• Adrianna Maria Cram-Romero
A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity at the Jesuit Loyola Center in Portland for Adrianna Maria Cram-Romero, who died in Mexico on June 13, 2005, of homicide at age 4. Her remains have only recently been returned to Oregon.
• Arthur Bibbs
A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, in Tremont Evangelical Church for Arthur Bibbs, who died Sept. 12 at age 88.
• Authoritative and prolific author on antiques
Ralph Kovel, a nationally known writer on antiques who for more than half a century put prices on the stuff of life, from baseball cards to bottle caps to Barbie's lucrative girdles, died Aug. 28 in Cleveland.
• Blanche Elizabeth
Zitzewitz
• Bridget Kezeor
Recitation of the rosary followed by a Mass will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in Holy Cross Catholic Church for Bridget Kezeor, who died Sept. 6 at age 99.
• Dalai Lama's brother led Tibet's political battles
Thubten J. Norbu, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and himself regarded as a reincarnated saint, died Sept. 5 in Bloomington, Ind. He had split with his pacifist brother to demand complete independence of Tibet from China, going so far as to help the U.S. government in covert guerrilla warfare.
• Franklin R. Hanks
Franklin R. "Frank" Hanks of Damascus died Sept. 5, 2008, of Alzheimer's disease at age 75.
• James G. Bauer
A gathering will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, in Big Al's Bowling Alley in Vancouver for James G. Bauer of Vancouver, who died Sept. 2 of cancer at age 65.
• Jens 'Cy' P. Simonsen
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, in Central Lutheran Church for Jens "Cy" P. Simonsen, who died Sept. 12 at age 85.
• John G. Payne
John G. Payne of Newberg died Sept. 6, 2008, at age 72.
• John Martin Traver
A memorial service will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Village Baptist Church in Beaverton for John Martin Traver, who died Sept. 8 at age 79.
• Maxine Bruer Sims
A gathering will be at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, in Albertina Kerr Centers, 424 N.E. 22nd Ave., for Maxine Bruer Sims, who died Sept. 11 at age 86.
• Newspaperman wrote 'Fletch' mysteries
Gregory Mcdonald, former Boston Globe reporter and author of the best-selling "Fletch" mystery novels, was the familiar figure of the newspaperman who longs to write fiction. Unlike most reporters, though, he did something about it.
• Randilyn Kae Dean
A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, in Beaverton Foursquare Church for Randilyn Kae Dean, who died Sept. 10 of cancer at age 36.
• Shirley Torres
Shirley Torres of Venonia died Sept. 8, 2008, at age 72.
• Suzanne Patricia Smith
A Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, in Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Portland for Suzanne Patricia Smith, who died Sept. 11 at age 65.
