Joseph Robert Schwab-

March 13,1941 - August 25, 2021

Joseph Robert Schwab passed away peacefully in his home on August 25, 2021 at age 80 after a brave fight with cancer. He was surrounded by his wife of 59 years, Evelyn, and his three children, Greg, Kris, and Tom.

Joe was literally and figuratively larger than life. After serving his country for 8 years in the Air Force, he became a dedicated Oregon State Police Trooper and Game Warden in 1969 and had a career that spanned 25 years, retiring as a Sergeant in 1994. Joe was well known for his work on the Columbia River fisheries and loved to tell stories about his adventures both on the river and in the woods. He eventually turned his stories into a series of books Outlaws on the Big River, Outlaws in the Big Woods, and Big River Big Woods Big Games , about his time as Game Warden enforcing Oregon fish and wild life laws.

After his retirement in 1994, Joe decided to move north to Alaska and along with Evelyn, purchased a fishing lodge in Clam Gulch on the Kenai Peninsula. He guided fishing trips on the rivers and open waters of Alaska for six years before deciding to return to Oregon. Joe and Evelyn lived in Tillamook, Columbia City, took a detour to Arizona for a few years and then returned to Oregon for his final years, settling in Mount Angel, Oregon, the town where he was born 80 years ago.

Joe will be remembered by those who knew him as a tough, gentle giant of a man who dearly loved his wife, his 3 children, daughters-in-law, Lisa and Julie, Kris's partner, Bruce, and his four grandchildren, Anna, Matt, Jakob and Catherine, Brother Jack (Phylis) Schwab, Sisters, Laura Beyer, Joan Dummer, Margie (Art) Schmidt, and sister-in-law, Ruth Schwab. Joe is preceded in death by his brother Tom Schwab and sister, Sister Marilyn Schwab.  Joe is "gone fishing in heaven."

Services pending for Joe early spring of 2022.