William Mancel Gourley, 84, died Dec. 17, 2009 at home with his family around him after a prolonged illness following a stroke in February 1997.
He was was born Dec. 4, 1925, in the family homestead in Robertson, Wyo., the son of Robert Mancel and Eldwana Eileen (Gray). He had two brothers, Robert Roy and Jack Elwin, and one sister, Maxine Valate (Gourley) Rice.
His family moved to Portland when he was 11 After his…