• Alice Heyl
Alice Heyl of Lake Oswego died Jan. 5, 2009, at age 82.
• Charles James Lorden
Charles James "Jim" Lorden died Dec. 15, 2008, at age 71.
• Clifford J. Benfield
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, in Gresham Memorial Chapel for Clifford J. Benfield, who died Jan. 14 at age 71.
• Coosje van Bruggen, pop artist and critic
Coosje van Bruggen, a critic, historian and artist known for the colorful public sculptures she created around the world with her husband, pop artist Claes Oldenburg, died Jan. 10 in Los Angeles. She was 66.
• Expert on prostate cancer dies at 88
MINNEAPOLIS -- Dr. Donald F. Gleason, who devised the Gleason score used to help determine the aggressiveness of prostate cancer in millions of men, died Dec. 28 in Edina, Minn. He was 88.
• Floyd William Kingsley
Floyd William Kingsley died Jan. 3, 2009, of a heart attack at age 84.
• Frank Gerald Belgarde
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, in Holman, Hankins, Bowker & Waud for Frank Gerald Belgarde, who died Jan. 16 at age 75.
• Gary Kurfirst managed Hall of Fame bands
Gary Kurfirst, who helped shape a generation's pop music aesthetic, steering seminal acts such as the Talking Heads and Jane's Addiction, died Jan. 13 while vacationing in Nassau, Bahamas. He was 61.
• Harold Lennie Sorrells
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, in Greater Portland Baptist Church for Harold Lennie Sorrells, who died Jan. 12 at age 84.
• 'Ironside' sidekick dies at 71
Don Galloway, who played well-groomed, straight-arrow characters in myriad television shows and movies, died Jan. 8 in Reno, Nev. He was 71.
• James Delbert Shaffer
James Delbert Shaffer died Dec. 20, 2008, at age 75.
• Leon Fay Chapman
Leon Fay Chapman died Jan. 5, 2009, at age 86.
• Mamie Ruth Thompson
A service will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, in Hillsboro Elks Lodge Number 1862 for Mamie Ruth Thompson of Beaverton, who died Jan. 15 at age 80.
• Mary Marie Brewer
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in Milwaukie Presbyterian Church for Mary Marie Brewer, who died Jan. 15 at age 82.
• Menno E. Seethoff
Menno E. Seethoff of Molalla died Dec. 16, 2008, at age 95.
• Naess developed ecology theory
Arne Naess, a Norwegian philosopher and mountaineer whose ideas about promoting an all-embracing relationship between Earth and the human species inspired environmentalists and activists around the world, died Jan. 12. He was 96.
• Norma Rose Vance
Norma Rose Vance died Dec. 16, 2008, at age 78.
• Pioneer in manufacturing generic drugs dies
NEW YORK -- Harold Snyder, who started Biocraft Laboratories, an early and highly successful manufacturer of generic equivalents for brand-name pharmaceuticals, died Dec. 18. He was 86.
• Violet Dorothy Wagner
A funeral will be at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, in Holman, Hankins, Bowker & Waud for Violet Dorothy Wagner, who died Jan. 14 at age 90.
• William Koopman
A gathering will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, at The Bomber in Milwaukie for William "Bill" Koopman, who died Jan. 14 of cancer at age 81.
