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Elmer John GORHAM

Male 1911 - 1983  (72 years)


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  • Name Elmer John GORHAM 
    Birth 21 Mar 1911  Duluth,St.Louis,Mn Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Apr 1983  Duluth,St.Louis,Mn Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Oneotta Cemetery, Duluth, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3697  McGovern
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2023 

    Family Kathryn HAAR,   b. 28 Dec 1911, Proctor,St.Louis,Mn Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1997, Proctor,St.Louis,Mn Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage Duluth,St.Louis,Mn Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Eulalia Claire GORHAM,   b. Duluth,St.Louis,Mn Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Kathryn GORHAM,   b. Duluth,St.Louis,Mn Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Obituary.
      Elmer J. Gorham, civic, sports leader
      Elmer J. Gorham, 72, of 46 Fifth St., Proctor, long active in sports and civic affairs, died Monday in Nopeming Nursing Home.
      He served eight years as a St. Louis County commissioner and one term as a Proctor city councilor.
      A star athlete for the former Duluth State Teachers College, now UMD, in the early 1930s, Mr. Gorham retained a lifelong interest in sports. He was active with the Proctor Little League, Proctor Golf Course, and as a basketball and baseball referee and umpire.
      A native of Duluth, he retired in 1969 after 25 years as a machinist for the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway.
      He served on the board of directors of Miller-Dwan Medical Center and was active in the South St. Louis County Fair at Proctor, Nopeming Nursing Home, West Duluth Businessmen's Club and Blood Donors Inc.
      Mr. Gorham was a member of St. Rose Catholic Parish in Proctor, the DM&IR Veteran Employees Association and was a charter member and past president of the Hilltop Lions Club and a charter member of the Proctor Moose Lodge.
      Surviving are his wife, Kathryn; two daughters, Claire Downs of Duluth and Mary Kathryn Doble of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; a brother, Maurice of Fairmont, Minn.; a sister, Doris Herron of Grand Rapids; four grandchildren and a great-grandson.
      Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Rose Church. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. and wake prayers at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Bell Brothers Funeral Home in West Duluth.
      Duluth News Tribune, April 12, 1983


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