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onresident family member Jennifer Bement Sass died Sept. 4. She was 68. She was born to Eleanor Allen Bement and Kenyon Theodore Bement in Spokane, Wash.


Jennifer spent her early childhood in Spokane, her teens in Detroit, her adult years in Deerfield, Ill., and the last 36 years in Portland.


She had the most wonderful sense of


humor, and was a documentary filmmaker. Jennifer is survived by her loving husband of 47 years, Richard Sass, a grateful group of friends and colleagues; her children, Gretchen (Will), Jeff (Leticia) and Jason (Jenny); grandchild, Kennedy; adopted grandchildren, Jonathan, Adriana and LaShawna; great-grandson, Maddox; and siblings, Judy Kaiser, Jill McFarlane, Jane Geesman and Jeff Bement and their children.


Senior family preferred member Joan L.


Shipley died of cancer Sept. 2. She was 73. She was born July 2, 1938, in Portland to Dorothy and Max Lesman, and gradu- ated from Grant High School and the University of California, Berkeley. At the time of her death, she was a vice-president at the Dennis Uniform Manufacturing Co.; previously, she worked in the development offices of the Catlin Gabel School and Reed College. Joan served on the Oregon Council for the Humanities, and on the boards of the Architecture Foundation, the Catlin Gabel School, the Contemporary Crafts Association, the Library Foundation, the OHSU Foundation Board of Trustees and several other boards. She was a founder of the Bonnie Bronson Trust and PICA and the chair of the Westside Light Rail Art Committee.


Along with her husband, John Shipley, she received the 2005 Governor’s Award for the Arts.


She is survived by her husband; children, David, Ann and Thomas; six grandchildren; and sister, Shirley Semler of Portland. Senior preferred member Arthur Joseph


Lewis died Sept. 2 after a long battle with congestive heart disease. He was 77. Born April 11, 1934, in Albuquerque, N.M., Art’s family moved to Portland in the early 1940s where he attended


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Betty was born Aug. 16, 1930 to R. Dale and Mildred McCullugh in Des Moines. She moved to Portland in 1934 with


Madeline Grade School, after which he graduated with Central Catholic’s Class of 1952. Following high school Art explored what he thought was God’s calling to the priesthood by attending Mount Angel Seminary. Ultimately, he obtained an economics degree from Santa Clara on a partial boxing scholarship.


After graduation, Art embarked upon a long career in sales beginning in the stock brokerage business and ending in real estate. In between, he married Barbara Hart Bassett, and they had two daughters and a son. Later in life, Art was blessed when he found his soul’s counterpart in Bonnie Hayes. He is survived by his son, John Bradley Lewis; daughters, Molly Ann Nordstrom and Meghan Elizabeth Collins; sons-in- law, Blake Nordstrom and Ted Collins; and his grandchildren, Alexandra and Andy Nordstrom, Maddie, Rory and Kate Collins, and Joe and Jake Lewis. Senior family preferred member Robert Luis Autrey, scientist and noted collector of early acoustical recordings, died Sept. 4 in Portland. He was 79. Robert grew up in Galveston and Houston, Texas, where he attended the Kinkaid School.


He began his undergraduate work at Rice University, and obtained his bach- elor’s degree from Reed College in 1953. He completed his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at Harvard in 1957, and a post- doctoral fellowship at Imperial College, London, in 1958-59. He returned to Oregon permanently in the late 1960s, as a founding faculty member at the Oregon Graduate Center, subsequently known as the Oregon Graduate Institute. Besides his professional career, his prin- cipal passion was collecting records from the beginning of the acoustical era. Robert was a vigorous supporter of local music societies and a lifetime attendee of Chamber Music Northwest. Robert is survived by his devoted wife of 32 years, Joella Werlin; sons, Robert “Tito,” David and Michael Autrey; a stepson; a stepdaughter; four grandchil- dren; and four step-grandchildren. Senior family member Betty M.


Susnjara died at home after a battle with cancer on Sept. 18. She was 81.


her family, including her brother, Robert. Betty attended Madeline High School and graduated from St. Mary’s Academy. In 1952 she married Marko Susnjara, who became her husband of 59 years. Five children soon followed.


Betty loved being with and around her


family, whether at one of many large family gatherings or on family vacations to Seaside and Sunriver. While she raised her children, she was active in many parish activities, most recently with St. Vincent de Paul. Survivors include her husband, Marko; daughters, Debbie Susnjara, Diane Costanzo and Donna Mayfield; sons, Mark and Rick; grandchildren, Nicolas, Michael, Jennifer, Kris, Ryan, Mikaila, Timothy, Megan, Alyssa and Tyler; two great-grand- children; and brother, Robert McCullugh. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Vincent de Paul (St. Therese) or Central Catholic High School. Senior family preferred member Alfred


H. Stoloff died Sept. 19. He was 90. Alfred was born in Philadelphia to Michael and Sarah Stoloff on June 2, 1921. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942, having taken accel- erated courses in math and engineering. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in college and reported for active duty immediately after graduation. He went to Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Va., and was commissioned a second lieu- tenant in the Engineer Corps.


He was sent to England in March 1944 and was assigned to the 121st Combat Engineer Battalion of the 29th Division, which was in training for the invasion of France. Alfred made the landing at Omaha Beach in Normandy June 6, 1944, at H hour plus 1. Seriously wounded near St. Lo, in six months he was able to return to duty as an instructor of mines and demoli- tions on the faculty of the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir.


Alfred graduated from Yale Law School in 1947 and practiced law in New York City. He moved West in 1950 and met Cleone Feir, whom he married in 1951. Alfred practiced corporate law in Portland with Phillips, Coughlin, Buell, Stoloff & Black; Black, Kendall, Tremaine, Booth & Higgins; and finally, Farleigh Wada Witt.


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