Max Loucks passed away peacefully on a June 5th, 2014. Max was born in Plentywood Montana on April 20th, 1925 to Nathan and Nettie (Scaman) Loucks. Max had two brothers, Clayton and Jerome. In 1931, the family moved to Kermit, North Dakota to a wheat farm where the Loucks boys grew up. Throughout his life Max referred to himself as "a North Dakota farm boy." Max was drafted into the army in 1951 and married Caryl Zimmerman of Noonan, North Dakota before reporting to duty. They were married on December 20th during a blizzard so severe that the trains couldn't get through. Two weeks later Max was sent to Korea for the first of two tours of duty. After being discharged from the army, Max and Caryl resided in Tacoma, Washington before moving to Portland in 1957. They made their home in the community of St. Johns in 1959. Max worked as a Millwright and Machinist until he retired in 1988. He worked in the shipyards and steel mills of Portland, participated in the construction of the Trojan Nuclear Plant and worked in lumber mills all over the Pacific Northwest. Max enjoyed hunting and fishing and was always crazy about horses. He boarded two quarter horses at a pasture on Germantown Road for many years. In 1976 Max and son Mark rode his horses in the Bicentennial Oregon Trail Ride. Max was a member of the fraternal order of Freemasonry and the Korean War Veterans Association, Oregon Trail Chapter. Max participated in many events with the KWVA of Oregon including the building of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Wilsonville. Max loyally supported, and was an active member of, the St. Johns community for 55 years. Max was preceded in death by his parents, Nathan and Nettie, his brothers Clayton and Jerome, and his wife of 63 years, Caryl (Zimmerman) Loucks. He is survived by his children, Lynette Saunders (Spencer), Jan Silagi (John), Mark Loucks (Teresa) and Shawn Axten (Bruce), and five grandchildren, Jason and Tim Loucks, Kevin Silagi, and Ethan and Danielle Axten. Max will be laid to rest at Willamette National Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at Hustad Funeral Home, 7232 N. Richmond Ave, Portland, OR 97203, on Saturday June 14th at 1:00 PM. Reception to follow.