ADMINISTRATIVE Surviving family members include Michele and Roger Fricke of Long Beach, Calif., Stacy and Scott Niedermeyer of Portland, Susan and Tom Cosentino of Malibu, Calif., Josh and Amy Fricke, Michael Fricke, Matthew Fricke, Eleanor Niedermeyer, Lillian Niedermeyer, McKinnon Niedermeyer, Joseph Niedermeyer, Tatiana Cosentino, Tessa Cosentino, Michaela Cosentino, Joie Cosentino, Sara Cosentino, Thomas Cosentino, Sheila and John Hale of Portland, Heather and Erik Van Kleek, Josh and Christina Hale, and their families. She was preceded in death by Michael in 1997. The family suggests remembrances be made to the Multnomah Athletic Foundation, Portland or the NCompass: Maranatha Orphanage Haiti, Beaverton.
John ‘Jack’ E. Meeke Jr. Dec. 2, 1926-July 4, 2016 The man, the myth and the legend, Senior Preferred member John “Jack” E. Meeke Jr., a resident of Beaverton, passed away the morning of July 4, 2016, at his home. Jack was born Dec. 2, 1926, in Hardin, Montana, to John R. Meeke Sr. and Genevieve Meeke (both deceased). The family moved to Portland in 1930, where Jack began his education, eventually moving with his family to Aloha, where he then attended Beaverton High School, graduating in 1944. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was training to fly B-29 bombers when the war ended and he was discharged. He then enrolled at the University of Oregon, which he attended for two years and was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. John “Jack” E. Meeke Jr. was united in marriage to Laurie Jensen March 5, 1960, at the Methodist church in Beaverton. Jack and Laurie had several business ventures, of which they developed Mobile Home Corral in Beaverton in the early 1960s, as well as starting their own insurance agency, Jack Meeke Insurance, which they sold in 1990. Among Jack’s interests with his wife and children were golfing, skiing, boating on the Columbia River and going on trips in their motor home, along with family times at their cabin at Mt. Hood. Survivors include his son, Johnny Meeke and wife, Eva; grandchildren, John Mason Meeke and Madison Meeke; daughter, Heidi Meeke; stepchildren, Greg Jensen of Lincoln City, Sherry Reed of Beaverton and Terry Jensen of Beaverton; sister, Jill Wilson and brother-in-law, Curt Wilson of Indio, Calif.; and nieces, Cindy, Julie and Laurie also of Indio. WM
The OHSU Foundation presents The 2016 Calvin and Mayho Tanabe Address
“Rewriting The Language of Life: Impacts & Challenges of DNA Editing” presented by
Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 Winningstad Theatre 1111 SW Broadway Portland, Oregon
Jennifer Doudna is co-inventor of a process that has revolutionized gene editing. The process offers the promise of new drugs, new treatments for disease and possibly even the eradication of some inherited diseases. Doudna, a biochemist, is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and in 2015 was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the world.
Tickets $20 ($10 for students with ID)
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit ohsu.edu/tanabe
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