OBITUARIES
Recent obituaries in Hillsboro and Washington County, Oregon
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 of the area.
James David Person
Feb 5, 2011
James David Person Sr. James passed away at his home on Saturday, February 5, 2011. He was born May 4, 1932, in Clatskanie, Oregon, to August and Mae Person. A Celebration of Life service followed by a potluck will held at 4:00 pm, Friday, February 11, 2011, at the Cornelius Community Church, 860 N. Adair St., Cornelius, OR 97113. Private...
Lois Mcrea
Feb 5, 2011
A celebration of life will be held Thursday, February 10, 2011, at 1:00 pm for Lois Aline McRae at the Palace of Praise United Pentecostal Church in Aloha, Oregon. Lois was born February 26, 1922, in Collinsville, Oklahoma, and she went to be with her Lord on February 5, 2011, in Hillsboro, Oregon. She was the last of 9 siblings....
James H. Cochran
Feb 4, 2011
James H. (BEN) Cochran- Passed away on Feb. 4th 2011, surrounded by members of his family. Born in Claremore, OK July 31, 1933 to Walker Hawk Cochran & Myrtle Eugene (Lively) Cochran, he was one of six children. The family moved to Gaston, Oregon in 1945, where James married Delores Jane (Fuller) Cochran. They moved to North Plains in the...
Paul Edward Johannes
Feb 2, 2011
Paul Edward "Ed" Johannes age 94 of Forest Grove died at home Feb, 2011. Paul was born Jan. 2, 1917 in Los Angeles, CA. A Hillsboro/Forest Grove area resident since 1982. Paul was a grad. of UC Berkeley with a degree in engineering. He had been a loan officer for Farmers & Merchants Bank in Long, Beach, CA prior to...
Elsie Reynolds
Jan 28, 2011
Elsie passed away January 28, 2011, in Hillsboro, Oregon, with her family by her side. She was born December 11, 1922, in Parowan, Utah, to Claude and Harriet Harris. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 am, Saturday, February 5, 2011, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, Brogden Chapel, 282 NE 32 nd Ave., Hillsboro, Oregon...
Dorothy May Neidigh
Jan 26, 2011
Dorothy May Neidigh, 93, died at her home in Hillsboro, Oregon, January 26, 2011. Interment was held at Fir Lawn Cemetery in Hillsboro. A memorial service will be held at Hillsboro Friends Church, 332 NE 6 th Avenue, Hillsboro, Oregon, Saturday, February 19, at 1:00 pm. Miss Neidigh was born August 10, 1917, in Iowa. She was the seventh of...
Charlotte M. Simenz
Jan 25, 2011
Charlotte M. Simenz was Born 11-27-1936 and left this earth in the early morning hours of 01-25-2011. She was surrounded by loving family and friends and passed peacefully. Charlotte was a daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend, grandmother, and great grandmother, nurse and a child of God. She was a nurse for many years and she achieved this accomplishment later in...
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....
