Death Takes Auto Pioneer – George McCartney First Garageman
George McCartney, 74, who operated Portland's first garage, collapsed and died of a heart attack while fishing in the Columbia River near Sauvies Island Saturday.
Mr. McCartney's widow said her husband had opened and operated the city's first garage, and in the early 1900s he had the first Ford Motor Co. agency in Oregon.
Mr. McCartney, who was born in Portland, later was a ferry operator on the Burlington-Sauvies Island run for 27 years. He retired in 1951.
Mr. McCartney, who lived on Sauvies Island, had just hooked a 20-pound salmon when he said "I'm just all in" and collapsed, his wife said. Another fisherman brought the body to shore.
Survivors include the widow; a daughter, Nona McCartney of San Francisco; and two stepsons, Walter and Albert Stout, both of Seattle.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
[The Oregonian, 4 May 1959, p19]
George McCartney, 74, who operated Portland's first garage, collapsed and died of a heart attack while fishing in the Columbia River near Sauvies Island Saturday.
Mr. McCartney's widow said her husband had opened and operated the city's first garage, and in the early 1900s he had the first Ford Motor Co. agency in Oregon.
Mr. McCartney, who was born in Portland, later was a ferry operator on the Burlington-Sauvies Island run for 27 years. He retired in 1951.
Mr. McCartney, who lived on Sauvies Island, had just hooked a 20-pound salmon when he said "I'm just all in" and collapsed, his wife said. Another fisherman brought the body to shore.
Survivors include the widow; a daughter, Nona McCartney of San Francisco; and two stepsons, Walter and Albert Stout, both of Seattle.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
[The Oregonian, 4 May 1959, p19]
Death Takes Auto Pioneer – George McCartney First Garageman
George McCartney, 74, who operated Portland's first garage, collapsed and died of a heart attack while fishing in the Columbia River near Sauvies Island Saturday.
Mr. McCartney's widow said her husband had opened and operated the city's first garage, and in the early 1900s he had the first Ford Motor Co. agency in Oregon.
Mr. McCartney, who was born in Portland, later was a ferry operator on the Burlington-Sauvies Island run for 27 years. He retired in 1951.
Mr. McCartney, who lived on Sauvies Island, had just hooked a 20-pound salmon when he said "I'm just all in" and collapsed, his wife said. Another fisherman brought the body to shore.
Survivors include the widow; a daughter, Nona McCartney of San Francisco; and two stepsons, Walter and Albert Stout, both of Seattle.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
[The Oregonian, 4 May 1959, p19]
George McCartney, 74, who operated Portland's first garage, collapsed and died of a heart attack while fishing in the Columbia River near Sauvies Island Saturday.
Mr. McCartney's widow said her husband had opened and operated the city's first garage, and in the early 1900s he had the first Ford Motor Co. agency in Oregon.
Mr. McCartney, who was born in Portland, later was a ferry operator on the Burlington-Sauvies Island run for 27 years. He retired in 1951.
Mr. McCartney, who lived on Sauvies Island, had just hooked a 20-pound salmon when he said "I'm just all in" and collapsed, his wife said. Another fisherman brought the body to shore.
Survivors include the widow; a daughter, Nona McCartney of San Francisco; and two stepsons, Walter and Albert Stout, both of Seattle.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
[The Oregonian, 4 May 1959, p19]
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