My name is George E. Gebhardt a resident at the Senioor Shorepine Park in Coos Bay, OR I wil be 90 years old on Aug 8, 2,005 and hope to drive my car for another 5 years. I go to the Catholic Church every Sun and to ther health club, 3 times a week. I have been retired for 25 years and enjoyed 6 different careers, rom graduate Geologist to restaurant owner. 5 years in WWII, Realtor, tree farmer, promoter, Cyanide Gold miner, Silver miner,financier, you name it. My wife Kay just turned 85. We are both thankful for rfelatively good health. We have 3 kids, Ann, Chuck and Georgiel. The first two, are now senior citizens. I wrote a 204 page autobiography. The title is "Birth, Boyhood and Beyond. It is a personal family book and can be checked out at the North Bend, Coos Bay and SWOCC college.
Thursday, July 07, 2005
About Me
- Name: George Gebhardt
- Location: Coos Bay, Oregon, United States
Born in 1915,in North Bend, Oregon. I will be 93 years old on Aug 8, 2008. I graduated in 1940 from Colorado School of Mines as a Geologist. My first job out of college was working for an oil cdompany in the swamps out of Morgan City, Louisiana. In December 1940, I was drafted into the U.S. Army as a buck private. My year was almost up, when Pearl Harbor hit. They sent me to Officer Candidate School, where I became an officer at Ft. Belvoir in the Army Engineers., 4 years later, I left the service as a Captain. I then worked for HYumble Oil (Now Exxon-Mibil) in the Houson, Tx. office as a specialist in the study of underground oil and gas reserrves. In 1947 I returned to Coos Bay, Or. spent 19 years in the restaurant business, built a bowling alley, owned 3 service stations and 17 years in the real estate business. I retired at age 65 in 1980. I then got involved with the mining business in gold silver and zinc. Like the old saying, "what goes around, comes around." I started with mining and end up with mining. My wife, Kay and I celebrated our 65th Wedding Anniv. We have 3 fine kids, One girl and two boys.
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