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May 11, 2016
Obituary
In Loving
Memory
Maddie Mary Davis
Richmond
Maddie Mary Davis Rich-
mond was born April 9, 1927 in
Garyville, La., to Gertrude Smith
and RD Davis. Her twin sister
Martha passed away in infancy.
She also had a father known as
“Daddy Smith” of New Orleans.
She was raised by her paternal
grandmother, Rebecca Davis,
whom she loved as her mother
and was affectionately known as
“Grand Mama Dynamite.”
She was baptized at an early
age and later became a devot-
ed Catholic. She and her mother
moved to Portland in 1945.
In 1946 she married her child-
hood sweetheart, Marshall C.
Richmond Sr., in Vancouver. To
this union were born 11 children.
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Maddie was a retired
cosmetologist of 35 plus
years. She trained and
mentored with Mrs. Etoile
Cox, and in 1944, passed
a state of Oregon board to
acquire a license in cosme-
tology. She worked with
Ms. Irving and with Mrs. Dean’s
hair salon on Hancock Street.
Shortly after, she acquired her
own hair salon from lovely Hat-
tie Porter and became the owner
of Maddie Beauty Salon on North
Albina. She also worked at several
funeral homes preparing hair and
make-up for home-going services.
She has two grandkids named
after her from her son Randall,
his daughter Mary and grandson
Nate. She also has a great-grand-
daughter D’Naejah who was born
on her birthday. These are special
memories she held dear.
In 2010 Maddie’s daughter
Sheila Washington preceded her
in death. The two were insepa-
rable at the time, enjoying thrift
shopping, bingo and grocery
shopping. They also
worked together as cer-
tiied nursing assistants.
Maddie’s hobbies in-
cluded going to the race
track, playing cards and
going to OG Motors
when in the market for
a Cadillac. She also loved her last
car, a Lexus. She enjoyed cooking
gumbo, frying ish, making greens
and hot water corn bread.
She had a very strong and inde-
pendent personality. If you knew
her then you respected her. She
was a very loving and generous
person. She would feed anyone
and help them inancially if they
needed it. If you crossed her she
had no problem telling you where
to go and how to get there. She
loved her husband and enjoyed
talking about him. She was a
loving mother who protected her
children and grandchildren. She
loved her sisters and brothers. She
will be deeply missed.
She leaves to cherish her life
with memories, children Mar-
In Loving Memory
Gladys Farve
Gladys Farve passed away peacefully
on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. She was
born on Dec. 12, 1941 in Bonita, La. to
Amos and Helen Hawkins Mott.
In addition to Antione, her loving hus-
band, she is survived by her children, Gail Farve of
New Orleans, Antione J. Farve IV of Portland, De-
siree Farve of Gaithersburg, Md., Antionette Robin-
son of Portland, and Delaney Farve of Vancouver;
and ive grandchildren, ive great grandchildren,
shall (Ly) of Las Vegas, Nev.; Gail
Blake of Portland; Rebecca Gator
of Atlanta, Ga.; Ralph Richmond,
Ellen Stevenson, Randall Rich-
mond, and Marilyn Lindsey, all
of Portland; Arnethia Hammick of
Federal Way, Wash.; and Ramona
LaGrone–Eshmon (Reginald) of
Tacoma, Wash. Brothers and sis-
ters James Smith (Shirley) of Se-
attle; Rudolph Smith (Margaret),
Emile Smith and Irma Smith, all of
New Orleans, and a host of grand-
children, great grand children and
great-great grandchildren. She
also leaves to memory, a host of
nieces, nephew, and friends.
Also preceding her in death
were her husband, Reginald Rich-
mond; and siblings Herman King,
Elenora King, Alfred King, Anna
Mae King and Joe Smith.
A Mass of Christian Burial will
be held at St. Andrew’s Catholic
Church, 806 N.E. Alberta St. on
Thursday, May 12 at 11 a.m., with
entombment to follow in Rose
City Cemetery, under the direction
of Rose City Funeral Home.
eight siblings and host of nieces, nephews
and cousins.
She was preceded in death by two of her
children, Andre Farve of Portland, and De-
nise Farve of New Orleans; her parents; step-
father Robert Taylor and four siblings.
A viewing will be held Wednesday, May
11 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Terry Family Fu-
neral Home, 2337 N. Williams Ave. A Mass
of Christian burial will be held Friday, May 13 at
10 a.m. at St. Andrew Church, 806 N.E. Alberta
St. A repast will follow at 11:30 a.m. in the church
community center. In lieu of lowers, remembrances
may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.