Charles Eldon Munger, 69, died recently after an extended illness.
He was a descendant of Oregon pioneers and a longtime Florence resident. He was known in Northwest drag racing circles during the 1960s and 1970s as “Mr. 409.”
Mr. Munger’s forebears were pioneers who began arriving in the Willamette Valley from Missouri and Illinois during the Civil War era. The McClures, Colemans and Mungers settled near Brownsville, Harrisburg and Sweet Home.
Mr. Munger, who preferred…