Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, June 13, 2012, Page 8, Image 8

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lune 13. 2012
In Loving Memory
Charles ‘Bill’ Maxey
period; and was forced to retire
A joyful gathering with fam ily, because o f degenerative arthritis
friends and neighbors to rem em ­ in his lo w er back w hich w as
ber and celebrate the life o f Bill addressed by surgery. Bill was
M axey was held June 7 at the plagued by chronic pain.
Lorenzen Conference C enter at
In his early 30s, he becam e
Legacy Emanuel Hospital.
fascinated with learning as m uch
Charles William “Bill”
as p o ssib le ab o u t the
M axey m ade his transi­
p o w ers o f m ed itatio n ,
tion on May 12, 2012.
crystals and pyram ids.
He was 66 years old.
He read and studied ev­
He was bom Oct. 1,
erything he could find
1945 in Portland, the
regarding those subjects.
third child in a fam ily o f
He also, built num erous
three daughters and two
v e rs io n s o f " h e a lin g
sons, to Charles Britton
rods," which he used on
M a x e y a n d J o h n n ie O b in a him self' and family m em bers to
Sam ples Maxey.
cleanse and realign Chakras. He
He attended Im m aculate Heart was also know n to use his "heal­
E lem entary School and tran s­ ing sta ff' to change the w eather
ferred to the "new" Eliot Elem en­ from cloudy to sunny. Yes, we
tary School (Tubm an) in fourth actually saw him do this repeat­
grade; graduating eighth grade in edly! A close friend called him
1959. He attended two years at “Apollo, the Sun G od” !
Benson Polytechnic High School,
Bill was also a prolific w riter
and transferred to and graduated o f prose and short stories. We
from Jefferson High School in are blessed that his wife, Judy,
1963. At 17, he joined the Air has his large notebook o f w rit­
Force and three years later re­ ings. Shortly before his unex­
ceived an H onorable Discharge pected death, discussion was tak­
after incurring a disability injury. ing place regarding the publica­
He continued his education at tion o f his works. One o f his
Portland Com m unity College and poem s was subm itted to the Port­
Portland State University.
land P oetry S o ciety and w as
Bill started his work career at a placed in a time capsule.
young age at M axey's Parlor Bar­
Bill had been a singer in a band
ber Shop, sw eeping floors, shin­ when he was younger, and still
ing shoes, and hanging out with loved music and to sing, but not in
his dad. He continued at M axey's public. It was during his singing
Better Buy Grocery when he was career he m et Judy Duling, who
in seventh grade and rem ained in quickly becam e his wife. He
that capacity throughout his school called his sister, Carolyn, and said
years. He held a variety o f other "I've ju st m et my wife! This girl
positions and jobs, but spent the w alked into the club while I was
m ajority o f it in security and loss singing, I looked up and saw her,
prevention for Fred M eyer, Kai­ and I know she is "my wife". In
s e r P e rm a n e n te an d l e g a c y five weeks, they were married!
Em anuel Hospital, retiring from
His father proceeded in death
Legacy.
in July 2001. He was also very
At a young age, he com peted close to his father-in-law , Carl
and won m any Portland Parks- "Buzz" D uling, who passed in
sponsored track events, and con­ 1998.
tinued track into his high school
He is survived by his wife Judith
years. He started playing baseball Carol D uling M axey; his daugh­
in Little League and continued ters Kelly Rae M axey, and Kristin
into the Connie M ack League and Dionne Maxey; one grandson Aus­
Jefferson High School. He was tin Lee Green; his m other Johnnie
also an avid participant in basket­ O bina Sam ples M axey; siblings
ball and was well known for al­ "Gahlena" Carolyn M axey E ast­
ways doing yoga headstands and erly (A rthur), V irginia M axey
m editation before he played; until Johnson (Jam es), D onna Delores
degenerative arthritis in both hips M axey and Jonathan Ray M axey
sidelined him. He was a bicyclist (C laudia); brother-in-law G ary
long before bicycle lanes in Port­ D uling (Pam ); nieces and neph­
land. His dad alw ays said Bill was ew s Jocelyn Johnson, Britt East­
a natural athlete.
erly (Fadia), Jennifer Johnson,
He was plagued by health prob­ Shaina Pomerantz, Charles Britton
lems, with asthm a and allergies M a x e y
II
and
Sean
affecting him in his early child­ D u lin g (D o n n a ); g r e a t n ie c e
hood. In his late 20's, because o f S a m ira L y n n E a s te rly ; g re a t
a degenerative eye problem , he nephew W yatt Duling; great niece
underw ent a cornea transplant, Josephine “Josie” Duling; in addi­
which gave him a blue eye. Later tion to m any cousins.
on in his 50s he had both hips
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