José Antonio Villavicencio

José Antonio Villavicencio, 82, died peacefully Nov. 30 at his home in Gresham. There was a funeral Mass at St. Anne Church in Gresham.
Ann Gander

Ann Marie Gander, 61, was born April 22, 1957, in Salem. She died peacefully, with family by her side, Dec. 29 in McMinnville.
Sr. Alice Penrose, SHCJ

ROSEMONT, Pennsylvania – Sister Alice Penrose, SHCJ, a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus for 71 years, died Oct. 18, 2018. She was 92. There was a funeral Mass at Holy Child Chapel.
Josephine “Josie” Abcede

Josephine “Josie” Abcede, 74, of Portland died suddenly Dec. 21, soon after the passing of her husband of 46 years, Reynaldo Abcede. There will be a rosary at St. Pius Church at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, and a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. A lunch reception will follow.
Sr. Victoria Ann Adlum

Sister Victoria Ann Adlum died peacefully Jan. 4 in a hospice house in Spokane, Washington. Funeral Mass and reception will be Saturday, Jan. 12, at 10 a.m. at South Hill Village [3117 E Chaser Lane, Spokane]. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery Monday, Jan. 14, at 2 p.m.
Paula Theis

MILWAUKIE — Paula Wheatley Mooring Theis, 94, died Dec. 19. There will be a funeral Mass at 11 a.m., Jan. 19, at St. John the Apostle Church, Oregon City, where she was a parishioner.
Thomas Klotter

EUGENE — Thomas Klotter, 83, died of natural causes Dec. 3. There will be a funeral Mass at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at St. Mary Church.
Evelyn LaBella

Evelyn Mary LaBella, 94, a resident of Lake Oswego died Dec. 23 at her home. Recitation of the holy rosary will be said at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church; 375 NE Clackamas Blvd., Portland. A funeral Mass will follow at 11 a.m. Rite of Christian Burial will take place at Valley Memorial Gardens at 1 p.m.
Richard Baker

Richard Baker died. There will be a rosary at 10:30 a.m. followed by funeral Mass at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 26, at St. Philip Neri Church in Southeast Portland.
Mary Lou Fagan

GRESHAM — Mary Lou Darlene Fagan, 89, died December 11 in Gresham. There was a funeral Mass at St. Henry Church, where she was a parishioner.
Mildred Erceg Simkins

Mildred Erceg Simkins, 96, died Nov. 12, 2018 in her home in North Portland where she had lived since 1959, after a long struggle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. There was a funeral Mass at Holy Cross Church in North Portland, where she was a parishioner.
Joseph Rolison

Joseph Clinton Rolison, 94, died Dec. 6. Please join the family for a celebration of life Dec. 13 at St. Agnes Church, 3052 D St., Hubbard. A reception will follow in the hall next to the church.
Ella 'Tomi' Tomlin

Ella Belle, "Tomi" Tomlin, 93, a member of St. Ignatius Parish in Southeast Portland, died Nov. 30, surrounded by her family. There will be a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Dec. 18 at St. Ignatius.
Carol Marie Rambousek

Carol Marie Rambousek, 68, died suddenly in Stayton Dec. 1. There will be a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Boniface Church in Sublimity. A rosary preceded the Mass at 10:30 a.m. She was a member of St. Boniface.
Holy Names Sister Barbara Gfeller

LAKE OSWEGO — Sister Barbara Gfeller (Sister Marion David), 92, died at the Marie-Rose Center at Mary's Woods at Marylhurst Nov. 28. A member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary for 68 years, her funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 13 in the Chapel of the Holy Names at Mary’s Woods.
David Allen Skidmore

BEAVERTON — David Allen Skidmore, 58 of Tigard, died Oct. 22 after a courageous battle with metastasized lung cancer. There was a funeral Mass at St. Cecilia Church preceded by a rosary led by his brother John.
Dominican Father Paul Aquinas Duffner

Father Paul Aquinas Duffner, 103, was the eldest friar of the Western Dominicans. He was also one of the few to have served at the limits of the Western Province’s ministries. “It would be hard to imagine a greater contrast,” he laughed, when he contrasted the snow that greeted him at Holy Family Parish in Anchorage, Alaska, to the tropical jungles that were his home for the eight years he served as a missionary in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.
Sr. Mary Grondin

