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Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

Fayrine West

Fayrine West

2025

Fayrine West Obituary

Sunrise: June 26, 1941 Linden, Texas / Sunset: January 31, 2025 Snellville, GA

 

Fayrine West, affectionately known as “Fay”, was born June 26, 1941 to the late James Rodgers and Roxie Fae Ward of Linden, Texas. Fay peacefully transitioned to Heaven on January 31, 2025 while visiting family and friends in Snellville, Georgia.

 

Like many families in the African American...

Catherine Jane Lingas (Boyd)

Catherine Jane Lingas (Boyd)

2025

Catherine Jane Boyd was born on September the 6th, 1939 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the only daughter and eldest child of Dr. Robert Wallace Boyd of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and Margaret Isabel Orr of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. 

Catherine moved to Ottawa, Ontario with her family during the war years, as her father was a member of the Royal Canadian Army...

Phillip James Kantas

Phillip James Kantas

Jan 24, 2025

Phillip James Kantas was the middle of 3 children and was known for his humor, quick wit and generosity. He was a communications technician at AT&T and retired at 56. He was proud of his Greek heritage he loved celebrating traditions and traveling to Greece visiting family and friends. He was fun-loving and social, even staying close with friends from...

Mary Ella Ferguson

Mary Ella Ferguson

2025

Mary Ella Ferguson, 84, of Portland, Oregon, died the 19th of January, 2025. She lived a beautiful, full life. Filled with joy and surrounded by family and friends that loved her dearly. She was born on October 25, 1940 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Willie Cheeks and Arthur Hammonds. As a child, she relocated to Vanport and eventually settling in Portland....

Jack Arthur Burns

Jack Arthur Burns

Dec 30, 2024

Jack Arthur Burns was born on December 7, 1933, and was raised by his mother, Bernice (Ball) Green in Portland, Oregon.

Jack and Laurrene were married January 31, 1953, in their hometown of Portland, Oregon. Together they raised their four daughters: Cathy Miller, Karen Burns (Bill), Sally Urlin (Allan) and Jacqueline Zehner (Bill). Grandchildren; Heather Miller, Justin Miller, Laura Evans (Mike)...

Konstantina Liakopoulos Hoover

Konstantina Liakopoulos Hoover

Dec 29, 2024

Konstantina Liakopoulos Hoover, 64, passed away on December 29, 2024 after a long fight with a rare neurodegenerative disease called MSA, Multiple System Atrophy. Her immediate family were able to honor many of her final wishes, including contact with estranged relatives, favorite foods, and family holidays.

Konnie was born on February 3, 1960, in the middle of a snowy Chicago winter,...

Ronald David Carlson

Ronald David Carlson

2024

Ronald David Carlson was born on June 7, 1951, to John Weldon Carlson and Jean Lucile (Hitt) Carlson in Chicago, Illinois and passed from this life on December 25, 2024, in Portland, Oregon at the age of 73. 

As a young child, Ronald moved along with his family to his father’s hometown of Ketchikan Alaska. He attended KayhiHigh School in Ketchikan....

Mary Ann Steffani

Mary Ann Steffani

Dec 22, 2024

Mary Ann Lois Steffani (Johnson) 

February 4, 1937 – December 22, 2024 

 

Mary Ann Lois Steffani peacefully passed away on December 22, 2024 in Vancouver, Washington. She was born on February 4, 1937 in Brockett, North Dakota to Edwin H. and Saima E. Johnson. 

 

Mary Ann spent her early years living in North and South Dakota until moving with her family to Portland,...

Sarah Kirchoffer

Sarah Kirchoffer

2024

Sarah Kirchoffer, age 82, of Portland, Oregon, passed away on the 20th of December,

2024. Sarah passed away at the Columbia Assisted Living facility. Born on the 18th of October,

1942, in Kent, England, Sarah was the daughter of Wolf and Nancy Phillips. On April 18th, 1963,

she married Eugene Kirchoffer at the Anglican Church in Geneva, Switzerland. Together they

shared 50+ years of...

Vicky Ann May

Vicky Ann May

Dec 14, 2024

Born December 15, 1944 at the Portland Sanitarium and Hospital to parents Hector Frederick Voeth and Lois Elaine Caviness. She was their only child who had many fond memories growing up in Portland with friends and her father after losing her mom at a young age.

 She grew up and moved to Long Beach, California with her best friend Diane and...

Andema Grace Baleke

Andema Grace Baleke

Dec 11, 2024

Andema Baleke passed peacefully from this life in the evening of December 11, 2024, at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Born on October 1, 2004, in the Refugee Camp of Kibuye in Rwanda, he lived a life that radiated kindness, humor, and a welcoming spirit.

Babu exhibited a profound love for his family, cherishing every moment spent together, particularly...

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