All Obituaries

A fella once told me when you borrow something it’s not forever.  In time you will have to return it.  That nice car you borrow from your buddy.  That cute blouse your girlfriend lent you.  Well our Lord came back to take home what was his on October 26th, 2018; my father, your friend, uncle, grandfather (poppa), brother – a borrowed man, Leo Ray Blocker, Jr.   Son to Leo Ray Blocker, Sr. and Ella O. Blocker, he was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota and...

David Edwin Whiteshield was born July 9th 1938 in Clinton, Oklahoma to Raymond and Rosa (Haag) Whiteshield. He was the youngest of eight children; brothers, Rudy, Harvey, Jack, Robert, Russell, and Raymond; and two sisters, Maggie and Ameila. He was raised in Calumet, Oklahoma and attended Concho Indian Boarding School.   David lived most of his life in Canton and Watonga, Oklahoma before moving in 2012 to Milwaukie, Oregon up ‘til his timely death on October 20th 2018. He loved...

Bernice Hodge, loving mother and grandmother, died October 11, 2018 at the age of 93.   Born Bernice Pauline Ludviksen on March 17, 1925 in Silverton, Oregon, she grew up in Silverton and moved to Portland after graduating from high school.  She married Wayne Hodge on December 8, 1946, and together they had three sons, Robert, Richard and Roger.   Bernice was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Wayne in 2015; brothers, Lester Ludviksen and Harlow Ludviksen; and...

Craig Allen Moran, 64 of Happy Valley, Oregon passed away Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 from complications of liver failure.    Craig was a respected employee of Boeing for 45 years and continued to work in the union after retirement in May of 2018. Craig worked hard to provide for his family to make sure they didn't want for anything; raising three children Jason, Sarah, and Brian. Craig loved sports especially his U of O Ducks Football team and also served as coach of...

On Sunday, September 2, Cheryl passed away peacefully at home, her husband and children at her side. Cheryl Lorene was born September 15, 1951, in Oregon City, the first child of James and Glorene (Hostetler) Howard. She grew up living with her parents and her five younger siblings in the Canby and Wilsonville areas. Cheryl graduated from West Linn High School in 1969 and from Oregon College of Education in 1973. She married Daniel Palmer, of Dallas, at Calvary Mennonite Church in Aurora...

Anne Marie Hartman, 53, of Plover, WI, died peacefully at the Cedar Crest Care Home, Tualatin, OR, Monday, August 13, 2018. Her death followed a seven-year battle with a rare degenerative neurological disorder. Anne was born on June 30, 1965 in Montgomery, AL, the daughter of Lt. Col. William Weingarz and Joanne Caputo Weingarz. She married David Hartman at St. Michael Catholic Church in Portland, OR on May 19, 1995. Anne was a 1983 graduate of Newberg High School in Newberg, OR. In 1988...

Walter Thomas, affectionately known as Tom, passed away quietly at his home on July 1, 2018.   Born in the Bronx, New York ninety years ago, he survived a difficult childhood and went on to become a military veteran, government postal worker, and tax accountant.  He had a strong sense of personal and civic integrity and was an eloquent writer of newspaper editorials over the years.  A strong advocate for the under privileged and marginalized, he generously supported causes...

Douglas Roger Neely was a lifelong resident of the Portland, Oregon area, born on April 6, 1943 to Eldon and Marie Neely.  He graduated from David Douglas High School and joined the US Navy in 1960 where he served on the USS Phillip and USS Faragout in Japan and Hawaii.   In 1967 he became a Fireman and worked for 19 years until his retirement in 1986.  He retired as a Lieutenant, but was next in line for Captain.  On February 14, 1986 he married Carol Lang and she was...

Our beautiful “Mother” was born on December 21, 1923 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.  In 1942 she met Jack Warner the handsome American Soldier.  It was love at first sight!  They married in 1943 and had the first two of their eleven children in Australia.  In 1948 they moved to America; nine more children were to follow and countless adventures.   In 1968, once her children were all in school, she started her college journey and finished with a...

June Hinkson, age 80, was a long time resident of the Logan/Oregon City area.  She passed away peacefully on July 9, 2018.  June was preceded in death by her parents, William and Irene Chipman and her husband, Stephen Hinkson.   June was born in Portland, Oregon on the 30th of April 1938.  She graduated from Gresham High School before marrying and moving to the family farm, where she raised three daughters.  She was an avid horsewoman, who loved being in her yard,...