Local Obituaries for Milwaukie, Clackamas County in Oregon and Surrounding Areas.
John Leo Weakland
Jun 17, 2023
John Leo Weakland of Portland, OR, passed away June 17, 2023, at the age of 98. He was born in Pennsylvania to Leo John and Ella Weakland on April 1, 1925. He married his childhood sweetheart, Leona Lockett. After retiring from the Portland Post Office, John managed his aging years with grace and dignity. He wanted to spend as much...
Marian Martha Wise
Jun 15, 2023
Marian Martha Swanson was born at home on September 26, 1922. Her parents were Charles and Martha Swanson. She was the youngest of their two girls, her older sister was Joan. They lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marian was the proud mother of two children, Lynne and Chuck. She was so happy to have both a boy and a girl. Her...
Eleanor Anne Corder
Jun 12, 2023
Eleanor Corder passed away peacefully from natural causes June 12, 2023, in Milwaukie, Oregon. She was two days away from her 85th birthday. Eleanor was born June 14, 1938, in Victoria, B.C. Canada. She graduated from Victoria High School. In her early 20s, she visited family in the U.S. and met Leon Corder, who she married on May 6, 1961....
Joe Calcagno, Jr.
Jun 10, 2023
Joe Calcagno Jr. passed away peacefully on June 10, 2023 at 95 years old. Joe was born in Portland on August 9, 1927 to Joe and Giovanna Calcagno. He was the third of six children. He grew up farming in Northeast Portland and attended Park Rose High School. In 1951 Joe married Adalgisa Foglia in Cologna Spiaggia, Italy. When they...
Dylan J. Thomas Tackett
May 24, 2023
It is with heavy hearts we announce the loss of Dylan J. Thomas Tackett, 21, of Portland, Oregon. Dylan was born on June 07, 2001, and left this world on May 24th, 2023. The day of his birth he was welcomed with loving arms by many. Throughout his life he touched so many people within his community and had a...
Edward Charles Miller
May 21, 2023
Edward Charles Miller died Sunday, May 21, 2023. He was born October 17, 1938, in Chicago, IL, the son of the late Charles E. and Emma Miller. When he was 13 years of age, the family moved to Bremerton, WA, where Ed graduated from Bremerton High School in 1956. In 1959, Ed married Susan Owen, subsequently relocating to Vancouver, WA....
Elayne Ann Rutledge
May 20, 2023
Elayne Ann Rutledge, 83, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 20th, 2023. Elayne was born June 28, 1939 in Klamath Falls, Oregon, to Lillian and Joseph Mingo. Elayne attended Sacred Heart Academy Catholic School in Klamath Falls 1-12th grade. She married Gary Rutledge on June 1, 1957. They lived in Klamath Falls, Medford, Oregon, Santa...
Hershel Dean Bridges
May 18, 2023
Hershel Dean Bridges of Milwaukie, OR passed away in his home at Albertina Kerr Group Home on May 18, 2023. Hershel was born in Crabtree, AR on 11/25/1950 to Irene (Hoyle) Bridges and Coy Ray Bridges. He suffered an accident at 14 months of age causing permanent disabilities. Hershel was cared for at home until age 5 when he was...
Larry Richard Sweeney
May 12, 2023
Larry was born to Anne Donnelly and Dr. Lawrence Sweeney at old St. Vincent's hospital in Portland, OR. He died of congestive heart failure at his home in Milwaukie, OR, surrounded by family and friends. He attended St. John's grade school in Milwaukie, OR, and Central Catholic High School. Graduating from Notre Dame University in 1966, going on to get...
Gary Howard Stanley
May 8, 2023
Gary Howard Stanley "Stan" was born on November 10, 1937 to Wayne and Margaret Dedmore in Council Bluffs, IA. From there the family made their home in several cities: Centrailia, WA, Tillamook, OR, Albany, OR, where his sister Linda, was born in 1950, then on to Tacoma, WA where Gary attended high school and enlisted in the Air Force in...
