Almos Eldridge LeFors, longtime Dallas resident, died in Dallas on March 12. He was 96.
He was born to C.D. LeFors and Nancy Charlotte Hepner LeFors in Jaskew Flats, Oklahoma Indian Territory.
The family moved to Dallas during his childhood years. He received his high school diploma from Dallas High School and graduated from Oregon Normal School, now known as Western Oregon University, with a teaching certificate.
He taught in Dallas schools and worked in various jobs in and around Dallas before returning to his studies and completing a bachelors degree at the University of Oregon. He had also spent a year teaching in Joseph.
Along with his friend and fellow Dallas teacher, Joe Harley, he traveled to the east coast in a Model T Ford, visiting the 1933 Chicago World's Fair en route to see Babe Ruth play baseball in New York City.
He was married briefly to Mable Worrel, the couple had one son, Wayne Hale LeFors.
He enlisted in the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor, serving aboard the mine sweeper U.S.S. Chief in the South Pacific.
On June 23, 1946 he married a Dallas girl, Laura B. Marsh in Washington D.C. At the time she was serving as a pharmacist's mate at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. They returned to Dallas where they raised two children, Marsha and Mark.
He worked for the Dallas Post Office, beginning with a rural route and retiring as Postmaster in 1976.
He was known as "Mr. Baseball" and played a pivotal role in the creation and growth of Cub Baseball, now Kids, Inc., in the Dallas area. He spent spring and summer evenings at the baseball field where he coached kids on various teams that he had encouraged local businesses to support. His love of baseball and a drive to help channel youthful vigor into positive outlets motivated him to help Dallas young people this way. In the early years of Cub Baseball, he was known to purchase baseball gloves and other equipment on his own and with the assistance of many others. His enthusiasm was easy to catch as many middle-aged Dallas area men will attest.
In 1961 he was recognized as "Dallas Senior First Citizen" by the Dallas Jaycees.
His role in laying the early groundwork for Kids Inc. by his tireless support of the American Legion Cub Baseball Program in its early years was recognized recently at the dedication of a new baseball field in Dallas.
He had been a longtime member of the Dallas United Methodist Church. He has been active in the local Veterans of Foreign Wars and Post 20 of the American Legion. He was also affiliated with the University of Oregon Alumni Association.
Survivors include his sons, Wayne LeFors of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Mark LeFors of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughter, Marsha Fitzwater of Dallas; and two grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 22 at the Dallas United Methodist Church. Visitation will be noon to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21 at Dallas Mortuary Chapel.
Contributions may be made to Kids Inc. for the purchase of equipment. Contributions will be used for youth who can't afford their own baseball gear.
He was born to C.D. LeFors and Nancy Charlotte Hepner LeFors in Jaskew Flats, Oklahoma Indian Territory.
The family moved to Dallas during his childhood years. He received his high school diploma from Dallas High School and graduated from Oregon Normal School, now known as Western Oregon University, with a teaching certificate.
He taught in Dallas schools and worked in various jobs in and around Dallas before returning to his studies and completing a bachelors degree at the University of Oregon. He had also spent a year teaching in Joseph.
Along with his friend and fellow Dallas teacher, Joe Harley, he traveled to the east coast in a Model T Ford, visiting the 1933 Chicago World's Fair en route to see Babe Ruth play baseball in New York City.
He was married briefly to Mable Worrel, the couple had one son, Wayne Hale LeFors.
He enlisted in the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor, serving aboard the mine sweeper U.S.S. Chief in the South Pacific.
On June 23, 1946 he married a Dallas girl, Laura B. Marsh in Washington D.C. At the time she was serving as a pharmacist's mate at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. They returned to Dallas where they raised two children, Marsha and Mark.
He worked for the Dallas Post Office, beginning with a rural route and retiring as Postmaster in 1976.
He was known as "Mr. Baseball" and played a pivotal role in the creation and growth of Cub Baseball, now Kids, Inc., in the Dallas area. He spent spring and summer evenings at the baseball field where he coached kids on various teams that he had encouraged local businesses to support. His love of baseball and a drive to help channel youthful vigor into positive outlets motivated him to help Dallas young people this way. In the early years of Cub Baseball, he was known to purchase baseball gloves and other equipment on his own and with the assistance of many others. His enthusiasm was easy to catch as many middle-aged Dallas area men will attest.
In 1961 he was recognized as "Dallas Senior First Citizen" by the Dallas Jaycees.
His role in laying the early groundwork for Kids Inc. by his tireless support of the American Legion Cub Baseball Program in its early years was recognized recently at the dedication of a new baseball field in Dallas.
He had been a longtime member of the Dallas United Methodist Church. He has been active in the local Veterans of Foreign Wars and Post 20 of the American Legion. He was also affiliated with the University of Oregon Alumni Association.
Survivors include his sons, Wayne LeFors of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Mark LeFors of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughter, Marsha Fitzwater of Dallas; and two grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 22 at the Dallas United Methodist Church. Visitation will be noon to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21 at Dallas Mortuary Chapel.
Contributions may be made to Kids Inc. for the purchase of equipment. Contributions will be used for youth who can't afford their own baseball gear.
