NameMargeurite Alice Van Winkle 425
Birth6 Aug 1920, Pineville, Missouri
Death3 Nov 2012, Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon
Alias/AKAMarguerite Shaw
Spouses
Birth7 Jan 1915, Fraser, Clearwater Co., Idaho
Death1 Dec 2001, Ione, Oregon425
BurialHigh View Cemetery, Ione, Morrow Co., Oregon
Common Law1939, White Salmon, Klickitat Co., Washington425
Birth26 Oct 1924, Weippe, Clearwater Co., Idaho823,425
Death31 Mar 2009, Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon
OccupationUnited States Postal Service, Lewiston, Idaho
Notes for Margeurite Alice Van Winkle
PENDLETON
Marguerite A. Jordan
August 6, 1920-November 3, 2012
Marguerite A. Jordan was born August 6, 1920, in Pineville, Mo., to Curtis and Rose Ellen Van Winkle. She passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2012, in Pendleton, Ore., at the age of 92 years.
A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, November 10th, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in the Ukiah School gymnasium with a 2:00 p.m. graveside service at the Long Creek Cemetery following. Send condolences online at
www.burnsmortuary.com. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is handling arrangements.
She attended school in Pineville, Mo., and Joplin, Mo. When she was 18 years old she traveled by bus to Union, Ore., to be with her parents who had already relocated in Union, Ore.
She met and married John Tarzan Jordan. During World War II, Marguerite and John moved to Portland, Ore., where Marguerite worked at the shipyards becoming one of the original “Rosie the Riveters,” welding on the new ships. They later moved to Mitchell, Spray, Elgin and Weston, Ore., in the logging business. In 1957, they purchased Battle Mountain Café on Highway 395 near Ukiah, Ore. She became famous for her pies. In 1962 they moved to Ukiah, Ore., and she operated the Trail Room Café until they took over the management of the Ritter Hot Springs. They later moved to the Middle Fork of the John Day River Ranch and managed the Mountain Inn at Long Creek. They later divorced.
She helped open Wally Muzzy’s lunch counter in John Day, Ore., serving lunches and her famous pies. She married Orville Shaw and lived on the ranch at Long Creek, Ore., working at the Long Creek Post Office, as well as raising cattle and paint horses. Orville passed away in 1992. Marguerite married Irving (Bud) Jordan on February 14, 1993. Bud and Marguerite belonged to the Main Street Cowboys and the Sidesaddlers. They attended most rodeos in the surrounding area, riding on the calliope in the parades. She received Sidesaddler of the Year.
Marguerite enjoyed traveling, gardening, having dinners at her home, time with her children, and serving at the Pendleton Senior Center. She loved having her family and everyone around her. Marguerite raised many of her grandchildren. When Bud passed away, she lived in Pendleton and Ukiah with her daughter Linda Kerr. Marguerite was a lifetime member of the Women’s Auxiliary Post 922 and a member of the Baptist Church, both in Pendleton, Ore., and in Ukiah, Ore.
Survivors include her children: Nona Jordan, Ed and Donna (Jordan) Neumann, Linda Kerr, John T. Jordan and Mary Jordan, Donald and Lauren Jordan, and Mike and Sherri Jordan; her stepsons Bill Jordan and Robert Shaw; nephew Shane Van Winkle; sister Lena Grizel of Portland, Ore., and brother Donald Van Winkle of Rapid City, S.D.; many nieces and nephews; 24 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, two brothers, stepdaughter Jeannie (Jordan) (Roseneau) (Sharnhorst) Salisbury, and two husbands.
Posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 11:09 am | Updated: 11:17 am, Tue Nov 6, 2012 - http://www.eastoregonian.com/
Notes for Tarzan John (Spouse 1)
Lived in Lewiston, Idaho in 1930 census
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IONE, Ore. -- John T. Jordan, 86, of Ione, Ore., died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001, at Hepner, Ore. He was a former resident of the Weippe-Fraser area.
The funeral is at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Ione.
Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID) - December 4, 2001
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op...ie1961&id=I04635
Notes for Irving Clinton “Bud” (Spouse 2)
Irving (Bud) Jordan, 84, Pendleton, Ore.
- Friday, April 3, 2009 [
www.lmtribune.com/]Irving Clint (Bud) Jordan, 84, a Pendleton resident, went to be with Jesus Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. He was 84 years old.
A celebration of life service will be at 10 a.m. today at the First Church of God in Pendleton. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Normal Hill Cemetery in Lewiston.
Contributions in memory of Bud Jordan may be made to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Let'Er Buck Post 922, in care of Burns Mortuary of Pendleton, P.O. Box 489, Pendleton, OR 97801. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements.
Bud was born in Weippe on Oct. 26, 1924, to John Heltzel and Ica Chloe Waybright Jordan. Bud was the youngest of six children and was preceded in death by his brothers John Jordan, Brannon Jordan, Jack Jordan and Harry Jordan, and by his sister Margaret Jordan Rosenau.
Bud married Grace May Ruiz in 1946 and later divorced. Bud married Marguerite Shaw in 1993. Bud and Grace had two sons, Julius Clint Jordan, who preceded his father in death, and William Irving Jordan of Walla Walla. Bud leaves two grandchildren, Janelle Jordan Danielson of Scappoose, Ore., and William C. Jordan of Portland, Ore. With Bud's marriage to Marguerite Shaw, he also had six stepchildren: Linda Kerr, Donna Neumann, John Jordan, Mike Jordan, Don Jordan, Brenda Jordan and Nona Jordan.
Bud grew up in Lewiston, where he, his mother and his brothers and sister lived through the Great Depression. Graduating from Lewiston High School in 1942, Bud began college at Lewis-Clark Normal School before joining the U.S. Marines to serve his country. Bud served in the 5th Marine Division and saw action on Iwo Jima and was in the occupation forces in Japan.
After his honorable discharge from the Marines, Bud returned to Lewiston after World War II to drive cab, dig ditches and later began work at Potlatch Forests Inc. Bud joined the U.S. Postal Service in Lewiston in 1956. In his early years at the Lewiston post office, Bud started the Clearwater Credit Union and was its secretary/treasurer and also served as manager. Bud retired from the United States Postal Service as the postmaster in Langlois, Ore., in 1982.
Bud was a lifelong camper and fisherman. Bud was also a life member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and was a Pendleton, Ore., Main Street Cowboy. He spoke in area schools about his experiences in the Marines and the battle for Iwo Jima. Bud was a member of the VFW Let'Er Buck Post 922 and also served with the 6th Regiment of the Oregon State Guard Association of the United States. Bud was proud of his country and his service in the Marines. He was proud of and supported those who served in the military. He enjoyed serving others and was a lifetime donor to the ALACCA Bible Camp in Harpster.
Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements.
http://www.lmtribune.com/story/obituaries/35187/
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... lived in Pendleton, OR
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see personal notes on the ged file [ccs]