Local Obituaries for Milwaukie, Clackamas County in Oregon and Surrounding Areas.
Joann D. Houf
Jun 29, 2018
JoAnn Darlene Houf of Portland Oregon died on June 29th, 2018 peacefully surrounded by her Family at the age of 87. JoAnn was born August 15, 1930 in Fargo, North Dakota. She was the oldest of two siblings. She moved with her parents Victor and Jessie Alfson and sister, Jackie to Moorhead, Minnesota where she graduated from Moorhead High School...
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Gary Stanley Brink
Jun 27, 2018
Gary was born on March 28, 1946 to Melvin and Shirlee Brink. A lifetime resident of Milwaukie, Oregon, he attended St. John the Baptist grade school and graduated from Jesuit High School in 1964. Gary was a ROTC graduate at Oregon State University where he met the love of his life, Jeannette Davis. They married in 1968 and recently celebrated...
Dorothy Ann Swanson
Jun 20, 2018
Dorothy Ann Swanson (Bjornstrom) was born in Astoria, Oregon on June 28, 1929. She passed away on June 20, 2018. She married Edward Swanson on October 22, 1949 and they had two children, Dianne and Kristi. She is survived by her daughter, Kristi Hoch; son-in-law, John Hoch; grandchildren, Jennifer Brooks and Rebecca Kirkpatrick; and 4 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in...
Terrence ""Terry"" F. Marthaller
Jun 19, 2018
Terry graduated Jefferson High School in 1961, and then entered the US Army from 1961 - 1963, he served in the ASA (American Security Agency) and Korea during that time. He married Karen Mulick in 1967 and they were married 40 years until her passing in 2007. He served his community as a Milwaukie Police officer and sergeant for 27...
Sandra Lee Cooke
Jun 18, 2018
Sandra Lee Cooke (Brittingham) was born on Christmas Day, 1944 in Ontario, Oregon. She passed away with her family and friends close by on June 18, 2018. She spent her early childhood in Eastern Oregon, moving to Milwaukie in 1952 when her father, Frank became Milwaukie's Police Chief. After graduating from Milwaukie High School in 1962, she worked at the...
Betty L. Barber-Thurston
Jun 9, 2018
A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, June 22nd at 11:00 am located at Peake Funeral Chapel located at 1925 SE Scott St., Milwaukie, OR., with a reception to follow.\u0026nbsp; A viewing will be June, 21st from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Betty is survived by her Children, Sharon Starr, Ronald (Kelly) Barber, Russell (Susan) Barber, Rodger Barber, Robert...
Roger C. Palm
Jun 3, 2018
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.\u0026nbsp; Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness"",
Douglas V. Remmick
Jun 2, 2018
Doug Remmick was born in Streeter, North Dakota, and moved with his family to Portland when he was 12 years old. He graduated from University of Oregon with a degree in business in 1958. In 1967, he launched his own business, Doug Remmick/Northwest Stone, and over the next four decades he supplied natural building stone to homes and businesses all...
Lawrence E. Duncan
May 27, 2018
Larry Duncan was born June 7, 1925 in Spirit Lake, Idaho. He served in the USNCB's in WWII. After his Navy Service he had a career as a civil engineer and forester for the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) spanning 30 years from 1958 to 1987. With the BLM he was located in 5 different Oregon cities, Roseburg 1958-1962,...
Delphine A. Bennett
May 25, 2018
Delphine Alma (Walter) Bennett, 91 passed from this life into the loving arms of Jesus on Friday, May 25, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born April 13, 1927 in St. Francis, Kansas to the late Herman and Elizabeth (Schlepp) Walter, the seventh of ten children. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 63 years, Johnny...
William Cobb Shelby
May 17, 2018
William Cobb Shelby, age 89, passed away peacefully at his home on May 17, 2018 with his daughter and wife by his side. William "Bill" was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on August 20, 1928 where he worked the farmland with his grandfather's oxen before beginning his transient childhood across the south. He enrolled to serve in WWII after the attack...
Gerald William "Jerry" Stewart
May 15, 2018
Jerry was the son of John and Vida Stewart who raised him in Southeast Portland. He was a WWII Army veteran, having served in combat in Normandy and Germany. Jerry married Mary Watkins in 1961. He returned to Portland where he worked as the manager of aviation construction for the Port of Portland before starting his own engineering practice. Jerry...
Audrey Sabin Wakefield Fish
May 13, 2018
Audrey was born to Roy and Anna Sabin in Grandview, Iowa, the 3rd of 6 children. Because of the Great Depression, the family was forced to leave Iowa looking for work. They ended up in Portland, Oregon when Audrey was 16. She graduated from Franklin High School in 1936 and worked as a welder in the shipyards during WWII. She...
John "Jack" Greco
May 6, 2018
John Greco, known to friends and family as "Jack," passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at the age of 67 years. A native of Los Angeles, Jack attended Occidental College and graduated with a degree in music from Immaculate Heart College. He had a life-long love of music that played a role in much of his life; he was...
Harold Ernest Chagnon
May 6, 2018
Harold Chagnon was born on a farm near Miami, Florida on March 30, 1933. As a young boy he worked in a grocery store, but as a young man he fulfilled his dream and joined the US Air Force. Stationed in Japan, he loved the country and learned a little Japanese. Later in life he moved to Oregon and lived...
Robert Bowen Bennett
Apr 29, 2018
Robert (\u0026quot;Bob\u0026quot;) Bowen Bennett Born: March 28, 1927, in Tillamook, Oregon, to Frank B. and Ethel Mocroft Bennett Died: April 29, 2018, aged 91, in Milwaukie, Oregon Married: Lola Arlene Zastera on August 20, 1949, in Bend, Oregon, who predeceased him on August 11, 2003. He was also predeceased by his parents and his four siblings: Mary, Frank M., Richard,...
Jill Renee Nortell
Apr 28, 2018
Jill Renee Nortell, age 52, passed away peacefully, Saturday April 28, 2018 at her home in Milwaukie. Jill was born on Sunday January 16, 1966 in Portland at Bess Kaiser Hospital where her mother was employed. She was the first of three daughters born to Gary and Verna. She was a 1985 graduate of Clackamas High School. She enjoyed janitorial...
