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Religion
Dedicated Community Activist, Volunteer Dies at 75
A funeral will be at 11 a m. Fri­
day, Nov. 9 in Ross Hollywood
Chapel for Faye Evelyn Lyday,
who died Thursday, Nov 1,2001,
at age 75.
Lyday was bom on Dec. 23,
1925 in Muskogee, Okla. She was
part Native American, belonging
to the Creek Indian Tribe, one of
the Five Civilized Tribes in Okla­
homa. She was raised in the sur­
rounding communities of Taft,
Okla., and attended Booker T.
Washington High School in Tulsa,
Okla.
She followed her sister and
moved to Portland in 1948, fur­
thering her education at Portland
State College. She was interested
in the field of nursing and began
to raise a family.
Although she grew up in an
orphanage and a series of foster
homes, she emerged with definite
leadership qualities.
Out of her own adversity, and
as a single mother raising five
children, grew the knowledge she
needed to successfully serve as
Acting Coordinator for the Social
Environm ent Departm ent o f
Model Cities in 1969. O f the 29
projects the agency operated in
Portland, 15 were evolved by her
department.
She served as the first presi­
dent o f the Aid to Dependent
C hildren
A ssociation
of
Multnomah County, an associa­
tion formed to work for and reform
welfare rights.
The Model Cities comprehen­
sive Child Care Program was the
direct outgrowth o f the child care
program instituted by the asso­
ciation. The Emergency Fund
available to Model Cities residents
is an outgrowth of a Loan fund
she organized as President o f the
ADC group. She worked to bring
about a consumer protection
agency in the Model Cities neigh­
borhood, and it was her work with
Stella Maris House that was in­
strumental in a proposal she wrote
resulting in the Youth Opportu­
nity School.
Cherishing her role as mother,
her community involvement also
included the Parent Teachers As­
sociation, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Little League, 4-H Clubs, and
Faye Lyday
dedicated her life
to issues o f child
care, foster
homes, housing,
and equal
opportunity
church Sunday school.
Her volunteer work in the
1960’sand 1970’s were extensive
as she served on the Urban League
Board, and State and County
WelfareCommission. Furthershe
helped organize the first compre­
hensive child care program for
Oregon, and was personally ap­
pointed by Gov. Tom McCall, to
serve on the Governor’s Compre­
hensive Health Committee.
Additionally, she served on the
Concert in the Chapel to Benefit Injured Student
The third concert in the Con­
certs in the Chapel series at
Warner Pacific College, will be
held Sunday, Nov. 18 at 3 p.m.
Marimba musicians Tabor Duo
and Dennis Plies, and pianist
Walter Saul, will be joined by col­
leagues Kevin Sippel on horn and
Walter Carr on clarinet.
All of the musicians are donat­
ing their time so that the entire
proceeds can be used to help de­
fray the extraordinary medical ex­
penses of Kailyn Daniels, a col­
lege sophomore who was severely
injured in an automobile accident,
Sept. 19. Daniels, who was not
expected to survive, has been
making a miraculous recovery.
Tickets and further information
may be obtained from Dr. Walter
Saul at 503-517-1061.
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Sr. Pastor
Bishop Samual M. Irving
5 5 2 2 N. A lbina
P o rtla n d , Oregon
Sunday School: 9:45 AM
Morning Worship: 11 AM
Evening Worship: 6 PM
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SALO N 618
(C le v e la n d T e n n e s s e e )
Worship Opportunities
A Services
Reading Works, a
class for students of
all ages, is starting a
new term this month
at the Portland Metro
A ssem bly o f God
Church on Northeast
6th and Alberta.
The class will meet
twice a week for 18
weeks, under the di­
rection o f teacher
Katy Libke and her
helper, Connie Meyer.
Adult volunteers
also help make the
reading program a
success.
For more informa­
tion, call Libke at 503-
281-8121.
A little boy from the Reading Works
class at Metro Assembly o f God
Church at Northeast 6th and Alberta,
proudly displays an award for reading
achievement.
W orsh ip w ith u s a t th e:
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O regon U nited A ppeal, the
NAACP, and Tri-County Commu­
nity Council, respectively. Her
interests also included helping the
mentally handicapped. She was
instrumental in opening Oregon’s
first school for the mentally handi­
capped.
She received the AFL-CIO
Kelly Loe Memorial Service
Award, representing the commu­
nity at large for 20 years o f volun­
tary service in 1969. She also was
named recipient for one o f the
Oregon Journal’s Women o f Ac­
complishments Award in 1972.
Through her tireless commu­
nity service and work at Model
Cities, she was recruited to work
for the City of Portland as a Per­
sonnel Analyst in the Bureau of
Personnel.
• Upon her retirement, she was
honored with a proclamation, pro­
claiming “Faye E. Lyday Day” in
the City o f Portland, on Nov. 21,
1991 in Council Chambers by
Mayor BudClark.
Throughout her life her own
personal trials served to deepen
her dedication to working to solve
community problems in the field
o f child care, foster homes for
children, housing, and equal op­
portunity em ploym ent. Faye
Lyday’s list of accomplishments
is great and her legacy to the city
and state government of Oregon
is evident today by the many pro­
grams and policies in effective
that she helped established.
Life was sacred to Faye Lyday
and she revered others by treat­
ing them with dignity. She hon-
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Please call fo r information or counciling.
PO RTLAND, OR.
503 247-3165
O ther Church of
God Location:
Center o f Praise
Ministries
3402 R St.
Vancouver, Washington
Pastor M arcus J. Irvin g
N O V 06,2 001
Across the country, states
are revisiting the death pen­
alty issue. Congregations are
asking, How can we get in­
volved?
The First United Methodist
Church, located at 1838 S.W.
Jefferson will be holding a con­
ference on Friday, Nov. 16
called “Justice, the Death Pen­
alty and the Congregation.”
Guest speakers will be Sis­
ter Helen Prejean, author o f
the award winning book “Dead
Man Walking” and William
Long, the author o f “A Tor­
tured History; The Story o f
Capital Punishment in O r­
egon.”
The conference is open to
all o f those interested in the
topic and will provide valuable
tools and resources for con­
gregations.
For more information or to
make reservations, call 503-
296-6761 or send an email to
portlandfcfajc.org.
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Monday, November 12
&
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Maranatha Church
Sunday, November 11, 2001
10:30am and 6:00pm
ored all ethnicity for their culture
and contributions, affirming that
no one was better than anyone
else. She possessed a great joy for
life in its simplicity. She was hap­
piest when surrounded by her
family and friends Her devoted
role as mother graced her the abil­
ity to give love unconditionally.
Her pride and joy were her chil­
dren, grandchildren, and great
grandchildren, who brought her
comfort in her retirement years.
She went to the “Happy Hunt­
ing Ground,” following a host of
illnesses she faced with courage
and sensitivity. Faye Lyday was a
member of Adah Chapter #6 OE S.
Survivors include her beloved
sisters, Rubie Franklin, Gladys
Teague, and Juanita Woods-
Barnes; her children, Wilbert
Lyday, Jean Lyday, Debra Lyday,
Juanita Lewis, and Robert Lyday.
six grandchildren, five great­
grandchildren, four nephews,
three nieces and a host o f other
great nieces and nephews.
Interment in Skyline Memorial
Gardens. Remembrances to the
National Kidney Foundation.