Obituaries

Jun 4, 2023

 

Martha Lee Morris O’Donnell, age 84, passed away on June 4, 2023, in Happy Valley, Oregon.

Martha was born on July 28, 1938, to Phyllis Ada Morris (nee Compton) and Willis Burgess Morris, in Bell, California. The oldest of eight children, she attended Our Lady of Loretto School and St. Joseph School in Los Angeles and Hawthorne, respectively, and...

Jun 4, 2023

 

Meg Helgert, age 78, of Portland, Oregon, died peacefully in her home June 4, 2023. Mary Margaret, her “official name”, was born November 24, 1945 in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. She and her twin brother, Mike, were adopted when they were 2 years old by John and Margaret Helgert of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where they grew up. Meg began her...

Jun 3, 2023

 



John DiNucci passed away at the age of 90 surrounded by his loving family. John served in the Korean War and later met the love of his life Lorraine Dardano. They married in 1956 and celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary in May. John was a retired Multnomah County Deputy Sheriff and enjoyed many hobbies, but most important was...

Jun 1, 2023

Lloyd William Weisensee was born in Portland, Oregon to Lloyd Robert Weisensee and Mary Isabelle Weisensee (nee Brown). 

Lloyd attended St John the Baptist Grade School in Milwaukie, Oregon, Central Catholic in Portland, Oregon and St Martin’s Prep in Lacey, Washington.  He attended University of Portland and graduated from University of Oregon Law School and AFROTC in 1957.  After graduation,...

May 25, 2023

Mary was born in Portland, Oregon on August 13, 1925 to Gladys Mae and JohnNicholas Brill. Named after her maternal grandmother, Mary, and her paternalgrandmother, Ellen, she was the youngest of four siblings. Her brother, Jack, couldn’tpronounce Mary, so he called her “May”, which she answered to for the rest of her life.Our mom lived through the Great Depression which...

May 22, 2023

 

Robert “Bob” Wojcicki, 82, of Happy Valley, passed away on May 22, 2023.

 

Bob was born on April 26, 1941, in Chicago. He graduated from Mt. Carmel High School in 1959 and began his sales career with Sherwin-Williams Chemical Coatings.

 

In 1963, he married Lucille “Lucy” Kowalski. In 1966, his job brought them to Portland, Oregon, where...

May 19, 2023

Pedro Antonio Prieto López, 24, from Mexico City passed away on Friday, May 19, 2023 in Portland, Oregon

 

Antonio was born in Mexico City to Cecilia Lopez and Pedro Prieto. He moved with his family to Mt. Tabor, a neighborhood in Southeast Portland in 2000. He graduated from Franklin High School where he was part of the football and wrestling...

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May 5, 2023

 

Father Rock Sassano passed away peacefully on May 5, 2023, at Maryville Memory Care in Beaverton, Oregon. Rock lived independently and on his own terms for more than 90 years until his recent transfer to Maryville. Rock was born in Billings, Montana on October 14,1931. He was one of seven children born to Louis and Arcangelo Lombardozzi Sassano, Italian...

May 3, 2023

Sharon (Shari) Lois Retter, born Sharon Lois Wess  was born in Portland, OR on October 16th 1938. 

She was the oldest of three girls, a beloved Sister, Mother, Aunt, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and friend to many. Preceded in death by her parents Peter and Mary Wess and her sister Michell. Sharon died May 3rd, 2023 at the age of 84, at...

Apr 28, 2023

 

Hared Choy-Harris 

November 25, 1987 - April 28, 2023

 

Hared Passed away Friday, April 28, 2023 at 2:00 pm at Providence St. Vincent’s Hospital due to medical complications in Portland, OR.

 

Hared spent some years of his childhood in Mexico; Hawthorne, CA; and Missoula, MT; where he graduated from Sentinel High School in 2005 and attended the...

Apr 22, 2023

Steven Wally Leistiko of Gladstone, Oregon was born in Portland, Oregon on November 29th, 1955, and passed away at the age of 67 in April of 2023.

Apr 21, 2023

 

Wojciech (Voytek) Kowalewski was born on 4/15/1957 in Warsaw, Poland to Henryk and Wieslawa Kowalewski.  In 1983 he graduated with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering (MEiL) at Warsaw Institute of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska).

In 1992 Wojciech and his family emigrated to Canada and in 2002 the family moved to Portland,...

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Mar 28, 2023

 

James L Kramer passed away, Tuesday morning, March 28th, 2023 in Portland, OR.

Jim was born January 17th, 1939, in Valley City, North Dakota.   He was the son of his late parents, Matthew Kramer and Gladys Berger.  He was born in his family’s farm home and was raised there with his 4 brothers and 5 sisters. 

Jim grew up...

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