Wasco-Multnomah-Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Gildow, Orman Ogden September 15, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, September 16, 2005
     Orman Ogden Gildow, 75, a resident of The Dalles, died on Thursday, Sept. 
15, 2005, at a hospital in Portland.
     He was born Nov. 15, 1929, in Portland, the younger of two children to 
Orman O. and Velma Lucille (Anthony) Gildow. 
     He was raised in Portland, attended Woodmere Grade School and graduated 
from Franklin High School in 1947. 
     He went on to Oregon State College, majored in animal husbandry and 
graduated in 1957. In January 1951 he enlisted in the U.S. Army. After the 
Army he lived and worked in Germany for two years. He served in the Army 
Reserves in Germany for eight years. 
     Returning from Germany he was Sheriff for Marion County for a year and 
then began work for Social Security. He transferred several times, including 
Connecticut, Washington and Oregon. He worked in Salem for many years and then 
transferred to The Dalles. He married Marian J. Johnson on Nov. 29, 1976 in 
The Dalles. 
     His interests included beekeeping and swimming at the club. He learned to 
play the piano when he was 70 years old and was a member of Calvary Baptist 
Church and the Library Foundation Board. 
     He is survived by his wife of 29 years Marian J. Gildow; three children, 
Susan Walter, Keizer; Anthony Gildow, Salem; and Matthew Gildow, Keizer; three 
step-children, Christy and her husband Gregg Smith, Vancouver, Wash.; Jon and 
his wife Kris Haldorson, Hillsboro; and Curt and Teresa Haldorson, Bellevue, 
Wash.; nine grandchildren, Melody, Christopher and Robin Smith, Michael and 
Curtiss Haldorson, Jessica and Lauren Haldorson, Tiffany Walter and Benjamin 
Gildow and two great grandchildren Peyton and Brayden Foreman. He was preceded 
in death by his son Bennett Gildow and his brother William Gildow.
     Memorial services will be held at Calvary Baptist Church in The Dalles on 
Saturday, Sept. 17, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Deane Keller and Pastor Steve 
Anable officiating.
     Memorials may be made to Gideons, PO Box 28, The Dalles or The Dalles 
Wasco County Library Foundation, 722 Court St., The Dalles. 
     Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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