DeGrover Bagby Sr., 94, 03/28/1916 to 09/28/2010
The Rev. Dr. Grover C. Bagby died Sept. 28, 2010. Born March 28, 1916, in Easton, Calif., he lived there with his extended family until 1934 when he left home for college. He received bachelor's and doctoral degrees at Drew University in Madison, N.J. He met Dorothy Waters there and they wed Nov. 24, 1938. They were married for 71 years.
In the 1940s and 1950s he was minister of Methodist churches in New York, New Jersey, and Southern California. His sermons were thoughtful, filled with the message of love (no brimstone), and aimed at challenging his congregation to make the world a better place for all people, including the disadvantaged.
In the 1960s, Grover accepted an administrative position in what was then the Southern California/Arizona Conference of the Methodist Church. The focus of his work at that time was on education and social justice. In 1963 he joined the Board of Church and Society at the national headquarters of the United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. His first assignments focused on the desegregation of the church. He collaborated with the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, the Congress of Racial Equality, and other civil rights agencies. He participated in and supported a variety of non-violent protest activities in southern states, including the second march (after "bloody Sunday") over the Edmond Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 1965.
He worked with, and in support of, a number of key civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez. Until his retirement in 1981, he worked tirelessly on behalf of national health insurance, gender inclusiveness, and Jewish-Christian relations. After retirement to Lake Oswego, he and Dorothy were active members of the Lake Oswego United Methodist Church where he maintained his involvement in social justice projects including participation in the establishment of the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center.
Grover was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy; his parents, Grover and Mabel Bagby; and sister, Helen and her husband, Stanley Romaine Hopper. He is survived by his children, Grover Bagby, Jr. (Susan) of Portland; Lewis Bagby (Donna) of Laramie, Wyo.; and Susan Matthews of Santa Rosa, Calif.; grandchildren, David Steidtmann (Genevieve), Matthew Bagby (Cynthia), Ryan Bagby (Kristin), Sarah Bagby, and Javahn Matthews; and great-grandchildren, Michael Bagby, Anabella Sadri, Liam Bagby, Sofia Sadri, and Lauren Steidtmann.
A memorial service to celebrate Grover and Dorothy's lives will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, in the chapel at River View Cemetery.
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)
Date: October 3, 2010
The Rev. Dr. Grover C. Bagby died Sept. 28, 2010. Born March 28, 1916, in Easton, Calif., he lived there with his extended family until 1934 when he left home for college. He received bachelor's and doctoral degrees at Drew University in Madison, N.J. He met Dorothy Waters there and they wed Nov. 24, 1938. They were married for 71 years.
In the 1940s and 1950s he was minister of Methodist churches in New York, New Jersey, and Southern California. His sermons were thoughtful, filled with the message of love (no brimstone), and aimed at challenging his congregation to make the world a better place for all people, including the disadvantaged.
In the 1960s, Grover accepted an administrative position in what was then the Southern California/Arizona Conference of the Methodist Church. The focus of his work at that time was on education and social justice. In 1963 he joined the Board of Church and Society at the national headquarters of the United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. His first assignments focused on the desegregation of the church. He collaborated with the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, the Congress of Racial Equality, and other civil rights agencies. He participated in and supported a variety of non-violent protest activities in southern states, including the second march (after "bloody Sunday") over the Edmond Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 1965.
He worked with, and in support of, a number of key civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez. Until his retirement in 1981, he worked tirelessly on behalf of national health insurance, gender inclusiveness, and Jewish-Christian relations. After retirement to Lake Oswego, he and Dorothy were active members of the Lake Oswego United Methodist Church where he maintained his involvement in social justice projects including participation in the establishment of the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center.
Grover was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy; his parents, Grover and Mabel Bagby; and sister, Helen and her husband, Stanley Romaine Hopper. He is survived by his children, Grover Bagby, Jr. (Susan) of Portland; Lewis Bagby (Donna) of Laramie, Wyo.; and Susan Matthews of Santa Rosa, Calif.; grandchildren, David Steidtmann (Genevieve), Matthew Bagby (Cynthia), Ryan Bagby (Kristin), Sarah Bagby, and Javahn Matthews; and great-grandchildren, Michael Bagby, Anabella Sadri, Liam Bagby, Sofia Sadri, and Lauren Steidtmann.
A memorial service to celebrate Grover and Dorothy's lives will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, in the chapel at River View Cemetery.
