Mr. George B. Gadberry of Anchorage, and Wasilla, Alaska, died 09/25/2011 in Medford, Orgeon while recovering from an accident he had on May 11, 2011, at his cabin in Wasilla. Mr. Gadberry was 83 years old.
George came to Alaska after World War II for an adventure and stayed for a lifetime. He was passionate about Alaska's outdoors, where he loved to fish, hunt, ski and, especially, to fly. He flew thousands of hours in floatplanes across Alaska skies. In his longest adventure, he piloted his Cessna 185 from Alaska to Maine and back in 1991. In retirement, George began traveling without his Bush plane, but the adventurous spirit remained. He bungee jumped in New Zealand, scuba dived in Fiji, rafted the Colorado River and climbed to the top of a Roman aqueduct in Spain. At the time of his death, George still had places he wanted to visit, such as Ireland.
Mr. Gadberry was a career Navy person and family man. He grew up on military bases, many in the tropics. After high school and a short stint at university in southern California, George headed north to Anchorage with high-school sweetheart, Ethel "Phyl" Dillon of Corona, Calif., where they married in 1948. George trained as an electrician, served in the U.S. Army at Fort Richardson and worked with local contractors. George and friend Jim McNabb co-founded Electric Inc. It grew during the construction boom of the 1960s and 1970s into a large, well-respected electrical contracting firm. At the end of his career, a national group recognized George's exceptional service and elected him a Fellow of the Academy of Electrical Contracting.
Mr. Gadberry leaves behind his wife: Deborah Gadberry of Wasilla, Alaska; 1 daughter: Janice Davis, and granddaughter, Whitney, of Monroe, Washington; a son and daughter-in-law: Gregory and Susan Gadberry, and grandsons, Benjamin and Brian, of Manchester, Maine; a stepdaughter, Lillian Thompson, and step-grandchildren, Trevor and Dillon, of Phoenix, Ariz.; and stepsons Thor Thompson of Eagle Point, Ore., and Michael Powell of Fairbanks.
Preceding him in death were his brother, Dwight Gadberry and by a wife, Monika Gadberry.
Mr. Gadberry was buried at Eagle Point, Oregon. Arrangements were made by Conger-Morris Funeral Home of Central Point, Oregon.
George came to Alaska after World War II for an adventure and stayed for a lifetime. He was passionate about Alaska's outdoors, where he loved to fish, hunt, ski and, especially, to fly. He flew thousands of hours in floatplanes across Alaska skies. In his longest adventure, he piloted his Cessna 185 from Alaska to Maine and back in 1991. In retirement, George began traveling without his Bush plane, but the adventurous spirit remained. He bungee jumped in New Zealand, scuba dived in Fiji, rafted the Colorado River and climbed to the top of a Roman aqueduct in Spain. At the time of his death, George still had places he wanted to visit, such as Ireland.
Mr. Gadberry was a career Navy person and family man. He grew up on military bases, many in the tropics. After high school and a short stint at university in southern California, George headed north to Anchorage with high-school sweetheart, Ethel "Phyl" Dillon of Corona, Calif., where they married in 1948. George trained as an electrician, served in the U.S. Army at Fort Richardson and worked with local contractors. George and friend Jim McNabb co-founded Electric Inc. It grew during the construction boom of the 1960s and 1970s into a large, well-respected electrical contracting firm. At the end of his career, a national group recognized George's exceptional service and elected him a Fellow of the Academy of Electrical Contracting.
Mr. Gadberry leaves behind his wife: Deborah Gadberry of Wasilla, Alaska; 1 daughter: Janice Davis, and granddaughter, Whitney, of Monroe, Washington; a son and daughter-in-law: Gregory and Susan Gadberry, and grandsons, Benjamin and Brian, of Manchester, Maine; a stepdaughter, Lillian Thompson, and step-grandchildren, Trevor and Dillon, of Phoenix, Ariz.; and stepsons Thor Thompson of Eagle Point, Ore., and Michael Powell of Fairbanks.
Preceding him in death were his brother, Dwight Gadberry and by a wife, Monika Gadberry.
Mr. Gadberry was buried at Eagle Point, Oregon. Arrangements were made by Conger-Morris Funeral Home of Central Point, Oregon.
