Barton C. Whalen

BARTON CONN WHALEN
DEC. 09, 1916-DEC. 31, 2013

BARTON " BART " WHALEN WAS BORN IN YORK, NORTH DAKOTA AND WAS THE OLDEST OF ELEVEN CHILDREN TO FRANK AND LANA (nee RUNCORN) WHALEN. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS WIFE VIOLET MARGARET WHALEN (1985) AND 7 OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS; HARRY WHALEN, FRANK WHALEN, ETHEL LAMKIN, JACK WHALEN, CONNIE SCHAEFER, BILL WHALEN.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS CHILDREN, DIANE MCSORLEY, BARTON J WHALEN, BRIAN R. WHALEN; FOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND SIX GREAT GRANCHILDREN; HIS BROTHER WARD WHALEN, AND SISTERS VIRGINIA JANKE, PAT LIEN AND ETTA FAYE MILLER.

HE PASSED AWAY IN OREGON CITY WHERE HE HAD BEEN RESIDING THE PAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS. BARTON LEFT HIS HOMEIN NORTH DAKOTA AND JOINED THE CCC'S, TRAVELING TO THE NORTHWEST WORKING ON VARIOUS GOVERNMENT PROJECTS. HE MARRIED VIOLET AND THEY SETTLED IN OREGON CITY WHERE DIANE WAS BORN.

HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE BOILER MAKER'S IN THE SHIPYARDS AND LATER WORKED SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE KRAFT FOODS COMPANY AS A DRIVER AND SALESMAN. HE WENT ON TO LEARN THE GROCERY BUSINESS, WORKING FOR SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESSES BEFORE BUYING HIS OWN SMALL STORE. WHEN THAT ENTERPRISE CONCLUDED HE JOINED THE MAINTENANCE DIVISION OF HUGHES AIR WEST, CLEANING AND FUELING AIRCRAFT UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.

HE MOVED TO SEASIDE, OREGON SHORTLY AFTER "VI" PASSED AWAY AND RESIDED THERE SEVERAL YEARS.

BART LOVED JAZZ AND BIG BAND MUSIC AND SPENT MANY AN HOUR RECORDING MUSIC THAT HE PASSED ON TO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.