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Georgia Ann Gratke of Roseburg, Ore., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006 at the age of 77. Mass of the Christian burial was held on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2006 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Roseburg, Ore.
She was born on Sept. 14, 1929 in Nyssa, Ore. Georgia graduated from Crook County High School in Prineville in 1947. She attended Pacific University from 1947 until 1950. Georgia then graduated from the University of Oregon School of Music in 1953. She was a member of the Phi Beta National Honorary Fraternity. Early in her adult life, her hobbies and activities included quilting, cooking, swimming, and singing as a soprano soloist in her church and at community functions over the decades.
In 1952, she began teaching music in Reedsport, Ore. Her community involvement is what she will be most remembered for. She was involved with many Roseburg and Douglas County activities.
She was a University of Oregon Mother's Club member and president, Organizing Chair of the University of Oregon Parents Club, University of Oregon Foundation Board. In 1979, she was appointed by then Governor Ateyeh to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education for a period of seven years.
In 1980 she received the Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce First Citizen Award.
Her work in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) began in 1970, with positions including State Chair.
Recent DAR involvement included the position of State Treasurer. In the early 1980's, she began a career in local real estate. She worked for several local firms before retiring from the Neil Company realtors in the early 1990's. Georgia is survived by: her son David; daughter-in-law, Pam; granddaughter, Sydney Elizabeth; brothers, Hugh Dragich of Prineville, Dale Dragich of Belen, New Mexico and numerous nieces and nephews. Georgia was preceded in death by her daughter, Gretchen Elizabeth in 1967 and her husband, George Carl in 1992. |
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