• Dale Rodney Portinga
Dale Rodney Portinga died April 29, 2008, at age 72.
• Dance music arranger was a Broadway veteran
Peter Howard, who arranged the dance music, composed the incidental music or conducted the orchestra for many of Broadway's biggest hits of the last half-century, died April 18 in Englewood, N.J. He was 80 and had lived in recent years at the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood.
• Donald E. Anderson
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Simon-Woodburn Funeral Chapel for Donald E. Anderson, who died May 8 at age 67.
• Eileen B. Anderson
Eileen B. Anderson died May 6, 2008, at age 73.
• Elizabeth C. Zimmerman
A Mass will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, in St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Oregon City for Elizabeth C. Zimmerman, who died May 8 at age 98.
• Gilbert G. 'Gib' Hanks
Gilbert G. "Gib" Hanks died May 8, 2008, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at age 69.
• Helen Esther Ems
A service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Molalla United Methodist Church for Helen Esther Ems, who died May 4 of cancer at age 85.
• Helen Irene Mourning
Helen Irene Mourning died April 29, 2008, at age 84.
• Isobel L. Thiessen
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Hinson Memorial Baptist Church for Isobel L. Thiessen, who died May 1 of congestive heart failure at age 88.
• John William McFarland Jr.
John William "Bill" McFarland Jr. died May 8, 2008, at age 76.
• Loyd Lee Turner
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Oak Hills Presbyterian Church in Milwaukie for Loyd Lee Turner, who died May 8 at age 88.
• Lucy Pedersen
A service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Holman's Funeral Service Chapel for Lucy Pedersen, who died May 9 at age 71.
• Mary Jo Ann Harmon
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Holy Cross Catholic Church for Mary Jo Ann Harmon, who died May 8 at age 47.
• Mary M. Countess
Mary M. Countess died May 8, 2008, at age 95.
• Mike Majhor
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Mt. Scott Funeral Home for Mike Majhor, who died May 5 at age 55.
• Mildred Loving beat interracial marriage ban
RICHMOND, Va. -- Mildred Loving, an African American woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said.
• Peggy Marlene Alexander
Peggy Marlene Alexander died May 6, 2008, at age 57. Peggy Marlene Alexander was born Oct. 14, 1950, in Medford. She lived in Portland all her life.
• Pioneering star united pop and country sounds
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs such as "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday, days short of his 90th birthday.
• Ralph Martin Cort Jr.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Gateway Little Chapel of the Chimes for Ralph Martin Cort Jr., who died May 10 at age 81.
• Robbins created an ice cream empire
Irvine Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins whose penchant for creating unusual ice cream flavors helped push post-World War II America far beyond its chocolate-vanilla-strawberry tastes, has died. He was 90.
• Wayne Allen Rose
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Good Shepherd Lutheran Church for Wayne Allen Rose, who died May 9 at age 73.