SEATTLE — Sister of Providence Mary Grondin, 81, (Sister Terrence) a member of her order for 62 years, died Nov. 14 at St. Joseph Residence. There was a funeral Mass at the residence, with burial at Calvary Cemetery in Seattle.
Sr. Claire Gagnon, SP

SEATTLE — Sister of Providence Claire Gagnon, 99, (Sister Marcelle Odile) a member of her order for 79 years, died Nov. 17, 2018, at St. Joseph Residence. There was a funeral Mass at the residence, with burial at Calvary Cemetery in Seattle.
Sr. Jane Bigelow, SHCJ

ROSEMONT, Penn. — Sister Jane Bigelow, SHCJ, who was a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus for 64 years, died peacefully May 15, 2018, at Holy Child Center in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. There was a funeral Mass there. She was 85.
Sr. Immaculata DiBlasi, SHCJ

ROSEMONT, Penn. — Sister Immaculata DiBlasi, SHCJ, who was a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus for 69 years, died of cardiac arrest Sept. 10, in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. She was 91. There was a funeral Mass in Rosemont.
Sr. Elizabeth Gehrman, SHCJ

ROSEMONT, Penn. — Elizabeth Gehrman, SHCJ, who was a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus for 68 years, died Dec. 2, 2017. She was 90.
Mildred Gomoll

Mildred “Millie” Mary Kelly Gomoll, 85, died Nov. 7. There was a funeral Mass at St. Philip Neri Church in Southeast Portland.
Chuck Bleeg

Chuck Bleeg, 96, died Nov. 10 in Portland with family at his side. There will be a rosary at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, followed by a 10:30 funeral Mass, both at The Madeleine Church in Northeast Portland, where he was a parishioner.
Elizabeth Minten

Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Minten died November 11, 2018. There was a funeral Mass at Immaculate Conception Church with interment at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Following the burial there was a reception celebrating her life at the parish center.
Virginia DeCicco-Shinall

Virginia “Ginger” Ann DeCicco-Shinall, 73, died Oct. 26. There will be a memorial Mass at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 At St. Pius X Church in Southwest Portland. A reception in the parish hall will follow.
Mary Rini-Peebler

Mary Annette Granata Rini-Peebler died Nov. 6. There was a funeral Mass at Resurrection Church in Tualatin. Committal takes place Thursday Nov. 15, at the San Fernando Mission Hills Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.
Betty Feltz

Elizabeth (Betty) Louise Altstock Feltz, 87, died of congestive heart failure Nov. 7 in Portland. There will be a funeral Mass Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 1:30 p.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church.
Philomenal Irudayaraj

Philomenal Irudayaraj, mother of Father Amalanathan Irudayaraj, died Nov. 8 in India.
Paul Baum

GRESHAM — Paul Baum, 75, died Nov. 6. There will be a funeral Mass Thursday, Nov. 15, at 11 a.m. at St. Henry Church, where he was a parishioner.
Mr. Baum was born June 11, 1943, in San Francisco.
Fr. Bruce Brown

MILWAUKIE — Fr. Bruce Brown died Nov. 2, All Souls Day. There will be a funeral Mass Thursday, Nov. 15, at St. John the Baptist Church at 5 p.m. Viewing will occur from 4 p.m. A reception will follow the Mass, as will a private burial.
John Nicholas Gilbertz

John Gilbertz, 94, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family and his favorite dog Rocco. There will be a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at All Saints Church, where he was a longtime parishioner. A rosary will precede the Mass at 10:30 a.m. and a lunch will follow in the parish hall.
William Celorie Jr.

OREGON CITY — William Angel Celorie Jr. 88, a member of St. Philip Benizi Parish and resident of Beavercreek, died Oct. 31. There will be a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Philip Benizi Church.
Charlene Unrein

Charlene Mae Unrein, 79, a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Portland died Oct. 19 in Portland. There was a funeral Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows.
Lorraine Amsberry

STAYTON — Lorraine Dorothy Amsberry, 91, died Oct. 18. There was a funeral Mass at Immaculate Heart Church.
Darlene Greiner

Darlene Greiner died Oct. 17. in Gresham, Oregon. There will be a rosary at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at Bateman Carroll Funeral Home, 520 W. Powell Blvd. in Gresham. Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, Oct. 29 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Portland, followed by a church reception and then a concluding committal service at 12:30 p.m. at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.
Kathleen Warner

Kathleen Clare Warner, 94, a member of St. Peter Parish in Portland, died Aug. 2 in Portland. There was a funeral Mass at St. Peter Church.
James Russell

James Wesley Russell, 64, died in his sleep Oct. 4. There will be a rosary at noon, Tuesday, Oct. 30, followed by a funeral Mass at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Milwaukie.
Brother Francis Weigand, O.S.B.

