Clifford R. Doolittle, 94, of Lewiston, died Monday, July 22, 2013, after losing a gallant battle against the infirmities of old age. Cremation has already taken place.
Although a Lewiston native, Doolittle spent his childhood days in Canada, having been born May 16, 1919, in Bashaw, Alberta, to parents Earl and Ethel Doolittle. After Earl died, Ethel later met and married John Marsh.
A jack of all trades, as many of his friends liked to call him, Doolittle delivered mail by horseback, worked as a farm hand on several homesteads and worked for a horse-drawn freight company after leaving his mother's Edmonton, Alberta, home in 1933, and many years later worked as a carpenter in the Seattle area.
Cliff also served as a hospital orderly and even worked in the oil fields in Texas before eventually settling in Lewiston, where he owned his own well-drilling business. He retired from the wood side of Potlatch Corp.
Doolittle had three passions: (1) mechanical things, (2) flying and (3) knocking on doors with the Bible's wonderful message of the Kingdom of God.
It was that third passion that kept Doolittle active and enthused for nearly 47 years after being baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses on Aug. 5, 1966.
One member of the Orchards congregation in Lewiston said Cliff "loved going to the meetings at the Kingdom Hall and interacting with his spiritual brothers and sisters as well as sharing the truth with his neighbors."
Ray Jenne, Cliff's nephew from the Seattle area, said this of Cliff, "Clifford was an inspiration to me from my childhood and from my time I spent with him in Lewiston and was an inspiration to many people. I loved him a lot."
Preceding Doolittle in death were his parents and brothers Kenneth Doolittle, Gordon Marsh and Dale Marsh.
Cliff is survived by brothers Archie Marsh, Roger Marsh and Dennis Marsh.
A memorial service is at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Lewiston Kingdom Hall located at 1434 Ripon Ave.
