|
Gilkey, James L.
|
|
| LAST NAME: Gilkey
|
FIRST NAME: James
|
MIDDLE NAME: L.
|
NICKNAME:
|
|
| MAIDEN NAME:
|
AKA 1:
|
AKA 2:
|
AKA 3:
|
|
| GENDER: M
|
TITLE:
|
|
| BORN: 12 Oct 1920
|
DIED: 23 Apr 1965
|
BURIED: (Spring Valley Cemetery)
|
|
| OCCUPATION:
|
|
|
| BIRTH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
|
|
| DEATH PLACE: Clackamas Co., Oregon
|
|
NOTES:
1930 OR CENSUS - James L. Gilkey (9y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents Jesse S. (41y, b Colorado, married at age 26y, occupation civil engineer) and Mildred E. (36y, b Washington, married at age 21y) and brother Richard W. (14y, b Oregon)
MARRIAGE - James Gilkey & Juliane Vonserkows md 23 June 1953, Benton Co, Oregon
|
|
DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Clackamas County 1965) #7502 James Laurence Gilkey, male, manufacturing, married, spouse Juliane; b 13 Oct 1920, Portland, Ore; father Jesse S. Gilkey; d 23 Apr 1965, Mt Hood National Forest, of 825 Filbert Ave, Eugene, age 44y; cremated [Zena]; informant Juliane Gilkey, wife
|
|
OBITUARY:
SALEM (AP) - A Eugene, Ore., businessman - pilot and his fther are missing on a flight from Lewiston, Idaho to Eugene. They left Friday afternoon.
Feared down along the route are James L. Gilkey, 44, and Jesse S. Gilkey, 76, Dayton, Ore. They are reported to have left Lewiston only a few hours after they had arrived there on a business trip.
Taking part in a search Sunday were 22 planes from Salem, Springfield, Redmond, Pendelton and Bend. Ralph McGinnis, assitat aeronautics directore, said no reports had been recieved of the men landing enoute from Lewiston. The pilot owns Laurence-David, Inc., a Eugene wood putty firm. His father is a retired Oregon State Tax Commission appraiser.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 26 Apr 1965 pg 16
Bodies Found By Foresters
Two Dayton Men Plane Victims
ESTACADA (Special) - The wreckage of an airplane and the bodies of tow ment were found by fresters Thursday in the Pinhead Butte area, 15 miles southeast of the Ripplebrook Ranger Station.
The two bodies were tentatively identified as James L. Gilkey, 44, Eugene, and his father Jsse, 76, Dayton. Their small plane had been missing since April 23 or 24.
The identification was made from the p;ersonal effects on the two bodies, according to Clackamas County Coronro Douglas Pratt. State Medical Examiner Russell Henry will make positive identifation of the bodies Friday morning.
The Mt. Hood Forest Service reported that a piece of the wing of an airplane, believed to be from a Bonanza, the kind of plane that the Gillkeys were flying, was spotted from the air Wednesday, and that a ground search had turned up other bits of wreckage, including a sweater and a camera, scattered over a large area.
The Gilkeys had been en route from Lewiston to Eugene April 23 when their plain was reported missing.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 4 Jun 1965, pg 30
GILKEY - James L. Gilkey, 825 Filbert ave., Eugene, April 23, plane crash. Born Oct. 12, 1920, Portland, husband of Juliane, father of Peter and Joe, at home; numerous other relatives and friends. Memorial services Saturday, June 12, 10:30 a.m. Simon-Lounsbury Funeral Chapel, Eugene. Cremation private.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 10 Jun 1965, pg 35
|
|
INSCRIPTION:
Gilkey
James L.
1920 - 1965
[shares marker with Juliane]
|
|
SOURCES:
Janseen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (1965 Clackamas co) #7502
1930 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co, Hillsdale, ED 258, sheet 4B)
Oregon Marriage Index
Oreg 26 Apr 1965 pg 16
Oreg 4 Jun 1965, pg 30
Oreg 10 Jun 1965, pg 35
|
|
CONTACTS:
|
|
| ROW: II 26 A5
|
|
|
IMAGES:
|
|
