Audrey Mae Graham
Oct 26, 2016
Audrey Graham, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, deeply cherished friend and member of her large and adoring family, died early on the morning of October 26, 2016, surrounded by her family, of complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Audrey was the seventh of eleven children born to Hjalmer and Herta Vedaa in rural northern Minnesota. Her family was loving and close-knit,...
William Anthony Marquard Jr
Oct 22, 2016
William Anthony Marquard Jr. April 16, 1926 – October 22, 2016 Born in Pasadena, Calif., Bill squeezed plenty of living into his 90 laps around the sun. After serving in the Navy in World War II, he met Molly Flanagan at a college mixer, and the two were married in 1949. He attended night school via the GI Bill and...
Nancy Ann Taylor
Oct 11, 2016
Nancy Ann Taylor, 72, passed away at her home in Wilsonville on Oct. 11 after a long struggle with respiratory disease. Born on May 12, 1944 in Elkhart, Indiana, Nancy was the only child of Walter and Alice (Spaulding) Hoffman. She grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, graduating from Loy Norrix High School in 1963. During the Vietnam War, she became...
Carol Jean Yow
Oct 10, 2016
Carol Jean Yow (Klupenger) April 19, 1944 – October 10, 2016 Carol was the youngest of four children. She was the daughter of Joseph H. and Lucille T. Klupenger and was born in Portland, OR. She attended Ascension grade school and Marycrest High School. She took a business course after graduating and worked as a bookkeeper. She married Roland "Bud"...
Edward C. Phillips
Oct 7, 2016
Edward Charles Phillips, 95, passed away peacefully at home on October 7, 2016, surrounded by his beloved family and friends. Ed was born on June 24, 1921 in Denver, Colorado to Edward Irvin and Rose Catherine Phillips. He married Virginia M. Marron on January 4, 1944. Ed served honorably in the U.S. Army during WWII in the European Theatre. He...
Helen L Kittredge
Oct 1, 2016
Helen Lucina Kittredge was born in Silver Lake, Oregon on June 13, 1921, to Emil and Verna Egli of Silver Lake. Helen was living in West Linn where she passed away on October 1, 2016 at the age of 95. Helen attended Silver Lake grammar and high schools and attended Pacific University in Forest Grove. She married her long-time friend...
Elva D. Myers
Sep 18, 2016
Elva D. Myers, who has lived in Lake Oswego for the last 67 years, has passed away at the age of 97. She was born in Checotah, Okla., to George and Bertha Adams Rigney, the fifth of 12 children in a sharecropper's family. As a child growing up she helped with the daily care of her brothers and sisters in...
Mr. William James Chambers
Sep 14, 2016
William James (Bill) Chambers, born October 11th, 1932 in Mason City, Iowa, passed away on September 14th 2016 after a brief illness, in Portland Oregon. He was the son of Robert Edson (Bob) Chambers and Louise Alice (Lennan) Chambers. Bill is survived by his wife of 54 years, Connie, 3 children, sons Timothy, Thomas, daughter Julie, as well as 3...
Mr. Willie Edward Kaatz, Jr.
Jul 28, 2016
Willie Edward Kaatz Jr (Bill) was born in Arizona to Willie Kaatz Sr. and Alma Dean Kaatz on September 18, 1948. Bill had fought a long hard battle with heart disease that ultimately took his life on Thursday, July 28, 2016. Bill passed away very peacefully, surrounded by family and loved ones at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. Bill...
