This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GANNAWAY, Geren, Bowman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YaB.2ACI/1420 Message Board Post: From the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune 04-20-2005 at www.mailtribune.com A funeral for Richard "Dick" Bligh Gannaway will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 22, 2005 at the Scottish Rite Temple. Rev. Bill Hare of Upper Rogue United Methodist Church will officiate. Mr. Gannaway, 78, of Shady Cove died Saturday (April 16, 2005) in Medford. Memorial contributions may be made to Eastern Star Cancer Research, Mazama Chapter No. 185, P.O. Box 390, Shady Cove, OR 97539. He was born on April 1, 1927 in Oklahoma City, OK to H. "Stell" and Elizabeth Estelle Gannaway who preceded him in death. On Dec. 31, 1949 in Couer d'Alene, Idaho he married Eileen who survives. They moved to the Rogue Valley in 1959, and to Shady Cove in 1962. Mr. Gannaway served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a teacher, he taught music in West Linn, Talent and Shady Cove. He taught music and math in Trail. Mr. Gannaway was a member of the Upper Rogue United Methodist Church. He was Past Master of the Cascade Masonic Lodge No. 208, was a Scottish Rite 32nd KCCH, and a Past Patron of the Eastern Star Mazama, in Shady Cove. In addition to his wife, Eileen, survivors include a son, Jeffrey Earl Gannaway of Portland; daughters, Kathryn Lynn Geren of Sandy, and Constance Beth Bowman, of Rapid City, SD; and four grandchildren. Arrangements: Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary, Medford.