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)
Date: October 3, 2010
DeGrover Bagby Sr., 94, 03/28/1916 to 09/28/2010
The Rev. Dr. Grover C. Bagby died Sept. 28, 2010. Born March 28, 1916, in Easton, Calif., he lived there with his extended family until 1934 when he left home for college. He received bachelor's and doctoral degrees at Drew University in Madison, N.J. He met Dorothy Waters there and they wed Nov. 24, 1938. They were married for 71 years.
In the 1940s and 1950s he was minister of Methodist churches in New York, New Jersey, and Southern California. His sermons were thoughtful, filled with the message of love (no brimstone), and aimed at challenging his congregation to make the world a better place for all people, including the disadvantaged.
In the 1960s, Grover accepted an administrative position in what was then the Southern California/Arizona Conference of the Methodist Church. The focus of his work at that time was on education and social justice. In 1963 he joined the Board of Church and Society at the national headquarters of the United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. His first assignments focused on the desegregation of the church. He collaborated with the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, the Congress of Racial Equality, and other civil rights agencies. He participated in and supported a variety of non-violent protest activities in southern states, including the second march (after "bloody Sunday") over the Edmond Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 1965.
He worked with, and in support of, a number of key civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez. Until his retirement in 1981, he worked tirelessly on behalf of national health insurance, gender inclusiveness, and Jewish-Christian relations. After retirement to Lake Oswego, he and Dorothy were active members of the Lake Oswego United Methodist Church where he maintained his involvement in social justice projects including participation in the establishment of the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center.
Grover was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy; his parents, Grover and Mabel Bagby; and sister, Helen and her husband, Stanley Romaine Hopper. He is survived by his children, Grover Bagby, Jr. (Susan) of Portland; Lewis Bagby (Donna) of Laramie, Wyo.; and Susan Matthews of Santa Rosa, Calif.; grandchildren, David Steidtmann (Genevieve), Matthew Bagby (Cynthia), Ryan Bagby (Kristin), Sarah Bagby, and Javahn Matthews; and great-grandchildren, Michael Bagby, Anabella Sadri, Liam Bagby, Sofia Sadri, and Lauren Steidtmann.
A memorial service to celebrate Grover and Dorothy's lives will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, in the chapel at River View Cemetery.
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)
Date: October 3, 2010
The Rev. Dr. Grover C. Bagby died Sept. 28, 2010. Born March 28, 1916, in Easton, Calif., he lived there with his extended family until 1934 when he left home for college. He received bachelor's and doctoral degrees at Drew University in Madison, N.J. He met Dorothy Waters there and they wed Nov. 24, 1938. They were married for 71 years.
In the 1940s and 1950s he was minister of Methodist churches in New York, New Jersey, and Southern California. His sermons were thoughtful, filled with the message of love (no brimstone), and aimed at challenging his congregation to make the world a better place for all people, including the disadvantaged.
In the 1960s, Grover accepted an administrative position in what was then the Southern California/Arizona Conference of the Methodist Church. The focus of his work at that time was on education and social justice. In 1963 he joined the Board of Church and Society at the national headquarters of the United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. His first assignments focused on the desegregation of the church. He collaborated with the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, the Congress of Racial Equality, and other civil rights agencies. He participated in and supported a variety of non-violent protest activities in southern states, including the second march (after "bloody Sunday") over the Edmond Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 1965.
He worked with, and in support of, a number of key civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez. Until his retirement in 1981, he worked tirelessly on behalf of national health insurance, gender inclusiveness, and Jewish-Christian relations. After retirement to Lake Oswego, he and Dorothy were active members of the Lake Oswego United Methodist Church where he maintained his involvement in social justice projects including participation in the establishment of the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center.
Grover was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy; his parents, Grover and Mabel Bagby; and sister, Helen and her husband, Stanley Romaine Hopper. He is survived by his children, Grover Bagby, Jr. (Susan) of Portland; Lewis Bagby (Donna) of Laramie, Wyo.; and Susan Matthews of Santa Rosa, Calif.; grandchildren, David Steidtmann (Genevieve), Matthew Bagby (Cynthia), Ryan Bagby (Kristin), Sarah Bagby, and Javahn Matthews; and great-grandchildren, Michael Bagby, Anabella Sadri, Liam Bagby, Sofia Sadri, and Lauren Steidtmann.
A memorial service to celebrate Grover and Dorothy's lives will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, in the chapel at River View Cemetery.
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)
Date: October 3, 2010
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