The Wallowa County Chieftain
Enterprise, Oregon
April 19, 2007
Charles Franklin Trump died April 16, 2007, at home in Wallowa. He was 89.
Mr. Trump was born July 20, 1917, at his grandparents home on the banks of East Grossman Creek, toward Promise, to Luther and Mary Barton Trump. He spent his early years in the Promise area, and moved to Wallowa with the family in 1933. He attended Wallowa High School for a short time, dropping out to go to work to help the family. He wanted to sign up for military duty for World War II, but was refused by the recruiters because of ruptured ear drums; a fact that upset him all his life.
He met Ella Haney in 1925 at church in Promise, and married her June 20, 1939. Ella died on June 4, 1997, just short of their 60th wedding anniversary. He married Nancy McKenzie in October 1998.
Mr. Trump worked as a farmer, concrete man and road builder, and did whatever was needed. He cut logs in the woods for years before going to work in the mills. He worked at Bates Mill in Wallowa, the mill in Joseph, and finally went to Boise Cascade in Elgin, where he worked for 23 years before retiring at age 62.
He was an old-time fiddler, a talent inherited from his mother's side of the family. In addition to playing fiddle, he played guitar, piano, mandolin, some banjo, ukulele and mouth harp. He played whenever and wherever he was asked to go with a very few exceptions, usually due to a conflict in his schedule. Often times, he would have two or three gigs in one day because he'd forget that he had already made arrangements for another.
He joined the South Fork Grange after the Wallowa Grange closed. He belonged to the Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers' Association where he served as vice-president, president, and director for Wallowa County. He was a member of the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association, the National Old Time Fiddlers and the Gem State Fiddlers. He was very community minded and he served on the Wallowa Senior Center Advisory Board, the Wallowa County Public Transit Advisory Committee and the Evergreen Sewer District Committee.
Mr. Trump quietly donated thousands of dollars, musical instruments, and his talent to help others over the years. He has received numerous awards other than fiddling trophies that number around 100.
These include community service awards, grange awards, a special Sherwood (fiddle) Trophy, and the latest recognition by the Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce as Unsung Hero for 2006 for those community services.
Mr. Trump was an outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish, as did his first wife, and they spent many weeks in the woods cutting firewood for themselves, the grange hall, and those in need. He was always ready to raise money for someone in need, and most of the music he played over the years was to help raise money for charitable causes. He was a truly generous man with his time, his talent and his money. Above all, he was a gentleman who did his best to live by God's rules.
He is survived by his wife Nancy of Wallowa; sisters Gladys McCoy of Wallowa and Clarence and Maxine Chandler of La Grande; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Luther and Mary Trump, and sister Ruby Woodcock.
Services will be held at the Wallowa Senior Center on April 24. Interment will be at the Wallowa Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wallowa Senior Center Endowment Fund; Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers Scholarship Fund; or Wallowa Memorial Hospital.
Enterprise, Oregon
April 19, 2007
Charles Franklin Trump died April 16, 2007, at home in Wallowa. He was 89.
Mr. Trump was born July 20, 1917, at his grandparents home on the banks of East Grossman Creek, toward Promise, to Luther and Mary Barton Trump. He spent his early years in the Promise area, and moved to Wallowa with the family in 1933. He attended Wallowa High School for a short time, dropping out to go to work to help the family. He wanted to sign up for military duty for World War II, but was refused by the recruiters because of ruptured ear drums; a fact that upset him all his life.
He met Ella Haney in 1925 at church in Promise, and married her June 20, 1939. Ella died on June 4, 1997, just short of their 60th wedding anniversary. He married Nancy McKenzie in October 1998.
Mr. Trump worked as a farmer, concrete man and road builder, and did whatever was needed. He cut logs in the woods for years before going to work in the mills. He worked at Bates Mill in Wallowa, the mill in Joseph, and finally went to Boise Cascade in Elgin, where he worked for 23 years before retiring at age 62.
He was an old-time fiddler, a talent inherited from his mother's side of the family. In addition to playing fiddle, he played guitar, piano, mandolin, some banjo, ukulele and mouth harp. He played whenever and wherever he was asked to go with a very few exceptions, usually due to a conflict in his schedule. Often times, he would have two or three gigs in one day because he'd forget that he had already made arrangements for another.
He joined the South Fork Grange after the Wallowa Grange closed. He belonged to the Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers' Association where he served as vice-president, president, and director for Wallowa County. He was a member of the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association, the National Old Time Fiddlers and the Gem State Fiddlers. He was very community minded and he served on the Wallowa Senior Center Advisory Board, the Wallowa County Public Transit Advisory Committee and the Evergreen Sewer District Committee.
Mr. Trump quietly donated thousands of dollars, musical instruments, and his talent to help others over the years. He has received numerous awards other than fiddling trophies that number around 100.
These include community service awards, grange awards, a special Sherwood (fiddle) Trophy, and the latest recognition by the Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce as Unsung Hero for 2006 for those community services.
Mr. Trump was an outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish, as did his first wife, and they spent many weeks in the woods cutting firewood for themselves, the grange hall, and those in need. He was always ready to raise money for someone in need, and most of the music he played over the years was to help raise money for charitable causes. He was a truly generous man with his time, his talent and his money. Above all, he was a gentleman who did his best to live by God's rules.
He is survived by his wife Nancy of Wallowa; sisters Gladys McCoy of Wallowa and Clarence and Maxine Chandler of La Grande; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Luther and Mary Trump, and sister Ruby Woodcock.
Services will be held at the Wallowa Senior Center on April 24. Interment will be at the Wallowa Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wallowa Senior Center Endowment Fund; Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers Scholarship Fund; or Wallowa Memorial Hospital.
