James Richard Gerhardt

GERHARDT — James Richard, 83; born Sept. 17, 1934, in Missouri; died Sept. 21, 2017, Pleasant Hill, Ore. Surviving: wife, Joyce (Lange) Rowell; sons, James Gerhardt, Klamath Falls, Ore.; Christopher Gerhardt, Richmond, Va.; daughters, Julie (Gerhardt) Wehling, Oregon City, Ore.; Cynthia (Gerhardt) Thompson, Portland, Ore.; Jennifer (Gerhardt) Samujh, Daly City, Calif.; stepson, Edward Rowell Jr., Pleasant Hill, Ore.; 12 grandchildren, 20 step-grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and 25 step-great-grandchildren.

James "Jim" and his first wife, Myrna (Scott), were married for nearly 53 years. They were married in the Coos Bay (Ore.) Adventist Church in 1956; lived in Kansas for a number of years and settled in Klamath Falls, Ore., in 1967., where they raised their five children.

Jim was a professor at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT). During Jim's retirement in 2004, they moved to Poulsbo, Wash. They lived there until Myrna passed away in 2009.

After Myrna's death Jim moved back to Oregon and in 2010 he married Joyce (Lange) Rowell.