Annie Ruth Griffin
Mar 13, 2016
Annie Ruth Griffin, "Ruthie", was born on November 3, 1936 in Galesburg, Illinois to Frank and Lucy Tyler. Ruthie was raised in Galesburg, but then moved to the Renton / Seattle area when she was a young lady.  She returned to Galesburg for a time in the early 1970's, but then came to Portland in 1975 and she has...
Merle E. Odell
Feb 16, 2016
Merle E. Odell passed away on February 16, 2016 at age 85. He was born on August 11, 1930 in Hendley, Nebraska and was married to Reita Ione Odell for more than 65 years. Visitation will be Thursday and Friday from 11-5 at Hustad Funeral Home. A funeral gathering will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 11:00 AM...
Anita Dorado Childers
Jan 31, 2016
Anita D. Childers passed Jan. 31, 2016, in Portland. She was born Jan. 13, 1921, in Mesa, Ariz., the daughter of Luisa Dorado and Santana De- Casas. Widowed in 1971 by Bill R. Childers, she is survived by her son, Robert Eugene Childers (Jan); dau- ghter, Louisa Diane Kei- ghan (Chuck); and grandsons, Evan Robert Childers (Lindsay) and Robert Connor...
William (Bill) Martin Brunkow
Jan 28, 2016
William (Bill) Martin Brunkow, 83, surrounded by loving family, died on January 28, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth; children David (Sue), Mary (Ross), and Paul (Alana); granddaughters Lauren, Devon, and Kennedy; and sister Peg VanHoomissen. Bill was born on August 3, 1932 to Clarence and Evelyn Brunkow in Portland; he is predeceased by his...
Janet Ann Linhart
Jan 26, 2016
Janet Ann Linhart, 61 died January 26, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. She was born in Spokane (Fairchild AFB) Washington on April 25, 1954 to Walt and Margaret Linhart. Janet graduated from Roosevelt High school. She worked at NW INS for 30 years and St. Johns Safeway for 11 1/2 years. She was preceded in death by her father Walt...
Kelly Michael Craig, Sr.
Jan 20, 2016
Kelly Michael Craig, Sr. was born on April 29, 1951 in Rantoul, Illinois to Newell and Doris Craig. He was raised in Texas and California and later served in the US Army. Kelly was married to Lisa Avins on December 26, 1977 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Together they lived in Arizona and California where Kelly worked odd jobs. They came...
Alvin Andrews
Dec 25, 2015
Andrews, Alvin Lawrence 88 Mar. 12, 1927 Dec. 25, 2015 Alvin Lawrence Andrews, 88, of Portland, passed away Dec. 25, 2015, at his home. Al, the son of Ellis and Leona (Van Buskirk) Andrews, was raised in Ontario where he lived until graduating from high school and joining the U.S. Navy near the end of World War II. Following World...
Edward Joseph Geers, Jr.
Dec 15, 2015
Edward Joseph Geers, Jr., 71
Resident of Scappoose, Oregon
Passed away 15 December 2015 after a long illness.
Edward was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1944 to Edward and Romaine Geers. He grew up there with three brothers (Bill, Bob, and Joe). Edward graduated from the Alexian Brothers School of Nursing in Chicago...
Warren H. Bolin
Nov 20, 2015
Warren H. Bolin passed away on November 20, 2015 at the age of 95 years.  Warren was born on Nov. 7, 1920 in Portland, Oregon. He spent his youth attending Portsmouth Grade School and then Roosevelt High School where he was active in sports, especially football and baseball. After high school, Warren attended Linfield College, in McMinnville, where his only...
Dewayne Mathias Bey
Nov 12, 2015
Ida Barstad Bey and William Bey had their 3rd child, DeWayne Mathias Bey during a blizzard with a temperature of 40 degrees below zero, on January 4, 1924 in Sedan, MN. The family lived in a railroad section house as Bill was the section foreman on the SOO Line Railroad. The doctor came from Annandale by train to make the...
Mary Helen Smith
Nov 10, 2015
Mary Helen Smith was born in Alida, Minnesota on June 15, 1926 and passed away in hospice care in Portland, Oregon on November 9, 2015 with son Brett Smith and sister Carol Steward by her side. Â Mary, her husband Delbert and their three children moved to St. Johns in 1955. She made friends quickly and soon became involved in her...
Edwin James Estes
Nov 8, 2015
Edwin James Estes (Eddie) was born on May 2, 1925 in Brockton, Massachusetts to Mary Ellen (Boland) and Edwin Devine Estes, the youngest of four children. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on November 8, 2015 in Portland, Oregon. Eddie was a World War II veteran, serving in the US Army from 1943-1946 in Service Company 188th...
Delia F Rubio
Nov 4, 2015
Delia Farah Rubio was surrounded by her loving family when she went home to the Lord on Nov. 04, 2015. She was born in Camaguey, Cuba to parents of Lebanese descent. She married Pedro Oscar Rubio in 1949; they immigrated with their family to Portland Oregon in 1967. She worked for over 20 years for U.S. National Bank before her...
Norma Rose Wittkopp
Nov 3, 2015
Norma Wittkopp passed away on November 3, 2015 in Portland. She was 92 years old. Norma was born in Ledyard, Iowa to Henry and Mae Selberg. She was raised and educated there graduating from Grant High School. She went to college in Des Moines, Iowa before joining the Navy as a WAVE, then was stationed in Florida during WWII. Norma...
Nicholas Glenn Horsey
Nov 1, 2015
Nicholas Glenn Horsey died in Portland on November 1, 2015. He was 27 years old. Nicholas was born in Portland, Oregon on October 31, 1988 to Jeffrey and Kelly Horsey. He was raised in St. Johns and attended Portsmouth Elementary and the Open Meadows School. He had also attended Portland Community College at Rock Creek. Nicholas worked for a time...
