* The Sunday Oregonian * January 20, 2013
Kathleen Whitley Bialostosky
Feb. 25, 1918 - Jan. 14, 2013
On te crisp winter mornin of Jan. 14, 2013, with soft msiic playing, snowflakes lightly falling and her husband and youngest son by her side, Kathleen Whitley Bialostosky passed away at the age of 94 her hoe in West Linn. She was born feb. 25, 1918 in Monroe, N.C., eldest daughter of John Bunyan and and Daisy O'Dessa Simpson Whitley. Her early life during the Great Depression was one of severe poverty which gave her lifelong strong survival skills and a love of providing bountiful meals and pantry stock for her family. She graduated Wingate High school in Wingate, N.C. in 1935, and then attended Wingate Junior College and graduted from Woman's College at Greensboro (now U.N.C. Greensboro) as a science major in 1939. She taught from 1939 to 1942 at Belle Arthur High School (N.C.), living in the teachery thee; she taught civics, physics, English, science, and math and directed a school play. When WWII broke out, she answered the call for service and entered an accelerated training program for needed Army Nurses at Bryn Mawr College, and thn attended Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing from 1942 to 1945, and was a U.S. Army nurse (Lieutenant) stationed in the Philippines as the war ended. While stioned in Manila, she met and fell in love with a young Army Medic, Julius Bialostosky, aka :Blackie", of New York City, and used the excuse of buying a tin of Almond Roca fro him at the PX to get a better opportunity to talk to him. He shipped out for home three weeks after they met, with plans to relocate with his parents and brother to Portland, where they planned to buy a farm. Se famously said "Honey, I was born o frm: whn he was discussing his future plans, brushig away any doubts about her willingness and ability to take on farm life. The wrote daily until they reunited in Portland, where they mrried on July 23, 1946.
They lived on their 50 acre farm in Damascus, and had five children over the next 10 years. They raised their kids alongside Julius' brother, Abe and wife, Betty's family of three children who shared the farm with them, as did Julius' parents, Louis and Sophie Bialostosky. Kathy later resumed teaching at Gresham High School from 1948 to 1950 and then from 1965 to 1981 where she also served as a guidance counselor. The entire clan relocated from Damascus to N.W. Portland in the 1970's where Abhe co-founded the Metropolitan Learning Center and several of the Bialostosky kids were among the first students at M.L.C.
Kathy had many hobbies and interests and was very vibrant and active, making meals for up to 30people into her 90's, until a stroke slowed her down in her 94th year. She was an avid gardener and had a long history of fillig her home and her family's homes with her handmade pottery and her handmade quilts. She also enjoyed finding the sun at their property on Fifteen Mile Creek near the town of Dufur.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Julius; and hr five childred, Don (Sue) Bialostosky, Neal Bialostosky, Lynne Harrington, Julee Bialostosky and Del ( Sandra Barton) Bialostosky. She is also survived by her eigt grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Sophie (Doug, Ben, Ruth) Armstead, ivan (Rachel and Elanor) Bialostosky, Anna Bialostosky, Meralee Lindsay Hulbert and Rory Bialostosky. She also considered former daughter-in-law Donna Phillips and former son-in-law Clifford McGrew as an ongoing beloved part of hr immediate family; as well as niece Debbie Zukerman (Stan and Korinne Breed) and the nieces and nephews who grew up on the farm alongside her own children, Carol Bialostosky, Gary Bialostosky and Kay Bialostosky Smith; her former sister-in-law, Betty Groves; and later, Sue Bialostosky, Johanna Bialostosky and Rachael Bialstosky Hein. She is survived additionally by her brother, John Whitley; and her sisters, Louise Hinson, Martha Irwin and Beth Hatcher. She was preceded in death by her older brothers, Lewis and George Whitley and younger siblings, Ruby Baker ad Arthur, Roy and Tommy Whitley.
Her whole family appreclates the loving, gentle and ver dedicated care given these past few months by caregivers Alisha McCambridge and Candace Brewer. Special thanks also to son, Del Bialostosky, whose daily efforts enabled his mother to facility they lived in for a time after her stroke. Del's super-care for Mom was deeply appreclated by te whole family, and his work gavbe his parents several weeks of true bliss in their own home before her passage.
Family was everything to Kathy and she was the lovig and beloved matiarch of a large extended family. She is greatly missed by all of us who loved her and wee bonded to one another through hr love and hospitality over half a century. There will be a private family celebration of he life in March, and her ashes will be interred at Damascus Pioneer Cemetery.
