Norman W. LeGore

Norman W LeGore, 77, formerly from Gilroy California, passed away on September 2, 2021. Norm was born in May 1944 and grew up in Gilroy, attending local schools before joining the Army in the early '60s. Norm was married to Merri Jayne Thomas at 19 and had three daughters, Ashley, Heather and Debbi. Norm and Merri Jayne, along with their daughters, moved to the Portland Oregon area before divorcing in the early '80s. Norm married again, to Linda LeGore, moving to Florida before divorcing, moving back to Portland and ultimately retiring to The Dalles Oregon where he lived for more than ten years before encountering health issues, passing away due to congestive heart failure.

Norm was an avid sportsman and held several records in sports fishing in both rivers and deep sea oceans from the '60s, '70s on, of which he was proud of. He enjoyed deer and duck hunting in his earlier adult years and he moved to The Dalles Oregon in his later years in hopes of fishing and hunting well into his retirement years.

Norm was predeceased by his father, William LeGore and mother Genevieve LeGore. Norm is survived by his daughters, his brother Harold, as well as numerous longtime friends in Gilroy, the surrounding Bay area and northern California, and Florida and Oregon.

Norm requested a cremation with no traditional funeral services. His family intends to scatter his ashes in the lower Deschutes River so he can join the flow along with the Chinook and Steelhead salmon at a later date.

Published in Gilroy Dispatch · September 9, 2021