+ SPIESS, Shawna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert + Marilyn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: Aug. 9, 1916
Death: Sep. 24, 1996

Wenatchee World - September 26, 1996
Cashmere

Gordon R. Spiess, 80, a longtime Cashmere area businessman, went home to his Lord, Tuesday morning, Sept. 24, 1996, at Central Washington Hospital.

He was born Aug. 9, 1916, in Grand Forks, N.D., to Charlie and Susan (Fritz) Spiess. In 1917, the family moved to Newport, Minn.

He married Violet "Wally" Bersinski Oct. 2, 1937, at St. Paul Park, Minn.

In 1935, he started to work for the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. in St. Paul. He was transferred as a foreman to the 3M Co. plant at Duluth, Minn., in 1945. He purchased an outdoor theater in Glenwood City, Wis., in 1947 and later built a drive-in theater in Red Wing, Minn., selling his theaters there in 1959. In 1961, he purchased the Cashmere Mountain Vue Drive-In Theater from Ben Slowe, retiring in 1971.

Mr. Spiess was a member of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Cashmere since 1961, and an avid hunter and fisherman.

Survivors include his wife, "Wally," at the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Marilyn Spiess; a granddaughter, Shawna Launer; a great-granddaughter, Hailey Launer, all of Cashmere; three brothers, Louis Spiess of St. Paul, Minn., Richard Spiess of Milton-Freewater, Ore., and Lowell Spiess of Pendleton, Ore. He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers.

Arrangements are by the Braun Funeral Home.

GORDON R. SPIESS - A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Friday morning, September 27, 1996 in the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Cashmere. The Rev. Father Maurice Peterson will be the celebrant. Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening, September 26, 1996 in the Braun Funeral Home Chapel. If desired, memorials may be made to the Cashmere St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Gordon's name. Concluding services and the interment will follow in the Cashmere City Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Braun Funeral Home.

Gordon married BRZEZINSKI, Violet (Wally) on 2 Oct 1937 in St Paul Park, Washington County, MN. Violet (daughter of BRZEZINSKI, Simon and WILCZINSKI, Helen) was born about 1911 in WI; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]