Kathleen Whitley Bialostosky
Feb. 25, 1918 - Jan. 14, 2013
On te crisp winter mornin of Jan. 14, 2013, with soft msiic playing, snowflakes lightly falling and her husband and youngest son by her side, Kathleen Whitley Bialostosky passed away at the age of 94 her hoe in West Linn. She was born feb. 25, 1918 in Monroe, N.C., eldest daughter of John Bunyan and and Daisy O'Dessa Simpson Whitley. Her early life during the Great Depression was one of severe poverty which gave her lifelong strong survival skills and a love of providing bountiful meals and pantry stock for her family. She graduated Wingate High school in Wingate, N.C. in 1935, and then attended Wingate Junior College and graduted from Woman's College at Greensboro (now U.N.C. Greensboro) as a science major in 1939. She taught from 1939 to 1942 at Belle Arthur High School (N.C.), living in the teachery thee; she taught civics, physics, English, science, and math and directed a school play. When WWII broke out, she answered the call for service and entered an accelerated training program for needed Army Nurses at Bryn Mawr College, and thn attended Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing from 1942 to 1945, and was a U.S. Army nurse (Lieutenant) stationed in the Philippines as the war ended. While stioned in Manila, she met and fell in love with a young Army Medic, Julius Bialostosky, aka :Blackie", of New York City, and used the excuse of buying a tin of Almond Roca fro him at the PX to get a better opportunity to talk to him. He shipped out for home three weeks after they met, with plans to relocate with his parents and brother to Portland, where they planned to buy a farm. Se famously said "Honey, I was born o frm: whn he was discussing his future plans, brushig away any doubts about her willingness and ability to take on farm life. The wrote daily until they reunited in Portland, where they mrried on July 23, 1946.
They lived on their 50 acre farm in Damascus, and had five children over the next 10 years. They raised their kids alongside Julius' brother, Abe and wife, Betty's family of three children who shared the farm with them, as did Julius' parents, Louis and Sophie Bialostosky. Kathy later resumed teaching at Gresham High School from 1948 to 1950 and then from 1965 to 1981 where she also served as a guidance counselor. The entire clan relocated from Damascus to N.W. Portland in the 1970's where Abhe co-founded the Metropolitan Learning Center and several of the Bialostosky kids were among the first students at M.L.C.
Kathy had many hobbies and interests and was very vibrant and active, making meals for up to 30people into her 90's, until a stroke slowed her down in her 94th year. She was an avid gardener and had a long history of fillig her home and her family's homes with her handmade pottery and her handmade quilts. She also enjoyed finding the sun at their property on Fifteen Mile Creek near the town of Dufur.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Julius; and hr five childred, Don (Sue) Bialostosky, Neal Bialostosky, Lynne Harrington, Julee Bialostosky and Del ( Sandra Barton) Bialostosky. She is also survived by her eigt grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Sophie (Doug, Ben, Ruth) Armstead, ivan (Rachel and Elanor) Bialostosky, Anna Bialostosky, Meralee Lindsay Hulbert and Rory Bialostosky. She also considered former daughter-in-law Donna Phillips and former son-in-law Clifford McGrew as an ongoing beloved part of hr immediate family; as well as niece Debbie Zukerman (Stan and Korinne Breed) and the nieces and nephews who grew up on the farm alongside her own children, Carol Bialostosky, Gary Bialostosky and Kay Bialostosky Smith; her former sister-in-law, Betty Groves; and later, Sue Bialostosky, Johanna Bialostosky and Rachael Bialstosky Hein. She is survived additionally by her brother, John Whitley; and her sisters, Louise Hinson, Martha Irwin and Beth Hatcher. She was preceded in death by her older brothers, Lewis and George Whitley and younger siblings, Ruby Baker ad Arthur, Roy and Tommy Whitley.
Her whole family appreclates the loving, gentle and ver dedicated care given these past few months by caregivers Alisha McCambridge and Candace Brewer. Special thanks also to son, Del Bialostosky, whose daily efforts enabled his mother to facility they lived in for a time after her stroke. Del's super-care for Mom was deeply appreclated by te whole family, and his work gavbe his parents several weeks of true bliss in their own home before her passage.
Family was everything to Kathy and she was the lovig and beloved matiarch of a large extended family. She is greatly missed by all of us who loved her and wee bonded to one another through hr love and hospitality over half a century. There will be a private family celebration of he life in March, and her ashes will be interred at Damascus Pioneer Cemetery.
