Brissenden, Carroll Walter

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• Reference Number: BRIS.C001
• _FGRAVE: 97508770
• Military Service: World War II, United States Navy

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A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, in Cornwell Colonial Chapel in Wilsonville for Carrol W. Brissenden, who died Jan. 23 at age 87.

Mr. Brissenden was born Nov. 26, 1913, in Clay City, Ill. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in mechanical engineering and later attended Stanford University in the executive's business program. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific. He moved to Portland in the mid-1930s and worked for more than 40 years for Portland General Electric, where he was vice president and general divisional manager, retiring in 1976.

He was a member of Multnomah Presbyterian Church. He served on the board of directors of the local and national American Red Cross and was on the board of the Rose Festival Association. He was an executive director of United Good Neighbors. He moved to Wilsonville in 1990. He married Opal S. Stanford in 1937.

Survivors include his wife; daughter, Carolyn Harris; son, Richard; brother, Clarence "Bill" E.; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Private interment will be in River View Cemetery.

[Oregonian, 27 Jan 2001, Page: B05]

Buried:
Hilltop Maus., Unit C, Crypt 508

Carroll married Stanford, Opal Grace in 1937. Opal (daughter of Stanford, Elias and Boon, Minnie May) was born on 1 Mar 1912 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 17 Aug 2002 in Oregon; was buried in Riverview View Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

1. Brissenden, C.
2. Brissenden, R.

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• Occupation: Mail Carrier
• Reference Number: BRIS.J003
• _FGRAVE: 24196308

Joseph + Junkins, Nancy Edna 'Nan'. Nancy was born in 1878 in Illinois; died on 17 Apr 1969; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Reference Number: JUNK.N001
• _FGRAVE: 24196316
• Census: 9 Jan 1920, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; 1920 Census, Clay City (Village), Illinois, page 12a
• Census: 14 Apr 1930, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; 1930 Census, Clay City (Village), Clay County, Illinois, page 04b

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• Reference Number: BRIS.W001

Walter married Harris, Mary Theressa on 17 Sep 1874 in Clay County, Illinois. Mary was born in 1854 in Illinois; died on 16 Jun 1933; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Reference Number: HARR.M005
• _FGRAVE: 24071089