Almos Eldridge LeFors, longtime Dallas resident, died in Dallas on March 12. He was 96.
He was born to C.D. LeFors and Nancy Charlotte Hepner LeFors in Jaskew Flats, Oklahoma Indian Territory.
The family moved to Dallas during his childhood years. He received his high school diploma from Dallas High School and graduated from Oregon Normal School, now known as Western Oregon University, with a teaching certificate.
He taught in Dallas schools and worked in various jobs in and around Dallas before returning to his studies and completing a bachelors degree at the University of Oregon. He had also spent a year teaching in Joseph.
Along with his friend and fellow Dallas teacher, Joe Harley, he traveled to the east coast in a Model T Ford, visiting the 1933 Chicago World's Fair en route to see Babe Ruth play baseball in New York City.
He was married briefly to Mable Worrel, the couple had one son, Wayne Hale LeFors.
He enlisted in the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor, serving aboard the mine sweeper U.S.S. Chief in the South Pacific.
On June 23, 1946 he married a Dallas girl, Laura B. Marsh in Washington D.C. At the time she was serving as a pharmacist's mate at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. They returned to Dallas where they raised two children, Marsha and Mark.
He worked for the Dallas Post Office, beginning with a rural route and retiring as Postmaster in 1976.
He was known as "Mr. Baseball" and played a pivotal role in the creation and growth of Cub Baseball, now Kids, Inc., in the Dallas area. He spent spring and summer evenings at the baseball field where he coached kids on various teams that he had encouraged local businesses to support. His love of baseball and a drive to help channel youthful vigor into positive outlets motivated him to help Dallas young people this way. In the early years of Cub Baseball, he was known to purchase baseball gloves and other equipment on his own and with the assistance of many others. His enthusiasm was easy to catch as many middle-aged Dallas area men will attest.
In 1961 he was recognized as "Dallas Senior First Citizen" by the Dallas Jaycees.
His role in laying the early groundwork for Kids Inc. by his tireless support of the American Legion Cub Baseball Program in its early years was recognized recently at the dedication of a new baseball field in Dallas.
He had been a longtime member of the Dallas United Methodist Church. He has been active in the local Veterans of Foreign Wars and Post 20 of the American Legion. He was also affiliated with the University of Oregon Alumni Association.
Survivors include his sons, Wayne LeFors of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Mark LeFors of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughter, Marsha Fitzwater of Dallas; and two grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 22 at the Dallas United Methodist Church. Visitation will be noon to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21 at Dallas Mortuary Chapel.
Contributions may be made to Kids Inc. for the purchase of equipment. Contributions will be used for youth who can't afford their own baseball gear.
He was born to C.D. LeFors and Nancy Charlotte Hepner LeFors in Jaskew Flats, Oklahoma Indian Territory.
The family moved to Dallas during his childhood years. He received his high school diploma from Dallas High School and graduated from Oregon Normal School, now known as Western Oregon University, with a teaching certificate.
He taught in Dallas schools and worked in various jobs in and around Dallas before returning to his studies and completing a bachelors degree at the University of Oregon. He had also spent a year teaching in Joseph.
Along with his friend and fellow Dallas teacher, Joe Harley, he traveled to the east coast in a Model T Ford, visiting the 1933 Chicago World's Fair en route to see Babe Ruth play baseball in New York City.
He was married briefly to Mable Worrel, the couple had one son, Wayne Hale LeFors.
He enlisted in the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor, serving aboard the mine sweeper U.S.S. Chief in the South Pacific.
On June 23, 1946 he married a Dallas girl, Laura B. Marsh in Washington D.C. At the time she was serving as a pharmacist's mate at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. They returned to Dallas where they raised two children, Marsha and Mark.
He worked for the Dallas Post Office, beginning with a rural route and retiring as Postmaster in 1976.
He was known as "Mr. Baseball" and played a pivotal role in the creation and growth of Cub Baseball, now Kids, Inc., in the Dallas area. He spent spring and summer evenings at the baseball field where he coached kids on various teams that he had encouraged local businesses to support. His love of baseball and a drive to help channel youthful vigor into positive outlets motivated him to help Dallas young people this way. In the early years of Cub Baseball, he was known to purchase baseball gloves and other equipment on his own and with the assistance of many others. His enthusiasm was easy to catch as many middle-aged Dallas area men will attest.
In 1961 he was recognized as "Dallas Senior First Citizen" by the Dallas Jaycees.
His role in laying the early groundwork for Kids Inc. by his tireless support of the American Legion Cub Baseball Program in its early years was recognized recently at the dedication of a new baseball field in Dallas.
He had been a longtime member of the Dallas United Methodist Church. He has been active in the local Veterans of Foreign Wars and Post 20 of the American Legion. He was also affiliated with the University of Oregon Alumni Association.
Survivors include his sons, Wayne LeFors of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Mark LeFors of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughter, Marsha Fitzwater of Dallas; and two grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 22 at the Dallas United Methodist Church. Visitation will be noon to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21 at Dallas Mortuary Chapel.
Contributions may be made to Kids Inc. for the purchase of equipment. Contributions will be used for youth who can't afford their own baseball gear.
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