Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

Feb 19, 2016

Obituary of Shirley D. Barnard

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held, 10:30 am, Thursday, February 25th at St. Rita Catholic Church, 10029 NE Prescott St. with a recitation of the rosary at 10 am.

Shirley Dolores was born February 10, 1931 in Seattle, Washington one of six children born to Albert S. and...

Feb 16, 2016

Feb 15, 2016

Obituary of Dave Morales

Dave was born August 20, 1935 in Denver, Colorado; he was the younger of two sons born to Josephine Morales.  His father was Pete Rodriguez. In 1967, Dave moved his family to Portland, Oregon where he resided and called home over the last forty-nine years.

Dave enjoyed working with his hands,...

Feb 9, 2016

Aaron Thomas Stokes Jr. was born on November 15, 1959 to Aaron and Susan Stokes in Tacoma, Washington. He grew up in and attended high school in Los Angeles, CA.  He moved to Portland in his late teens. He met Mary Grace Petrella in 1984 and they married in 1986. He was blessed with two sons, Nicholas and Gabriel....

Feb 8, 2016

Please join family and friends to a Celebration of Life Gathering to be held, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, February 20th at the Rose City Golf Course Clubhouse,2200 NE 71st Ave, Portland, OR 97213.

George passed away surrounded by his family's love and support at his home in Portland, February 8th. He was 72 years old.

George...

Feb 7, 2016

Shirley Faye Chan was born on August 19, 1935 to Jewell and Edna Ward.  Shirley was born in a logging camp in Arkansas and moved with her family to Springfield, OR when she was a young girl.  It was there that she attended and graduated from Springfield High School in 1954.  After graduation Shirley moved to Portland, OR and...

Feb 6, 2016

Obituary of Alicia Westerman

Funeral Services will be held, 12:30, Friday, February 12, 2016 at Rose City Funeral Home with her committal and burial to follow at Rose City Cemetery. Alicia passed away February 6th at Tigard, Oregon at the age of 32.

Alicia Lynn Westerman was born December 28, 1983 in Portland the eldest...

Feb 4, 2016

George was born in Portland and graduated from Grant High School. He spent many years in Palm Springs, California, and the Big Island, Hawaii, as a pastry chef. he was a caring soul who truly had a good heart. He is survived by his father, Samuel Pishue; step-mother, Michele; half-sister, Sandi; and loving aunts, uncle, cousins and many friends....

Feb 4, 2016

Services for Michael P. Carney will be private.

Jan 30, 2016

With a very sad heart we have lost Daniel “Dave” Torrey, 64, of Portland. After a fierce battle with cancer, Dave peacefully passed away at his home surrounded by his family on January 30, 2016.

Dave is survived by his wife Tauney of 41 years, his two daughters Caysie and Kellie, Sister Jan, Uncle Mike, nieces a...

Jan 30, 2016

Jan 29, 2016

Well done, faithful servant! Blanche Anna McGee was born Blanche Anna Connelly in the depth of winter in Grano, North Dakota in 1930, or perhaps 1927. We will never exactly know. She was quite cagey about her age, until last year. I’m 85….now I’m 90! She was born at home and her birth was recorded in Minot, in the...

Jan 29, 2016

In Memoriam

Dick Moser

November 4, 1934 ~  Toledo, Ohio

January 29, 2016 ~ Portland, Oregon

Please join family and friends for a Celebration of Life Reception to be held

Jan 28, 2016

Jenny Mathias-Clark passed away on January 28, 2016 after a lengthy battle with cancer.  She was born in March of 1962, in Sunnyside, Washington, but relocated shortly thereafter with her family to Portland, Oregon.  Jenny attended St. Rose of Lima and Beaumont grade schools and Grant High School in Portland.  She also attended Portland Community College, where she earned...

Jan 24, 2016

Marzetta Ann Gooseberry was born on January 4th, 1951 to Nathaniel and Pearlie Gooseberry.

Marzetta, or Marge as we liked to call her, attended Boise Elementary School and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1968.  Her work career began in the 70’s at the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles in Portland, Oregon and ended in the early...

Jan 23, 2016

Dorothy Jenkins, née Kahle, died Saturday, January 23rd, 2016, the day after her much anticipated 92nd birthday. Dorothy was born in Nampa, Idaho to Rev. H. A. Kahle and Johanna (Hartmann) Kahle. She was preceded in death by her husband Cullen Jenkins, and is survived by her sister-in-law Betty Kahle, and by three nieces, many great-nephews and nieces, and...

Jan 23, 2016

My day is done, my race has been run, it’s time to go home.

Born  on the 30th of January 1931, in Minden, Louisiana, loved and cherished by her parents, the late King Brown and Ella James (West) Brown; Bessie Mae Coleman was the seventh of eight children with six preceded her in death. She departed this...

Jan 22, 2016

Georgia Mildred Johanesen (Gulledge) October 5th, 1924 – January 22nd,2016 Georgia was born in Eufaula, Alabama to George W. Gulledge and Mary Gulledge (Danford) on October 5th, 1924. And passed away on Friday January 22nd due to natural causes. Her wishes were to be cremated and placed in the wall at Rose City Cemetery 5625 NE Fremont St, Portland,...

Jan 21, 2016

Frances Nobuko Soejima (Moriyasu) of Portland passed away January 21 due to complications of Parkinson's Disease.  She leaves behind her loving family; husband Ben, daughters Carol and husband Gary Funatake, Audrey and husband Guy Watanabe, and Colleen and husband Will Naemura and Grandchildren; Bryan Funatake, Kristen and husband Anthony Persaud, Jill, Sarah and Kelly Watanabe and Benjamin, William and...

Jan 20, 2016

Obituary of Cora B. Wegner

Memorial Services will be held, 1 pm, Friday, January 29th at Savage Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1740 SE 139th Ave, Portland, OR  97233. Cora passed away in a local Portland hospital surrounded by her family’s love and support, she was 85.

Cora was born December 25, 1930 in Forest River, North...