Brother Francis Weigand, O.S.B, a monk of Mount Angel Abbey, died Oct. 24, some days after suffering a stroke. He was 86 years of age, and 38 years professed as a monk. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at Mount Angel Abbey. May he rest forever in the peace of Christ.
Fr. Jack Krall

Father Jack Krall, 82, died Oct. 16. There will be a funeral mass will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at St. Henry Church in Gresham.
Irene Ferrante

Irene Ferrante, 94, died Oct. 15 at her home. She was a member of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Sandy. There will be a funeral at Sandy Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2.
Lawrence Hunt

Lawrence Boyd Hunt, a member of Holy Rosary Parish, died Oct. 10. There will a funeral Mass at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Holy Rosary. There will be a viewing at noon that day and the rosary at 12:30 p.m., both also at the church. There will be a reception after the Mass in the parish hall.
Phyllis Knight

Phyllis Maryanne Knight passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2018 in Yakima, Washington. A Celebration of Life event will be held on Saturday, October 13, at Beach Baron's Club House at 255th and Sandridge Rd.
Marie Hauth

Marie Anne Hauth, 88, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, Oct. 5, 2018 in Portland, where she lived for the past 56 years. There will be a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at The Madeleine in Northeast Portland.
Naomi Davidson

BEAVERTON — Naomi Davidson, 89, a member of St. Pius X Parish, died Sept. 8 of cancer. There was a funeral Mass at St. Pius X Church.
Elaine Nevue

ROSEBURG — On September 8, after hosting one of her card parties, Elaine Alice Nevue, 90, died. There was a funeral Mass at St. Joseph Church.
Steven Wegman

BEAVERTON — Steven Thomas Wegman, 58, died Sept. 22. There was a funeral Mass at Holy Trinity Church and burial was at Mount Calvary.
Marilee Bailey

On Saturday, Sept. 29, Marilee "Bunny" Ann Bailey, 81, died. There will be a funeral Mass at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 12, at Christ the King Church in Milwaukie.
Iona Maloney

Iona Marion Maloney, 101, died Sept. 11, from age-related causes. There was a funeral Mass at St. Peter Catholic Church, Portland.
Arthur Schulte Jr.

Arthur Schulte Jr., a tall, quiet star basketball player from Wyoming who spent 45 years at the University of Portland as professor, dean, vice president, and twice acting president, died Sept. 24 after a long illness. He was 90. A rosary will be held at San Juan Diego Church at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28. There will be a funeral Mass at the Chapel of Christ the Teacher at the University of Portland at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, followed by a luncheon at Bauccio Commons. Holy Cross Father Mark Poorman, president of the university, will preside. Holy Cross Father David Tyson, 18th president of the university, will be the homilist. A later interment will be private.
Donald Adkisson

Donald Charles Adkisson, 88, died Aug. 24 in Portland. There will be a funeral Mass at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28 at St. Rose of Lima Church.
James (Jim) Emig

Jim Emig, 62, of Portland died peacefully Sept. 16, surrounded by all his family. There will be a funeral Mass at 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 24, at St. Ignatius Church in Southeast Portland. A rosary at 4:30 p.m. will precede the Mass.
Mary Bettinger

"Mary Kay" Hughes Farrier Bettinger died Aug. 13 at Clackamas Sunnyside Hospital after a long illness. She was surrounded by her family and friends. There was a funeral Mass at St. John the Apostle Church in Oregon City.
Sister Maxine Currin SNJM

LAKE OSWEGO — Sister Maxine Currin (Sister M. Richard James), 95, a Holy Names Sister for 63 years, died at the Marie-Rose Center at Mary's Woods at Marylhurst July 24. Her funeral was held in the Chapel of the Holy Names.
Donna Macey

