Charles Floyd Barclay

Charles Floyd Barclay was born August 21,1943, at Emanuel Hospital in Portland, Oregon. He passed away this July 23, 2024, 12:12pm at Providence St. Vincent’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon. Growing up in North Portland, in the early days, he was learning aside his father, the trade of hardwood floor laying and any construction tips he could pick up from him. This struck an interest in him to attend a tradesman high school. After graduating from Benson Polytechnic High School, he went on to work for a few cabinet making places. Soon to launch his career as a general contractor. He was a natural at finding ways to fix or create. Anyone who has ever had the opportunity to work with him, or see his work would all say that nothing, he put his hands on would be free from his meticulous precision and foresight. He was indeed a fine craftsman. He not only put his hands into life, but his heart along with it. As a teenager in high school, he joined the sea scouts learning the ways of tending a ship, service, and survival at sea. Frequently going on fishing and hunting trips with his family as a boy to the very end. Oh, the stories of those adventures! He enjoyed the outdoors and had acquired the survival skills to go along with it. With this big heart of his, he joined various groups to help the communities he lived nearby. To name just a few. The St John’s Jaycees, when he lived in St. John’s of North Portland. When he moved up to Benton City Washington, to start and run an apple orchard, (yes, and orchard, he taught himself farming too!) he was encouraged because he’s Charlie, to help the nearby city of Kennewick. He would volunteer when he could, to help keep the peace. So much so, they deputized him as a volunteer recruit. He then moved to Oakridge Oregon, and, as an 80-year-old man, he was still just a phone call away to his neighbors, family, and family of friends. Helping out with anything! A ride home, a ride to the hospital, stuck, or lost. Of course, he’d be there to help with just about any construction project you had. He was even handy at small car repairs. A real “Jack of all Trades.” He would say, “I’m on my way.” If he really could not make it to you, he would walk you through how to fix it yourself. Charles, Charlie, or Chuck as you may have known him, was a loving father, grandfather, husband, brother, son, and loyal friend to his final days. Charles was preceded in death by this parents Richard Barclay and Ruth Barclay and stepmother Arlene Barclay, his brother Richard Barclay and brother-in-law Steven Fowler. He was survived by his wife Karla Tiller-Barclay, his sisters Joyce Fowler and Jane Rausch (Rick), half-brother Thomas Barclay (Su Zahn) and half-sister Suzanne Scheel (Darrell). His 8 children Rose Barclay (Coby Lorang), Catherine Huck (Kevin), Charles J. Barclay (Michelle), Lynne O'Callaghan (Sean), James Barclay (fiancé Amanda), Charlene Barclay, Brianna Dhollander-Barclay (Niels) and Jessica Barclay (Julian). His 11 grandchildren Sheena Barclay, Maeve O'Callaghan, Seamus O'Callaghan, Chelsea Barclay, Brendan O'Callaghan, Kaitlyn Barclay, Natalie Huck, Tyler Huck, Kenneth Brown, Mathias Huck and Quincy Lorang. And great- granddaughter Trü Fox. Please feel free to share photos, and any stories you may have, or any stories he’s told you. Also, listed below, will be any gathering dates and times as they unfold.

Charles Floyd Barclay

August 21, 1943 - July 23, 2024