Obituary: Renée Anne Clarke, 42, Parkdale

She was a successful high school athlete and during her summers at home, Renée worked for the US Forest Service at Multnomah Falls as a groundskeeper and learned to love hiking. She achieved her doctorate in Clinical Psychology and her social work led her to multiple adventures in the US. She passed on Oct. 10.

Obituary: Sandra Arlene (Foss) Bredeson, 78, Nehalem

She provided a home and family life which fostered a determination for success and settled for no less. She appreciated the beauty in the little things, just like her mother and grandmother did. Like her garden roses, she was beautiful yet delicate and protected herself as well as those she loved with the metaphoric thorns she wore.