Category Archives: People

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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John Alden and Elsie Berthe Schalk Oleson

Posted on December 21, 2011 by GHHP

Robin Robinson is a great grandson of Ole and Polly Philena Oleson. Robin and his twin brother Roy were born at Good Samaritan Hospital in 1937. His sister was named Joyce. He lived in Garden Home as a young child and grew … Continue reading →

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The Hetlesater Family

Posted on November 22, 2011 by GHHP

Our grandfather, Dr. Reinert Hetlesater, moved from South Dakota to Garden Home, Oregon, about 1910 with his wife, Clara Nash Hetlesater, and two young daughters, Jennie and Marion. The girls had been exposed to tuberculosis, and he wanted them to be able to spend … Continue reading →

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James Bastien 1934-2005

Posted on November 22, 2011 by GHHP

One of the most well-known people to have lived in Garden Home was James Bastien, piano pedagogue and musician. In the 1940s and 1950s, James lived at 7665 SW Oleson Road, just south of Gust Johnson’s gas station (and the current Mobil station). Generations … 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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The Newton Boys

Posted on October 22, 2011 by GHHP

The Newtons: Growing Up With Garden Home Gladys and Albert Newton and their seven boys moved to Garden Home in the early fall of 1935. Their eldest, Donal McIntosh, Gladys’ son by a previous marriage, was in his last years at … Continue reading →

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Tragedy: Peyton-Allan Murders

Posted on October 21, 2011 by GHHP

Over a half-century ago, a Garden Home family was tragically involved with one of the worst murder stories in Portland history. The Ralph O. Peyton family lived at 6530 SW Griffin Drive with their two sons, Larry and Kenny and daughter … Continue reading →

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Zora and Sharka Becvar

Posted on May 22, 2011 by GHHP

Life in Garden Home in the 1930s and 1940s. The front yard at our house had a large walnut tree and one branch was strong and large enough for us to pretend it was a horse. We could saddle it up with a … Continue reading →

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Angie MacKay Fredrickson

Posted on March 22, 2011 by GHHP

March 2011 My mother and father bought an acre and a third on 82nd Avenue, off of Taylors Ferry Road. We had a route number for an address— Rt 6 Box 936 to be exact. My father cleared the land … Continue reading →

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