This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marysday Surnames: Hamblet, Howard, Takasumi, Harper, Gentry, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.lincoln/5368/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The News Times Newport, OR Posted: Wednesday, Apr 21st, 2010 James Darwin Hamblet James Darwin Hamblet, 81, of Waldport, Ore., died April 17, 2010 in Waldport. He was born June 13, 1928 to Uriah Hamblet and Vida (Howard) Hamblet in Oregon City, Ore. He attended Oregon State University and graduated from the University of Oregon. After college, he enlisted in the military, serving in the Pentagon during the Korean War. Afterward, returned to Oregon to work for the Social Security Administration. He was transferred to Baltimore in the 1960s to work at SSA headquarters and rose to the rank of manager in the foreign claims branch serving in Sicily, Mexico and other overseas locations. He retired to Oregon. He was the chairman of Bayshore Road Commission. He enjoyed fishing in Alaska and in Oregon lakes with his lifetime friend, Ned Takasumi, and grandson, Will. He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert Hamblet, who died at age three. He is survived by his wife, Jane Hamblet of Waldport; children, William Randall Hamblet, Susan Harper Hamblet and Matthew Lewis Hamblet, all of Virginia; sibling, Charlcia Gentry of Tucson, Ariz. and two grandchildren. A vaulted burial with full military honors at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Ore. will be at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, April 23, 2010. Memorial donations may be made to South Lincoln Resources, P.O. Box 1638, Waldport OR 97394. Affordable Burial and Cremation in Newport is handling arrangements. 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.