The Wallowa County Chieftain
Enterprise, Oregon
April 19, 2007
Charles Franklin Trump died April 16, 2007, at home in Wallowa. He was 89.
Mr. Trump was born July 20, 1917, at his grandparents home on the banks of East Grossman Creek, toward Promise, to Luther and Mary Barton Trump. He spent his early years in the Promise area, and moved to Wallowa with the family in 1933. He attended Wallowa High School for a short time, dropping out to go to work to help the family. He wanted to sign up for military duty for World War II, but was refused by the recruiters because of ruptured ear drums; a fact that upset him all his life.
He met Ella Haney in 1925 at church in Promise, and married her June 20, 1939. Ella died on June 4, 1997, just short of their 60th wedding anniversary. He married Nancy McKenzie in October 1998.
Mr. Trump worked as a farmer, concrete man and road builder, and did whatever was needed. He cut logs in the woods for years before going to work in the mills. He worked at Bates Mill in Wallowa, the mill in Joseph, and finally went to Boise Cascade in Elgin, where he worked for 23 years before retiring at age 62.
He was an old-time fiddler, a talent inherited from his mother's side of the family. In addition to playing fiddle, he played guitar, piano, mandolin, some banjo, ukulele and mouth harp. He played whenever and wherever he was asked to go with a very few exceptions, usually due to a conflict in his schedule. Often times, he would have two or three gigs in one day because he'd forget that he had already made arrangements for another.
He joined the South Fork Grange after the Wallowa Grange closed. He belonged to the Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers' Association where he served as vice-president, president, and director for Wallowa County. He was a member of the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association, the National Old Time Fiddlers and the Gem State Fiddlers. He was very community minded and he served on the Wallowa Senior Center Advisory Board, the Wallowa County Public Transit Advisory Committee and the Evergreen Sewer District Committee.
Mr. Trump quietly donated thousands of dollars, musical instruments, and his talent to help others over the years. He has received numerous awards other than fiddling trophies that number around 100.
These include community service awards, grange awards, a special Sherwood (fiddle) Trophy, and the latest recognition by the Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce as Unsung Hero for 2006 for those community services.
Mr. Trump was an outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish, as did his first wife, and they spent many weeks in the woods cutting firewood for themselves, the grange hall, and those in need. He was always ready to raise money for someone in need, and most of the music he played over the years was to help raise money for charitable causes. He was a truly generous man with his time, his talent and his money. Above all, he was a gentleman who did his best to live by God's rules.
He is survived by his wife Nancy of Wallowa; sisters Gladys McCoy of Wallowa and Clarence and Maxine Chandler of La Grande; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Luther and Mary Trump, and sister Ruby Woodcock.
Services will be held at the Wallowa Senior Center on April 24. Interment will be at the Wallowa Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wallowa Senior Center Endowment Fund; Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers Scholarship Fund; or Wallowa Memorial Hospital.
Enterprise, Oregon
April 19, 2007
Charles Franklin Trump died April 16, 2007, at home in Wallowa. He was 89.
Mr. Trump was born July 20, 1917, at his grandparents home on the banks of East Grossman Creek, toward Promise, to Luther and Mary Barton Trump. He spent his early years in the Promise area, and moved to Wallowa with the family in 1933. He attended Wallowa High School for a short time, dropping out to go to work to help the family. He wanted to sign up for military duty for World War II, but was refused by the recruiters because of ruptured ear drums; a fact that upset him all his life.
He met Ella Haney in 1925 at church in Promise, and married her June 20, 1939. Ella died on June 4, 1997, just short of their 60th wedding anniversary. He married Nancy McKenzie in October 1998.
Mr. Trump worked as a farmer, concrete man and road builder, and did whatever was needed. He cut logs in the woods for years before going to work in the mills. He worked at Bates Mill in Wallowa, the mill in Joseph, and finally went to Boise Cascade in Elgin, where he worked for 23 years before retiring at age 62.
He was an old-time fiddler, a talent inherited from his mother's side of the family. In addition to playing fiddle, he played guitar, piano, mandolin, some banjo, ukulele and mouth harp. He played whenever and wherever he was asked to go with a very few exceptions, usually due to a conflict in his schedule. Often times, he would have two or three gigs in one day because he'd forget that he had already made arrangements for another.
He joined the South Fork Grange after the Wallowa Grange closed. He belonged to the Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers' Association where he served as vice-president, president, and director for Wallowa County. He was a member of the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association, the National Old Time Fiddlers and the Gem State Fiddlers. He was very community minded and he served on the Wallowa Senior Center Advisory Board, the Wallowa County Public Transit Advisory Committee and the Evergreen Sewer District Committee.
Mr. Trump quietly donated thousands of dollars, musical instruments, and his talent to help others over the years. He has received numerous awards other than fiddling trophies that number around 100.
These include community service awards, grange awards, a special Sherwood (fiddle) Trophy, and the latest recognition by the Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce as Unsung Hero for 2006 for those community services.
Mr. Trump was an outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish, as did his first wife, and they spent many weeks in the woods cutting firewood for themselves, the grange hall, and those in need. He was always ready to raise money for someone in need, and most of the music he played over the years was to help raise money for charitable causes. He was a truly generous man with his time, his talent and his money. Above all, he was a gentleman who did his best to live by God's rules.
He is survived by his wife Nancy of Wallowa; sisters Gladys McCoy of Wallowa and Clarence and Maxine Chandler of La Grande; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Luther and Mary Trump, and sister Ruby Woodcock.
Services will be held at the Wallowa Senior Center on April 24. Interment will be at the Wallowa Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wallowa Senior Center Endowment Fund; Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers Scholarship Fund; or Wallowa Memorial Hospital.
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