Local Obituaries for Milwaukie, Clackamas County in Oregon and Surrounding Areas.
Jean Blacketer
Oct 26, 2022
Jean Predeek Blacketer, age 85, passed away peacefully at Providence Milwaukie Hospital on October 26, 2022. Jean was born at Silverton Hospital in Silverton, Oregon on June 12, 1937 to Bernard and Leona Predeek, the second of five children. She grew up on the Predeek family farm outside Mt. Angel, attended school in Mt. Angel, and graduated from Mt. Angel...
Gene Fidello Gordon
Oct 15, 2022
Gene Fidello Gordon was born April 26th, 1930, to Levi Delbert Gordon and Pauline Brashear Gordon in La Center, Washington. Gene was the fourth out of five boys. He loved telling stories about helping his grandma cook at the logging camp and about all the "adventures" he and his brothers got into growing up in La Center, Washington. While at...
Calvin (Cal) Raymond Kimble
Oct 8, 2022
Calvin Raymond Kimble was born in Normal, Illinois on July 17, 1944 to Martha and Stanley Kimble. The family moved to Oregon when Cal was 5 years old. He had five brothers and sisters: Mike, Dennis, Sue, Becky and Linda. Cal attended Ardenwald Elementary, Milwaukie Junior High School and Milwaukie High School. In 1964, he married Karen Bell...they had two...
Rosina Fae Bliss
Oct 6, 2022
Rosina was born December 27, 1943, in Portland, Oregon to Clifford and Cora (neé Amack) Jones. She met Arthur Lee Bliss at the Sellwood Theatre. They were married, December 30, 1961, at a hall in Sellwood, OR. On February 5, 1961, Art was drafted and sent to Ft. Collins, Colorado. After basic training the family moved to Ft. Bliss in...
Lavern William Turner
Sep 28, 2022
LaVern passed away on September 28, 2022, at the age of 75 after a battle with dementia. He was born on June 14, 1947, in La Crosse, Wisconsin to parents Delores Nichols and Clyde Raines. He later moved to Portland, Oregon and graduated from Benson High School. He was a veteran who served in the Navy as a pipefitter and...
Charles Richard Bateman
Sep 20, 2022
Charles (Chuck/Charlie) Bateman departed this world on September 20th, 2022. Born in Portland on August 3rd, 1934, he was raised in Gales Creek, OR. After graduating from Forest Grove High School, he entered Oregon State University as the first one from his family to attend college. While at Oregon State, he took a break and enlisted in the Army for...
James Kent Tompkins
Sep 10, 2022
James was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Rosemary Tompkins. He is survived by his husband, Peter Rosenblatt; his father and mother-in-law, Eddie and Bobbie Rosenblatt; twobrothers; two sisters-in-law; two nieces; two nephews; two brothers-in-law and their wives; one sister-in-law; four nieces-in-law; two nephews-in-law; numerous cousins; and his dog, Greta. His family asks that donations be made to...
Tabitha Ashley Tyrrell
Sep 7, 2022
Tabitha is survived by her husband, Travis James Tyrrell; father, Gary Hays; sisters, Sarah Hays, Heidi Hays, and Katherine Hays; and a large extended family that loved her. "I had the everlasting joy and honor to have been with her for 12 years and married for 8 of those. Far too short a time to be spent with such a...
George Howard Jones
Aug 28, 2022
George H. Jones, a prominent resident of Lake Oswego, Oregon, recently died at the age of 92 on August 28, 2022. He is survived by his sons, Field and Scott and many nieces and nephews. George was born in San Diego, California on January 17, 1930. His father was stationed at Pearl Harbor during the early morning Japanese invasion on...
Jerralee Louise Mccreary
Aug 22, 2022
Jerralee Louise McCreary, 86 years young, passed away peacefully on August 22, 2022. Jerri was born on April 20th, 1936 in Anacortes, WA and later in life moved to Milwaukie. She graduated from Milwaukie High School and went on to earn her Bachelor's degree at Oregon State paving the way for career women. She was ahead of her time. After...
John Anthony Brockamp
Aug 14, 2022
John passed away on August 14, 2022, in a memory care facility from complications of Parkinson's Disease. He was born in Watsonville, CA to Ida Hanken and Harry Brockamp. He had two sisters, Harriett and Mary Ann; and two brothers, Richard and Bob who have all preceded him in death. The family moved to Oregon when he was 8 years...
Elaine Frances Powers
Aug 6, 2022
Elaine Frances Powers, age 83, died peacefully on August 6, 2022, in Milwaukie, OR. Born Elaine Frances Knosalla in Staples, MN on March 5, 1939, she was raised in Portland, Oregon after her family relocated to the area during World War II. She married Paul B. Powers, in Portland, Oregon, on August 29th, 1959. Later they divorced but eventually transitioned...
Shevawn Anne O'Donnell
Jul 27, 2022
Shevawn O'Donnell was born in Miles City, Montana on November 18th, 1964. She passed away on July 27th, 2022, in Portland, Oregon. Shevawn was the baby of seven children born to Francis and Ruth Mary O'Donnell. When she was 11 months old, the family moved from Baker to Helena, Montana. In 1974, the family moved to Fort Peck where she...
Tony Michael "Mike" Dahl
Jul 22, 2022
Tony Michael "Mike" Dahl passed away on Friday, July 22nd at OHSU Hospital in Portland, surrounded by his family. He had endured a 3-year courageous battle with a rare lymphoma. Mike was born to William and Candice in Coos Bay, Oregon on April 4, 1966. He attended schools in both North Bend and Medford, Oregon. Graduating high school in Medford. ...
Bruce Karl Baur
Jul 14, 2022
Bruce was born in Puyallup, Wash., to Karl E. Baur and Mary G. (Pump) Baur April 20, 1944. His family moved to Milwaukie, Oregon in 1950. He graduated from Milwaukie High School in 1963, and attended Oregon State University for one year. In 1964 Bruce returned to Milwaukie while he attended Multnomah College and worked part time. Bruce was first...
Orville "Bud" Thomas Boyle, Jr.
Jul 9, 2022
Orville Thomas Boyle, Jr. passed away peacefully on Saturday July 9, 2022, at his home at Miramont Pointe. Orville was born September 27, 1929, in Portland, the only child of Orville Sr. and Edna Boyle. "Bud," as he was called from an early age, grew up in NE Portland, where he attended Alameda Grade School and Grant High School (Class...
Nels Backstrom
Jul 2, 2022
With great sadness, our Father Nels Backstrom, 89, of Milwaukie, Oregon, passed away from heart failure on July 02, 2022. Nels was born on March 03, 1933 in Portland, Oregon as a first generation American to Swedish immigrants, Nels and Maria Backstrom. His parents originally resided in Astoria, OR, and eventually settled in Portland, OR. Nels had a partner in...
Mark Hayes Mcfarland
Jun 23, 2022
Mark Hayes McFarland passed away from cancer at home with his family on Thursday, June 23, 2022. He faced his illness with immense courage and grace. Mark was born on December 16, 1960, in Portland, Oregon, to James and Elizabeth McFarland. Mark attended Ainsworth Elementary School, Lincoln High School, and the University of Oregon, where he graduated with a BS...
Joyce Marie Dyer
May 4, 2022
Joyce Marie Dyer passed away peacefully to be with her Heavenly Father on May 4, 2022, at the age of 77. Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on December 11, 1944, Joyce was the daughter of Novena and Harold Neal and the "middle child" of sisters, Shirley and Patsy. Married at age 18, Joyce spent 50 years with the love...
