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Gribbin Family History

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Obituary

Feb 8, 1903 – Jan 5, 1982

WEISER – Services for Harold Frank Gribbin, 78, Woodburn, Ore., formerly of Weiser, who died Jan 5, 1982, in a Tualatin, Ore., hospital, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Thomason’s Northam-Jones Chapel, Weiser, by Duane D. Obenchain, pastor of the First Christian Church, Weiser. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery near Weiser.

Harold was born Feb. 8, 1903, in Council to Frank and Lulu Orrell Gribbin.

He attended Weiser Institute and served four years in the Marine Corps in the Philippines, China, and Guam.

He married Thelma Morrison on Jan. 1, 1934, in California, where they lived until 1936. He served in the Berkeley (Calif) Police Department for nine years.

He returned to his family’s ranch on the Oregon side near Weiser in 1936. He managed the Oregon Bench Telephone Co. for many years. He was a member of the Jefferson School Board, a 25-year member of Weiser Elks Lodge No. 1683, and a longtime member of the Malheur County Farm Bureau. In 1969, he retired from farming and moved to Woodburn, Ore.

Survivors include his wife of Woodburn; two daughters, Donna Nicholson of Celaya, Mexico, and Nancie Williams of Boise; a son, Michael of Seattle; a brother, Orrell of Woodburn; two sisters, Fern Reynolds of Palm Desert, Calif, and Frankie Heegler of Altadena, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

From The Idaho Statesman – Thursday, Jan 7, 1982 – Page 12

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Michael Frank Gribbin, born August 15th 1945, at the Holy Rosery Hospital, in Ontario Oregon, on the last day of WW2. The story goes that my mother was being wheeled to the delivery room amongst the dancing, kissing, hugging and shouting of “The War is Over!!” – my mother yelled very loudly over all the noise, “The War is NOT Over until you get this kid out of me!!” Don’t know if the story is true, but sure sounds like my mother.

NOTE This part of this page is still in the process of being edited – read at your own risk.

More story to come, if you can’t wait, check the About page, there is a short version there.

From Michael Gribbin – July 15, 2023

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West 1st & Idaho Streets

Advertisement
-Co-owner of Gribbin & Stamper – Service Station & Market.

From Weiser American – January 5 , 1933

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