Gretchen Corbett's mother dies
Adam Kincher
Gretchen Corbett lives in Portland, Oregon and is involved in a program
that helps at-risk children. I didn't realize how prominent her family
is in Oregon's history until I saw the following item in "The
Oregonian."
This information is from the article ""Philanthropist Corbett dies at
age 84," by Joan Harvey on page B10 of The Oregonian (Friday, Feb. 2).
"Katherine C. 'Kay' Corbett, who zealously carried on the prominent
Corbett family tradition of community service, died Monday at age 84.
Mrs. Corbett was an administrator for Portland State University for 23
years and served on more than 40 major civic, cultural and
philanthropic boards.
She married into a family whose Oregon history was deep in public
service and politics. Her husband was Henry Ladd Corbett Jr., whose
father was acting governor of Oregon twice and president of the Oregon
Senate in 1935 and whose great-grandfather, Henry W. Corbett, was a
prominent Oregon businessman and U.S. Senator from Oregon in the 1870s.
Her husband's brother, Alfred H. Corbett, served 12 years in the Oregon
Senate and was later a federal adviser on legal services to the poor.
Mrs. Corbett's death is the third in the family in the past five
months: Her husband died Oct. 6 and Alfred H. Corbett died Nov. 16."
The article tells about Kay's life and her accomplishments. She was
born on May 24, 1916 in Charleston, South Carolina. Her maiden name was
Coney. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Oregon. She
married Henry Corbett in 1940. The article says:
"For the first 24 years of her married life, she stayed home to raise
her four children. 'But she was never home,' her daughter Gretchen
said, 'because she was always at board meetings.'"
Organizations that Kay helped include the Oregon Symphony, Portland Art
Museum and League of Women Voters. She was appointed to positions in
the Governor's Committee on Children and Youth, and the Oregon Arts
Commission.
After the article tells about Kay's life and accomplishments, it says:
"Mrs. Corbett's four children also became involved in the arts and
their communities. Her son Harry and daughter Glen served in the Peace
Corps. Her son Richard C. is head of the children's book department of
Powell's Books." (Powell's is Portland's largest bookstore.) "And her
daughter Gretchen H., a television and stage actress, is artistic
director of The Haven Project, a Portland theater program for at-risk
children."
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Jimbo sometimes gave her a bad time about the money and influence her family
had. It would appear it applied in both the show and real life.
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defending Jimbeaux. It was in her genes.
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> I didn't realize how prominent her family
> is in Oregon's history until I saw the following item in "The
> Oregonian."
Corbett is a very prominent name in Oregon history. There's
even a Corbett Avenue as well as a city called Corbett, Oregon
named for Senator Henry Winslow Corbett, one of Oregon's
prominent pioneers.