Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
Yoko "Yo" Yuzuriha
Mar 26, 2023
On March 26, 2023, our family lost its matriarch. Yoko inspired us with her self-reliant spirit, discipline, and focus on the importance of education.
Yoko (Okano) Yuzuriha was born on February 7, 1931 in Wapato, Washington to Torakichi Okano and Hisayo (Taniguchi) Okano. She was the youngest of seven children. Yoko and her family were sent to...
Rev Robert Dean McNeil
Mar 24, 2023
After 89 years of a full life, our beloved father, grandfather & great-grandfather Bob passed away. His family and friends spent quality time with him in his last few weeks. Bob had lived at The Forum at Town Center retirement community for over ten years. His wife Sara passed away two years ago also at age 89 on February...
Norman A Phillips II
Mar 24, 2023
It is with deep sadness and much love that the family of Norman A Phillips II (80) announces his passing on March 24, 2023. The son of Don and Charlotte Jarrett, Norman was born on May 20, 1942 and raised in Portland, Oregon along with his 2 siblings Henry (Frank) and Charlotte. At the young age of 8 and...
Dawn Marie Hanley
Mar 24, 2023
Dawn Marie Hanley, 58, of Portland, Oregon, sadly left us on March 24th, 2023.
Dawn was born on April 7, 1964 to Donald and Nancy Hanley in Portland, Oregon. She was a loving and devoted wife, daughter, niece, sister, cousin, Auntie, and Grammy D. Dawn’s kind, generous, loyal, compassionate way of life was felt by all who...
Beatrice "Aunt Bea" Moore
Mar 9, 2023
Beatrice Moore, 96, of Portland, Oregon, passed away on March 9, 2023, at her home with family. She was born October 10, 1926, in Beaumont, TX, to Henry Yarborough and Bobbie McLemore, where she was the backbone to the Yarborough and Moore family.
Aunt Bea, as we all called her, was the youngest of six children (two...
Cheryl "Sherry" Lorraine Walterscheid
Mar 1, 2023
Cheryl (Sherry) Lorraine Walterscheid, aged 76, died March 1, 2023, in Portland, of brain injuries sustained in a fall. Sherry was born in Los Angeles, November 21, 1946, the daughter of Richard C. and Lorraine F. Shipley. Her family moved to Ventura County north of Los Angles in the mid 50’s where she attended middle and high school, graduating...
Gary H. Steele
Feb 26, 2023
Gary H Steele 76, passed in his sleep after a short illness. He was a Vietnam veteran and worked hard since the age of 9 building homes of all sizes. Owned a boat house before age 16 but sold it to help his parents buy a home when he went into the military. Met my mom through his sister...
Dolores "Corky" Poff
Feb 25, 2023
Dolores Ann "Corky" Furlong Poff, beloved wife, mother, and friend, passed away February 25, 2023, at the age of 94. Dolores was born on April 26, 1928, the second child of Harvey Albert Furlong and Ann (Barb) Furlong in Youngstown, Ohio. Dolores had four dear sisters, Bea, Evie, Shirley and Marilyn. She met Eugene Richard Poff in Tillamook, Oregon....
Jack Edward Lawrence
Feb 20, 2023
Jack Lawrence passed away in his sleep February 20, 2023. Jack was born and raised in Portland, Oregon to Howard and Emma Lawrence on April 6, 1926. Jack attended St. Rose Catholic School and Benson Tech High School. Jack was inducted into the US Army in January 1944 and sent to Fort Lewis Washington before deploying to the European...
William David Langenes
Feb 16, 2023
Bill was a fan of the Oregon Ducks, Brooklyn Dodgers, jazz-especially Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Ahmad Jamal, and Manhattan Transfer singing “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square,” brownies, old movies, picnics, reading mysteries, road trips, cooking pork carnitas, BBQ ribs, chili, and sheet pan chicken recipes while listening to and singing along to 50’s-60’s music from his...
Kenneth Marvin Self
Feb 15, 2023
Marv Self passed away peacefully on February 15th, 2023 in Vancouver, Washington with his daughters and closest friends by his side.
He was born September 26th, 1947 in Spokane, Washington to Eva and Ken, or "hatched" as he loved to say, joining his older sister Janet. The family moved to Portland, and settled on NE Prescott St,...
Joanna "Joey" Margaret Hedges
Feb 11, 2023
Daybreak
--for Joey
There are no paths to follow,
No bridges crossing streams,
No bitter tears to swallow,
No broken hopes and dreams.
The life whose path...
May Chizuko Watari
Feb 10, 2023
May Watari was born on July 6, 1922 to Masaki and Yachiyo Kinoshita in Portland, Oregon. She attended Woodlawn Grade School and Girls Polytechnic High School, where she graduated in 1941.
When WWII broke out with Japan, the Kinoshita family, along with other Americans of Japanese descent, were incarcerated in Portland in May 1942 and eventually relocated...
Chris Lynne Onchi
Feb 8, 2023
Chris Lynne Onchi, beloved wife, mother, and friend, passed away Feb. 8th, 2023 at the age of 64 after a long battle with breast cancer. Chris was born May 7th, 1958 to David Boggs and Trista Boggs in Oak Grove, OR. Chris was the eldest of brothers Royal, David and Tyrell.
Chris was an avid Horsewoman. She...
Antoinette Delaney
2023
Antoinette ‘Nette’ Ollie Charlene Delaney was born May 20, 1981, in Portland, Oregon to Malinda Whitlow Flowers and the late Jeffrey Mark Delaney. She was a happy child and enjoyed school, making many lifelong friends along her way. She attended Woodlawn Elementary and Portsmouth Middle Schools where she was identified as a talented and gifted student and entered into the...
Yoni Peraza-Ku
Jan 15, 2023
Yoni Enrique Peraza-Ku was born in Yucatan , Mexico on February 28th, 1977 to Primitivo and Emiteria. Yoni is survived by his wife Lleny, children Irvin, Laisha, and Kyara. Yoni and his wife Lleny married at 16 years old where they had their first child in 1994. Later, Yoni moved to Los Angeles in 1995 to better his life...
Stella Vokos Soter
Jan 14, 2023
Stella Vokos Soter was born on July 16, 1928 in Portland, OR, to Greek immigrants, George and Katherine Vokos. She also had an older brother, Christ. Stella attended Roosevelt High School where she loved home economics and athletics. She formed a strong bond with a group of girlfriends who called themselves the Megas girls. The sisterhood lasted an entire...
Amalia Aivalioti Gianopoulos
Jan 14, 2023
Amalia Aivalioti-Gianopoulos was born in Pikoulianika, Sparti, Greece on April 7, 1932 to Efstratios and Hariklia Aivaliotis.
Amalia touched the lives of everyone who had the great fortune to know her. Full of love and devotion, grace and kindness, selflessness and humility, she was special beyond words.
With her twin sister, Eleni (now Sister Matthea),...
Charles Franklin Carter
Jan 3, 2023
Charles Franklin Carter, affectionately known as "Sir Charles Carter", was born on February 20, 1949 in Portland, Oregon to Arthur Carter Sr. and Linnie Ree Colston-Carter. He was the fifth of six children to this union. Charles attended Boise Elementary, graduated from Jefferson High School, and went on to attend and graduate from the University of Oregon, which ultimately made...
Romero Vaughn de LaReese Sanders
2023
Romero Vaughn de LaReese Sanders, known as Romero LaReese, was born on
March 9, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois to the parents of Willie Petty and Mary
Sanders. He was an only child.
Romero attended Helen M Hefferan Elementary School in Chicago, IL
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