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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Jesse S. Gilkey ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Gilkey, Jesse S.
LAST NAME: Gilkey FIRST NAME: Jesse MIDDLE NAME: S. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 13 June 1888 DIED: 23 Apr 1965 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Delta, Colorado
DEATH PLACE: Clackamas Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1920 OR CENSUS - Jess Gilkey, age 32, occupation men's clothing agent, b. Colorado, is enumerated in the home of his mother-in-law, Anna Peaslee, age 64, widow, occupation women's clothing agent, b. Oregon, along with his wife Mildred E., age 26, b. Washington, along with Richard, age 4 yrs 6 mos, b. Oregon.
1930 OR CENSUS - Jesse S. Gilkey (41y, b Colorado, married at age 26y, occupation civil engineer) enumerated with wife Mildred E. (36y, b Washington, married at age 21y) and 2 sons, Richard W. (14y, b Oregon) and James L. (9y, b Oregon)

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Clackamas County 1965) #7501 Jesse Smart Gilkey, male, appraiser, married, spouse Laura Jane; b 13 June 1888, Delta, Colo; father John A. Gilkey; mother Fannie Barns; d 23 Apr 1965, Mt Hood National Forest, of Rt 1, Box 168, Dayton, age 77y; cremated [Zena]; informant Laura Jane Gilkey, wife

OBITUARY: 

SALEM (AP) - A Eugene, Ore., businessman - pilot and his father 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

INSCRIPTION: 

Gilkey
Jesse S.
1885 - 1965
[shares marker with Mildred]

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (1965 Clackamas co) #7501
1920 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co., Portland, ED 206, sheet 2B)
1930 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co, Hillsdale, ED 258, sheet 4B)
Oreg 26 Apr 1965 pg 16 
Oreg 4 Jun 1965, pg 30

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