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Pete Swink

Former Ashland Fire Chief, Pete Swink, passed away March 16, 2016, at age 91, surrounded by his family in Newberg, Ore. He looked forward to Heaven and left at sunset. Pete was born October 6,1924 to John and Eva Swink in Chanute, Kans.He was wounded as a tank driver in Patton’s Third Army at the Battle of the Bulge during WWII in 1945. He spent over a year in a V.A. hospital in Walla Walla, Wash. After recovery, he became [...]

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