Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

Feb 27, 2008

Ray Elsey was born in Portland on September 7, 1949 to Ray and Dorismae Elsey. He was raised and educated here and was a graduate of Roosevelt High School. He served in the Army and was stationed in Germany during the Vietnam era. He married Janet Richard on September 8, 1973. He had worked as a master jeweler for all...

Feb 27, 2008

Gladyce Stewart was born in Sioux City, Iowa on October 29, 1909 to Chris and Anna Anderson. She was raised in Sioux City and attended grades 1-12 and business college there. She moved to Portland in 1945. She married John A. "Jack" Steart in 1957. She had worked as a bookkeeper for Ann Palmer Bakery and later for the Oregonian...

Feb 24, 2008

Funeral services will be Friday, February 29th at 1:00 pm. Survivors include her husband; Andrej, daughters; Jan Marie Sickles and Susanne Ray, brother; Dennis Stallings.

Visitation

Rose City Funeral Home 5625 Northeast Fremont Street Portland , OR US 97213-1754 Thursday, February 28, 2008, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Funeral Services

Feb 22, 2008

Visitation

Mt. Olivet Baptist Church 8501 N. Chautauqua Portland , OR US Friday, February 29, 2008, 10:00 AM

Service

Mt. Olivet Baptist Church 8501 N. Chautauqua Portland , OR US Friday, February 29, 2008, 11:00 AM

Cemetery

Rose City Cemetery 5625 N.E. Fremont...

Feb 16, 2008

Mrs. Barbara L. Carver was born in Portland on January 25, 1941 to Eldon and Nora (Hagen) Phelps. She was a lifelong Portland resident and was a graduate of Grant High School. She had attended Portland Community College. She was a telecommunications specialist for Portland Public Schools, retiring in 1997. In 1961, she married Ronald Carver.She passed away on February...

Feb 16, 2008

Robert William "Bob" Lawson was born to Johnny Lawson, Sr. and Margaret Locke on May 8, 1948 in Fordyce, Arkansas. The family moved to Portland in 1955 and Bob attended Elliott and Boise Grade Schools, and Jefferson High School. He had also attended Portland Community College in their Drug and Alcohol Counseling program. Bob had worked for a number of...

Feb 11, 2008

No services at his request and memorials may be made to your favorite charity. Dick was as a bartender for the Sky Chef Company working out of their location at Portland International Airpost. He loved the New York Yankees and giving friends and acquaintances nicknames. Dick's other names included "Pierre" and "Chief". Survived by his loving partner of 25 years:...

Feb 10, 2008

Service

Private

Cemetery

Private

Feb 9, 2008

Kathy Hoffee aka Kathleen Ryan-Hoffee died on Feb 9, 2008 in Portland, Oregon at the age of 61. Kathleen Ann was born on Mar 6, 1946 in Bellevue, Ohio, to John and Virginia Killian. The family moved to Portland when she was only a year old. She attended she in Portland and graduated from Grant High School. Before retiring, she...

Feb 8, 2008

Dolores Clifton was born on February 28, 1920 in Rainier Oregon to Raymond E. Lee and Bessie Lucile Pruden, just missing being a leap-year baby by a few hours. She died February 8, 2008 at 87. After high school Dolores moved to Portland, finding work at Montgomery Ward. It was in Portland that she met and later married Haakon Norman...

Feb 8, 2008

Franklin Nysoe "Tude" Bunch died of cancer in Portland, Oregon on February 8, 2008. Born on a wheat ranch near Blalock, Oregon on May 21, 1912, he was the first of seven sons and five daughters born to David Frank and Flossie May Emerson Bunch. Franklin spent his childhood years in Adams, Oregon. He graduated in 1931 from Harrington High...

Feb 2, 2008

Ann Evans Cecot was born in Newport News, Virginia to William and Alma Evans, and was raised and educated there. She came to Oregon in 1958. She married Felix S. Cecot in 1968. Felix died in 2002. She was known as the "Pool Lady" and took care of the pool at the Binford's. She passed away on February 2, 2008...

Feb 1, 2008

Lewis LeRoy Haisch died in the early morning of Friday, February 1, 2008, at the age of 92. He was born November 29, 1915 in Winner, South Dakota to Edward and Olive Haisch. Lewis grew up working on his family's farms in South Dakota and northern Nebraska. He graduated from Winner High School in the spring of 1933 and from...

Jan 29, 2008

Mrs. Iva M. Burrows was born in Kansas on November 4, 1911. She was raised and educated in Chico, California. She married Paul L. Burrows on December 29, 1929. They moved to Portland in 1936, where Iva has lived ever since. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Paul, died in 1973.Iva passed away on January 29, 2008 in Portland, Oregon...

Jan 27, 2008

Mr. Bill Thornburg was born on August 19, 1926 in Bend, Oregon. Bill was raised and educated in Burns, Oregon and was a graduate of Burns Union High School. As a young man he worked for the Coca-Cola plant in Burns, where he and his cousins ran the plant. He served in the Army Air Force as an MP during...

Jan 24, 2008

Funeral Mass will be 11:00 am, Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at the St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, 3123 NE 24th Avenue, Portland, Oregon. Survivers include his wife; Doris, children; Hugh, Jr., Laura Fitzpatrick, siblings; Raymond C., Robert C. Campbell, Trudy Smith, grandsons; Brenden and Daniel. Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday, January 29, 2008 betweeen 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Remembrances...

Jan 22, 2008

Survived by sons; Dennis T., Jack E., Terry, and James R. Kauppila, 4 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren. Memorial services will be at the Grace Presbyterian Church, 6025 NE Prescott, 2:00 pm, Saturday, February 2, 2008.

Visitation

There will be no visitation Portland , OR US Thursday, January 24, 2008,

Memorial Services...