Grant and his wife Heide were married in Rogue River, and later relocated to the southern Oregon coast 54 years ago, in 1960.Īfter his retirement from Weyerhaeuser and his wife’s retirement from teaching at North Bend High School, the couple manned an Oregon State Forestry fire lookout for six summers in the Applegate region of southern Oregon. He also worked as a lineman for California Oregon Power Company (COPCO), and ultimately for many years, on heavy construction for Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in the bay area. With humility and rarely discussed, he received four medals during this period.įollowing the war, he returned to Oregon and trained to become a house painter and roofer. His WWII campaigns included D-Day on the Normandy beaches, The Battle of The Bulge in the Ardennes, the Rhineland, and Central Europe. Army’s 817th Tank Destroyer Battalion, under General George Patton. The 1940’s brought the escalation of WWII, resulting in his deployment to Europe. Air Force and Grant worked various jobs including the construction of Camp White. Later, in the1930’s he and his uncle trapped muskrats in Klamath Falls, Oregon for the U.S. The family later settled in Rogue River, Oregon where he received most of his junior and senior high school education. From those days his recollections include attending nine schools in one year and never knowing the teachers’ names. During his childhood in the 1920’s, he first lived with his parents who worked in the Willamette Valley hop yards, and then with his paternal grandparents as they oversaw 75 employees contracted to install telephone lines for Ma Bell Telephone along the length of the Oregon Coast, from Astoria to the California border. Cummings in Marion County, Oregon on September 8, 1921. Private cremation rites were held at Ocean View Memory Gardens in Coos Bay. A reception will follow in the church Fellowship Hall. at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road in Coos Bay, with pastor Jon Strasman presiding. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held on Saturday, Januat 2:00 p.m. William Grant Cummings, age 93, passed away with family by his side on Novemin Coos Bay, Oregon.
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