Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

Lillie Mae Blacknall

Mar 21, 2008

Lillie Mae Blacknall was born on April 16, 1916 in Bryant, Texas, the daughter of Daniel and Amanda Washington. She was raised and educated in Texas. She moved to Portland in 1976. She was married to Reese Blacknall, who preceded her in death in 1985. Mrs. Blacknall was a member of the New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church under the...

Tom Belesiotis

Mar 16, 2008

Funeral Service

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 3131 NE Glisan Street Portland , OR US Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 11:00 AM

Cemetery

Rose City Cemetery 5625 N.E. Fremont St. Portland , OR US 97213-1754 Wednesday, March 19, 2008,

LaVelle M. Russell

Mar 4, 2008

Mrs. LaVelle M. Russell was born on August 31, 1921 in Portland, Oregon to Frederic and Jessie Kelly. She was raised and educated in Portland, attending Ockley-Green Elementary School and was a graduate of Jefferson High School. She married Charles Russell in 1946. She had worked as a driver, early in life as a taxi driver, and later for a...

Veruska Nannett Hopes-Richart

Mar 1, 2008

Visitation

Private

Memorial

Rose City Funeral Home 5625 Northeast Fremont Street Portland , OR US 97213-1754 Thursday, March 6, 2008, 3:00 PM

Marjorie Amanda Axtell

Feb 29, 2008

Marjorie Amanda Axtell was born on June 6, 1912 in Enterprise, Oregon, the daughter of John and Mary Young. She was raised and educated in Portland and was a 1930 graduate of Parkrose High School, and graduated from Good Samaritan Nursing School in 1934. She had worked as a registered nurse at St. Helen's Hospital, and then in 1949 she...

Joseph Carl Vermilya

Feb 28, 2008

Joseph Carl Vermilya was born in Portland, Oregon on August 21, 1954 to Carl and Alice Vermilya. He was raised and educated here and was a graduate of Lincoln High School. He married Maureen Mullen in 1993. Joe was an accomplished Portland guitarist and songwriter. He was a receiving clerk for Providence Home Services. Joe passed away on February 28,...

Ray Elsey

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...

Gladyce Lena Stewart

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...

Barbara Yvonne Bolotow

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

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Louise Marva Owens

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...

Barbara L. Carver

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...

Robert W. Lawson, Sr.

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...

Richard Frank Lehmann

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:...

Norma Smith

Feb 10, 2008

Service

Private

Cemetery

Private

Kathleen Ann Hoffee

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...

Franklin Nysoe Bunch

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...

Dolores Lee Clifton

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...

Ann E. Cecot

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...

Lewis LeRoy Haisch

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...

Iva Mary Burrows

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...