Mr. John Klemm Wardin died January 4, 2021 at age 87. He was born November 15, 1933 in Portland and grew up in Hillsdale. John attended Multnomah Grade School, and Benson High School. He took automotive training at Multnomah College and served eight years in the Oregon National Guard.   Mr. Wardin was a man of few words, but was always diligent in his work. In his early years, he worked at Fulton Park Dairy, founded by his grandfather Gustav Wardin and later owned by his father Albert...

 Well known former educator, local athlete and coach, Vincent J (Pesky) Paveskovich passed away on January 3, 2021.          .  Vincent was born to Croatian immigrant parents, Jakov and Marija Paveskovich, and was known to many as Coach, Vince or Vinnie Pesky.  He was born August 21, 1921 and was the youngest of a close knit baseball family.  His eldest brother Tony played semi-pro ball. Brother Johnny, who legally changed...

Judy Delameter Whitlatch died peacefully on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at the age of 84, in Portland, Oregon, after a long illness. Her husband, Norman, was at her side.   Judy was born on June 29, 1936 in Portland, Oregon to James M. Delameter, Sr. and Josephine H. Chapman Delameter.  She grew up in the Portland area, and graduated from Beaverton High School in 1954.  From 1969 to 1981, Judy was at Tektronix in Beaverton, where she started as a secretary and worked...

Sir Dennis Michael Finnigan, Sr. of Lake Oswego, Oregon, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020 at the age of 92 after a short illness and stroke.  Dennis is survived by his wife, Barbara Pfeiffer Finnigan and his nine children and their spouses: Cecilia Finnigan (Patrick), Eileen Finnigan Blair (Martin); Dennis Jr. (Debra); Kathleen Finnigan Frydenlund (Bruce); Peggy Finnigan Dudenhoeffer (Jack); Teresa Finnigan (Guy); Timothy (Jennifer); Kevin (Kari); Marie Finnigan Miyaishi...

Barbara passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones at the Laurel Parc Assisted living center.  Barbara was born to George and Josephine McKiel in Clatskanie, Oregon.  Sadly, Barbara’s father died unexpectedly when she was 2 years old.  After which she and her mother became an inseparable team. They moved to Portland and Barbara attended St Mary’s Catholic grade school, St Mary’s High school, and graduated from Marylhurst College with a Bachelor degree in...

Helen Rosemarie Healy was born on August 2, 1965 in Roseburg, Oregon to parents, Susan Schrepping and Timothy Healy. Helen is survived by her loving family: parents, Susan Schrepping and Timothy Healy; brothers, Christopher Healy and Patrick Schrepping; sister, Eugena Fields; aunt, Patricia Heinz; and uncle, James Allegretto.  Helen was preceded in death by her loving aunt and Godmother, Mary Ann Allegretto, grandmother, Helen Allegretto, grandfather, Eugene Allegretto, and loving...

Thomas Denman Meeker was born in Portland, Oregon on December 9, 1959 to David Denman Meeker and Lorabelle Winetta (Bertelsen) Meeker, the youngest of four siblings.  When he was young, the family moved to New Jersey for two years. When the family returned to Portland, he cried because with Oregon winter rain instead of snow and bright New Jersey sun, he could not play outdoors. All his life he loved being out-of-doors.  Growing up was not without mishaps. When "Tommy"...

Valentina (Vallie) Tribbett, 94, of Milwaukie, Oregon died peacefully on October 27th, 2020, from complications of Covid 19.  Vallie led an extraordinary life. She was born on July 8th, 1926 to Michailovna and Nadia Kopytina in Kiev, Ukraine. Vallie was a survivor of both Stalin’s starvation of his own people and Hitler’s Holocaust. She immigrated to the United States after the war. In Portland, Oregon, she met and married Dutch Blagg. Vallie trained to be a nurse and had a...

Thomas Walter Giacomini, aged 55, passed at his home in Lake Oswego, Oregon on Monday, October 12th. Tom enjoyed cars, motorcycles, golf, spending time in the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest, and most of all, spending time with his amazing son AJ. He grew up in Livonia, MI and attended the University of Michigan, Dearborn, where he earned his B.S. in Engineering and later his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. As a dedicated and respected leader in...

Marta Nélida Arias Malinow, known to all as "Tita," passed away October 12, 2020. She is survived by her children, Ana Malinow, Roberto Malinow, and Sebastian Malinow; and her grandchildren, Andrei Rajkovic, Max Malinow, Aria Malinow, Ada Rajkovic, Gabriel Rajkovic, and Chet Malinow; as well as many nephews, nieces and their children. Tita was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Antolín Arias, who immigrated from Spain, and Fela Danesi Arias, a native of Buenos...