Mac graduated from the Agriculture College in North Dakota and worked on his parents dairy farm until adulthood. He served in the Minnesota National Guard in 1941.
Mac and his wife, Evelyn Hanson, with their 3 young children (Mary, Margaret, and Jim) moved to Oregon around 1942 where Mac was employed first as a shipyard employee and later as a Longshoreman.
Around 1956, the family moved to Milwaukie, Oregon where the parents remained until the mid-1970's when Mac and Evelyn moved to Troutdale, Oregon.
Mac belonged to the Masonic Lodge, including being a member of the Hull Council, Royal Arch, Knights Templar Commander, and Oregon White Shrine #1 until 1982, in Milwaukie Oregon.
For many years Mac was an avid rock hound. He went out and found the rocks of interest to him, cut, sanded and polished them to create beautiful sets of jewelry.
Fishing was an important part of Mac's life. He loved to fish for sturgeon and salmon on Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Since he could make as much money working on weekends as working weekdays as a longshoreman, he would often be out there fishing during the week if no jobs were available at the hiring hall.
Mac was preceded in death by his son, Murdo James McGregor (memorial #68138404), and his baby daughter, Beverly Annette McGregor, who lived less than two days.
Surviving him was his wife, Evelyn Mary (Hanson) McGregor (memorial #68721153); his two daughters, Mary (McGregor) Cates and Margaret (McGregor) Robinson (memorial #1127648); and 7 grandchildren.
One day, daughter Mary took Evelyn to place flowers at Mac's crypt. The crypt is at the top level of the wall. The wall is about 12' tall.
But, not to worry, the Memorial Park provides visitors who want to leave flowers an extendable rod that will hold the vase and allow the person to place the vase in the vase holder on the crypt.
Carefully placing the lovely bouquet into the vase, filling the vase with water and placing it in the extendable rod's jaws, Mary began lifting the vase into the air. As she was lifting the vase into the air, water would splash out, giving her an unwanted shower.
Fishing around and trying to get the vase hooked onto the vase holder, with continual drops flowing from the vase blanketing Mary, she finally got the vase in place and was able to dry off some.
When she and Evelyn looked up to see how the flowers looked... they realized that the flowers had ended up being placed on the crypt next to Mac's!
They looked at each other... looked at the flowers again... laughed and decided that Mac would have appreciated the effort and would have had a good laugh over the result.
The flowers remained on the neighbors crypt and the giggling ladies left.
Mac and his wife, Evelyn Hanson, with their 3 young children (Mary, Margaret, and Jim) moved to Oregon around 1942 where Mac was employed first as a shipyard employee and later as a Longshoreman.
Around 1956, the family moved to Milwaukie, Oregon where the parents remained until the mid-1970's when Mac and Evelyn moved to Troutdale, Oregon.
Mac belonged to the Masonic Lodge, including being a member of the Hull Council, Royal Arch, Knights Templar Commander, and Oregon White Shrine #1 until 1982, in Milwaukie Oregon.
For many years Mac was an avid rock hound. He went out and found the rocks of interest to him, cut, sanded and polished them to create beautiful sets of jewelry.
Fishing was an important part of Mac's life. He loved to fish for sturgeon and salmon on Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Since he could make as much money working on weekends as working weekdays as a longshoreman, he would often be out there fishing during the week if no jobs were available at the hiring hall.
Mac was preceded in death by his son, Murdo James McGregor (memorial #68138404), and his baby daughter, Beverly Annette McGregor, who lived less than two days.
Surviving him was his wife, Evelyn Mary (Hanson) McGregor (memorial #68721153); his two daughters, Mary (McGregor) Cates and Margaret (McGregor) Robinson (memorial #1127648); and 7 grandchildren.
One day, daughter Mary took Evelyn to place flowers at Mac's crypt. The crypt is at the top level of the wall. The wall is about 12' tall.
But, not to worry, the Memorial Park provides visitors who want to leave flowers an extendable rod that will hold the vase and allow the person to place the vase in the vase holder on the crypt.
Carefully placing the lovely bouquet into the vase, filling the vase with water and placing it in the extendable rod's jaws, Mary began lifting the vase into the air. As she was lifting the vase into the air, water would splash out, giving her an unwanted shower.
Fishing around and trying to get the vase hooked onto the vase holder, with continual drops flowing from the vase blanketing Mary, she finally got the vase in place and was able to dry off some.
When she and Evelyn looked up to see how the flowers looked... they realized that the flowers had ended up being placed on the crypt next to Mac's!
They looked at each other... looked at the flowers again... laughed and decided that Mac would have appreciated the effort and would have had a good laugh over the result.
The flowers remained on the neighbors crypt and the giggling ladies left.
