Category Archives: Memoirs

Memoirs written by residents

Dorothy Johnson: Garden Home Recollections

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

[Editor: Dorothy passed away in 2022. Read her obituary.] Arrival in Oregon: Pioneers looking for new land and new opportunities describes my family’s arrival in Garden Home in 1941. My father, Gust, mother Jean, sister Shirley and I left Superior, Wisconsin … Continue reading →

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Clark Martin

Posted on October 22, 2012 by GHHP

Having read Colin Lamb’s entry I thought I would add a little. I was at Garden Home for all of elementary (1950-1958) and lived at 7280 SW 77th through high school. My father, Plez Martin taught at Garden Home for 2-3 years while … Continue reading →

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Dickson Family

Posted on October 22, 2012 by GHHP

Shirley Dickson The Ken Dickson family lived in the older two-story blue house on Oleson Road at Shirley Lane. Mr. T.E. Hills lived in this house, now 7730 SW Oleson Road, back in the early 1900s. His obituary says he … Continue reading →

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Sally Peyton Ford

Posted on September 21, 2012 by GHHP

Ralph O. Peyton family, Sally Peyton Ford, September 2012 You may have turned into Peyton Road and then Griffin Drive when going north on Oleson Road, across from Arranmore, and wondered how these roads got named. Two brothers, Ralph Oscar Peyton and … Continue reading →

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Henry Sturtevant Family

Posted on June 21, 2012 by GHHP

Henry and Carol Sturtevant and their three children Carol Jean, Bob and Nancy moved to Garden Home in 1946. They lived at 7575 SW 87th Ave., just south of Garden Home Road on 87th, previously called Westgard. They purchased the home from … Continue reading →

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Don Smith

Posted on March 22, 2012 by GHHP

[Editor’s note: Don passed away in April, 2022, read his obituary here.] March 29, 2010, Rev. 2012 Don Smith is a retired golf pro who worked at the Portland Golf Club, Golf Land, Eastmoreland Golf course and at the national … Continue reading →

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Doc Hickman

Posted on January 22, 2012 by GHHP

[Editor: Doc’s wife Linda called to tell us that Doc had died in February, 2023, (no obituary). Doc’s story below is one of my favorites, full of Garden Home history…and fun! And the photo of the kids and the big … Continue reading →

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Donna Oleson Nylander

Posted on December 21, 2011 by GHHP

Donna Oleson Nylander lives in the Kinton area south of Beaverton. She is the daughter of Oleta and Alden Ole Oleson, born Feb 8, 1916. Oleta and Alden had four children: Larry Alden Oleson (deceased), Donna Rae Oleson Nylander, Robert Wesley Lee Oleson and … Continue reading →

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Jack Steele

Posted on November 21, 2011 by GHHP

[Update: Jack passed away on December 26, 2014. His obituary appears at the end of this article.] In the 1940s and 50s, Jack and his 6 siblings lived at 8085 S. W. 87th Ave. which was then called Westgard. This … Continue reading →

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Hal Pallay

Posted on October 24, 2011 by GHHP

My great-grandfather, Morris Pallay and my great-grandmother, Fannie, lived in Garden Home when I was a child. The house they lived in was built in 1915 on the south side of Garden Home Road between what is now SW 83nd and 84rd … Continue reading →

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