Category Archives: People

CENTURY HOMES: Robert Pearson

Posted on April 15, 2023 by gardenhomehistoryproject

Bob Pearson’s home at 6600 SW Garden Home Road was originally built in 1920. A brief summary of Garden Home in the 1920s is included at the end. In 1993, Bob Pearson moved into his 1920 home and set about … Continue reading →

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Lee, Zak, and Lois Hyslin, 8285 SW Garden Home Road

Posted on April 15, 2023 by gardenhomehistoryproject

The Hyslin property on Garden Home Road at SW 83rd Avenue resembles “old Garden Home.” According to County records, this large home was built in 1930, although the family suspects it might have been earlier. Zachary and Lee Hyslin have … Continue reading →

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Remembering Gerry Frank

Posted on May 31, 2022 by gardenhomehistoryproject

September 21, 1923 to March 13, 2022 We were sorry to learn of Gerry Frank’s passing on March 13, 2022, aged 98. Gerry was born on September 21, 1923 in Portland to Aaron and Ruth Frank. They lived in SW … Continue reading →

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Mark and Leona Whitney and the Whitney Cannery, 1950-1976

Posted on June 5, 2020 by GHHP

[Update: Leona Whitney, 1920-2015. Read her obituary here.] Historic Photos of Whitney’s Cannery Thanks to Shelly Bigley, Old Market Pub and Brewery, for most of these photos collected from Leona Whitney. They help to tell the story of Whitney’s Cannery … Continue reading →

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Harold Gjerman

Posted on May 26, 2020 by gardenhomehistoryproject

Harold Gjerman has lived in Garden Home since 1970, along with his daughter Juli and two grandchildren. They live in the Whitford Park development at the west end of Garden Home Road. Yes, Gjerman is spelled correctly, reflecting Harold’s Danish … Continue reading →

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Hunt Club Childhood of Mike Norris, M.D.

Posted on November 20, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

For children growing up in the Hunt Club area in the 1940s and ‘50s, it often felt like a park. Mike and his friends could be found sneaking through the gate into the Frank farm, shooting pheasants in Gertsch’s pond, … Continue reading →

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Shirley Gertsch Bartels on Peter and Pete Gertsch

Posted on November 9, 2019 by GHHP

Peter Gertsch, his wife Katy Tannler and his brother Fred (known as Fritz) came to Garden Home from Switzerland and settled on property off of Oleson Road sometime in the 1890’s. This property was on the west side of Oleson … Continue reading →

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Barbara Kiggins Green memoir

Posted on October 8, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

[Editor: See the 2022 obituary for Barbara Ann Green.] By Barbara (Kiggins) Green, 2019 (age 87) I was born in 1931 and we moved to Garden Home around 1934 or 1935. We lived in a small two room house with an … Continue reading →

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The Garden Home Totem Pole, by Andrew Gorman

Posted on August 18, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

[Editor: Many of you who have lived in Garden Home since the 1990s will remember the surprising totem pole standing in the shrubs at the NW corner of SW 82nd and Garden Home Road. Unfortunately it gradually deteriorated in our … Continue reading →

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Glenn and Isolda Rooper Steele

Posted on August 18, 2019 by GHHP

Glenn (1895-1989) and Isolda Rooper Steele (1896-1986) In 1937, Glenn and Isolda Steele relocated to Garden Home from Antelope, Oregon. Isolda worked at the Garden Home School preparing lunches for the children and staff in the late 1930s, 1940s and … Continue reading →

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