Cecil Ashmore

Cecil Frank Ashmore was born in Iron City, near Birmingham, Alabama to Joseph and Alice (Davis) Ashmore.  He traveled to the west in 1938, at age 18, as part of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) to Triangle Lake, Oregon.  He was paid $30 per month to build roads, bridges, trails and parks under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in an effort to stimulate the economy during the Great Depresssion.  Of the $30, $22 was authomatically deducted and sent to his parents in Alabama.

In World War II, he joined the Army and was part of the anti-aircraft in the Pacific, attaining the rank of Sergeant.  After the war he returned to Oregon and worked for Arnold Powell Logging in Blachly.  He enrolled in the Air Force and signed up for active duty in Korea, but spent most of his time in Alaska and Florida as a Staff Sergeant.  He discovered his love for planes as a pilot, then later as a mechanic, and was employed by many different companies in numerous countries from 1955 to 1982:  Alaska Airlines and Cordova Airlines in Anchorage, Alaska; Ethiopian Airlines in Ethiopia, Khartoum, Cairo, Athens, Frankfurt and Nairobi, Kenya; Air America in Okinawa and Taiwan; Continental Air in Laos; and Air Trust in Singapore and Malta.  Air Trust was a conglomerate owned by Chinese in Singapore which was incorporated with Orient Pacific Airways in Delaware, A United States registry.  This was the only way American drilling companies would fly out of the United States during this time in US history.  Cecil’s duties ranged from teaching airplane mechanics to airport management.

Cecil retired in 1981 to Tucson, Arizona then returned to Triangle Lake, Oregon in 1997 and finally Veneta, Oregon.  He was affiliated with China Post #1; American Club, Shanghai; Soldiers of Fortune Worldwide and American Legion.

Cecil was the youngest brother of three older sisters, Cora Phillips, Clara Sellers and Winnie Logan, all of whom have preceded him in death.  He was married to Genevieve Robertson, now deceased, from 1940 to 1949, then Lucille Koch from 1954 to 1996, and by common law to Jean L. Melhorn from 1992 to present.  He is survived by nieces Dorothy Roberts of Tucson, Arizona, Frances Cobb, and Jean Fields, and nephew Joe Mosely, all of Birmingham, Alabama.

Cecil, by his request, was cremated and his ashes spread overlooking his beloved Triangle Lake.

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