The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., February 2, 1989, page 12
ROBERT VORCE
Robert Daniel Vorce, Dallesport, died Jan. 25 of natural
causes at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, at the age of 70.
Mr. Vorce was born March 29, 1918 in Atkin, Minn., to
Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Vorce. He was a resident of the area since 1947. He worked
in the logging industry and was a heavy equipment operator for construction.
He was a member of the American Legion.
Mr. Vorce is survived by his wife, Evelyn, Dallesport;
a son, Jerry Vorce, Vernonia, Ore.; daughters Charlene Peterson, Vancouver,
and Wendy Bradley, Seaside; brothers Beryl Vorce, Vancouver, and Richard
Vorce, Lyle; sister, Ethel Cozby, Vancouver; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside services for Mr. Vorce were held Jan. 28 at
11 a.m. at Balch Cemetery in Lyle, with Rev. David Kelly officiating.
The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, OR., January 29, 1989, page 2
ROBERT REED VORCE
Robert Reed Vorce, 70, Dallesport, died at the hospital
here.
He was born March 28, 1918 in Aitkin, Minn., to Mr. and
Mrs. Beryl Vorce. Mr. Vorce had lived here since 1947 and was a logger, and
heavy equipment operator and a member of the American Legion.
Funeral services were held Lyle with the Rev. officiating.
Burial was under the direction of Gardner Funeral Home, White Salmon.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn, Dallesport; daughters
Charlene Peterson, Vancouver, Wash.; Wendy Bradley, Seaside: a son, Jerry
Vorce, Veronia: brothers, Beryl of Vancouver, Richard of Lyle and a sister,
Ethel Cozby, Vancouver.
The Oregonian, Portland, OR., November 10, 1995, page B7
ROBERT L. VORCE
Richard L. Vorce, who owned The Tap Room in Lyle, Wash.,
died in his Vancouver, Wash., home Nov. 7, 1995, at the age of 62.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11,
1995, in Memorial Gardens Funeral Chapel in Vancouver.
A native of Aitkin, Minn., he was born July 4, 1933.
He had been a Vancouver resident for the past seven months and previously
lived in Lyle.
He is survived by his wife, Patsy of Vancouver; son Patrick
of Lyle; brother, Beryl Howard Vorce of Vancouver; sister, Ethel Cozby of
Vancouver; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family suggests remembrances to Hospice Southwest
in Vancouver.
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