This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marysday Surnames: Pengelly, Young, Morris, Shew, Cross, Mitchell Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.lincoln/5500/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The News Guard, Lincoln City, OR 97367 Posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010 WESLEY L. PENGELLY Wesley L. Pengelly died in Lincoln City on July 2, 2010. He was 82. Wes was born on May 6, 1928, in Creston, Mo., to Charles and Anna Mae (Young) Pengelly, and grew up in Montana before finishing school in Pendleton and joining the U.S Army in 1945, serving his country honorably in Europe before his 1949 discharge. On May 7, 1949, he and Ruth Morris were married in Pendleton. Wes worked on the railroad for two years in Pendleton, then lived in various places in Oregon before coming to Tillamook in 1960. He worked at Tillamook Veneer plywood mill and the Homelight Shop, then farmed for 15 years in Beaver while operating Second Street Repair Shop until retiring in 1999. Wes was a lifetime member of the Cloverdale Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the Tillamook American Legion and Pleasant Valley Grange. He also served his community with Beaver Fire and Rescue, where he was a fire chief. What spare time he had was spent with his family and fishing and woodworking. Wes was preceded in death this year by a brother, Virgil Pengelly, and a sister, Ruth Shew. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Ruth Pengelly of Beaver; children Daniel Pengelly and wife, Candy, of Cloverdale; Sandra Pengelly of Albany; and Roxane Cross of Brush Prairie, Wash.; brother Merlin Pengelly of Geneva, Ohio; sisters Mabel Pengelly of Seattle and Thelma Mitchell of Richland, Wash. and granddaughter, Susan Pengelly of Cloverdale. Wes's life will be celebrated at a gathering on Saturday, July 10, at 2 p.m. at the Beaver Fire Hall. For more information, call Dan at 503-801-5270. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations in his name to the Lincoln City Rehabilitation Center. They may be made in care of Waud's Funeral Home. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.