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In Loving Memory
Dameace Blue
Funeral services for Dameace Blue, who died June 21,2013, will be held
Friday, June 28 at 11 am at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 4009 N.
Missouri Ave. with pastor Gary Ladd officiating.
She was bom in Saline, Louisiana on Nov. 23,1928 to Carl and Rosaline
Anderson. She was one of seven children.
Her family slowly moved from Shereveport, La., to Portland in the 1940s. After moving
here in 1945, she met and married Sam Johnson. From this union, six children were bom. After
his death, she worked hard, and saved to purchase a house where she could raise her children
in their own home. She then married Nathanial Blue with whom she was married to for 44 years.
Dameace was a dynamic and passionate woman who could light up any
room with her quick spirit and tongue! She always made you feel better with
her “real” advice and non-traditional outlook on life. She identified herself as
a real woman. And that she w as! Her family loved her for always being her
true self.
Dameace had a lot of love for her children, 37 grandchildren, 23 great­
grandchildren and her 6 great-great grandchildren. She was also a mother and
grandmother lor children in her neighborhood. Everyone loved her and she
welcomed everyone in her home. It was not unusual to find her fishing on the
creek or sitting on her porch welcoming whomever came down Gantenbein
Street.
Dameace is survived by her children James, Carlean, Jimi and Ronnie Ray,
all of Portland, and Gloria Ladd and Kibibi Ball, both of Seattle; a sister,
Dorothy Rogers of Portland; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father; brothers LC Anderson, LT Anderson,
Roosevelt Anderson, and sisters Pereace Woods and Bernice Houston. Mama, Grandma you
will be truly missed!
Williams Avenue Uplift
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McGee said the Williams loca-
tion was in a “diverse community
and the workers will reflect that di-
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McGee says, and they seek to pro­
vide a “positive work environment.”
In addition, he says, “We try to pro­
versity.
mote from within the company.”
Many workers will find the jobs at
New Seasons also tries to be a
New Seasons attractive. Starting
good corporate citizen. The Williams
wagesareneverlessthan$10anhour
Avenue store will be cultivating a
and include a full benefits package,
relationship with Self-Enhancement,
Inc., a nearby charter school geared
to lifting up children from Portland’s
African-American community.
N ew Seasons c o n trib u ted
$500,000 last year to worthy causes.
They also contribute food items to
groups such as the Oregon Food
Bank
McGee was bom in South Korea,
the son of a U.S. Army soldier sta­
tioned there, and during his child­
hood, “We moved around a lot,” he
said.
A resident of Oregon for 16 years;
he has worked in the Raleigh Hills and
Cedar Hills New Seasons Market.
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C alendar /J u n e
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Father’s Day
World Juggler's Day
National Fudge Day
Eat Your Vegetables
Day
O
TUESDAY
Chris Van Allsburg
bom, 1949
Garfield Debuted in
1978.
International
Picnic Day
Juneteenth
24
Theodore Taylor bom,
1922
John Ciardi bom, 1916
Eric Carle bom, 1929
U.F.O. Day; First
documented UFO
sighting on this day
LEON Day-LEON is
NOEL spelled
backwards. It means
six months until
Christmas
o
30
Meteor Day
Superman's Birthday
(1938)
National Organization
of Women Founded
In 1966
FRIDAY
American Eagle Day
Summer Solstice
Ice Cream Soda Day
First Day of Summer
SATURDAY
US Department of
Justice Established in
1870
Tasmanian Devil
Debuted in 1954
23
Typewriter Patented In
1868
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
25
26
Bicycle Patented In
1819
Chocolate Pudding Day
Toothbrush Invented
In 1498
27
Movie in the Park
Peninsula Park
6:30pm start at dusk
Madagascar 3
Helen Keller Bom, 1880
28
Paul Bunyan Day
29
First iPhone released,
2007
Camera Day