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Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: Wednesday Obits
BONEBRAKE, Richard Wayne, 86, died on April 16, 2023. Richard was born to Clarence and Esther Bonebrake in Florence, Oregon on January 26, 1937. He graduated from Creswell High School in 1955, and married Shirley Barker in 1956. Richard served in the US Navy Submarine Service from1955 to 1966. After returning to Creswell, Richard worked as a facilities foreman for the Springfield School District and facilities supervisor for the Bethel School District, retiring in 1997. Richard was on the Creswell School Board from 1969 to 1984, and coached youth sports. He was an avid reader and enjoyed volunteering at the library. Richard liked sports, especially Gonzaga basketball and anything in which his grandchildren participated. He enjoyed fishing, golfing, bowling, and playing cards & games. Richard was preceeded in death by his sister Rachel Rand, and is survived by wife Shirley, daughters Susan Robinson (Jim) and Sharon Rexford (John), son J.R. Bonebrake (Shelly) and their families, brother Keith Bonebrake and sister Kathy Manwill. A memorial open house will be held on May 7th from 2-4 pm, at the Creswell Library. Published by Legacy Remembers Apr. 19, 2023.
GILLINGHAM, David Ray, MD, a retired anesthesiologist, died peacefully at home on April 2, 2023. Our Dad was 92, and he and our mother celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary this past December. Our Dad was born in Long Beach, California, to Harry Raymond Gillingham and Irene Bess Gillingham on August 30, 1930. A teenager during WW2, he started working at a gas station at age 14 while attending Wilson High School, sparking a lifelong love of cars passed on to some of his children. Dad graduated from Pomona College in Claremont CA in 1952. While there he met his future wife Martha Hendee in a mandatory Music Appreciation class, later crediting her with being the "guiding force" in his life. They were married in December 1952, and Dad reported for duty with the Navy about a month later. His duty stations included Washington, D.C., and Seattle, Washington. Separating from the Navy in 1956, Dad worked in retail, with an airline, and with Naval Investigative Service while completing his prerequisites for Medical School at the University of Colorado, a career choice inspired by a book on Albert Schweitzer found in his father-in-law's extensive library. After medical school, Dad returned to active duty with the Navy and completed his internship in Jacksonville, FL - a duty station #3 son Bruce would later command. He applied for submarine duty, and in 1964 the family moved to Groton, CT, for his assignment to the USS Thomas Edison (SSBN-610) Gold crew. Completing three Strategic Deterrent Patrols, he was transferred to the staff of Submarine Squadron 2 at Point Loma and moved the family to Coronado, traveling cross country in a station wagon - with 4 boys and 2 dogs. He was then accepted into an anesthesia residency program at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego (#3 son Bruce would command there too), and about that time moved the family to a large, old home in La Mesa, where over the course of 18 years all 6 of his children would graduate from Helix High School. Separating from the Navy in 1970, Dad joined Anesthesia Service where he worked for 15 years. In 1975 Mom and Dad purchased and rehabbed the Spreckels mansion in Coronado where they lived for 5 years before moving to Mt. Helix in 1980. They then divided their time between a house in Palm Desert, their home on Mt. Helix, with an occasional foray to their condo in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Dad worked at Grossmont Hospital in obstetric anesthesiology until he retired in 2004 after assisting hundreds of births and garnering the admiration of countless colleagues and patients. In retirement he enjoyed riding his bike (and shopping for cars), hosting family gatherings, reading, happy hour in his spa, writing letters on his manual typewriter, and going to Padre games. Our Dad was proud of his family and is survived by his wife Martha who now resides in Blossom Valley, sons Dave (Susan) of Coronado, Bob (Listy) of La Mesa, Bruce (Jeannette) of Coronado, Jim (Gretchen) of La Mesa and daughters Libby (Brinton) of Blossom Valley and Amy (Rich) of Excelsior, MN. He had 26 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Interment will be at Miramar National Cemetery at a date in the future. Per his wishes, no funeral is planned. Published by Legacy Remembers from Apr. 19, 2023.
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