Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Pounds, Gaylord De Forrest June 25, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  July 6, 2004
     Gaylord De Forrest Pounds, 68, a resident of Pine Hollow, died Friday 
June 25, 2004, at the Oregon Veterans Home in The Dalles after a long battle 
with cancer from asbestos.
     He was born to Archie Vernon and Ila (Kenyon) Pounds, Sept. 28, 1935, in 
Portland. He was raised in different places throughout Oregon as his family 
moved, attending schools in Sandy, Klamath Falls and Welches. He attended 
Wasco Union High School in Maupin after moving to Wamic and Tygh Valley in 
1951.
     In 1953 at the age of 17 he joined the U.S. Navy and set his goals. On 
Sept. 29, 1956, he married Barbara Jean Whitecotton in Goldendale. They spent 
his military career in various places while he was stationed on several 
different destroyers, and an aircraft carrier. He was also a recruiting 
officer in Bend. They also lived in Pearl City, Hawaii, for 5 ½ years, where 
he retired from the Navy in 1972 as a boiler technician master chief. He was 
awarded many medals, including the Navy Achievement Medal, and also wore gold 
on his sleeve and insignia, indicating good conduct for each four-year period 
represented. He also served in Korea and Vietnam.
     In 1972 he moved his family to The Dalles, where he raised his children. 
He worked at the Goldendale aluminum plant where he was a general foreman, 
retiring in 1986. He and his wife then moved to Pine Hollow near Wamic, where 
he achieved much in the Pine Hollow Fire Dept. as well as becoming a medical 
responder for many years.
     He loved people and was always there to give any help he could until he 
became ill. He enjoyed his family, traveling with his wife in their RV and 
going across country. He was a member of the Tygh Valley United Methodist 
Church.
     He is survived by his wife, Barbara J. Pounds, of Pine Hollow; his 
daughter, Kathern I. Dousay, The Dalles; his sons, Daniel D. Pounds of The 
Dalles, and Vernon Pounds of Pine Hollow, and his former daughter-in-law Sally 
Clair of The Dalles. Also surviving are grandchildren Rebecca and Stephanie 
Dousay, Danyell Garcia, Michon and Joshua Wilson, Dennis Pounds and Anthony 
Campbell all of The Dalles, and eight great-grandchildren; his sister, Leota 
Ownbey of Sandy; his brother in-law, Jim Whitecotton of Dufur; numerous nieces 
and nephews, and his dog Jake. He was preceded in death by his parents and by 
sisters Imogene Fischer, Shirley and Dorothy Pounds.
     Memorial services will at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, at the United 
Methodist Church in Tygh Valley, Pastor Jerry Holland presiding. A potluck 
gathering will follow. Memorial contributions may be made to the United 
Methodist Church of Tygh Valley, or to the American Cancer Society for reseach 
on mesothelioma. Arrangements are by Columbia Cremation & Burial.


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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