Updated: 07 Sep 2009
COMBS, Gerald L. 'Jerry'
Medford Mail Tribune, OR
03-20-2001
Gerald L. 'Jerry' Combs, 96, of Eugene, formerly of Medford, died Saturday
(March 17, 2001) in Eugene. A private service will be held at Hillcrest Memorial
Park in Medford.
He was born Aug. 22, 1904, in Oklahoma City, OK, the son of William and Marie
(O'Brien) Combs. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma. In 1926, in
Grove, OK, he married Katie Hampton, who died in 1974.
Mr. Combs was a teacher, coach and administrator from 1925 to 1950. He worked in
the retail shoe business in Salina, KS, from 1950 until his retirement in 1965.
He lived in Medford from 1965 to 1984.
He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Elks Lodge and was a 32nd-degree
Mason.
Survivors include two sons, Bill and Jack, both Eugene; four grandchildren; and
eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, Jerry Don and
Frank Edward.
Arrangements: Musgrove Family Mortuary, Eugene.
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