Category Archives: Memoirs

Memoirs written by residents

Ron and Jewel Lansing

Posted on October 21, 2010 by GHHP

Ron and Jewel Lansing moved to the Garden Home area of Portland in August 1961, where new daughter Annette joined siblings Mark and Alyse. The Lansings purchased a house overlooking Multnomah Boulevard at 7930 SW 62nd Place and lived there for six … Continue reading →

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Colin Lamb and the history of Lamb’s Garden Home Thriftway

Posted on April 21, 2010 by GHHP

April 22, 2010 by Colin Lamb My Dad, Forrest Lamb, developed the first Lamb’s Thriftway in 1957 on the northeast section of the Garden Home intersection. Dad and his brother Robert had started a grocery business, Lamb Brothers Market, in … Continue reading →

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Gerry Frank

Posted on April 5, 2010 by GHHP

[Editor: Gerry passed away in March 13, 2022 at the age of 98. See Remembering Gerry Frank. The Oregon Historical Society celebrated his 100th birthday on September 21, 2023.] By Gerry Frank, 2010 Our family home was in southwest Portland on … Continue reading →

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Oscar and Mary Olson

Posted on March 22, 2010 by GHHP

Interviewed March 2010. Oscar and Mary Olson have retired to a lovely complex, Mary’s Woods in Lake Oswego. They have fond memories of Garden Home, a place where they raised their family. They lived most of the time at 7380 S.W. 77th in … Continue reading →

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George and Mae Babbitt

Posted on February 21, 2010 by GHHP

Oral history interview done on Feb. 26, 2010 by Elaine Shreve George and Mae Babbitt moved to Garden Home in January of 1950. George served in the Army Air Force in WWII and moved to Oregon in a 1932 Ford … Continue reading →

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