Brandon Wade Norbury Feb. 27, 1972 – Feb. 3, 2023)
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has
ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown
at half-staff until sunset on February 15 to honor
Gresham Firefighter Brandon Norbury, who died after
suffering cardiac arrest while on duty.
(FUNERAL SERVICE, 1:00 PM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15)
EAST HILL CHURCH FAMILY
701 N. MAIN AVE, GRESHAM, OR.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2023
TIM MAGUIRE
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)
James Dean was one of those rare stars whose persona became
more famous than any of his films — and yet he would only live
to see one of those films released. The adaptation of Steinbeck’s
epic novel “East of Eden” (1955).
Three days after his assassination in Dallas, Texas, John F.
Kennedy was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington
National Cemetery in Virginia.
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, on a slope below Arlington House, where an eternal
flame (below) was lit by his widow to forever mark the grave.
Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy walk away from the president’s casket after lighting the Eternal Flame.
John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery
after its 2013 renovation.
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1901, U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by Leon Czolgosz, an American anarchist . McKinley succumbed
to his wounds on September 14, 1901. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt
was sworn into office on the same day, succeeding McKinley, who had
been reelected in 1900. Gzolgosz was executed on October 29, 1901.
Leon Frank Czolgosz (May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901)
The site of William McKinley’s tragic assassination in Buffalo, New
York is only marked by a plaque on a large boulder.
