It is with heavy hearts that Irvin’s loved ones let you know that he passed away peacefully on January 9th, 2020. Irvin came from a very large Italian / Irish family growing up in SE Portland.  He was born to Verna and Jake Jones in Portland, Oregon on the 3rd of May 1951.  Born at Emmanuel, he was a native Oregonian and loved the outdoors.  He went to Abernathy Grade school and graduated from Washington High School in 1969.  Irvin grew up fast,...

Geraldine Othello Mosley Hayes was born on January 15, 1922 to Horse Mosley and Betty Jean Hollaway, in Luther Oklahoma.  She went to school in Marietta Oklahoma, then she moved to Steel Water Oklahoma where she finished High School. In 1944, she moved to Portland Oregon where she worked in the shipyard until the Vanport flood happened in 1947.  In 1959, she fell in love and married her husband Diamond Hayes where they raised their son Raymond Talley. They spent many years fishing...

Janis Melinda Miles, age 65, of Portland, died peacefully in her sleep on December 31st, 2019 in her home holding her husbands hand and surrounded by her children and the laughter of her grandchildren. Born April 5th, 1954 in Portland Oregon,  she is preceded in death by her loving parents, Howard and Margaret Cofer, and her older brother Dale.    Janis attended John Adams High School before she met and married Jeffery Miles, her husband of 43 years. They had three children...

Vivian Ioannou passed away peacefully on Monday, December 30.  Vivian was born in Athens, Greece to Manolis and Maria (Mary) Hiotini.  Vivian immigrated to Portland, Oregon from Greece at the age of 13 with her widowed mother. She attended Holladay grade school and Girls Polytechnic High School, graduating in 1955.  After attending business college, Vivian spent six months in New York City.  Following her return to Portland, Vivian met and married Stanley Ioannou, a...

Mitsuko (Mitzi) Brittle was born in Japan 87 years ago, and passed away unexpectedly on Sunday December 29, 2019, surrounded by her family and friends.  Mitzi met her husband while she was working on an Air Force Base in Japan, they married 6-years later, and moved to the US in the late 50’s. Mitzi has resided in Portland, since the late 60’s, and had many friends in the Japanese community.  She is survived by her husband Gerald (Jerry), and daughter...

Mrs. Edna M. Robertson passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2019 in Portland, Oregon.  She was a life long resident of Northeast Portland, the community that she loved and help to develop.  She saw a lot of changes in the community in which she lived.  In the 70s, she began her career at Model Cities which morphed into Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN).  She retired in 1994 as the Executive Director of NECN.  Early on, she saw the...

Barbara Karambelas passed away peacefully in the presence of friends and neighbors at Willamette View Health Center. Barbara Vassilakos was born in Petrina, Greece 87 years ago. In 1955, she traveled to New York to stay with relatives and married Kirk Karambelas there in 1958. She moved to Portland with Kirk, made their home and raised a family there. She was employed as a seamstress with various companies in Portland until her retirement. Barbara is survived by sisters, Potoula Patrianakos...

Carl Gerhardt Nitz was born on October 3, 1942 to Rev. and Mrs. Carl F. Nitz (Edna) in Klamath Falls, Oregon. As the second ‘Carl’ in the household, he quickly became known as ‘Gary’ to family and friends. Shortly after his birth the family moved to Portland where his father served in Lutheran parishes and in the district LCMS office. After graduating from Concordia High School Carl attended Portland State College and the Advertising Art School. His career included...

Ralph was born on March 14, 1942 to Ralph Luther and Laurene Mae Steele. He was the third child of six children. Katherine (Kitty) Maslen, Louise Ball Duncan preceded him in death. Sister Stella Traweek, Benjamin Steele and Carolyn Nadeau are the remaining siblings. Ralph met his wife Kathleen (Kay) in 1956 when he was a freshman and she was a sophomore. They married on June 15, 1963. Ralph graduated from Milwaukie High school in 1960 and entered the U SNavy. He was stationed in California...

Herman was born on March 28, 1928 in Minot, North Dakota, the ninth child born to Michael Meyer and Helen Senger. In all, he had six brothers and six sisters - John, Johanna, Wendelin, Michael, Leo (who died as a young child), Catherine, Anna Maria, Rochus, Martha, Helen, Leo Joseph, and Sally. For most of his early years, Herman lived on the outskirts of Karlsruhe, North Dakota and when he was about 5 years old the family moved into that town.  Karlsruhe was a small German community...