Obituaries

May 7, 2023

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...

Mar 27, 2023

Mar 24, 2023

Mar 24, 2023

 

Patrick Chaesop Kim was born in Incheon South Korean on September 18, 1937.  Son of Kyung-Hak Kim (father) and Tae-Jin Lee (mother), and the oldest of 4 children. He was married to Cecilia Whacha Kim (deceased) for 42 years. He is survived by son Thomas Songuk Kim (Jeanie Kim wife) and daughter Angela Yonghi Roelofs (Nathan Roelofs husband), and...

Mar 24, 2023

 

Michael Meltzer passed away peacefully on March 24, 2023 after complications of heart failure. He was always surrounded by his loving family. The day began with snow that turned to rain but at the time of Michael’s passing the sun was shining down on him.

Michael left behind his wife Luong of almost 30 years, his son Kai Meltzer,...

Mar 19, 2023

 

Miguel A. Baltazar Torres, age 28, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 19th 2023, at Legacy Emmanuel Hospital in Portland, Oregon.  He was born on December 1, 1994, in Palo Alto, California.  He worked as a mechanic and construction worker.  At his mechanic job he showed a lot of interest and love for his job. Cars that would come...

Mar 19, 2023

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Mar 17, 2023

 

So many people packed into the Oregon City hospice house to spend Andrew Thomas Wilch’s final days with him that the place looked more like a fraternity house than a hospice. Andy’s spirit was lifted by the outpouring of love he received in the weeks before March 17, 2023, when his 60-year-old body finally succumbed to corticobasal degeneration syndrome...

Mar 16, 2023

Kenneth Jerome Hoff, 84, passed peacefully at his home in Orchards, Washington, on March 16, 2023. He was surrounded by both of his children.

Ken was the firstborn child of Frank and Clementine Hoff, born July 3, 1938, in the small rural community of New Salem, North Dakota. After moving during his childhood to Portland, Oregon, he went on to...

Mar 14, 2023