Teri VanHouse Cettina

Who could ever forget our beautiful Teri. Her smile, her love of life, her strength and determination. Her love of family made imprints on all our hearts. She left us too young. We miss her. We love her and heaven is a happy place with her.

The caption says " remembering Teri Cettina...´. How could we ever forget her? Her smile, her strength, her ability to remain positive, quest to help others. love of life and family, her faith and all around gracious lady. She would always ask about how to keep homemade pesto, nice and green while fighting for her life. We would talk about her roses which bloom profusely for her now. so once again I say... Remembering Teri....

How can I ever forget Teri Cettina? Her memory stays with me like a beautiful flower and her smile is like the beautiful sunshine on a clear morning. Teri and I connected on lots of things. we would talk making pesto and her comments on how she prepared. Always delighted me. We would comment on garden flowers and summer vegetables. Her face would light up when she would tell me she picked fresh tomatoes from her yard. Her memory and presence is very strong for all of us, we miss her terribly,...

I just read about Terri in prevention magazine,it was such wonderful article. Sorry for your loss

One of my last conversations with beautiful Teri was that she looked me straight in the eye, and said, don´t ever forget me. Those words remain in my heart to this day. I told her I never would. How could I forget someone so dear, to all our hearts. Someone who was so strong and such a soldier. Her memory lives on each day. She is so missed although we see her loving spirit and her beautiful garden and loving, loving family. Rest in peace in the arms of our Lord, and welcome your sister...

I recently read the article Teri wrote in January of 2022. It was such an inspiration to me since I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2022 at the age of 61. I was heartbroken when I saw Teri´s obituary. She seemed to be doing so well in January. I was hoping she would have much more time on this earth. She was clearly a wonderful woman, wife, and mother.

Where do I start expressing my love and friendship for Teri!! She not only graced us with her beauty, both inside and out, but also her magnificent strength as she faced her suffering and her journey that eventually took her from us and placed her in God´s arms. She was incredible as she never gave up but fought with all her heart while letting others with the same illness know of her progress realizing it could help them. Greg and his girls were her guardian angels and their love and...

I was blessed to meet Teri when Greg introduced me to her way back when they first got together in the 80s. She became a friend and part of our inner circle immediately. She graced her time with us with her incredible intelligence, great sense of humor and her absolute devotion to her extended Portland family that haled from our own "little Italy." Teri and I used to joke that we both were introduced and accepted into the Cettina/Rigotti clan by a special invitation into Nona Flora's...

I never got to meet Terri in person, but it feels as though I have known her for a very long time. I got to know of Terri through my friend, Ken Otto, who spoke so well of her and her embrace of her faith in God. I followed closely her struggles with pancreatic cancer and held her in prayers with the hope that our faith in God may bring her some comfort. Now that she rests in God's peace, I will be holding her loved ones in prayers as well. You are not alone in your grief.