* The Sunday Oregonian * January 20, 2013
Kathleen Whitley Bialostosky
Feb. 25, 1918 - Jan. 14, 2013
On te crisp winter mornin of Jan. 14, 2013, with soft msiic playing, snowflakes lightly falling and her husband and youngest son by her side, Kathleen Whitley Bialostosky passed away at the age of 94 her hoe in West Linn. She was born feb. 25, 1918 in Monroe, N.C., eldest daughter of John Bunyan and and Daisy O'Dessa Simpson Whitley. Her early life during the Great Depression was one of severe poverty which gave her lifelong strong survival skills and a love of providing bountiful meals and pantry stock for her family. She graduated Wingate High school in Wingate, N.C. in 1935, and then attended Wingate Junior College and graduted from Woman's College at Greensboro (now U.N.C. Greensboro) as a science major in 1939. She taught from 1939 to 1942 at Belle Arthur High School (N.C.), living in the teachery thee; she taught civics, physics, English, science, and math and directed a school play. When WWII broke out, she answered the call for service and entered an accelerated training program for needed Army Nurses at Bryn Mawr College, and thn attended Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing from 1942 to 1945, and was a U.S. Army nurse (Lieutenant) stationed in the Philippines as the war ended. While stioned in Manila, she met and fell in love with a young Army Medic, Julius Bialostosky, aka :Blackie", of New York City, and used the excuse of buying a tin of Almond Roca fro him at the PX to get a better opportunity to talk to him. He shipped out for home three weeks after they met, with plans to relocate with his parents and brother to Portland, where they planned to buy a farm. Se famously said "Honey, I was born o frm: whn he was discussing his future plans, brushig away any doubts about her willingness and ability to take on farm life. The wrote daily until they reunited in Portland, where they mrried on July 23, 1946.
They lived on their 50 acre farm in Damascus, and had five children over the next 10 years. They raised their kids alongside Julius' brother, Abe and wife, Betty's family of three children who shared the farm with them, as did Julius' parents, Louis and Sophie Bialostosky. Kathy later resumed teaching at Gresham High School from 1948 to 1950 and then from 1965 to 1981 where she also served as a guidance counselor. The entire clan relocated from Damascus to N.W. Portland in the 1970's where Abhe co-founded the Metropolitan Learning Center and several of the Bialostosky kids were among the first students at M.L.C.
Kathy had many hobbies and interests and was very vibrant and active, making meals for up to 30people into her 90's, until a stroke slowed her down in her 94th year. She was an avid gardener and had a long history of fillig her home and her family's homes with her handmade pottery and her handmade quilts. She also enjoyed finding the sun at their property on Fifteen Mile Creek near the town of Dufur.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Julius; and hr five childred, Don (Sue) Bialostosky, Neal Bialostosky, Lynne Harrington, Julee Bialostosky and Del ( Sandra Barton) Bialostosky. She is also survived by her eigt grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Sophie (Doug, Ben, Ruth) Armstead, ivan (Rachel and Elanor) Bialostosky, Anna Bialostosky, Meralee Lindsay Hulbert and Rory Bialostosky. She also considered former daughter-in-law Donna Phillips and former son-in-law Clifford McGrew as an ongoing beloved part of hr immediate family; as well as niece Debbie Zukerman (Stan and Korinne Breed) and the nieces and nephews who grew up on the farm alongside her own children, Carol Bialostosky, Gary Bialostosky and Kay Bialostosky Smith; her former sister-in-law, Betty Groves; and later, Sue Bialostosky, Johanna Bialostosky and Rachael Bialstosky Hein. She is survived additionally by her brother, John Whitley; and her sisters, Louise Hinson, Martha Irwin and Beth Hatcher. She was preceded in death by her older brothers, Lewis and George Whitley and younger siblings, Ruby Baker ad Arthur, Roy and Tommy Whitley.
Her whole family appreclates the loving, gentle and ver dedicated care given these past few months by caregivers Alisha McCambridge and Candace Brewer. Special thanks also to son, Del Bialostosky, whose daily efforts enabled his mother to facility they lived in for a time after her stroke. Del's super-care for Mom was deeply appreclated by te whole family, and his work gavbe his parents several weeks of true bliss in their own home before her passage.
Family was everything to Kathy and she was the lovig and beloved matiarch of a large extended family. She is greatly missed by all of us who loved her and wee bonded to one another through hr love and hospitality over half a century. There will be a private family celebration of he life in March, and her ashes will be interred at Damascus Pioneer Cemetery.
