1 Edwin Willner FREDERICKS1,2 (1910-1993) [11466]. Born 8 Jul 1910, Duluth, MN.2 Marr Rachel Agnes BAILEY 31 Dec 1946, Las Vegas, NV.1 Died 20 Mar 1993, Forest Grove, OR.2 Buried Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR.2
From The Oregonain (Portland, OR).
March 24, 1993 - Edwin Wilner "Ed" Fredericks of Forest Grove, a retired district director for the U.S. Customs Department in Portland, died of cancer Saturday in a Forest Grove care center. He was 82.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Forest Grove Residential Center. Private interment will be in Willamette National Cemetery.
He was born July 8, 1910, in Duluth, Minn., and was raised and educated in Seattle. A veteran of World War II, he was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army for two years until his discharge in 1946. He married Rachel A. Bailey on Dec 31, 1945, in Las Vegas, Nev.
Mr. Fredericks worked for the U.S. Customs Department from 1919 until his retirement as district director of customs in 1970. He had lived in Portland, Canby and Hillsboro before moving to Forest Grove in 1991.
He was a first vice commander in the American Legion. Mr. Fredericks was a charter member of the Colvin Presbyterian Church in Tigard and since moving to Forest Grove had attended the United Church of Christ.
Survivors besides his wife include his sons, Michael E. of New Delhi, India, and Lance B. of Gaston; daughter, Merrily Boone of Manchester, Wash.; brother, Elmer of San Diego; sisters, Mildred Hunter of Seattle and Leila Bankston of Santa Ynez, Calif.; and six grandchildren.
The family suggests that remembrances be contributions to the St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center hospice program.
| 1 | "Obituary of Rachel Agnes Fredericks in the Oregonian (Portland, OR), April 15, 2004". |
| 2 | "Obituary of Edwin Wilner Fredericks in The Oregonian (Portland, OR), March 24, 1933". |