Gordon H. Redmer

Gordon H. Redmer, 89, died on Sunday, May 19, 2013, after a long struggle with congestive heart failure. He was born in Burke County, North Dakota, on November 2, 1923, one of nine children. He enlisted in the Army with his brothers in June 1943, trained as an airplane mechanic and was based in Moses Lake as a crew chief of the 432nd Base Unit. After his military service, he went to Portland, Oregon, and learned the upholstery trade. He married Audrey Cramer and they moved to Moses Lake in 1954 to open Moses Lake Auto Upholstery which he owned until 1991. He was an avid horseman his entire life, and spent his retirement on horse rides throughout the Northwest, Southwest and Pacific Crest trails. He loved to help anyone, travel with his daughter, Laurie, on her orchestra tours and visit with Carmie and her boys. He was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church and loved Jesus. He leaves behind his wife, Audrey Cramer Redmer, daughters, Carmen Hoofard Hadley and Laurie Redmer Minner, grandsons Tennison Hoofard, Tyler Hoofard and Caleb Minner, two great grandsons, 2 sisters and 1 brother, many nieces and nephews and friends who loved him dearly.