Kathleen Whitley Bialostosky
Feb. 25, 1918 - Jan. 14, 2013
On te crisp winter mornin of Jan. 14, 2013, with soft msiic playing, snowflakes lightly falling and her husband and youngest son by her side, Kathleen Whitley Bialostosky passed away at the age of 94 her hoe in West Linn. She was born feb. 25, 1918 in Monroe, N.C., eldest daughter of John Bunyan and and Daisy O'Dessa Simpson Whitley. Her early life during the Great Depression was one of severe poverty which gave her lifelong strong survival skills and a love of providing bountiful meals and pantry stock for her family. She graduated Wingate High school in Wingate, N.C. in 1935, and then attended Wingate Junior College and graduted from Woman's College at Greensboro (now U.N.C. Greensboro) as a science major in 1939. She taught from 1939 to 1942 at Belle Arthur High School (N.C.), living in the teachery thee; she taught civics, physics, English, science, and math and directed a school play. When WWII broke out, she answered the call for service and entered an accelerated training program for needed Army Nurses at Bryn Mawr College, and thn attended Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing from 1942 to 1945, and was a U.S. Army nurse (Lieutenant) stationed in the Philippines as the war ended. While stioned in Manila, she met and fell in love with a young Army Medic, Julius Bialostosky, aka :Blackie", of New York City, and used the excuse of buying a tin of Almond Roca fro him at the PX to get a better opportunity to talk to him. He shipped out for home three weeks after they met, with plans to relocate with his parents and brother to Portland, where they planned to buy a farm. Se famously said "Honey, I was born o frm: whn he was discussing his future plans, brushig away any doubts about her willingness and ability to take on farm life. The wrote daily until they reunited in Portland, where they mrried on July 23, 1946.
They lived on their 50 acre farm in Damascus, and had five children over the next 10 years. They raised their kids alongside Julius' brother, Abe and wife, Betty's family of three children who shared the farm with them, as did Julius' parents, Louis and Sophie Bialostosky. Kathy later resumed teaching at Gresham High School from 1948 to 1950 and then from 1965 to 1981 where she also served as a guidance counselor. The entire clan relocated from Damascus to N.W. Portland in the 1970's where Abhe co-founded the Metropolitan Learning Center and several of the Bialostosky kids were among the first students at M.L.C.
Kathy had many hobbies and interests and was very vibrant and active, making meals for up to 30people into her 90's, until a stroke slowed her down in her 94th year. She was an avid gardener and had a long history of fillig her home and her family's homes with her handmade pottery and her handmade quilts. She also enjoyed finding the sun at their property on Fifteen Mile Creek near the town of Dufur.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Julius; and hr five childred, Don (Sue) Bialostosky, Neal Bialostosky, Lynne Harrington, Julee Bialostosky and Del ( Sandra Barton) Bialostosky. She is also survived by her eigt grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Sophie (Doug, Ben, Ruth) Armstead, ivan (Rachel and Elanor) Bialostosky, Anna Bialostosky, Meralee Lindsay Hulbert and Rory Bialostosky. She also considered former daughter-in-law Donna Phillips and former son-in-law Clifford McGrew as an ongoing beloved part of hr immediate family; as well as niece Debbie Zukerman (Stan and Korinne Breed) and the nieces and nephews who grew up on the farm alongside her own children, Carol Bialostosky, Gary Bialostosky and Kay Bialostosky Smith; her former sister-in-law, Betty Groves; and later, Sue Bialostosky, Johanna Bialostosky and Rachael Bialstosky Hein. She is survived additionally by her brother, John Whitley; and her sisters, Louise Hinson, Martha Irwin and Beth Hatcher. She was preceded in death by her older brothers, Lewis and George Whitley and younger siblings, Ruby Baker ad Arthur, Roy and Tommy Whitley.
Her whole family appreclates the loving, gentle and ver dedicated care given these past few months by caregivers Alisha McCambridge and Candace Brewer. Special thanks also to son, Del Bialostosky, whose daily efforts enabled his mother to facility they lived in for a time after her stroke. Del's super-care for Mom was deeply appreclated by te whole family, and his work gavbe his parents several weeks of true bliss in their own home before her passage.
Family was everything to Kathy and she was the lovig and beloved matiarch of a large extended family. She is greatly missed by all of us who loved her and wee bonded to one another through hr love and hospitality over half a century. There will be a private family celebration of he life in March, and her ashes will be interred at Damascus Pioneer Cemetery.
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