Donna Jean Macey, 90, died of complications related to lung cancer Aug. 29. There was a funeral Mass at St. Anthony Church in Tigard.
Lucille McEntee

MILWAUKIE — Lucille Mary Paulsohn McEntee, 88, died Sept. 2. A memorial service will be held at Christ the King Church in Milwaukie at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 21.
Benjamin Gangay Dadios

Benjamin Gangay Dadios, of Hillsboro, died Aug. 24. There was a funeral Mass at Holy Trinity Church, in Beaverton, with interment at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Portland.
George Candello

SALEM — George Edward Candello, Sr. died peacefully April 23, surrounded by family. There was a funeral Mass at St. Joseph Church, where he was a parishioner.
Mark Ellis

Mark Ellis, 47, who attended Mass at St. Mary Cathedral in Portland, died July 11 in Eureka, California. There was a graveside service at Gethsemani Cemetery.
Mary Candello

SALEM — Mary Joan Bieker Candello, 83, died June 22. There was a funeral Mass at St. Joseph Church, where Mrs. Candello was a parishioner.
Sister Maxine Currin SNJM

LAKE OSWEGO — Sister Maxine Currin (Sister M. Richard James), 95, died at the Marie-Rose Center at Mary's Woods at Marylhurst in Lake Oswego, July 24. A member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary for 63 years, her funeral was held in the Chapel of the Holy Names, Lake Oswego.
Fr. José Ortega Tejeda MSpS

HILLSBORO — Missionary of the Holy Spirit Father José de Jesús Ortega Tejeda, 80, died Aug. 23 at his home and surrounded by family and his brothers. His body is lying in repose 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, at St. Matthew Church. There will be a vigil prayer service at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, at St. Matthew Church, and a recitation of the rosary at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 29, followed by a funeral Mass at 11 a.m., both also at St. Matthew Church. A noon reception will follow the Mass. Father Ortega’s cremated remains will be at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Oxnard, California, Thursday, Sept. 6, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be a Eucharist celebration at that church at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7., followed by a Rite of Christian Burial at the Santa Clara Cemetery in Oxnard at 12:45 p.m.
Fr. Scott Vandehey

A priest who was known as a hardworking pastor and who also wrote a book about Dutch Catholics in Oregon died early Aug. 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption. Father Scott Vandehey, 78, a resident of Beaverton died at Providence St. Vincent’s in Portland, Oregon. There was a funeral Mass at Visitation Church in Verboort. Archbishop Alexander Sample presided. A rosary precedes the funeral. A graveside service at St. Francis of Assisi cemetery in Roy followed.
Elizabeth Gazewood

WARRENTON — Elizabeth Gail Gazewood died peacefully at her home in Surf Pines at the age of 80 Aug. 19, with her husband and daughter present. There will be a funeral mass at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, at Our Lady of Victory Church in Seaside, where she was a parishioner. Rosary will precede the Mass at 10:30 a.m. in the church and viewing of Mrs. Gazewood will take place at 10 a.m. in the church. A reception will be held following the funeral mass in the parish hall. Following the reception, graveside services will take place at Evergreen Cemetery, south of Seaside.
Marjorie Jackson

OREGON CITY — Marjorie Rae Jackson, lifelong resident of Oregon City, died Aug. 18 following a brief illness. There will be a funeral Mass at noon, Wednesday, Aug. 29, at St. John the Apostle Church, followed by a reception and committal at Mount View Cemetery. Viewing will take place Aug 28 and Aug.29 at Holman-Hankins-Bowker & Waud Funeral Home.
Deacon William Park

After a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Deacon William “Bill” Thomas Park died peacefully in his sleep Aug. 12. There will be a funeral Mass Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Madeleine Church in Northeast Portland. The rosary will begin at 11:30 followed by the Mass at noon.
Lou Merrick

Robert Louis (Lou) Merrick, 90, longtime Christ the King parishioner, died July 24 from heart problems after overcoming 31 years of fighting various cancers.
Holy Names Sister Yolanda Mathenski

Holy Names Sister Yolanda Mathenski (Sister Wilfrida Mary), 92, died July 23 at the Marie-Rose Center at Mary's Woods at Marylhurst in Lake Oswego. Her funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m., Aug. 9, in the Chapel of the Holy Names, Lake Oswego.
Patricia Wade

