Wasco-Union County OR Archives Obituaries.....Worcester, Robert "Bob" Marshall September 12, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, September 14, 2004
     Robert “Bob” Marshall Worcester, 76, a resident of The Dalles, died of a 
heart attack at his home on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004.
     He was born on Oct. 13, 1927, in Omaha, Neb., to Nathaniel and Marye 
Anderson Worcester. He grew up and attended school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He 
entered the Navy in 1946 and served as a radio operator on a destroyer.
     He married JoeAnn Greene in 1946 in Cedar Rapids. They moved to LaGrande 
in 1973 where she preceded him in death in 1983. He married Kaethe Moll 
Gildersleeve on March 24, 1986, in LaGrande.
     He was a graduate of Coe College in Cedar Rapids and earned his masters 
degree in psychology from the University of Colorado in Denver. He was a 
therapist for Union County Mental Health in LaGrande and he worked as a stress 
management counselor in private practice until his death. Earlier careers 
included teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, and corporate vice 
president for both Motorola and Container Corporation of America.
     For the last 13 years Bob and Kaethe have made their home in The Dalles. 
His first priority was his family. He always enjoyed helping people, fishing, 
hiking, traveling and reading.
     He is survived by his wife, Kaethe Worcester, The Dalles; four children 
and their spouses, Wendy and Harvey Dunlap, Oklahoma; Sally and David McCann, 
Robert D. Worcester, and Barbara Carper, all of LaGrande; four stepchildren 
and their spouses, Christina and Jonathan Neumann and Alison Gildersleeve, 
Portland; Walter and Claudia Gildersleeve, Heimbach, Germany; and Jon 
Gildersleeve, Oakland, Calif.; 15 grandchildren, Robert, Misty, Matthew, 
Douglas, Katheryn, Sherry, Sarah, JoeAnn, Elizabeth, Julian, Isabella, Gannon, 
Simona, Elijah, Eric; nine great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Marilynn 
Faber, Iowa; and Ellen Connett, Colorado. 
     He was preceded in death by his wife JoeAnn and son Robert Marshall 
Worcester Jr. 
     Viewing visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 
and Thursday from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home. 
Mass of Christian Burial will be at noon Thursday, Sept. 16, at St. Peter’s 
Catholic Church with Rev. Joe Kelbel officiating. Private cremation will 
follow at The Dalles Win-Quatt Crematory.
     Memorials may be made to St. Mary’s Academy Scholarship Fund, 1112 Cherry 
Hts. Rd., The Dalles, OR 97058.


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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