Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
Dorothy Browne
Feb 15, 2020
Dorothy Louise Browne, age 96 of Portland, Ore. passed away peacefully on February 15, 2020 at Willamette View from complications due to a stroke. She was born on November 8, 1923 in Buhl, Idaho to William Duncan and Ada Mae Stone Duncan and was the youngest of seven.
After her father died, she and her family moved...
William R. Anderson
Feb 14, 2020
An obituary is not available at this time for William R. Anderson. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Gerald A. Perala
Feb 13, 2020
An obituary is not available at this time for Gerald A. Perala. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Lloyd Noble
Jan 28, 2020
Lloyd Noble was born in Seminole Oklahoma to Stephen Noble and Estella Jackson on August 6th, 1935. On January 28 the Lord called him home after being ill for a number of years. His mother passed at an early age, and he was raised in Bakersfield California. He also lived in Spokane Washington with his oldest brother Everett and...
Melvin Peterson
Jan 21, 2020
Beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, Melvin Peterson passed away Jan 21, 2020. He was devoted to his family, friends, neighbors, and community, and our hearts are broken by the loss. Mel’s brothers, Charles and Lyle Peterson preceded him in death. Born Nov. 13, 1922, Mel grew up on the Oregon Coast, graduating from Nestucca Union HS, and...
Mary Charlotte Brawley
Jan 17, 2020
MARY CHARLOTTE BROWN BRAWLEY, of Portland, Oregon, passed away due to natural causes on January 17, 2020 at the age of 77.
Mary was born November 14, 1940 in Portland Oregon to parents Dwight Howard Brown, and Glory Wyckoff, who precede her in death.
Mary grew up in a NE Portland home that housed three...
Irvin James Jones
Jan 9, 2020
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...
Arnold Ray Snyder
Jan 8, 2020
Arnold Ray Snyder (92) of Portland, OR, passed away January 8, 2020 in Keizer, Oregon. He was born in Ruskin, Nebraska February 10, 1927, the son of Albert and Rheba Snyder. August of 1943, he moved with his parents and two brothers to Idanha, Oregon.
He finished high school in Detroit, Oregon. During World War II he...
Geraldine Othello Hayes
Jan 8, 2020
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...
Merry Louise Boyd-Bunch
Jan 3, 2020
Merry Boyd-Bunch was born On Christmas day in 1950 to Mable Marmon and Herbert Jackson in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Merry was the third of nine children. Mable moved her family to San Diego, California in 1956 so that she could have more opportunities to pursue her nursing career. Merry was fortunate to have a second father when Mable married...
Roger Shioshi
2020
An obituary is not available at this time for Roger Shioshi. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Janis Melinda Miles
Dec 31, 2019
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....
Vivian Ioannou
Dec 30, 2019
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...
Mitsuko Brittle
Dec 29, 2019
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...
Edna Margaret Mary Grace Robertson
Dec 29, 2019
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...
Barbara Karambelas
Dec 27, 2019
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....
Carl Gerhardt Nitz
Dec 16, 2019
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...
Ralph David Steele, Sr.
Dec 15, 2019
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...
Herman Meyer
Dec 14, 2019
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...
Charlene Ellen Davenport
Dec 12, 2019
Charlene Ellen Rapacz Davenport was born at Emanuel Hospital in Portland, OR, on June 16, 1938 to the parents of Annette (Moe) and Charles Rapacz. Prior to her departure on December 12, 2019, she assured her family and friends that she had lived “a good and full life and enjoyed a very rewarding nursing career in Surgical Oncology.” In...
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