Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bauer, John D. September 30, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 4, 2006, 8:23 pm The Dalles Chronicle, October 4, 2004 John D. Bauer, 79, a former resident of The Dalles who organized Columbia River Bank, died on Sept. 30, 2004 in Portland. He was born Feb. 28, 1925 in Portland. He was a graduate of Benson High School and attended Whittier College. He served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific in World War II. He was in banking all of his adult life and worked for various banks. In addition to Columbia River Bank in The Dalles, which was organized in 1977, he also organized the Bank of Central Oregon in Redmond in 1960. He served as president in both banks. He was also cofounder of St. James Episcopal Church in Tigard in 1955 and after his retirement served as financial adviser of Cuttington College to the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia, Africa from 1982-83. He belonged to many community and civic organizations in communities where he lived including Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce. He was a board member of the Northern Wasco County PUD and the William Temple House. He retired to Gleneden Beach in 1996. Survivors include his wife, Janet W. Bauer, who he married in 1953; a daughter, Kathleen A. Bauer; two sons, John D. Bauer Jr. and Bruce M. Bauer; Johnna Bryant, a daughter from his first marriage; and three grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, at St. James Episcopal Church in Tigard. Memorials may be made to Hopewell House Hospice Center, 6171 SW Capitol Highway, Portland, OR 97239 Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/b/bauer795gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb