Category Archives: People

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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Clark Stephens

Posted on November 22, 2010 by GHHP

[Editor: Clark passed on September 1, 2019, see also the obituary for Clark Stephens.] My parents Noble and Bessie (Elizabeth) Stephens moved to Garden Home in 1928. They both were going to business school in Portland. They and friends would go camping … Continue reading →

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Vlasta Becvar Barber

Posted on November 22, 2010 by GHHP

[Editor: Vlasta Nora Barber, age 95, of Tigard, Oregon passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Vlasta was born December 7, 1926 in Maplewood, Oregon.] Garden Home Grade School September 1934 – May 1939 [Editor’s note: Vlasta wrote the following … Continue reading →

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