Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

Jan 11, 2013

Mary was born in Canton, Mississippi, to Percy and Mattie Lou Sanders. She was raised in LaPorte, Indiana and later moved to Chicago, Illinois where she graduated from high school. Mary moved to Portland in 1977 with her family. She attended Mt. Hood College and received a degree in Psychology. On January 30, 1981, Mary married James Dunn Miller. Mary...

Jan 9, 2013

KAORU DICK MIGAKI January 25, 1921 – January 9, 2013 The Family of Dick Migaki welcomes you to a celebration of his life. Dick was born in Pendleton, Oregon to Jitsunoshin and Shinano Migaki. Dick, along with his younger brother, Frank, comprised the rest of the Migaki family. The family later moved to Portland. During WWII, Dick was required to...

Jan 6, 2013

Crypt side services will be held for Marie Geraldine Brown-Rosenberg, 11AM, Saturday, January 12th at Rose City Cemetery. Mrs. Brown-Rosenberg passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family in Portland on January 6th. She was 96 years old. Marie was born November 27, 1916 in Portland to Harry F. and Anna (Hauser) Mitchell. She grew up in NE Portland and...

Jan 5, 2013

Ruth Wilhelmine Doern went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 5, 2013. Ruth was born at her parents' Sellwood home on October 23, 1924. She joined her parents, George and Wilhelmine, and her 5 year old brother, George. Six years later, her sister, Gloria joined the family. Ruth was proud of her family's Austrian heritage. Both...

Jan 2, 2013

Maryann Rose Danek (Schwab), 84, of Portland went to be with the Lord on January 2, 2013 due to complications from pneumonia. Maryann was born in Portland, Oregon on Sept. 30, 1928. She graduated from Milwaukie Union High School in 1947. She is survived by two daughters: Elizabeth Turel of Portland, Sheila Danek-Pittam and husband Monty of Winston; one son:...

Dec 29, 2012

Visitation

Rose City Funeral Home 5625 Northeast Fremont Street Portland , OR US 97213-1754 Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Service

Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church 4009 North Missouri Avenue Portland , OR US 97227 Friday, January 11, 2013, 12:00 PM

Cemetery

Dec 28, 2012

William H. Hawks, who died on December 28, 2012 at the age of 83, was born on March 5th, 1929 in College Place, Washington. He grew up in Pendleton, Oregon and graduated from Pendleton High School in 1947. He served in the U.S. Army's 701st Military Police Battalion during the Korean War. After his honorable discharge from the service, he...

Dec 28, 2012

Antonio was born in Portland OR. On April 4, 1921. He attended Lincoln High School from 1934 to 1939 and university of Chicago from 1947 to 1948. He worked as a "Gandy Dancer" (rail road maintenance) and a sawmill laborer until enlistment in the U.S. Navy in May 1942, assigned to the destroyer U.S.S. Walker serving in the South Pacific....

Dec 28, 2012

Obituary of Mieczyslaw "Mitch" Cieply, Jr Private niche side services will be held at a later date at Willamette National Cemetery. Mitch passed away in Portland on December 28th, he was 52 years old. Mitch was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 30, 1960 to Mieczyslaw Cieply, Sr and Hedwig Zimmerman the 6th of nine children. Raised in Illinois he...

Dec 23, 2012

Obituary of Charles William Kuust Charles William Kuust, 72, passed away on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at his home in Dallas, OR. Charles was born on July 5, 1940 in San Francisco, CA, the oldest of two children of William and Sylvia (Koski) Kuust. Charles graduated from Jefferson High School and received his Bachelors degree in Education from University of...

Dec 18, 2012

Dale Christiansen was born September 07, 1925 in Elgin, OR to Toby and Eva Christiansen. The family later moved to Portland where Dale attended Rigler Grade School and Grant High School. During WW II he served in the US Navy, 1944 – 1946, in the Pacific Theater, aboard destroyers Harry F. Bauer DM 29 and Robert H. Smith, DM 26....

Dec 12, 2012

Misao was born to Shintaro and Fujiye Michikami in Portland, Oregon. She married Shigeru Wakabayashi and they had three children: Lisa, Dale and Sue. Misao worked as a secretary for the State of Oregon. Misao is survived by her children: Lisa (Dale) young, Dale Wakabayashi, and Sue (H.B.) Muramatsu; and her granddaughters Lori and Kaitlin.

Service

Dec 11, 2012

Juri Tikerpuu Funeral Services will be held for Juri Tikerpuu, 3pm, Monday, December 17th at Rose City Funeral Home. Mr. Tikerpuu passed away at his home in Clackamas, December 11th. He was 85 years of age. Juri Was born, April 15, 1927 in Ulm, Germany to Nickolaus P. and Klara (Batina) Tikerpuu. He was the younger of two children. He...

Dec 8, 2012

Celebration of LIfe

Lakeside Gardens 16211 SE Foster Portland , OR US 97236 Sunday, December 16, 2012, 3:00 PM

Dec 5, 2012

A Celebration of Life Service will be held, 1pm, Monday, January 7, 2013 at St. Mary of the Dunes Catholic Church, Florence, Oregon for Anna Grace Carroll who went home to her Savior December 5th in Portland. She was 88 years of age. Anna was born on March 15, 1924 at Cleveland, Ohio, the youngest of three children of Frank...

Dec 4, 2012

Evridiki "Freda" was born sometime in early January. She actually has no birth certificate - and they (back in Katerini) argue about the exact date of her birth. Her sisters say it was likely around the 4th -during Epiphany is what they all recall. But as you can imagine in a small farming town - the details of a successful...

Dec 4, 2012

Helen Henderson-West passed away in Portland on December 4, 2012. Born in Bismark, North Dakota to Roy Marvin Halliday and Mable Helen Spitzer on October 12, 1917 and soon relocated to Washington state where she was educated and taught elementary school. In 1946 Helen married James Russell Henderson and spent the rest of her life in Portland. She taught Kindergarten/First...

Nov 29, 2012

In Loving Memory of Jerry Richard Mudica Our beloved Jerry Richard Mudica, lovingly nicknamed 'Mud' or 'Brother Mud' passed away into God's eternal care on November 29, 2012. He was 71. Jerry had suffered a long illness and his family and friends know his tribulations are finished and he will now abide in endless peace and love. Born April 8th,...

Nov 10, 2012

Alfonzia Holland, Jr, the second of four children, was born August 19, 1927, in Columbus, Georgia to the late Alfonzia Holland, Sr. and Carrie B. Holland. His older sister, Annie B. Williams, preceded him in death. He departed this life peacefully on November 10, 2012 at Harvest Homes Residential Care after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He attended Wynnton Hill...

Nov 3, 2012

Claudis "Joe" came on the scene early in the morning of July 1935. Because he didn't want to come out, he kept his mom up all night. Joe worked hard all his life, sometimes three jobs but most of the time two, even as a kid. Joe's various jobs included a paper route, shining shoes and washing dishes. He did...