Wasco-Harney-Washington County OR Archives Obituaries.....Kribs, James Lowe (Jim) August 21, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, August 23,  2006
     James Lowe (Jim) Kribs, 87, a long time Oregon high school educator and 
coach, whose career included jobs at The Dalles and Wahtonka High Schools, 
died on Aug. 21, 2006 of natural causes.

     He was born in Burns on Jan. 29, 1919 to Margaret Nellita (Nellie) Kribs 
Branson and the late James Lowe Kribs. His father died a few months prior to 
Jim’s birth during the great flu epidemic.

     Left with four young children and minimal resources his mother struggled 
to raise her children. She often moved the family several times a year, 
working as a chuck wagon cook on the remote ranches throughout Harney County 
and staying with relatives during the off season.

     When he was 12 he started a janitorial service, cleaning saloons and 
stores in Burns, often working from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. before school to support 
his family. He worked for two shop owners in Burns during his senior year in 
high school and they offered to help him with college tuition. The pastor of 
the Nazarene church there suggested that he attend Northwest Nazarene College.
It was there that he found two special things; a personal relationship with 
God and his wife and love of 65 years, Wilma. After graduation and marriage in 
1941 he was offered five sales and marketing jobs and an opportunity to 
teach.  He chose to teach.

     He served in the Navy during WWII in the Pacific as a radar man on a 
troop transport ship.

     He earned a Master’s Degree in Education from Linfield and taught social 
studies and “Modern Problems” in Burns for 20 years. He coached football and 
baseball and refereed football, basketball and wrestling for many years.

     In 1965 he took a position as counselor at The Dalles High School and 
completed his career at Wahtonka High School in The Dalles in 1979.

     He and Wilma enjoyed 25 years of retirement, wintering in Arizona and 
summering in Oregon. They enjoyed traveling, dancing and playing bridge and 
were active members of the Christian church throughout their lives.

     They returned to Tualatin in 2002 where they have been active in the 
lives of their families and their community of friends at Tualatin Senior 
Center.

     He is survived by his wife, Wilma; a sister, Mildred White; sons, Leonard 
and Gordon; daughters, Lorraine Boswell and Rebecca Swick; nine grandchildren, 
Jeff, Chris, Justin and Sarah Kribs; Joe, Mariana, Ben and Adam Swick, and 
Alicia Brown, and six great grandchildren, Cason, Aldan, Jaxon and Kaylah 
Kribs, and David and Carson Brown.

     A graveside service will be held at Mountainside Cemetery in Scholls, on 
Southwest Hillsboro Highway, 1.25 mile south of Scholls at 2 p.m. on Friday, 
August 25.

     Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, c/o Tualatin Senior Center, 
8513 SW Tualatin Road, Tualatin OR 97062; or S.O.D.A. (Save Our District’s 
Athletics) c/o Paula Tomey, Burns Union High School, 1100 Oregon Ave., Burns, 
OR 97720.

     Arrangements are by Young’s Funeral Home in Tigard. 


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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