Linda Joyce Tilson Davis

Linda Joyce Tilson Davis
Oct. 2, 1944 - Oct. 30, 2021
Linda Joyce Tilson Davis was born Oct. 2, 1944 in Hood River, Ore., to Robert Joseph and Roberta Sinclair Tilson. She passed away Oct. 30, 2021 due to acute myeloid leukemia.
She graduated from Forest Grove Union High School in 1962, then graduated from Portland State University in 1966 with a BS in Geography and urban studies. In 1965 she married Charles Lund. They moved to San Francisco in 1968 where daughter Kristin was born.
In 1970, Linda was hired as a planner with the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments in Salem, Ore., charged with developing the state's first urban growth boundary. This effort subsequently became the model for state land use law that still exists today. In 1973 she accepted the position of County Planning Administrator and Long Range Planning Director for the Ada Council of Governments in Boise, Idaho where she held board chair.
In 1974 she married H. Tom Davis in Boise and gained two stepchildren, Michael and Linda. Their son Nathaniel, was born in June, 1976.
In 1978 the family moved to Beaverton, Ore., where Linda was hired as Planning Director and Community Development Director for the City of Beaverton, a post she held for 15 years. She was actively involved in many aspects of city planning and development including expansion of Tri-Met. In 1994 she joined the consulting firm of Cogan Owens Cogan in Portland and left when she and Tom moved to Sisters, Ore., in 1999. She continued to do some free-lance consulting until 2005 when she fully retired.
The family engaged in adventures of wilderness backpacking, hiking, river rafting, canoeing and kayaking. Linda also pursued many other interests including sewing, weaving, cooking and reading. She was a renowned master weaver and wrote two books on the subject.
A celebration of life will be held some time in the future. To read more on Linda's remarkable life and contributions, including survivors, the family has set up a web page: memoriesoflinda.tumblr.com
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