Tribute

John Gahringer, Jr. went home to be with the Lord early in the morning of October 25, 2016.

John was born July 5, 1924 in Oak Park, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, to John and Alice Barclay Gahringer. He affectionately became known most of his life as “Jack.”

He came to Wenatchee when he was one-year-old with his mother, living with his grandfather, Frank Gahringer, a major Wenatchee orchardist, while his father John Gahringer, Sr. completed his medical residency in Chicago.

He attended Columbia School, Ellison Junior High and Wenatchee High School, graduating in 1942.

While he was at Reed College...