Category Archives: People

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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Vivian DuPue Bosley

Posted on January 22, 2010 by GHHP

Vivian was born in 1918 and has lived in this area most of her life. She spent her childhood in Beaverton and remembers the Allen family growing great fields of poppies on their property.  Her family lived across the street from … Continue reading →

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Mildred Stevens

Posted on December 7, 2009 by GHHP

Update: Mildred Stevens, August 24, 1916 to September 8, 2015. Mildred died a few days after her 99th birthday. She was loved and revered in Garden Home. She was essential to our research of Garden Home history. At 93 years … Continue reading →

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