Wasco-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Kortge, J. Ray August 11, 1984
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The Dalles Weekly Reminder, August 16, 1984
J. Ray Kortge, longtime Wasco County wheat farmer, died Aug. 11 at St. 
Vincent's Hospital in Portland following an extended illness.

Born in Mt. Carmel, Ill., in 1913, Kortge moved to The Dalles in 1923 and 
graduated from The Dalles High School in 1931.  He married Pauline Piercey on 
Oct. 14, 1939.

Until 1969, Kortge raised wheat on the family's Jap Hollow farm.  After his 
retirement from farming, he worked for the Wasco County ASC until 1976.  
Kortge was active in agricultural organizations, including Wasco County Farm 
Bureau and Oregon Wheat League, of which he was a past president.  He was also 
a member of Calvary Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge AF&AM No. 15.

He is survived by his wife, Pauline Kortge, his three children, Penny Havig of 
Roseburg, Dean Kortge of Eugene, and Vicki Kortge of Monmouth, and by three 
grandchildren.  Other survivors include his brother, Paul Kortge of The 
Dalles, and sisters Daisy Dezney of Portland, Rachel Christy of Portland, and 
Frances Patterson of Bellevue, Wash.  He had numerous nieces and nephews.

Services were Wednesday at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home with Pastor Ed 
Long of Calvary Baptist Church officiating.  Burial at Park Lawn Cemetery.  
The family asks that friends acknowledge his request that in lieu of flowers, 
donations be made to the Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund.  He served on 
the building committee.

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


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