Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Guischer, Eldon Edwin December 28, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, December 30, 2004
     Eldon Edwin Guischer, 84, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local care 
facility on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
     He was born May 10, 1920 in Woodbury County, (Sioux City) Iowa, the only 
son to Pete and Rose (Bailey) Guischer. He grew up in Alexandria, S.D. and 
graduated from Alexandria High School in 1938. 
     After high school, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 
1940-1945. He served overseas in Germany, Belgium, France and Holland. He was 
engaged in battles such as the Battle of the Bulge in Germany, Arden’s Forest 
and the Coleman Pocket in France. 
     He married Anna Margaret Odegaard on Aug. 13, 1945. The family lived in 
Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota before moving to the Northwest. He 
worked as a construction painter from 1948 and retired in 1982. 
     He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, American Legion, Moose and 
Eagles Lodges. He enjoyed fishing, traveling and sport watching.
     He is survived by his son, Michael and his wife, Kris Guischer, The 
Dalles; his daughter, Sharon and her husband, Larry Hull, Tygh Valley; four 
grandchildren, Kendyl and Craig Hull, Tygh Valley, Chelan and Ann-Marie, The 
Dalles. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anna; his son, Gary and his 
parents.
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
from 2 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 30.
     Funeral services will be held at the Odd Fellows Cemetery on Cherry 
Heights Road at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 31, with Asa Jenson officiating. 
     Memorials may be made to Oregon Veterans’ Home Trust Fund, 700 Veterans’ 
Drive, The Dalles, OR 97058 or St. Mary’s Academy, 1112 Cherry Heights RD, The 
Dalles, OR 97058.


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Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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