All Obituaries

Rosemary (Babe) Margaret Hoppes of Beaverton passed away at age 95, on April 7, 2023 of natural causes.  Rosemary was born on March 22, 1928 to James and Rose Walsh in Great Falls, Montana.  She was raised in Great Falls, Montana and graduated from St Mary’s.  Rosemary was the oldest of six children.  In 1943, she met her future husband William Hoppes.  William and Rosemary were married on September 17, 1946 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Great...

Harry Milton Wear Jr. was born on September 11, 1929, in Denver, Colorado to Mabel F. Wear and Harry Milton Wear Sr. and was one of two brothers.   He flew to be with Jesus on Friday, February 24, 2023. Milt graduated from Lincoln High School in Denver and went on to pursue a Law Degree at Denver University of Law. Just short of a law degree, he averted active military service by marrying his bride of almost 72 years, Audrey Sue Johnson on March 17, 1951, and shortly thereafter...

Shirl was fearless. She grabbed life two hands and didn’t let go of her passion for adventure until the very end. Her energy, style and pizzazz were an instant draw and she made friends easily wherever she went. She was truly one of a kind. Shirley Jean McMayon was born in Conroe, Texas, the only girl in the family with three strapping brothers. Trying to keep up with the boys shaped her spirit of adventure and desire to explore the natural world around her. Frilly dresses and shiny...

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...