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| N1. | Merle was known to everyone as Cork. He worked as a logger in the Allegany area on Coos River until he could no longer do that kind of work due to a back injury. He spent the rest of his working life driving long haul trucks and working on tug boats that hauled log rafts up and down the Pacific Coast and sometimes to Hawaii. Gladys and Merle were divorced around 1969 and later remarried in Reno, NV.
Obituary: Jan. 15, 1929-Aug 15, 2002 A memorial service for Merle G. "Corky" McGuire, 73, of North Bend, will be held at 2 P.M. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at the North Bend First Baptist church, 2080 Marion Ave. James Treadway will officiate. Cremation was at Ocean View Memory Gardens and inurnment will be in the Rosewood Gardens at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Coos Bay. Mr. McGuire was born Jan. 15, 1929 in Yuma, Colo. He died Aug. 15, 2002, in Coos Bay. He had lived in the Bay Area for the past 68 years. He worked as a truck driver for Stalcup and Banry Trucking for many years and also as a tugboat operator for Sause Bros. Ocean Towing. He enjoyed hunting. He is survived by his wife, Gladys McGuire of North Bend; daughters and sons-in-law, Terri and Leonard Willyard of Springfield and Kelli and George Rodriguez of Salem; son and daughter-in-law Tracey and Diane McGuire of North Bend; mother, Genevieve McIver of Bandon; brothers, Lyle McGuire of Allegany and Dean McGuire of Cottage Grove, sister Joyce Leuthold of Coos Bay; grandchildren, Shawna, Ryan and Joge McGuire, Kyle Rodriguez, Heather Llamas and LaNette Willyard; and five great-grandchildren. The family suggest memorial contributions to the South Coast Hospice, 1620 Thompson Road, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420. Arrangements are under the direction of North Bend Chapel, 756-0440
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| N2. | MERLE G MCGUIRE 15 Jan 1929 15 Aug 2002 (V) 97459 (North Bend, «u»Coos, OR <http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/OR/Coos>«/u») (none specified) 543-28-9354 Oregon
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