Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

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Percy Hampton, a beloved community leader, freedom fighter, and union president, passed away peacefully on July 17, 2025, surrounded by loved ones.Born in Portland, Percy was the proud son of parents who came to Oregon during World War II seeking opportunity and justice. His father, originally from Arkansas, and his mother, from Idabel, Oklahoma, moved to Portland in 1942. Both...

Jul 16, 2025

Jake Paolo Molaro was born in Milan, Italy on October 22, 1995 and died in Vancouver, Washington on July 16, 2025.

Jake moved to Portland, Oregon with his parents shortly after his fourth birthday. When he arrived in the US, he understood English, but did not speak it. He kept his Italian fluent by spending every summer in Alassio, Liguria with...

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Tom J Belesiu (Athanasious Demitrious Belesiotis) was born in Nestani, Greece, in the summer of 1932. He grew up in the village with his six brothers and two sisters. At age 19, his uncle in Hermiston Oregon sponsored Tom to immigrate to the United States, where he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad near Helix Oregon. In 1953, Tom was...

Jul 3, 2025

Jul 1, 2025

In Loving Memory of Teresa Jean Frakes

January 26, 1943 – July 1, 2025

Teresa Jean Frakes, 82, of Maywood Park, Portland, passed away peacefully on July 1, 2025. She was born on January 26, 1943, in Lawton, Oklahoma, to Marian Frances Mapes-Frakes and William Paul Frakes.

Teresa spent much of her professional life in the Bay Area, where she worked as a...

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Henry “Mac” McDowell was born on June 21, 1938, in Linden, Texas, and passed away peacefully on June 24, 2025, in Portland, Oregon, surrounded by his loving family.

Henry was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. His life was a testament to hard work, kindness, and devotion to those he loved.

He graduated from Fairview High School in 1957...

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Elizabeth (Beth) Sievert Boyce of Milwaukie, Oregon passed away on June 23, 2025, at the age of 78 from complications of a cardiac event.

Beth was born on July 12, 1946, in Blue Island, Illinois, to Carl and Ruth Oberdorfer Sievert, and was raised in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Ohio. Always fascinated by the structures and nuances of language, she majored...

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Jun 18, 2025

John was born on August 5, 1931 in Stigler, Oklahoma to Frank and Elra Blackford. His family soon after moved to Poteau, OK. His first job was at the local newspaper, which his parents owned, the Poteau News. John left his home at age 14 for California, only to return to Oklahoma and leave yet again at age 16, alone...

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Sy had an unexpected heart attack and died three days later on June 12, 2025.

She was born, (Sy) Hisae Mitoma, in Independence, Oregon, April 1926. She spent her childhood growing up on the Mitoma Hop Yard until World War II when she was interned in the Tule Lake Relocation Camp and later moved to the Minidoka Relocation Center. After the...

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Shirley Joan Goemmel, born in 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska, to Charles and Nellie Leon. She passed away peacefully on June 3, 2025, at Happy Valley Graceful Living in Happy Valley, Oregon. She was the second of four siblings - Ruth, Phyllis, and Charles III. Shirley later settled in Portland, Oregon, where she created a beautiful life of family, love, and...

Jun 3, 2025

Noel King 2/28/44 – 6/3/25

Noel Mark King was born in the Bronx, New York to Ben and Esther King in 1944 and passed away on June 3, 2025 in Portland, Oregon, surrounded by his family.

Noel’s greatest joy was his family. He is survived by his daughters Ali King (Tim DuRoche) and Heather King (Ingrid Lundin), and sons Justin (Lisa Stanger...