Wasco-Multnomah-Clatsop County OR Archives Obituaries.....Kemery, William Theodore "Bill" February 15, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, February 18, 2004
     William Theodore “Bill” Kemery, 75, The Dalles, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 
2004 at the Oregon Veterans Home.
     He was born April 10, 1928 in Rapid City, SD to Theodore Roosevelt and 
Margaret Ellen (Durham) Kemery and grew up in a log cabin in Cedar Island, SD.
     He joined the U.S. Army in 1951 and served with Battery “C” of the 770th 
AAA Gun Battalion while stationed at Fort Lewis. Following his military 
service he returned to South Dakota and worked on the Fort Randall Dam 
construction project at Pickstown. He later worked as an auto mechanic for 
several dealerships before opening his own service station in Gregory, SD. 
     He came to Oregon in 1969 and worked at the Swan Island Naval Shipyard in 
Portland for several years.
     He married Bonnie Jane Randall in August of 1988 on the beach near 
Warrenton at the historic Peter Iredale shipwreck, and the couple came to The 
Dalles in 2002.
     He enjoyed traveling, people-watching, and lingering with friends and 
relatives over numerous cups of coffee.
     He was a member of the Montevilla Baptist Church in Portland, the 
International Longshoremen’s Union, and had been a member of the Oddfellows 
Lodge (I.O.O.F.) in South Dakota.
     He is survived by his wife Bonnie of The Dalles; his mother Margaret 
Ellen Kemery in Wagner, SD; his children and step-children, son David Lee 
Kemery of Portland, step-son Richard Randall of The Dalles, daughter Beverly 
Ann Nelson of Portland, step-daughters Sonya Stufflebeam of Gresham and Angela 
Burchell of Fairview, and foster daughter Gail Moffitt of Gladstone. 
     Also surviving are his brothers, Charles of Wagner, SD, Stanley of 
Lititz, Penn., Russell of Tucson, Ariz. and Theodore of Pierre, SD and three 
step-grandchildren; Ashley Fagerson of Portland and Cassie and Marvin 
Burchellof Fairview.
     Graveside services will be Friday, Feb. 20 at 12:30 p.m. at Willamette 
National Cemetery in Portland. Memorial contributions may be made to the 
Oregon Stroke Center, CR-131, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 S.W. Sam 
Jackson Park Road, Portland, Ore., 97201-3098. 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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