Jason Aaron Giorgi
Apr 30, 2023
Jason Aaron Giorgi passed away early Sunday morning on April 30th, 2023. He was 47 years old. He was born in Grants Pass, Oregon on November 8, 1975 and was residing in Oregon City, Oregon with his long time girlfriend, Angela Durtschi, at the time of his passing. He leaves behind three children, Donnovan Combe, Anthony Giorgi, and Carissa Giorgi. ...
Sally Jane Tabor
Apr 22, 2023
Sally Jane Tabor was born to Robert and Lila Tabor in Portland, Oregon, March 11, 1950. She passed away April 22, 2023 due to complications from diabetes. Sally lived her entire life in Milwaukie, Oregon. For 45 years she worked as a CAD PCB Designer for Tektronix and Grass Valley Group. Her brother-in-law, a Tektronix Design Engineer, preferred to have...
Judy Tressa Callahan
Apr 5, 2023
Judy was born to Thomas and Helen Stoddard in Van Nuys, CA on January 26, 1941. She was the youngest of 4 daughters. Judy graduated from David Douglas HS, Portland, OR in 1959. In 1968, she married the love of her life, Gary V. Callahan. They were married for 53 years and spent most of those years in Oak Grove,...
Larene M. Paul
Mar 26, 2023
LaRene M. Paul of Clackamas died Sunday, March 26th at Providence Milwaukie Hospital, at the age of 96. LaRene was born in Portland, OR, in May of 1926; at age 5 months she was adopted by Adrian G. and Lola (Grishan) Thompson. LaRene adored her parents throughout her life. She was raised in Medford, OR, where she reaped the benefits...
Richard "Rollie" Packer
Mar 20, 2023
"Well......." For Richard Rollin Packer-Rollie to his friends and family-that single drawn-out syllable was the cue that this tall, quiet man with trademark silver hair and beard had been listening, digesting, and mulling the conversation, and was now ready to interject a nugget of wisdom. An incisive nugget borne from a witty, compassionate, loving mind well versed in science, investments,...
Barbara Lee Siron
Mar 17, 2023
Barb Siron passed away in the early hours of March 17, 2023, at Kaiser Sunnyside Hospital, following a stroke. A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m., Friday, April 7, 2023, at New Hope Church, 10603 SE Henderson St, Portland, OR. 97266. Please check back later for more information.
Paul Francis Cunningham
Mar 12, 2023
Paul F. Cunningham was born January 22, 1946, in Winthrop, Massachusetts to Frank and Germaine Cunningham. As a youth he moved with his parents and sisters to California where his father, an engineer, worked in the aerospace industry which ultimately contributed to the Lunar Landing. In 1965, he answered the call and proudly enlisted in the US Navy Seabees. Subsequently,...
David Owen Street
Mar 9, 2023
David Owen Street was born March 9, 1950 in The Dalles, Oregon. He passed away at his home in Portland, Oregon on March 9, 2023, his 73rd birthday. He graduated from Marshall High School and was a forklift driver for Simpson Paper in West Linn, Oregon until he retired. Dave loved military history, reading and going to the movies. He...
Tim (George Timothy) Collins
Mar 7, 2023
Tim-Pod-Dad-Grandpa Tim Collins passed away from natural causes on March 7, 2023, at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas (Portland), Oregon. Tim was born on August 21, 1943 and grew up in Connersville, Indiana with his parents, Oma (Richie) and Robert Emerson Collins, and brothers, Roy and Bill. Tim graduated from Connersville High School in the Class of 1961, then...
Shirley Jean Gerig
Mar 3, 2023
Shirley was born, one of eleven children, on July 11, 1934, in Kenmare, North Dakota to John and Malinda Kauffman. She moved to Oregon with her family at age 2 and grew up in the Corvallis/Albany area where she met her lifelong fishing and hunting partner, Rex Gerig. They were married in 1954 and fished, hunted, and loved each other...
