Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Baldwin, Franklin "Frank" Frederick August 26, 1995 ************************************************ 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 Wakley iwakley@msn.com March 9, 2006, 11:16 am The Dalles Daily Chronicle, August 29, 1995 Franklin “Frank” Frederick Baldwin, 65, a resident of The Dalles, died at the local hospital on Aug. 26, 1995. He was born May 9, 1930 in Imperial, Calif., the third of four children to James Dewey and Sadie Elizabeth (High) Baldwin. He grew up in The Dalles. He worked from 1947 to the early 1960s on tug boats on the Columbia River and up the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska. He then had Baldwin Excavating and mined in Alaska from the mid-1960’s to the present. He was a member of The Dalles Eagles, Elks and Moose Lodge and enjoyed boating, fishing and bowling. He is survived by his wife, Cora Bernice (Brisco) Baldwin, whom he married on Sept. 5, 1951 in Berryville, Ark.; two daughters and their spouses, Connie Sue and Matthew Bowen, The Dalles; and Norma Jean and Gregory Thess, St. Louis, Mo.; seven grandchildren, Monica Richards, Miranda and Brandon Shanklin, Robin and Jamie Bowen, all of The Dalles; and Stephanie and Rachel Thess of St. Louis, and his sister, Shirley Ulrich of The Dalles. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Judy Kathleen Baldwin in October of 1970; a brother, Earl Baldwin in Jan, 1971; and his sister, Juanita Meader, in January, 1986. Viewing visitation will be at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home today (Aug. 29) from 2 to 7 p.m. and on Wednesday from 8 to 10 a.m. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home with Rev. Fritz Stranz officiating. Interment will be at The Dalles IOOF Cemetery. Memorials may be made to charities of the donors choice, sent in care of the funeral home. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Daily Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 2/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/b/baldwin117gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb