 – Sept. 11, 2007
James Ellsworth Crabtree, 91, formerly of Sweet Home, died Sept. 11, 2007 at his home in Quartz Hill, Calif.
He was born on June 30, 1916, in Stayton, the son of Marble and Alice May (Matten) Crabtree.
Mr. Crabtree served in U.S. Navy Construction Battalion (Seabees), from Aug. 7, 1942 to Dec. 12, 1945. He built runways in the Aleutian Islands and Tinian Island in the Pacific. He…