Wasco-Sherman County OR Archives Obituaries.....Medler, Leland C. (Pix) July 1, 1982 ************************************************ 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 2, 2007, 6:42 pm The Dalles Weekly Reminder, July 8, 1982 Leland C. (Pix) Medler, 72, a longtime wheat and cattle rancher in Sherman County, and a resident of The Dalles since 1969, died July 1 at the local hospital. He was born May 16, 1910 in Wasco. Mr. Medler and his wife, Helen, married Aug. 28, 1944 in The Dalles. He served in the U.S. Navy with the Seabees during World War II. Mr. Medler was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church; a life member of The Dalles Elks Lodge, and a member of The Dalles Eagles Lodge, and Knights of Columbus and the Frank E. Brown American Legion Post in Wasco. He was also a member of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association; the Oregon Angus Association of which he served as treasurer for four years; director of the Western State Angus Association and was a life member of the Oregon Wheat League. Mr. Medler also served on the Sherman County Union High School Board from 1957 to 1967. He retired from ranching and moved to The Dalles in 1969. Survivors include his wife, Helen, The Dalles; a son, Douglas, The Dalles; a daughter, Mrs. Ron (Barbara) Svenson, Vernonia; two sisters, Dora Dumler, Salem, and Elda Macnab, Wasco; one granddaughter, five grandsons and numerous nieces and nephews. Recitation of the rosary was Sunday at Smith Callaway Chapel, and Mass of Christian Burial was Monday at St. Peter Catholic Church. Military rites followed at St. Peter Catholic Cemetery under the auspices of the Frank E. Brown American Legion Post. Casketbearers were George, Pat, Don, Pete, Robert and Thomas Macnab. Memorials are suggested to the St. Mary’s School Building Trust Fund; the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children or the Heart fund. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/m/medler3134gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb