Smokejumper Obituary: Gahler, Lester E. (McCall 1943)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Lester, 75, died February 11,1990, of a heart attack while on vacation in Anaheim, California. He was born November 5,1914, in Needy, Oregon. Lester lived most of his life in this area working as a farmer and farm equipment contractor. He was operating the Filbertreats Candy Store in Canby, Oregon, at the time of his death. Lester jumped all three seasons of the CPS-103 smokejumper program and was based in McCall, Idaho. He had three fire jumps in both the 1943 and'44 seasons and four fire jumps in the 1945 season. Lester was buried in the Zion Mennonite Cemetery in Hubbard.

Identifier

Gahler_Lester-E_McCall_1943

Publication Date

September 2020

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Gahler, Lester E. (McCall 1943)" (2020). Smokejumper Obituaries. 396.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/396