Saturday, October 18, 2008

Retired mailer Gil Beorn dies at 98


Gil Beorn of of Pheonix, AZ, a 1972 retiree of the BJ mailroom, died Thursday, October 16, at the age of 98, his daughter, Laura, reports..

Gil woul
d have been 99 years old in Febutrary,

Gil’s wife, Opal Christina, died on April 5, 2008 at the age of 88. Tney were married for 67 years. Gil then moved in with his son.

A brother, Ralph, and son, David also were mailers. Gil was one of the regular viewers of this blog. This is a photo which ran with a post about him in February, 2007. Type Beorn in the search box at the top left to see more photos and a list of former mailers.

We are exoecting a full obituary soon.

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