Lois M. Gillespie

Lois Gillespie passed away at age 95 on November 23,2012. She was the

youngest daughter of Nora Etherington-Featheringill and Arnaldo Featheringill,

born on 4/2/1917 in Great Falls, Montana. Lois spent her early life in Whitman

county, Washington , graduating from Palouse High School as class valedictorian

in 1934. She married Roy Gillespie in Pullman, Washington in 1947, who was a

civil engineer with the U.S. Soil Conservation Service in Colfax, Washington. Lois

was a long-time Beaverton resident, having moved there in 1953 when Roy was

transferred to the U.S.C.S. Portland office, and was one of the early Tektronix

employees from 1953 to 1968 as a secretary. After both retired they became

ardent boaters and fishermen out of Ilwaco, Washington at the coast with a

charter boat. They were also very active in the Portland U..S. Power Squadron,

which is a boater’s organization devoted teaching boaters about navigation

and safety. Lois was very interested in what was going on and subscribed to

three newspapers which also supplied her with crossword puzzles. She also

was an active book reader and her inquiring mind took her to studies on

flying saucers and bigfoot. Another interest was in obtaining helpful gadgets.

In her later years after selling her home, Lois moved into a unit at the Village at

Forest Glen in Beaverton and lived there for eight years being independent until

past ninety years old. While there she was especially fond of the library and was

was one of the library attendants.

Lois was proceeded in death by her husband Roy and her older sister Elma

Anderson of Troy, Idaho. She is survived by her son Richard Brenner of

Forest Grove, Oregon, grandaughter Alletta Brenner-O’Sullivan of Allston,

Massachusetts, granddaughter Kendra Swartz of Princeton Junction, New

Jersey, great grandson Jasper Brenner-O’Sullivan, nephew Alan Anderson of

Moscow, Idaho, niece Donna Thorpe of Lynnwood, Washington and her

Dutch sons Bert Tenkate and. Wim Velsink of Beaverton. Lois was their

American mom after they came over from the Netherlands to work at Tektronix.

As she requested, there will be no funeral service, but a later gathering of her

family and friends is planned for next summer. The family suggests that any

remembrances be donations in her name to the Beaverton City Library.