Jeanne Mittleman Newmark was born in Portland, Oregon on April 10, 1930 to Helen and Harry Mittleman, the youngest of four girls. Her sisters were Marian, Charlotte, and Babette. Helen and Harry Mittleman were both born in Nebraska in 1900 and, after marrying, moved to Castle Rock, Washington, where Harry owned a grocery store. When …
Read MoreMadeline Brill Nelson was born on May 8, 1924 in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in her grandfather’s house on SW Montgomery Drive and Jackson Street, attended Hillside School and Catlin Gabel in Portland and Stanford University. She was a bio-chemistry major and continued in college despite her engagement to Roscoe Nelson in 1942, whom she …
Read MoreElizabeth Menashe (nee McBride) was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, to parents Ruth and Jack McBride. She had two siblings: Jerry and Margaret. When Elizabeth was two, her family moved to Spokane, Washington, where she spend her childhood. The family relocated again, this time to Bend, Oregon, when Elizabeth was entering high school. After graduation, …
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