Carolyn Lydia Roberts:  1927 – 2018 Carolyn (Connie) Roberts was born in Oregon City, OR to Bill and Evelyn Roberts of Gladstone, OR.  She lived most of her life in the same house on Arlington St. and worked various secretarial jobs for government agencies including Clackamas County Social Services and positions with the Federal Government. Carolyn loved swimming, volleyball, and working in her yard.  She made a trip to Wales to visit old family...

Barbara June Johnston Ramsey  Barbara was born August 20, 1932 in Kansas City, Kansas to Forrest and Alta Osborn Johnston. Barbara passed away April 25, 2018 in Clackamas Oregon with her children at her side. Barbara graduated from Oregon City high school in 1950. She married Jack Kelly Ramsey in 1950. They lived on the Oregon coast until they settled in Corvallis, Oregon in 1958. The family moved back to Oregon City in 1969.  Barbara taught Journalism,...

Sandra Sharlee Stone Gates passed away in her Oregon City home on April 21, 2018. She was born in Oregon City on July 15, 1942 to Charles and Jeanne Gates. She was preceded in death by her husband Jerry W. Stone and her second husband Carl Weyerman. Sandra lived in Oregon City all of her life. Sandra is survived by her 5 children: Keri, Staci, Juli, Jerry and Jason, Brother Charles M. Gates, 10 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. She was a homemaker most of her life and...

Montgomery Lee Smith passed away peacefully after a brief battle with cancer on Monday morning April 9, 2018.  While we’re deeply saddened by his passing, we take comfort in knowing that he’s in a much better place. Montgomery was born, August 18, 1935, to Raymond and Edith Smith in Portland, Oregon.  He shared a happy and carefree childhood with his siblings Patricia Walden and Donald Smith.  He attended the University of Washington and Portland State...

Patrick William Waud passed away peacefully in his Oregon City home on Friday, April 6, 2018. Pat was born on May 26, 1944 in Portland, Oregon to Orrin Arthur Waud and Lewanna Francis McCoy. Pat is the fourth of six children: Thomas (wife, Betty), Gerald (wife, Beverly), Marta, Lewanna, and Christopher (wife, Leanne). Pat is survived by his wife of 51 years, Suzan Francine (Coffen), son Timothy (wife, Jill), daughter Traci, son Tyler, granddaughter Abigail, and his extended family Ron...

Toni Bernert Toni Ardeth Bernert passed away on April 2nd, 2018 from complications related to Lymphoma. She was born to Dorothy Ackman and William Cunningham on September 20th, 1926. Toni grew up with her mother and stepfather in the Army traveling across the United States. She graduated from Bellingham High School and then attended Marylhurst College. During college she met the love of her life, James William Bernert.  They were married in 1947 and had 35 years together...

Matilda Francis (Gerkman) Herbst was born January 23, 1926 in Oregon City.  She died March 23, 2018 in the home in Oregon City that she lived in for 86 of her 92-year life.  Tillie worked for Firestone in Oregon City before marrying her husband of 57 years, Albert Herbst in 1946. Together, Al and Tillie spent their life on a small farm raising their 7 children, sons, Rodney, (who proceeded her in death) Don, Albert JR., Tom, and daughters, Alice Wallace,...

Nadine Jessie (Paulson) Beck November 30, 1920 - March 22, 2018. Nadine Jessie Beck died on Thursday, March 22 of natural causes at the age of 97. Nadine was the oldest of 5 children born to Bernice and Archie Paulson on November 30, 1920 in the small town of Skidmore, Missouri. Archie was a farmer and moved his family back to Montana in the spring of 1937. Archie and Bernice had met in Ronan as children and both had family in Ronan in 1937. Nadine attended high school in Ronan and...

Terrence William Burke was born in Ventura, California, on April 25, 1955, to William and Betty Burke.  Terry was the youngest of 5 children and spent the first 6 years of his life in California before the family moved to Colorado.  The next 8 years were the kind of childhood envied by many, where Terry spent time on the Ranch - riding and raising Welsh ponies and riding his bike with friends in Grand Junction. When it came time for high school, Terry attended Campion...