Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
Nobuko Azumano
Mar 25, 2012
Beloved leader of family and friends in Portland's Japanese-American community, Nobuko ("Nobi") Azumano passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2012 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. She was born on March 20, 1925 in Salt Lake City, where she met her first husband Ted Tsuboi and married in 1944. After moving to Portland, Nobi worked as a lab tech. She...
Julia Carlotta Fisher
Mar 19, 2012
Fisher, Julia C. 76 Oct. 13, 1935 March 19, 2012 Julia C. Fisher was born in Portland on Oct. 13, 1935, to Giuseppina and Carlo Cartasegna, who were Italian immigrant produce farmers in the Parkrose area for many years. She was the third of four children. Julia was born during the Depression and knew difficult times. After school she would...
Howard Johnson, Jr.
Feb 29, 2012
Howard Johnson, Jr. was the older of two children born to Rena Lee (Young) and Howard Johnson, Sr. (Skinny) on July 10, 1932 in St. Louis, Mo. His sister, Dorothy Mae was born in 1934. His parents and brother, Ervin Johnson, preceded him in death. His early childhood was spent in St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis Public...
Bessie Damonte
Feb 14, 2012
Bessie "Bess" Mary Damonte passed away on February 14, 2012, at age 82. Her services will be on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at St. Rita Catholic Church. Rosary will begin at 10:00am, funeral service starts at 10:30 until 11:30, reception from 11:30 until 1:30pm, with entombment to follow at Rose City Cemetery mausoleum. Read Bessie Damonte's Obituary and Guestbook on...
Dean Carl Schaffer
Feb 11, 2012
Dean Schaffer (May 18, 1948 - Feb. 11, 2011), beloved son of Benjamin and Esther (Mohr) Schaffer, beloved brother of Audrey, Jonnabelle, Kathy, Paul, Tom, went home today to his Lord and is now in the arms of his beloved parents. Dean fell and broke his hip on 2/6 and received a partial hip replacement on 2/7, but passed away...
Darryl Vernon Curry
Feb 7, 2012
Darryl Vernon Curry was born on June 4, 1963 to the union of Johnny Vernon Curry, Jr. and Eva Lois Curry in Portland, Oregon. Darryl attended Holiday Grade School, Sabin, Vernon, and Ulysses S. Grant High School. Darryl accepted the Lord at an early age at the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Dr. O.B. Williams....
Albert Williams Jr.
Feb 7, 2012
Williams, Albert 'Alfie' 45 Dec. 29, 1966 Feb. 07, 2012 Albert "Alfie" Williams was born in Portland. He grew up in a NE neighborhood where he and his brother, Mark, attended Holy Redeemer School. Later they attended Central Catholic and Lincoln High School. In 1987 at Peninsula Park, Alfie met the love of his life, Hallie. Most people remember Alfie...
Ivan Shmilenko
Feb 5, 2012
Ivan "Mike" Shmilenko was born on July 11, 1922 in Kiev, Ukraine, the son of Michael and Fedora Shmilenko. He was raised and educated in Kiev, where he earned his degree in bookkeeping. He met Alexandra Chachalova in Germany, and they were married on June 22, 1946. Their daughter Tonia was born in Germany in 1947and the family immigrated to...
John L Piper
Feb 1, 2012
If anyone has information about Mr. Piper, please contact Rose City. Thank you.
Kathleen Marie Behrend
Jan 28, 2012
Kathleen Marie Cardwell was born in Stevensville, Montana to Henry David and Lillian Catherine Cardwell nee Menard. She married John F. Behrend on May 5th, 1944 in Portland, Oregon. The couple raised four children: William, John, Janice and David. Kathleen worked in many Portland area Hospitals as a dietician. She recently moved to Hillsboro, Oregon, where she was able to...
Sean A. Dieringer-Burns
Jan 24, 2012
Sean was born on January 22, 1989 to Terence C. Burns and Pamela Dieringer. He attended school in Portland and graduated from Benson High School in 2007. He attended Clark College Culinary Program and graduated with an AA degree in 2010. He worked at the Hilton Hotel for 2 year before moving to Spokane, Washington in order to attend Spokane...
Florence Carlson
Jan 24, 2012
Florence was born to Christina and Jacob Burback in Portland, Oregon. She married Joseph Reiter in 1937 and had one son, Dennis. She married Walter Mel Carlson in 1941 and was married until his death in 1980. Florence held many jobs in Portland. Her most recent job was with Broadway Medical Clinic, where she worked for 27 years. She was...
Howard Ray Willoughby
Jan 22, 2012
Howard Ray Willoughby 92 of Portland Oregon, November 20, 1919 January 22, 2012. Howard was born in Jayess Mississippi the fourth of 8 children. During World War II he served honorably with the Army Air Corp in Italy and Africa. In 1945 he married Rosie Loster and moved to Portland where together they ran their own home heating business and...
Mabel May Sinclair
Jan 16, 2012
Mabel May Sinclair, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, died at the age of 101. She was born in Portland, to Conrad and Christina Yeager, the second of three daughters. She was raised in the area, graduated from the High School of Commerce, and lived in Oregon her entire life. Mabel met and married William G. Sinclair in 1934....
Susanne Lee Redding
Jan 13, 2012
Sue left us suddenly after a fall down the stairs in the new house she and her beloved husband, Christopher Buhle, had just purchased. Sue was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, where she attended Laurelhurst Grade School and James Monroe High School, graduating in 1972. She went on to attend O.S.U. where she was a 4.0 math major. During...
James Dunn Miller
Jan 9, 2012
James "Big Man" Miller was born on August 19, 1947 in Portland, Oregon to Mary and Harold L. Miller. To this union 2 sons were born, Harold Jr. and James (AKA Donnie). Harold and Mary divorced; She later married Hillary Moss. To this union 1 son was born, Jerome. James attended Elliot Grade School and Washington High School. He represented...
Rognald S. Knutson
Jan 6, 2012
Rog was born in Ray, N.D. to Ole and Anna (Stalheim) Knutson. He was raised in Portland and graduated from Franklin High School in 1941. He joined the U.S. Army on Dec. 08, 1941 and served in Germany for the duration of World War II. He graduated from Lewis and Clark College and did his graduate work at the University...
Mary Ann Ekblad
Dec 30, 2011
Mary Ann Ekblad died peacefully at home the morning of Friday, December 30, 2011. She is survived by her husband, Tim; brother, Robert Hurley; daughter, Diana (Annie) Peters; grandchildren, nieces and nephews and a host of other family members. Mary Ann is preceded in death by her parents, Seldon & Ann; and brother, David Hurley. Mary Ann was employed with...
Dorothy Fusaye Yoshida
Dec 19, 2011
Dorothy Fusaye Yoshida was born March 15th 1917 in Gresham, Oregon to Eijiro and Hamano Hara. The eldest of 10 children, she spent most of her early years helping her father on the family farm growing vegetables and berries. As a child, she attended Gresham elementary school where she had to learn to speak English as her parents only spoke...
Arthur M. Potts, Sr.
Dec 19, 2011
Arthur Melvin Potts, Sr. was born November 13, 1933 to John Patrick and Josephine Potts in Portsmouth, Virginia the youngest of 13 children. His early education was received at Portsmouth Public Schools in Portsmouth, Virginia. He attended I.C. Norcom High School. Arthur's parents and his 12 siblings preceded him in death. He accepted Christ and was baptized at an early...
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