OBITUARIES
Recent obituaries in Hillsboro Washington County, OR
The obituaries in the Hillsboro Washington County, OR Area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy. Their stories serve as a reminder of the richness and complexity Hillsboro Washington County, OR's history and identity.
Barbara May Brown
Jan 23, 2011
Barbara May Kunsman Brown, 89, of Vancouver, died at home. Barbara was born in Moro and resided there until 1926. She then resided in Arlington from 1926 to 1943, Hillsboro from 1943 to 2005 and Vancouver from 2005 to her passing. After graduating as valedictorian from Arlington High School in 1939, Barbara attended Linfield College on a music scholarship. She...
Matthew Franklin Walker
Jan 21, 2011
Matthew Franklin Walker, 44, died January 21, 2011 after a brave fight with cancer. A memorial service will be held on January 29, 2011 at Fir Lawn Mortuary at 11:00am. Matt was born on July 12, 1966 in Mayfield, KY and moved to Oregon in 1976. He married Vicki Marion on 9/2/1989 in Hillsboro Oregon. They made their home in...
Lucille Marie Buschman
Jan 20, 2011
Lucille Marie Grove Buschman was born December 3, 1911 in Seely Twp, Iowa. She was the first child of Arizona Deane Anderson and Lauren William Grove. She had 2 sisters, Lorene and Juanita, and one brother, Duane. At age eight, the family moved to a ranch in Judith Gap, MT, where she grew up. She graduated from Judith Gap High...
Martin Wayne Russell
Jan 19, 2011
Marty passed away having recently celebrated his 54th birthday. He had been hospitalized for the past month, suffering a series of strokes after under-going a procedure to correct an ab-normal heart rhythm. Marty was born in North Bend to Wayne "Skip" Russell and Lavonna Finnecum Johnson. He spent his early years attending schools in Northwest Oregon and Vancouver, and graduated...
Paul T. Wolfe
Jan 19, 2011
Paul T. Wolfe age 96 of Hillsboro was born Dec. 18, 1914 in Bison, Kansas. Paul died Jan. 19, 2011 in a Beaverton foster care home. Paul came to the Portland area in 1943 and has been a Hillsboro resident since 1951. He had worked as assistant manager at Willamette Industries Retail Lumber Yard in Forest Grove. Paul retired 30...
Geraldine Becker
Jan 13, 2011
Geraldine "Gerrie" Becker, 82, died Jan 13, 2011. A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m., Jan. 19, at St. Matthew Catholic Church, 447 SE Third Ave. A rosary will be at 10:30 a.m. at the church. Geraldine Salvatori was born Oct. 24, 1928, in Fresno, Calif., to Charles and Helen Savatori. She moved to Yankton, S.D., when she was...
Ruth Porter
Jan 12, 2011
Ruth Chapman Porter, 94, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at her home in Beaverton. Ruth was born December 23, 1916 in Portland, Oregon, to Robert Edwin and Grace Morrill Chapman. She was preceded in death by her young son, Edward "Buster" Porter, her husband, Frank, and all four of her siblings, Lawrence Chapman, Elizabeth Amos, Eleanor Wiley and Robert Chapman....
Tammy Lee Ringheim
Jan 2, 2011
Tammy Lee Ringheim, age 51, late of Hillsboro, passed away January 2, 2011, at a Portland hospital. Tammy was born July 18, 1959, in Hillsboro, Oregon, to Robert and Jeralyn Wyatt. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, January 8, 2011, at Donelson ~ Fir Lawn Memorial Center, 1070 W. Main Street, Hillsboro, Oregon 97123. Interment will...
Nell Jones
Dec 31, 2010
Harriet Nell Reed Jones was a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend. Born on August 10, 1928 in Boulder, Colorado, she was the youngest of three children born to Homer and Evelyn Reed. Nell was an active member of the Episcopal Church throughout her life. She met her husband, David Lee Jones, at the Canturbury House Episcopal Campus...
Barbara M. Jensen
Dec 27, 2010
Barbara M. Jensen, 88, passed away Dec. 27, 2010, at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland. Mrs. Jensen, the daughter of Joel and Beatha Nali Shaffer, was born Sept. 24, 1922, at Fort Lupton, Colorado. She attended schools in Weld County, graduating in 1940. Afterward, she attended Colorado State College of Education, where she and her future husband, Maynard, began their...
Norma Geraldine Swift
Dec 21, 2010
Mrs. Norma Swift passed away December 21st at the Hillsboro Rehabilitation and Specialty Care Center. She was 85. Norma Geraldine and her twin brother were born on Oct. 28, 1925. in Muncie, Indiana to Harry and Mary Dickerson. In 1944, she married Robert W. Swift, a union lasting until his passing 46 years later. In 1971, they moved to Medford,...
Betty Lou Henifin
Dec 20, 2010
Betty Lou Henifin age 79 of Forest Grove died in a Hillsboro hospital Dec. 20, 2010. Betty was born Jan. 12, 1931 in Pitcher, Oklahoma to C. J. & May (Reeves) Mallett. She graduated from high school in Pitcher, OK, and moved to Forest Grove in 1956 where she has resided since. Betty married Ray Henifin in Forest Grove in...
Margaret Anderson
Dec 18, 2010
Margaret K. Anderson, 87, died Dec. 18, 2010. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m. Dec, 27, 2010 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church , 4265 SW Golf Course Rd. in Cornelius. Margaret Anderson was born Mar. 21, 1923 in the family home near Cornelius to Martha and John Koehnke. She had her early schooling in a one-room schoolhouse on...
Lilly May Nistad
Dec 17, 2010
Lilly May Nistad, 88, died Dec 17, 2010, at home from multiple health issues. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Dec 23, 2010 at Calvery Lutheran Church, 937 N.E. Jackson School Road, In Hillsboro. Lilly May Nistad was born April 28, 1922, in King Hill, Idaho, to victor and Anna Dahlberg. She was raised in Boise, Idaho,and...
