They remained in Baker and had two daughters and then moved to LaGrande where they had another daughter and a son. John worked as a brakeman/switchman for the Union Pacific Railroad until he lost his eye doing work on an automobile for his father-in-law. He was rushed to Portland, Oregon because there were no doctors qualified to do the surgery he required and the family remained adding another daughter and another son.
John eventually became a Cargo Checker on the waterfront and travelled the coast of Washington and Oregon working at the ports he was being called to work at.
Forced into disability and retirement he left the waterfront and lived a short six months after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
He was survived by his wife, six children, fifteen grandchildren, his father, brother, and both sisters and numerous in-laws and nieces and nephews.
They remained in Baker and had two daughters and then moved to LaGrande where they had another daughter and a son. John worked as a brakeman/switchman for the Union Pacific Railroad until he lost his eye doing work on an automobile for his father-in-law. He was rushed to Portland, Oregon because there were no doctors qualified to do the surgery he required and the family remained adding another daughter and another son.
John eventually became a Cargo Checker on the waterfront and travelled the coast of Washington and Oregon working at the ports he was being called to work at.
Forced into disability and retirement he left the waterfront and lived a short six months after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
He was survived by his wife, six children, fifteen grandchildren, his father, brother, and both sisters and numerous in-laws and nieces and nephews.
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