Wasco-Jackson-Josephine County OR Archives Obituaries.....Gapen, Ralph Thornton July 1982 ************************************************ 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 L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 2, 2007, 6:37 pm The Dalles Weekly Reminder, July 8, 1982 Ralph Thornton Gapen, 91, a resident of The Dalles for the past five weeks, and formerly a 20-year resident of Applegate, died Friday at the local hospital. He was born May 2, 1891 in Monroe, Wis. Mr. Gapen married Francis Stone Oct. 1, 1913. He was a member of Applegate Community Church. Survivors include his wife, Frances, The Dalles; a son, the Rev. Thornton Gapen, The Dalles; a daughter, Mrs. Stanley (Evelyn) Gladstone; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Marie Gapen, Dinuba, Calif., and Zelda TemEycke, Broadhead, Wis. (Three daughters, two brothers and three sisters died earlier.) Funeral services were Tuesday at the Applegate Community Church. Burial followed at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens in Grants Pass. Memorials are suggested to the Applegate Community Church Memorial Fund or the American Cancer Society. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/g/gapen3133gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb