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Alonzo Wesley WICKHAM
(1868-1935)
Mary Henrietta MARRS
(1870-1955)
Cecil Edward WICKHAM
(1898-1989)
Gladys Elaine GRAHAM
(1900-1983)

Raymond Alvis WICKHAM
(1919-1986)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Esther STREETER
2. Velma Eve McCRACKEN

3. Living

Raymond Alvis WICKHAM 3

  • Born: 3 Apr 1919, Oregon City, Clackamas Co, OR 3
  • Marriage (1): Esther STREETER on 19 Apr 1946 in Skamania Co, WA 1
  • Marriage (2): Velma Eve McCRACKEN on 26 Dec 1947 in Clark Co, OR 2
  • Died: 9 Jul 1986, Portland, Multnomah Co, OR at age 67 4
  • Buried: 12 Jul 1986, Lincoln Memorial Park Cem, Portland, Multnomah Co, OR 4
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bullet  General Notes:

PHOTO: furnished by Betty Wickham House

1930 OR CENSUS, Multnomah Co, Portland: John M. Benesch, 35, married, 1st marriage age 21, b. IL, parents b. US, tailor, woolen mill; wife Gladys, 28, married, 1st marriage age 16, b. OR, father b. MI, mother b. OR; step-son Raymond A. Wickham, 11, b. OR, parents b. OR.

WWII NAVY, MARINE CORPS & COAST GUARD, Wounded in Action, OR: Raymond Alvis Wickham, Cprl, USMC, mother: Mrs. Gladys Cammack, 3212 SE Ave, Portland.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. Jan. 6, 1943: Former O. C. Man Awarded 'Heart' - For wounds received November 17 in action in the Solomons, Raymond A. Wickham of the United States marine corps, has been awarded the purple heart medal.
Wickham, who has been in the service for two and a half years, has been stationed in the South Pacific area. He was in active service in the Philippines. He attended school in Oregon City, where he was born. His mother, Mrs. Gladys Cammack, lived here for a number of years, and also attended school here.
Wickham received his training in California, and is the only child in the family.
His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Graham, formerly lived in Oregon City, where his grandmother makes her home. His grandfather is at present staying with Wickham's mother at 3212 S. E. 82nd street in Portland. His grandmother's address is 1220 Thirteenth street, Oregon City.

MARRIAGE RECORDS, Skamania Co., WA: Raymond A. Wickham & Esther M. "Streeter" married 4/19/1946.

OR DIVORCE INDEX, 1946-1955, (microfilm, reel 1): Raymond A. Wickham & Esther "Streader" divorced Jan. 27, 1947.

MARRIAGE RECORDS, Clark Co., WA: Raymond A. Wickham & Velma E. McCraken married 12/26/1947.

MARRIAGE RECORDS, Skamania Co, WA: Raymond A. Wickham & Velma E. Lovell married 6/28/1948.

OR DIVORCE INDEX, 1950-1955: Raymond Wickham and Velma McCracken divorced 9-17-54.

MARRIAGE RECORDS, Skamania Co, WA: Raymond A. Wickham & Velma E. Wickham married 11/30/1957.

OR DIVORCE INDEX, 1956-1960: Raymond and Velma Wickham divorced on Nov. 20, 1958.

MARRIAGE RECORDS, Clark Co, WA: Raymond A. Wickham & Alicemay M. Hampton married 3/6/1964.

MARRIAGE RECORDS, Clark Co, WA: Raymond A. Wickham & Alicemay M. Hampton married 9/5/1964.

OBIT, The Oregonian, Sat., July 12, 1986: Raymond A. Wickham - Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Wilhelm Funeral Home for Raymond Alvis Wickham, a Southeast Portland resident who died Wednesday in a Portland-area nursing home. He was 87.
Mt. Wickham, born in Oregon City, worked for 32 years for Southern Pacific Railroad. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II.
Surviving are a son, Raymond C. of Portland; two sisters, Betty House of Oregon City and Jean Gates of Dallas, OR; a brother, Jess E., of Twenty-Nine Palms, CA; his father Cecil E. of Sweet Home and three grandchildren.
Entombment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park. The family suggests remembrances be contributions to Disabled American Veterans.

FUNERAL CARD: In Memory of RAYMOND ALVIS WICKHAM - Date of Birth: April 3, 1919, Oregon City, OR - Date of Death: July 9, 1986, Portland, OR - Funeral Services: Saturday, July 12, 1986, 11:00 A.M. in the Chapel of Wilhelm Funeral Home - Officiating: The Rev. Patrick Meagher, OSB, St. Agatha Catholic Church - Jean Harper at the Pipe Organ - Private Vault Entombment, Lincoln Memorial Park, Terrace Colonnades

SSDI: Raymond A. Wickham; b. Apr 3, 1919; d. July 9, 1986; issued OR.

OR DEATH INDEX, 1903-98: Raymond Alva Wickham; b. Apr 3, 1919; d. July 9, 1986 in Multnomah Co; age 67.


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Raymond married Esther STREETER on 19 Apr 1946 in Skamania Co, WA.1


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Raymond next married Velma Eve McCRACKEN on 26 Dec 1947 in Clark Co, OR.2 (Velma Eve McCRACKEN was born on 21 Mar 1926,5 died on 14 Jul 1980 in Estacada, Clackamas Co, OR 5 and was buried on 17 Jul 1980 in Lincoln Memorial Park Cem, Portland, Multnomah Co, OR 6.)


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Raymond next married Living

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Sources


1 Skamania Co, WA Marriage Records.

2 Clark Co, WA Marriage Records.

3 Family Bible (1940s Letter from Mrs. Cecil Wickham).

4 Obituary of Raymond Alvis Wickham.

5 OR Death Index, 1903-98.

6 Obituary of Velma E. McCracken Wickham.


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