Malheur County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bracken, Fred September 16, 1988
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Nyssa Gate City Journal 9-21-88
Nyssa Gate City Journal
Nyssa, Oregon
Wednesday, September 21, 1988

Fred Bracken

Funeral services for Fred Worthen Bracken, 78, Nyssa, were held Tuesday, Sept. 
20, at the Nyssa LDS Stake Center.  Bishop Richard Beck officiated.  Interment 
followed in the Nyssa Cemetery, with military rites by American Legion Post 
#79, Nyssa.  Arrangements are under the direction of Nyssa’s Lienkaemper Chapel.

Mr. Bracken died Sept. 16, 1988, at home of natural causes.  

He was born Nov. 9, 1909, at Vernal, Utah, a son of Orlando J. and Mary Ann 
Worthen Bracken.  He attended several schools in southern Utah, and with his 
family, at the age of 12, he moved to Salt Lake City where he completed 
school.  Following graduation, he attended the University of Utah.

In the 1930’s, he married Lois Dalrymple at Salt Lake City.  They were the 
parents of a daughter.  He worked as a salesman in Salt Lake City, and also as 
a traveling salesman.

In early 1942, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy.  He was stationed in San 
Francisco and Norfolk, Va.  He then served in the South Pacific Theater during 
World War 11.  He attained the rank of chief, and was discharged in 1945.

At this time, he returned to Salt Lake City, then moved to Nyssa and bought the 
Atkinson department store.  He married Margaret Depew on March 17, 1948, at 
Boise, Ida.

In 1952, they bought the George Henneman hardware store in Nyssa, and operated 
in for three months.  They then remodeled the hardware store, and moved the 
department store stock to that location, where he remained operating the 
Bracken Department Store until his retirement in 1980.

He was a member of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce; and served on the city 
council, city budget board and the Nyssa School District board.  He was also 
very active with the Nyssa Merchant Committee, and was chairman of the drive to 
build Malheur Memorial Hospital.  He also served as chairman and board member 
of the hospital.  He was a member of the American Legion, Eagles Lodge, Elks 
Lodge, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  

Fred and Margaret took a cruise to the Panama Canal and the Carribean Islands.  
Fred loved to golf; they took many golfing trips with other couples.  He also 
enjoyed fishing.  

Survivors include his wife, Margaret of Nyssa; a daughter, Carol Bracken of 
Sacramento, Calif.; his father-in-law, Martin W. Depew of Nyssa; three 
grandchildren and their spouses, Dr. Bradley and Cynthia Prestiget of Palo 
Alto, Calif., Blain and Cheryl Gudath of Redding, Calif., and Cristie and Dr. 
Michael Gade of Rocklin, Calif.; a granddaughter, Andrea Gudath of Sacramento, 
and six great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Malheur Memorial Hospital, or to Malheur Nursing 
Home.  


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