Local Obituaries for Milwaukie, Clackamas County in Oregon and Surrounding Areas.
Lawrence E. Duncan
May 27, 2018
Larry Duncan was born June 7, 1925 in Spirit Lake, Idaho. He served in the USNCB's in WWII. After his Navy Service he had a career as a civil engineer and forester for the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) spanning 30 years from 1958 to 1987. With the BLM he was located in 5 different Oregon cities, Roseburg 1958-1962,...
Delphine A. Bennett
May 25, 2018
Delphine Alma (Walter) Bennett, 91 passed from this life into the loving arms of Jesus on Friday, May 25, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born April 13, 1927 in St. Francis, Kansas to the late Herman and Elizabeth (Schlepp) Walter, the seventh of ten children. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 63 years, Johnny...
William Cobb Shelby
May 17, 2018
William Cobb Shelby, age 89, passed away peacefully at his home on May 17, 2018 with his daughter and wife by his side. William "Bill" was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on August 20, 1928 where he worked the farmland with his grandfather's oxen before beginning his transient childhood across the south. He enrolled to serve in WWII after the attack...
Gerald William "Jerry" Stewart
May 15, 2018
Jerry was the son of John and Vida Stewart who raised him in Southeast Portland. He was a WWII Army veteran, having served in combat in Normandy and Germany. Jerry married Mary Watkins in 1961. He returned to Portland where he worked as the manager of aviation construction for the Port of Portland before starting his own engineering practice. Jerry...
Audrey Sabin Wakefield Fish
May 13, 2018
Audrey was born to Roy and Anna Sabin in Grandview, Iowa, the 3rd of 6 children. Because of the Great Depression, the family was forced to leave Iowa looking for work. They ended up in Portland, Oregon when Audrey was 16. She graduated from Franklin High School in 1936 and worked as a welder in the shipyards during WWII. She...
John "Jack" Greco
May 6, 2018
John Greco, known to friends and family as "Jack," passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at the age of 67 years. A native of Los Angeles, Jack attended Occidental College and graduated with a degree in music from Immaculate Heart College. He had a life-long love of music that played a role in much of his life; he was...
Harold Ernest Chagnon
May 6, 2018
Harold Chagnon was born on a farm near Miami, Florida on March 30, 1933. As a young boy he worked in a grocery store, but as a young man he fulfilled his dream and joined the US Air Force. Stationed in Japan, he loved the country and learned a little Japanese. Later in life he moved to Oregon and lived...
Robert Bowen Bennett
Apr 29, 2018
Robert (\u0026quot;Bob\u0026quot;) Bowen Bennett Born: March 28, 1927, in Tillamook, Oregon, to Frank B. and Ethel Mocroft Bennett Died: April 29, 2018, aged 91, in Milwaukie, Oregon Married: Lola Arlene Zastera on August 20, 1949, in Bend, Oregon, who predeceased him on August 11, 2003. He was also predeceased by his parents and his four siblings: Mary, Frank M., Richard,...
Jill Renee Nortell
Apr 28, 2018
Jill Renee Nortell, age 52, passed away peacefully, Saturday April 28, 2018 at her home in Milwaukie. Jill was born on Sunday January 16, 1966 in Portland at Bess Kaiser Hospital where her mother was employed. She was the first of three daughters born to Gary and Verna. She was a 1985 graduate of Clackamas High School. She enjoyed janitorial...
Estella Ruth Zook
Apr 17, 2018
Estella Ruth Zook went to be with the Lord at 90 years of age on April 17, 2018. She was born in Sullivan County, Indiana to Floyd and Mary French on September 13, 1927. She was 1 of 6 children, and was preceded in death by 2 sisters and 3 brothers. She graduated from Hymera High School in 1945. Those...
James Jay Kneaper
Apr 7, 2018
Jim was born in Glenada, Oregon on December 1, 1937 to Robert and Dorothy Kneaper. He went to school and graduated high school in Mapleton, Oregon and attended college in San Francisco, California. He was married to Kathy for 17 years and they had two children, Brad and Teresa along with four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Jim married Carol 25...
Jeffrey Adam Upkes
Apr 2, 2018
Jeffery Adam Upkes June 25, 1971 to April 2, 2018 Jeffery passed away at home on April 2nd, 2018. Jeffery was born in Portland and lived throughout the northwest until settling down in the Milwaukie area. He graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelors of Science degree in horticulture and eventually earned a Masters Degree in education from Old...
Nicole Colette Surber
Mar 4, 2018
Nicole Colette Surber (Skjei), 51, passed away on Sunday, March 4th surrounded by family in Yakima, WA. Nicole was a born March 7th, 1966 in Portland, OR. Nicole had been a survivor and fighter her whole life. Despite many hardships, Nicole had made a conscious decision to break the mold and stay positive. Many of those who knew her would...