MILWAUKIE — Patricia “Pat” Lorraine Swift Wade, 93, died after a short illness July 30. She was a longtime member of Christ the King Parish. There was a funeral Mass at St. Agatha Church in Southeast Portland.
Mary Isabel Pletka

Mary McDonald Pletka died peacefully July 22 after a recent diagnosis of cancer. A committal service and burial rite was held July 28 at Gethsemani Funeral Home and Cemetery.
Sally Covert

Sally Ann (Miller) Covert, 85, died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after a long illness July 5, in Portland. There was a funeral Mass at St. Pius X in Northwest Portland.
Darlene Ernster

Darlene Cole Ernster died on her 88th birthday, July 11. There was a funeral Mass at St. Philip Benizi Church in Oregon City.
Lucia Brunello Foster

Lucia Brunello Foster, 91, a member of Holy Rosary Parish in Portland, died July 16 at Providence Newberg Hospital. There was a funeral Mass at Holy Rosary Church in Portland.
Barbara Engelgau

Barbara May Chalmers Engelgau, 91, an active member of St. Cecilia Parish in Beaverton, died of Lewy Body Dementia July 25 in Tigard.
Ann-Mari Nordgren

Ann-Mari Nordgren, 86, died July 14 after a lingering illness due to Parkinsons Disease. There was a vigil for her at St. Anne Church in Gresham and a funeral Mass at St. Joseph Chapel at Laurelhurst Village.
Grace Silbernagel

STAYTON — Grace Ann Laux Silbernagel, 88, died peacefully at her home July 22. There was a funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Scio, where she was a parishioner.
Sister Paula Mary Turnbull, SNJM

Holy Names Sister Paula Mary Turnbull (Margaret Turnbull) died July 20, 2018, in Spokane. There will be a funeral Mass Aug. 4, at 10:30 a.m., at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Spokane.
Thomas Dulcich

Thomas Vincent Dulcich, 65, died July 12 from complications of a rare cancer that was diagnosed in September 2016. There was a funeral Mass at St. Mary Cathedral in Portland.
Hazel Wagner

Hazel Elizabeth Gier) Wagner, 96, peacefully died July 13 in her home, surrounded by family. A funeral Mass was held at St. Patrick Church in Canby.
Patrick Hagerty

Quick to enter this world and too quick to leave, Patrick William Hagerty died July 16 after “fighting the good fight” against brain cancer.
Paul Stepan

Paul Stanley Stepan, 80, died July 3 of pneumonia and respiratory and heart failure. There was a funeral Mass at St. Henry Church in Gresham.
Ludwina King

EUGENE — Ludwina Hytrek King, 100, a member of St. Mary Parish, died July 16 in Eugene. There will be a rosary at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 19, at St. Mary Church, followed by the funeral Mass at 12:15 p.m.
Rosann Harriet Prusynski

Rosann Harriet Prusynski died June 22, 2018, at the Jennings McCall Center in Forest Grove, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Gary Stanley Brink

Gary Stanley Brink, 72, died June 27. There will be a funeral Mass July 10 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Parish in Milwaukie. Interment at Willamette National Cemetery will be a 2 p.m. that same day.
John O’Donnell

John O’Donnell, 90, a parishioner at Holy Redeemer, died peacefully May 22. Services were held at Zeller Chapel of the Roses and interment was at Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Sr. Helen Moore, SNJM

Holy Names Sister Helen Moore (Sister M. Gertrude Anne), 93, died at the Marie-Rose Center at Mary's Woods at Marylhurst in Lake Oswego, May 22. A member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary for 72 years, her funeral was held on June 6, in the Chapel of the Holy Names at Marylhurst followed by inurnment at Holy Names Cemetery.
Fr. William Ryan

Augustinian Father William Ryan died June 19 in Ojai, California, surrounded by his community. There will be a funeral Mass in Ojai and he will be buried in the San Diego Augustinian Cemetery. Father Ryan was pastor of All Souls Parish, Myrtle Creek, and its mission, Holy Family in Glendale, from 1989 to 2017. There will be a memorial Mass at All Souls at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 30.