World War I Soldier Dies at Age of 110

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May you rest in peace Sir. Thank you for your service to our country.

Maya

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World War I Soldier Dies at Age of 110

FOSSIL, Ore. (AP) - One of the oldest veterans of World War I has died at the age of 110.

Warren Jobe received his basic training near the end of the war, but the war ended before he saw combat.

``They were just being loaded aboard the ship to go to Europe when the Germans surrendered and the armistice was signed,'' his daughter, Annabelle Millet, 77, of Fossil, said Monday.

Jobe died Thursday of congestive heart failure at Mountain View Nursing Home in Madras. A funeral was held Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Fossil.

He was born Nov. 7, 1889, in Hillsboro, and moved at age 8 to live with relatives in Fossil - 122 miles east of Portland - after his mother died in childbirth

Jobe received his basic training in Camp Fremont, Calif., and was transferred to New York, where he was scheduled to ship out for Europe when the war ended. He was mustered out of the Army in 1918 in Tacoma, Wash.

``I remember the Army,'' Jobe said in a 1998 interview. ``I had a buddy, and he liked to fish. Every once in a while, we'd sneak off and catch a fish.''

After leaving the Army, Jobe homesteaded in Eastern Oregon and kept cattle, sheep and horses.

During the Great Depression, he was forced to leave the homestead and take a job at a sawmill in Kinzua, 11 miles south of Fossil. Before he retired in 1972, he did practically every job at the mill.

He married his wife, Nancy, in 1917 - shortly before entering the Army. She died in 1982.

Jobe attributed his long life to plenty of exercise and a good attitude. He lived on the outskirts of Fossil and often walked into town for groceries. He continued to hunt deer and elk until age 89, and he enjoyed fishing until age 107.

```He said he never smoked, he never drank, and he never argued with his wife,'' said his son-in-law, Goulder Millet. ``In his early 100s, he was out splitting wood like a 20-year-old man.''

In addition to his daughter, Jobe is survived by a son, Thomas, of Burley, Idaho; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

-- Maya (Maya@eck.ist), May 09, 2000

Answers

Maya-

What is your fascination with old age? Are you a Pisces?

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 09, 2000.


We are all going to die.

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), May 09, 2000.

Future Shock, you are funny. I am not a Pisces.

Older folks have much wisdom. We can learn so much from them.

-- Maya (Maya@eck.ist), May 09, 2000.


Quite fitting that a 110 year old man should reside in a town named FOSSIL.

-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), May 09, 2000.

GREAT catch there, CD. If there's anything in a town name, I will move immediately.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), May 10, 2000.


Thank you for your service.

-- respect (Havemanners@behave.com), May 10, 2000.

>> If there's anything in a town name, I will move immediately. <<

Fossil, Oregon is tiny and isolated. It is located near the John Day fossil beds, hence the name. It's on the edge of the Columbia plateau, a high, dry wheat farming country. Used to be a lumber mill there. It closed 20 years back.

Fossil is the county seat of, I think, Gilliam Co., which is just about the least populated county in the state. Fossil has about 300 residents. The courthouse is about 1900 vintage, and the only substantial stone building in town. Not much chance for employment. There's a retirement/nursing home. Some cattle ranching. The courthouse. That's about it. Worst motel I ever stayed in.

My aunt and uncle lived there for 8 years and even at the end of that time they were the "new family" in town and somewhat viewed as foreigners. You might want to reconsider, Anita.

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), May 10, 2000.


David L:

You stole my line!

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 10, 2000.


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