All Obituaries

Gustaaf Coenraad Bonte, 91, of Beaverton, Oregon passed away on January 10, 2023. Gustaaf was born on August 22, 1931 in Malang, Indonesia to Jacobus and Maria Bonte (Meijer). He was the thirteenth, of sixteen children. On December 11, 1952 he married Vyella Mundler. After welcoming their first child, Maud, they left Indonesia by boat for the Netherlands in 1956. They had two more children, Astrid and Frederik, before immigrating to the United States in 1962. Months later their youngest...

John Stevens Madsen, known as Steve to his family and friends, was born in Detroit, Michigan the eldest son of Oswald and Mary Louise Stevens Madsen. Steve’s younger brothers, Dick Madsen of Seattle, WA and Kenny Madsen of Phoenix, AZ, predeceased him.. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Judy Madsen, his six children: Jeffrey Madsen of Columbia, MO, Tracey Madsen of Beaverton, OR, Amy Dati (husband Ed) of Columbia, MO, James Madsen (wife Maylen) of Tualatin, OR, Jennifer Madsen...

Ruth Rachel Mackin, age 87, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022 @ 5:40am in Beaverton, Oregon. She was born on August 24, 1935 to Thomas and Elizabeth Mackin in Gibson, New York. She stayed on Long Island until she moved to W. 58th Street in midtown Manhattan in the early 1970’s where she lived for over 25 years. While in NYC she worked for the CEO’s of 2 major corporations. One in television and the other in cosmetics. She was also a personal assistant for many years to a...

Susie Fisher died peacefully at her home in Hillsboro on October 1, 2022, with her family by her side, almost three years after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Susie was born in Salem, Oregon, on May 16, 1953, to Frank and Kitty Fisher. She had a happy childhood in Albany, Oregon, where she spent many hours in her dad’s photography studio. She graduated from West Albany Union High School in 1971. In 1981, Susie married Mark McCarty. They divorced in 1992. From that marriage...

Rosemary Williams Ockerman, 97 of Beaverton, Oregon passed away peacefully in her home following a long life well lived on September 17, 2022. Rosemary was born August 12, 1925 in Oakland, California to David and Luciele Williams. She was educated in Oakland schools and graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education in 1950. Rosemary became Mrs. Ockerman when she married Donald Angelo Ockerman on July 17, 1949. She was his life companion...

Jean Allen Eveleth, nee Jean Tudor Allen, a resident of Lake Oswego, OR, and previously of Naples, FL, Tucson, AZ, Plattsburgh and Chazy, NY, died peacefully of natural causes on September 1 at the age of 88. Jean was born in 1933 in Cleveland, OH, where she graduated from Shaker Heights High School.  She earned her degree in fine arts from the University of New Hampshire after briefly attending Ohio University, and she pursued her career teaching art in the Plattsburgh public school...

Daniel Dennison Whedon, Jr. was born to Daniel and Gladys (Stevens) Whedon August 11, 1934 in Oregon City, Oregon. Daniel lived his entire life in western Oregon, in the Portland area and at the Oregon coast where he attended Reedsport High School. Dan graduated with a bachelor degree in education with a history major from the University of Oregon. And he was a Duck thru-and-thru! In 2004, he met and married his sweetheart and final life partner Gayle Valentine Whedon. She is loved by...

As of August 18, 2022, Carol Ann Lafferty (Fischer) will no longer be here to make us laugh with her biting wit, or lift us up with a helping hand or comforting words.  Carol has removed herself from us, joining her mom (Phyllis Fischer) and dad (John Fischer) at the heavenly coffee pot where they await the rest of us to join them. Carol was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the first of 14 children. The family relocated to Ontario, Oregon where Carol was joined over the years by the...

Todd Martin Ritter passed away in the company of his family on June 14, 2022. He was 63 years old. He was born in Great Falls, Montana to Jack and Rosemary Ritter. Todd lived and worked in Phoenix, Arizona until 2014 when he moved to Beaverton, Oregon to continue his work with Tektronix as an electronics technician which he loved. Todd is survived by sisters Kim L. Ritter (Elissa) Denver, CO, and Kathy M. Ritter-Allison (Brian), Arvada, CO, brother Paul V. Ritter, Arvada, CO, and niece...

Judith Kathleen Reed, age 80 passed away from complications of COPD and lung cancer on May 1, 2022 at Whitewood Gardens in Portland, Oregon. Judy was the first born to Raymond (Bud) and Maxine Odendahl in Forest Lake, Minnesota on January 18, 1942. She grew up in Beroun with her sisters Marie and Susie and her brothers Mike and Brian. She graduated from Pine City High School in 1959. After high school, Judy moved between Duluth and Princeton Minnesota. After marrying Richard (Dick) Little...