Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
Richard Howard Reynolds
Nov 15, 2017
I was born on May 25th 1933 to Willie Edward and Lucy Neal Watkins-Reynolds.  They named me Richard Howard.  I was the middle child of eleven children.  I grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas and received my education in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  While still a young man, I enlisted in the Navy, served 4 years, and was...
Mary Ann Tyrrell
Nov 9, 2017
Mary Ann Tyrrell was born Elnora Isabella Kasch on October 8, 1922 in Parkrose. She was the second child of Clarence & Isabella Kasch. As a child her family moved often and Mary Ann lived in many places including Portland, Welches Oregon, & Tacoma Washington.
Mary Ann graduated from Girls Polytechnic High School in 1941....
Neokeo Cherise Gaines
Nov 8, 2017
Neokeo Gaines, was born on January 16, 1966 to Jackie Williams and was later adopted by her husband Stanley Gaines. Neokeo was the first grandchild; which made her grandparents so happy. She attended Mt. Olivet Church as a young child with family and friends.
Neokeo attended Whittaker Middle School where she found her love for sports and...
Dessie Mae Banks
Nov 7, 2017
Dessie loved singing, going to church and shopping. She resided in Walla Walla, WA when she met and married John A. Banks. They were married for 29 years and raised 5 children. She even lived in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, Houston, Texas and she and her sister Dora Sims also traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands on vacation.
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Arleta Rae White
Nov 4, 2017
Arleta Rae (Blake) White was born October 1, 1936 in Heppner, Oregon. On November 4, 2017, in the city of Portland, she passed away at the age of 81. Arleta was preceded in death by her husband, John Gardner White, who died in May of 2016. She is survived by her two children, Jerry White and Jean Anne Craton,...
Elaine Bossert
Nov 4, 2017
Elaine Bossert died peacefully on Saturday, November 4th of natural causes.
Elaine was born at Emmanuel Hospital on February 8, 1921, the daughter of Mabel Mickelsen Lewis and David Lewis, and sister to Victor. She graduated from Commerce High School, earned her pilot’s license, and attended Modesto JC. Her civil service job with the Army Engineers took...
David Charles Wesslund
Nov 4, 2017
Dave was born in North Platte, Nebraska March 21, 1952, the fifth of eleven children, to William O. and Ida Ruth Wesslund. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and lived and worked in Omaha for several years before moving to Portland in 1980. Dave ran the Portland Sports Card baseball card shop for twenty years and later worked in...
Sara D. Chabot
Oct 28, 2017
Sara Demarest Marks Chabot Obituary
Sara Demarest Marks Chabot was born on July 4th,1976, ( the Bicentennial Anniversary of our Nation ) in Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA..  She was the only adult child and daughter of  Dorothy P. Riggs, fine gallery/museum artist ( mixed media,collage, assemblage, oil painter ) ,  originally of...
Irene Usinger
Oct 26, 2017
Irene was born in Portland. She was the third of four sisters born into her family. She graduated from Jefferson High School in Portland. After high school graduation she attended and graduated from business school in Portland.
She married the love of her life, Alexander Usinger, on Valentine's day of 1942. She was employed by Pacific NW...
Louis J. Ruscigno
Oct 15, 2017
Louis J. Ruscigno March 9, 1913 - October 15, 2017 Louis Ruscigno was born in Portland, Oregon, son of Italian immigrants Giacomo Ruscigno and Maria Costantina Petrelli Ruscigno. Â Louis lived in South Portland the first few years of his life, moving to a home the family bought in North Portland when he was about fourteen years old. Â He lived...
Anita M. Palmer
Sep 29, 2017
Anita M. Casey Palmer – Was born on July 27, 1932 the third child of Blanch Taylor and Phillip Casey Sr. whom both preceeded her in death. Other preceeding family members include grandparents Andrew, and Ida Casey, Charles Taylor of Oxford MS. Lydia Scribner-Taylor of Saint Louis MS. Mrs. Palmer’s brother Phillip Casey Jr. and Sister Ernestine L. Moss....
Frank Takaaki Yasui
Sep 21, 2017
Frank Takaaki Yasui was born in Dee, Oregon on July 1, 1921.
His father was Iemon Yasui
His mother was Yoshiko Hori Yasui
His siblings were Michiyo, Fusaye, and Haruo
His parents had come to Oregon from Japan to try farming but decided to return to Okayama-ken, Japan when Frank was...
Susan Joyce Burns
Sep 17, 2017
Sue was a beloved mother, wife and grandmother. She is survived by her only son, Jerry Burns, grandsons; Kenny, Scott and Cody Burns and sister Elizabeth Liebman.  Sue is preceded in death by her husband, Louis Burns.
Sue was an active member of the Episcopalian Church and for most of her life a...
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