David Allen Tozer II

David Allen Tozer II was born on May 21, 1939, in St Paul, Minnesota, son of David Tozer I and Evelyn (Linquist) Tozer. He passed away at his home In Tigard, OR on December 2, 2025. David was an only child and spent his early years in Minnesota. The family moved to Chicago, then Seattle before settling in Portland, Oregon in 1954. David Graduated from Jefferson H.S. and attended college for three years at Washington State University. His college summers were spent as a fire watchman on the summit of Dog Mountain along the north bank of the Columbia River in Washington. He visually patrolled the Oregon side of the river between Hood River and Cascade Locks. His parents would bring him supplies to a rendezvous point down from the summit. David loved his time on the mountain and learned creative ways to exist with the bare necessities. He self-published his journal of the time spent on the mountain that he gifted to the USFS so the history of the watchtower would be preserved. In 1961 he enlisted in the Army and was stationed in Virginia. He deployed for 1 year to Vietnam in 1963 as a Military Police Officer assigned to an engineering unit. David received an honorable discharge in 1964 and returned to the Portland area to resume his studies at the University of Portland. He attained his bachelor’s degree in 1968 and later a master’s degree in education in 1975. He taught drafting, mathematics and aeronautics at Tigard H.S. for 23 years, retiring in 1998. During a dinner with his mother’s coworkers, he met his future wife Linda (Stupfel), and they got married in 1975. They loved traveling the world together via the Smithsonian tours and cruises. Camping was also a passion they shared traveling the country in the ‘1-n-only’ VW transporter towing a tent trailer with their white German shepherds. He was an avid radio controlled (RC) airplane hobbyist. He built his planes from Balsawood with the ‘motor in a drawer’. David was an active member of the Barnstormers RC club(Butteville, OR) for over 40 years. David held memberships to many organizations. He believed that learning something every day was the secret to a happy life. He is survived by his wife Linda (50 years) and many nieces and nephews and, of course, the thousands of students he taught. No services are planned. David will have his ashes scattered on Dog Mountain in a private ceremony. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to OPB, The Museum of Flight (Seattle), Oregon Historical Society or the Portland Art Museum.