Gary "Gumpy" S Gumpert, a Prineville resident, passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2008.
He was 70 years old.
A memorial service was held Friday, May 9, 2008 in the afternoon at Prineville Funeral Home.
Pastor Brad Witbracht officiated.
Gary was born in Bend, Ore., on September 16, 1937 to Clyde William and Sylva (Severance) Gumpert.
He married Helene Swoboda on June 21, 1958, in Prineville and later divorced in 1977.
He married Rose Lawson on Dec. 23, 1983 in Prineville, Ore.
Gary was raised and educated in Prineville and graduated from Crook County High School in 1955.
In the third grade his family moved to San Louis Obisbo, Calif., then back to Prineville following World War II.
Following high school he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served from 1955 -1957.
He made corporal, serving at Ft. Ord, California and Fairbanks, Alaska. His parents farmed on Gumpert Lane for many years, then Gary purchased the farm from his parents in 1963 until 1978.
He logged from 1959 as a gypo until 1970.
He sold the logging company then owned a liquid fertilizer business for one year, then owned Airco (Rays Welding), for awhile then built a mill called Juniper Products in 1973 until 1978 at Gumpert Road.
He moved to the Mill Creek area in 1979. There he ranched and raised cattle.
He owned Gumpert Trucking log trucks, lumber trucks and chip trucks, hauling chips to Washington. He sold the trucks and started growing mint and garlic, east of Ochoco Lake. Gary was well known for helping build roads.
He sold the ranch in 2006.
Gary enjoyed building things, collecting antiques, old logging equipment, and especially being an inventor.
He was a member of the Juniper Canyon Baptist Church, and was looking forward to helping build the new church.
He accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal savior in 2008 was baptized on February 24, 2008.
Gary is survived by: his wife Daphne Rose Gumpert of Prineville; sons Clint and his wife Mollie Gumpert of Prineville, Lee and his wife Debbie Gumpert of Los Angeles, Calif.; daughters Cindy Meyers of Hermiston, Ore., Tonya and her husband Dave Gaylord of DeQueen, Arkansas, and Tracy and her husband Doug McMaster of McCall, Idaho.
Other survivors include: sister Judy Boring of Washington; eight grandchildren especially Cheyanne Gumpert of Corvallis, Cameron and Alexander Meyers both of Hermiston.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Contributions may be made in his memory to The Building Fund for Juniper Canyon Baptist Church.
Arrangements are in the care of the Prineville Funeral Home. |
