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Obituary - Anita Marie Bjarko, February 9, 1919 - June 14, 2007

Obituary - Anita Marie Bjarko, February 9, 1919 - June 14, 2007

Posted: 1 Jul 2007 10:27PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Bjarko, Chicoine, Liddell, Buturla
The Oregonian, p. C4, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, Portland, Oregon

Anita Bjarko was born in Scobey, Montana, on February 9, 1919. She was the younger of two daughters born to Scobey pioneers Emma and Charles Chicoine, who owned farmland outside of Scobey. She loved living on the farm where she developed a lifelong love of animals.

Anita attended grade school in a one-room country schoolhouse and graduated from Scobey High School. She married Erling, in March 1940, and the two of them left Scobey for the open road while Erling sold The Farm Journal in North Dakota, Idaho and Oregon. They settled in Portland, Oregon in 1942, where they stayed until Erling entered the Army in 1944. Anita then moved to Los Angeles where she lived with her sister, Rita, and worked until her husband was discharged from the service. In 1946 they returned to Portland where they remained together until Erling died in July 2001.

Anita loved being a mom to her two daughters and always enjoyed having her girls and their friends around. She was a stay-at-home mom who had many activities to keep her busy. She volunteered at All Saints where her children went to school; she was a Red Cross volunteer for many years; and she belonged to both a pinochle club and a bowling league for several decades.

She also loved animals, and even when she didn't have one of her own to care for, she always had food and kindness on hand for any stray that came along.

Her most recent joy was being around her two-year-old great-granddaughter, Allison. She adored her.

Anita was preceded in death by her husband, Erling, her parents, Emma and Charles Chicoine, and her sister, Rita Chicoine. She is survived by her daugher and son-in-law, Lonna and Robert Liddell; her daughter, Laurel Bjarko; her granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Alesha and Edward Buturla; her great-granddaugher, Allison Anita; and many nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Mass will take place at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at All SaInts Catholic Church, 3847 NE Glisan St. in Portland.

Remembrances may be made to the Oregon Humane Society.


Note: I have no connection, I am just transcribing from the newspaper. A picture accompanied the article but I have no means to copy it, contact the newspaper if you wish to get it.
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