Wasco-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....McDonald, George March 1988 ************************************************ 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 3, 2007, 11:57 pm The Dalles Chronicle, March 15, 1988 George McDonald, 95, a resident of The Dalles since 1982 and formerly a resident of Dufur and Maupin, died at the local hospital on Monday. He was born May 1, 1882 in Portland to George and Grace (Hughes) McDonald. He moved to Maupin in 1919 and lived there and worked for the Maupin State Bank until 1939 when he moved to Dufur. He also operated an insurance business in Maupin, and continued to run it until 1964. After moving to Dufur, he worked at the Johnson Brothers Bank and continued to work for that firm until it was purchased by U.S. National Bank in 1954. He moved to The Dalles in 1982. Mr. McDonald was a member of First Christian Church and the Ramsey Park Grange. He had been a member of the Masonic Lodge since 1940 and the IOOF since 1920. Survivors include his wife, Ruth, The Dalles; numerous step-children, step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home with Pastor Asa Jenson officiating. Active pallbearers are Bill Hulse, Henry Regnier, Wayne Bothwell, Gil Hertel, Wayne Tienhaara and Don Duvall. Honorary pallbearers will be Paul Hulse, Jack Miller, Robert Holman, Massey Ashley and Merlin Sasser. Burial will be at The Dalles IOOF Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Mid-Columbia Senior Center in The Dalles. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/m/mcdonald3158gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb