• Chizuna Tamura
Chizuna Tamura died July 1, 2008, at age 85.
• David G. Rock
David G. Rock died June 28, 2008, of cancer at age 62.
• Deanna Patteeuw
Deanna Patteeuw died July 2, 2008, at age 70.
• Doctor a leader in cholesterol fight
Basil Rifkind, 73, a physician who was a national leader in the 1980s effort to persuade Americans to lower their cholesterol level and avoid heart disease, died June 22 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington. He had Parkinson's disease.
• Effie Power
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2008, in St. Anthony Catholic Church in Portland for Effie Power, who died July 2 of Alzheimer's disease at age 93.
• Erle Garrison Blake
A gathering will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 13, in Cherry Park Retirement Center in Troutdale for Erle Garrison "Garry" Blake, who died July 1 of cancer at age 82.
• Ethel Dunlap
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2008, in Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery chapel in Portland for Ethel Dunlap, who died June 26 at age 99.
• Felker founded New York magazine
NEW YORK -- Clay Felker, who revolutionized the magazine genre as founding editor of New York, bringing readers a smart, sassy mix of gossip and news that was replicated relentlessly across the country, died Tuesday. He was 82.
• For 50 years, he put Bozo in kids' hearts
LOS ANGELES -- Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.
• Gospel singer's music broke boundaries
Ira B. Tucker, lead singer of the Dixie Hummingbirds, performed a style of gospel music that erased boundaries: between music and movement, praise and performance, style and spirit.
• JoAnna D. Scheehean
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2008, in Holman, Hankins, Bowker & Waud for JoAnna D. Scheehean, who died July 3 at age 50.
• John Lynn Lewis
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, July 7, 2008, in Highland Christian Center for John Lynn Lewis, who died June 29 at age 45.
• Kristi Lea Brown
A memorial service will be at noon Saturday, July 12, 2008, in St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery in Tigard for Kristi Lea Brown, who died June 30 of a brain aneurysm at age 40.
• L.A. barber told stories, cut celebrities' hair
LOS ANGELES -- Larry Oakley, a barber who owned the oldest business in Westwood Village -- a shop his family opened in 1929 -- and who counted celebrities such as Howard Hughes and Bing Crosby among his regular customers, has died. He was 80.
• Mary A. Spears
Mary A. Spears died July 1, 2008, at age 63.
• Micheal Barron Bordeaux
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 13, 2008, in Cedar Mill Bible Church for Micheal Barron Bordeaux, who died July 2 of esophageal cancer at age 62.
• Michelle Still
A gathering will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, in the Portland home of Patricia E. Still for Michelle Still, who died June 26 of a staph infection at age 40.
• Philanthropist gave millions to universities
Katherine Bogdanovich Loker, an heir to the StarKist tuna fortune and a major philanthropist in Southern California, died June 26 at her Oceanside, Calif., home of complications of a stroke, according to a spokesman for the University of Southern California, her alma mater. She was 92.
• Royce L. 'Jack' Eubanks
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 9, 2008, in Calvary Lutheran Church for Royce L. "Jack" Eubanks, who died July 4 at age 92.