Mr. George B. Gadberry of Anchorage, and Wasilla, Alaska, died 09/25/2011 in Medford, Orgeon while recovering from an accident he had on May 11, 2011, at his cabin in Wasilla. Mr. Gadberry was 83 years old.
George came to Alaska after World War II for an adventure and stayed for a lifetime. He was passionate about Alaska's outdoors, where he loved to fish, hunt, ski and, especially, to fly. He flew thousands of hours in floatplanes across Alaska skies. In his longest adventure, he piloted his Cessna 185 from Alaska to Maine and back in 1991. In retirement, George began traveling without his Bush plane, but the adventurous spirit remained. He bungee jumped in New Zealand, scuba dived in Fiji, rafted the Colorado River and climbed to the top of a Roman aqueduct in Spain. At the time of his death, George still had places he wanted to visit, such as Ireland.
Mr. Gadberry was a career Navy person and family man. He grew up on military bases, many in the tropics. After high school and a short stint at university in southern California, George headed north to Anchorage with high-school sweetheart, Ethel "Phyl" Dillon of Corona, Calif., where they married in 1948. George trained as an electrician, served in the U.S. Army at Fort Richardson and worked with local contractors. George and friend Jim McNabb co-founded Electric Inc. It grew during the construction boom of the 1960s and 1970s into a large, well-respected electrical contracting firm. At the end of his career, a national group recognized George's exceptional service and elected him a Fellow of the Academy of Electrical Contracting.
Mr. Gadberry leaves behind his wife: Deborah Gadberry of Wasilla, Alaska; 1 daughter: Janice Davis, and granddaughter, Whitney, of Monroe, Washington; a son and daughter-in-law: Gregory and Susan Gadberry, and grandsons, Benjamin and Brian, of Manchester, Maine; a stepdaughter, Lillian Thompson, and step-grandchildren, Trevor and Dillon, of Phoenix, Ariz.; and stepsons Thor Thompson of Eagle Point, Ore., and Michael Powell of Fairbanks.
Preceding him in death were his brother, Dwight Gadberry and by a wife, Monika Gadberry.
Mr. Gadberry was buried at Eagle Point, Oregon. Arrangements were made by Conger-Morris Funeral Home of Central Point, Oregon.
George came to Alaska after World War II for an adventure and stayed for a lifetime. He was passionate about Alaska's outdoors, where he loved to fish, hunt, ski and, especially, to fly. He flew thousands of hours in floatplanes across Alaska skies. In his longest adventure, he piloted his Cessna 185 from Alaska to Maine and back in 1991. In retirement, George began traveling without his Bush plane, but the adventurous spirit remained. He bungee jumped in New Zealand, scuba dived in Fiji, rafted the Colorado River and climbed to the top of a Roman aqueduct in Spain. At the time of his death, George still had places he wanted to visit, such as Ireland.
Mr. Gadberry was a career Navy person and family man. He grew up on military bases, many in the tropics. After high school and a short stint at university in southern California, George headed north to Anchorage with high-school sweetheart, Ethel "Phyl" Dillon of Corona, Calif., where they married in 1948. George trained as an electrician, served in the U.S. Army at Fort Richardson and worked with local contractors. George and friend Jim McNabb co-founded Electric Inc. It grew during the construction boom of the 1960s and 1970s into a large, well-respected electrical contracting firm. At the end of his career, a national group recognized George's exceptional service and elected him a Fellow of the Academy of Electrical Contracting.
Mr. Gadberry leaves behind his wife: Deborah Gadberry of Wasilla, Alaska; 1 daughter: Janice Davis, and granddaughter, Whitney, of Monroe, Washington; a son and daughter-in-law: Gregory and Susan Gadberry, and grandsons, Benjamin and Brian, of Manchester, Maine; a stepdaughter, Lillian Thompson, and step-grandchildren, Trevor and Dillon, of Phoenix, Ariz.; and stepsons Thor Thompson of Eagle Point, Ore., and Michael Powell of Fairbanks.
Preceding him in death were his brother, Dwight Gadberry and by a wife, Monika Gadberry.
Mr. Gadberry was buried at Eagle Point, Oregon. Arrangements were made by Conger-Morris Funeral Home of Central Point, Oregon.
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