Yoichi “Cannon” Kitayama was born to Yosakichi and Kuni Kitayama on November 24, 1928 in Portland, Oregon.  He passed away September 4th, 2019 at his home at Laurel Parc in Bethany, Oregon. Yoichi grew up in Portland’s Japantown where his parents ran the Royal Palm Hotel on 3rd and Flanders until being sent to the Minidoka Relocation Center during the Second World War.  He graduated from Hunt High School and attended Western Michigan College of Education before...

Lorabelle Winetta Meeker was born in Portland, Oregon on August 21, 1919 to Edwin Arthur Bertelsen and Etta Letitia (Anderson) Bertelsen.  On September 8, 2019 - shortly after her 100th birthday - she passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus while listening to hymns.  She grew up in Multnomah, then just outside the Portland city limits.  As a teenager, she professed faith in Christ and became a member of Multnomah United Presbyterian Church.  She was a popular teacher of...

Mary Thelen Miller Soot passed away peacefully on September 3, 2019 at the age of 77 years. A pillar of this community, Mary was born in Portland on April 19, 1942. She had a go-getter attitude that recognized few limits, and her creative stamp is on everything she touched. There was hardly a task that Mary wouldn’t tackle on her own, and she accomplished every one of them with aplomb and panache - albeit her reflection often resulted in a glib, “...not up to my usual!”...

Harvey Jess Osborn was born June 8, 1928, in Portland, Oregon.  He was the only son of Jess William Osborn and Olive Alice (Lotta) Gordon-Leslie. He died in Portland, Oregon, on August 31, 2019.  He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend. After graduating from Milwaukee Union High School, he enlisted in the United States Army, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division and playing French horn in the Division marching band.  He attended the University of...

Our beloved mother, Inarose Ries Zuelke, passed away at her home in Lake Oswego, August 28, 2019 at the age of 94. Everyone, from grandbabies, to CEO's, sons-in-law to friends and, most assuredly-her children, would agree she was a force to be reckoned with. We now can't quite reckon what we will do without that force, our mom, our grandma, our GG, our Inarose. Born in Portland June 8, 1925 she graduated from The Madeleine High School and went on to University of Portland,...

  John Raymond Stobie was born in Portland, Oregon on November 9, 1944 at Wilcox Memorial Hospital. John attended Sunset High School, and was a member of the first full graduating class of 1962.  After graduation, he joined the Army. He planned to drive tanks, but changed his mind during training because jumping out of planes seemed like more fun! He was part of the 101st Airborne and stationed at Fort Campbell, KY. Eventually, he moved to Beaverton, OR, and purchased his...

Terry Colleen Mitchell, age 72, passed peacefully on August 21, 2019 at home with her husband John by her side.  She was born April 8, 1947 in Portland, Oregon to Charles and Reba Mitchell, and married John F. Lee on November 24, 2005. Terry graduated from Reynolds High School in 1965.  She moved briefly to North Dakota, then back to the Portland area.  She enjoyed raising her two sons, music, as well as bird watching, canoeing and fishing with John.  She worked as a...

Gerald Vaughn was born in Spokane, Washington on September 17, 1946, the youngest of three children. He was raised in Libby, Montana, where he attended Libby High School and Montana State University.  He served in the U.S. Army, stationed in Korea.   Gerald enjoyed golfing, gardening, playing cribbage and talking about his grandchildren.  He acted gruff, but deep down, he was a gentle, kind-hearted soul.  He was a fighter, having survived lung cancer and prostate...

- August 10, 2019 in Vancouver, Washington, beloved wife of Harry D. Metke, loving mother of Kathleen Metke Seguin, Brian R. Metke and Stephen C. Metke and last survivor of previously deceased siblings, older sisters Virginia Keep Mackin, Maxine Keep McFarland and younger brother, Jack Keep. She was also preceded in death by her husband, parents, grandparents. In addition to her children, she is also survived by seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and...

Tim Foley passed away after a short, but courageous battle with glioblastoma. Throughout it all, his sense of humor, glib personality, and quick wit kept friends, family, and his caretakers on their toes. Tim was a lifelong Oregonian, who loved the natural beauty of his state. He was an avid outdoorsman, who helped pioneer surfing on the north Oregon coast in the 1960s. He loved surfing the earth on Mt. Hood in the winter and fly fishing coastal streams. Tim was a lifelong student of art...