Gilbert Edgar Stallcop

Funeral services for Gilbert E. "Pete? Stallcop, 88, of Fairmont, Minnesota will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 17, 2004, at Olson-Zaharia Funeral Home Chapel in Fairmont. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery in Hopkins, Minnesota. Mr. Stallcop died Monday morning, June 14, 2004, at Woodland Manor in Fairmont. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at the Olson-Zaharia Funeral Home in Fairmont and one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Gilbert Edgar "Pete? Stallcop was born December 21, 1915 in Pomeroy, Washington the son of Harley Bruce and Elizabeth (Gustin) Stallcop. He attended school and graduated from Washington State University in 1938 with a BS in Agricultural Business. Pete worked for the Farm Security Administration from August of 1938 to September of 1942. He was drafted in September of 1942 and took basic training in the Army, 30th infantry division in Florida. He graduated infantry OCS and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in July of 1943. In 1944, Pete married Ruth Love Thurman. They were married 50 years. Pete served in the Philippine Islands and was discharged a captain in June of 1946. He continued in the Army reserve and was discharged Lt. Col. In 1964. Pete was a grain trade executive for several associations: Executive Secretary of Pacific Northwest Grain Dealers Association from 1946 to 1956; moved to Minneapolis in 1956 and was executive Vice President of Northwest Country Elevator Association and Northwest Terminal Elevator Association; and later was also the executive secretary for Terminal Grain Merchants Association and Grain Elevator Processing Society (GEAPS) until his retirement in 1982. His wife died on April 22, 1994. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Mr. Stallcop is survived by his daughter, Susan Wilson and her husband, James of Fairmont, Minnesota; three grandchildren, Christian, Andrew and special friend, Rachelle, Sarah and special friend, Dustin; three sisters, Maxine Cox, Betty Ruark and Doris Wright, all of Pomeroy, Washington; one brother, Donald Stallcop and his wife, LaDonna of Pomeroy, Washington and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Ruth; son, Peter; four brothers, Wynn, George, Raymond and Jack, in infancy; a sister, Fern. In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to Fairmont Community Hospital Foundation or Lakeview Methodist Health Care Foundation.