Ernest M. Demaray, News Guard Newspaper, Lincoln City, Oregon, January 6, 1999.
Ernest M. Demaray died at his home on Monday, Jan. 4, 1999, at the age of 79 years, 7 months.
Mr. Demaray was born May 30, 1919, at Dayton, Ore. He graduated from high school there in 1939. He went to Alaska, where he worked for the F.E. Company gold mining and at other jobs in Fairbanks and Anchorage.
He came 'outside' shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. From 1942 to 1945 he served in the Army Air Force as a B-17 pilot, flying 31 missions over Nazi Germany. He received an Air Medal with several oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross, and he was with the crews that flew the first shuttle missions to Russia.
His memoirs about his wartime experiences have been published in various military magazines and are available in some libraries. His dress jacket has been donated to the North Lincoln County Historical Museum. Demaray family artifacts from the Yukon and Alaskan gold rush days were donated to the Paul Jensen Artic Museum in Monmouth, Ore.
After the war he spent four years running a country store and Texaco station at Grand Island Junction, Ore., then spent two years in San Diego, Calif., working for Ryan Aeronautical Corporation.
Mr. Demaray moved to the south San Francisco Bay area in 1960, working as an aircraft controller and then as a postal worker.
He retired and returned to Oregon in 1984. His hobbies included boating, flying, bicycling, and swimming.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Elois Edwina (Coats); brother Harry Milton of Salem; sons Richard Ernest of Portolla Valley, Calif., and Milton Wayne of Fremont, Calif.; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his second son, Douglas Edward, who died in infancy.
Memorial services will be held at Panther Creek Senior and Community Center (on Wayside Drive in Panther Creek) at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9. Ken Herin will lead the service.
Memorial contributions have been suggested to the Paul Jensen Artic Museum, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon.
Contributor: Libby Summers (49338961)
Ernest M. Demaray died at his home on Monday, Jan. 4, 1999, at the age of 79 years, 7 months.
Mr. Demaray was born May 30, 1919, at Dayton, Ore. He graduated from high school there in 1939. He went to Alaska, where he worked for the F.E. Company gold mining and at other jobs in Fairbanks and Anchorage.
He came 'outside' shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. From 1942 to 1945 he served in the Army Air Force as a B-17 pilot, flying 31 missions over Nazi Germany. He received an Air Medal with several oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross, and he was with the crews that flew the first shuttle missions to Russia.
His memoirs about his wartime experiences have been published in various military magazines and are available in some libraries. His dress jacket has been donated to the North Lincoln County Historical Museum. Demaray family artifacts from the Yukon and Alaskan gold rush days were donated to the Paul Jensen Artic Museum in Monmouth, Ore.
After the war he spent four years running a country store and Texaco station at Grand Island Junction, Ore., then spent two years in San Diego, Calif., working for Ryan Aeronautical Corporation.
Mr. Demaray moved to the south San Francisco Bay area in 1960, working as an aircraft controller and then as a postal worker.
He retired and returned to Oregon in 1984. His hobbies included boating, flying, bicycling, and swimming.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Elois Edwina (Coats); brother Harry Milton of Salem; sons Richard Ernest of Portolla Valley, Calif., and Milton Wayne of Fremont, Calif.; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his second son, Douglas Edward, who died in infancy.
Memorial services will be held at Panther Creek Senior and Community Center (on Wayside Drive in Panther Creek) at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9. Ken Herin will lead the service.
Memorial contributions have been suggested to the Paul Jensen Artic Museum, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon.
Contributor: Libby Summers (49338961)
Ernest M. Demaray, News Guard Newspaper, Lincoln City, Oregon, January 6, 1999.
Ernest M. Demaray died at his home on Monday, Jan. 4, 1999, at the age of 79 years, 7 months.
Mr. Demaray was born May 30, 1919, at Dayton, Ore. He graduated from high school there in 1939. He went to Alaska, where he worked for the F.E. Company gold mining and at other jobs in Fairbanks and Anchorage.
He came 'outside' shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. From 1942 to 1945 he served in the Army Air Force as a B-17 pilot, flying 31 missions over Nazi Germany. He received an Air Medal with several oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross, and he was with the crews that flew the first shuttle missions to Russia.
His memoirs about his wartime experiences have been published in various military magazines and are available in some libraries. His dress jacket has been donated to the North Lincoln County Historical Museum. Demaray family artifacts from the Yukon and Alaskan gold rush days were donated to the Paul Jensen Artic Museum in Monmouth, Ore.
After the war he spent four years running a country store and Texaco station at Grand Island Junction, Ore., then spent two years in San Diego, Calif., working for Ryan Aeronautical Corporation.
Mr. Demaray moved to the south San Francisco Bay area in 1960, working as an aircraft controller and then as a postal worker.
He retired and returned to Oregon in 1984. His hobbies included boating, flying, bicycling, and swimming.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Elois Edwina (Coats); brother Harry Milton of Salem; sons Richard Ernest of Portolla Valley, Calif., and Milton Wayne of Fremont, Calif.; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his second son, Douglas Edward, who died in infancy.
Memorial services will be held at Panther Creek Senior and Community Center (on Wayside Drive in Panther Creek) at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9. Ken Herin will lead the service.
Memorial contributions have been suggested to the Paul Jensen Artic Museum, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon.
Contributor: Libby Summers (49338961)
Ernest M. Demaray died at his home on Monday, Jan. 4, 1999, at the age of 79 years, 7 months.
Mr. Demaray was born May 30, 1919, at Dayton, Ore. He graduated from high school there in 1939. He went to Alaska, where he worked for the F.E. Company gold mining and at other jobs in Fairbanks and Anchorage.
He came 'outside' shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. From 1942 to 1945 he served in the Army Air Force as a B-17 pilot, flying 31 missions over Nazi Germany. He received an Air Medal with several oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross, and he was with the crews that flew the first shuttle missions to Russia.
His memoirs about his wartime experiences have been published in various military magazines and are available in some libraries. His dress jacket has been donated to the North Lincoln County Historical Museum. Demaray family artifacts from the Yukon and Alaskan gold rush days were donated to the Paul Jensen Artic Museum in Monmouth, Ore.
After the war he spent four years running a country store and Texaco station at Grand Island Junction, Ore., then spent two years in San Diego, Calif., working for Ryan Aeronautical Corporation.
Mr. Demaray moved to the south San Francisco Bay area in 1960, working as an aircraft controller and then as a postal worker.
He retired and returned to Oregon in 1984. His hobbies included boating, flying, bicycling, and swimming.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Elois Edwina (Coats); brother Harry Milton of Salem; sons Richard Ernest of Portolla Valley, Calif., and Milton Wayne of Fremont, Calif.; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his second son, Douglas Edward, who died in infancy.
Memorial services will be held at Panther Creek Senior and Community Center (on Wayside Drive in Panther Creek) at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9. Ken Herin will lead the service.
Memorial contributions have been suggested to the Paul Jensen Artic Museum, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon.
Contributor: Libby Summers (49338961)
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