Mac graduated from the Agriculture College in North Dakota and worked on his parents dairy farm until adulthood. He served in the Minnesota National Guard in 1941.
Mac and his wife, Evelyn Hanson, with their 3 young children (Mary, Margaret, and Jim) moved to Oregon around 1942 where Mac was employed first as a shipyard employee and later as a Longshoreman.
Around 1956, the family moved to Milwaukie, Oregon where the parents remained until the mid-1970's when Mac and Evelyn moved to Troutdale, Oregon.
Mac belonged to the Masonic Lodge, including being a member of the Hull Council, Royal Arch, Knights Templar Commander, and Oregon White Shrine #1 until 1982, in Milwaukie Oregon.
For many years Mac was an avid rock hound. He went out and found the rocks of interest to him, cut, sanded and polished them to create beautiful sets of jewelry.
Fishing was an important part of Mac's life. He loved to fish for sturgeon and salmon on Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Since he could make as much money working on weekends as working weekdays as a longshoreman, he would often be out there fishing during the week if no jobs were available at the hiring hall.
Mac was preceded in death by his son, Murdo James McGregor (memorial #68138404), and his baby daughter, Beverly Annette McGregor, who lived less than two days.
Surviving him was his wife, Evelyn Mary (Hanson) McGregor (memorial #68721153); his two daughters, Mary (McGregor) Cates and Margaret (McGregor) Robinson (memorial #1127648); and 7 grandchildren.
One day, daughter Mary took Evelyn to place flowers at Mac's crypt. The crypt is at the top level of the wall. The wall is about 12' tall.
But, not to worry, the Memorial Park provides visitors who want to leave flowers an extendable rod that will hold the vase and allow the person to place the vase in the vase holder on the crypt.
Carefully placing the lovely bouquet into the vase, filling the vase with water and placing it in the extendable rod's jaws, Mary began lifting the vase into the air. As she was lifting the vase into the air, water would splash out, giving her an unwanted shower.
Fishing around and trying to get the vase hooked onto the vase holder, with continual drops flowing from the vase blanketing Mary, she finally got the vase in place and was able to dry off some.
When she and Evelyn looked up to see how the flowers looked... they realized that the flowers had ended up being placed on the crypt next to Mac's!
They looked at each other... looked at the flowers again... laughed and decided that Mac would have appreciated the effort and would have had a good laugh over the result.
The flowers remained on the neighbors crypt and the giggling ladies left.
Mac and his wife, Evelyn Hanson, with their 3 young children (Mary, Margaret, and Jim) moved to Oregon around 1942 where Mac was employed first as a shipyard employee and later as a Longshoreman.
Around 1956, the family moved to Milwaukie, Oregon where the parents remained until the mid-1970's when Mac and Evelyn moved to Troutdale, Oregon.
Mac belonged to the Masonic Lodge, including being a member of the Hull Council, Royal Arch, Knights Templar Commander, and Oregon White Shrine #1 until 1982, in Milwaukie Oregon.
For many years Mac was an avid rock hound. He went out and found the rocks of interest to him, cut, sanded and polished them to create beautiful sets of jewelry.
Fishing was an important part of Mac's life. He loved to fish for sturgeon and salmon on Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Since he could make as much money working on weekends as working weekdays as a longshoreman, he would often be out there fishing during the week if no jobs were available at the hiring hall.
Mac was preceded in death by his son, Murdo James McGregor (memorial #68138404), and his baby daughter, Beverly Annette McGregor, who lived less than two days.
Surviving him was his wife, Evelyn Mary (Hanson) McGregor (memorial #68721153); his two daughters, Mary (McGregor) Cates and Margaret (McGregor) Robinson (memorial #1127648); and 7 grandchildren.
One day, daughter Mary took Evelyn to place flowers at Mac's crypt. The crypt is at the top level of the wall. The wall is about 12' tall.
But, not to worry, the Memorial Park provides visitors who want to leave flowers an extendable rod that will hold the vase and allow the person to place the vase in the vase holder on the crypt.
Carefully placing the lovely bouquet into the vase, filling the vase with water and placing it in the extendable rod's jaws, Mary began lifting the vase into the air. As she was lifting the vase into the air, water would splash out, giving her an unwanted shower.
Fishing around and trying to get the vase hooked onto the vase holder, with continual drops flowing from the vase blanketing Mary, she finally got the vase in place and was able to dry off some.
When she and Evelyn looked up to see how the flowers looked... they realized that the flowers had ended up being placed on the crypt next to Mac's!
They looked at each other... looked at the flowers again... laughed and decided that Mac would have appreciated the effort and would have had a good laugh over the result.
The flowers remained on the neighbors crypt and the giggling ladies left.
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