The Oregonian (Portland, OR)
Friday, October 6, 2000
Henry Ladd Corbett
A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000, in First Unitarian Church for Henry Ladd Corbett, who died Oct. 1 at age 88.
Mr. Corbett was born Aug. 2, 1912, in Portland, where he lived all his life. He graduated from Lincoln High School and Whitman College. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. A businessman and real estate investor, he worked for Norris, Beggs & Simpson and owned Corbett Electronics and Corbett Investments, retiring in the late 1970s. He was the son of Henry L. Corbett, twice acting governor of Oregon and president of the Oregon Senate in 1935, and great-grandson of Henry W. Corbett, a prominent early Oregon merchant and U.S. senator from Oregon in the 1870s.
Mr. Corbett was a member of the church. In 1940, he married Katherine Coney.
Survivors include his wife; daughters, Glen and Gretchen; sons, Harry and Richard; brother, Alfred H; sister, Rosina Morgan; and seven grandchildren.
Interment will be in River View Cemetery. The family suggests remembrances to the Haven Project. Arrangements are by Riverview Abbey Funeral Home.
The Oregonian (Portland, OR)
Friday, October 6, 2000
Henry Ladd Corbett
A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000, in First Unitarian Church for Henry Ladd Corbett, who died Oct. 1 at age 88.
Mr. Corbett was born Aug. 2, 1912, in Portland, where he lived all his life. He graduated from Lincoln High School and Whitman College. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. A businessman and real estate investor, he worked for Norris, Beggs & Simpson and owned Corbett Electronics and Corbett Investments, retiring in the late 1970s. He was the son of Henry L. Corbett, twice acting governor of Oregon and president of the Oregon Senate in 1935, and great-grandson of Henry W. Corbett, a prominent early Oregon merchant and U.S. senator from Oregon in the 1870s.
Mr. Corbett was a member of the church. In 1940, he married Katherine Coney.
Survivors include his wife; daughters, Glen and Gretchen; sons, Harry and Richard; brother, Alfred H; sister, Rosina Morgan; and seven grandchildren.
Interment will be in River View Cemetery. The family suggests remembrances to the Haven Project. Arrangements are by Riverview Abbey Funeral Home.
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