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BORN
12/21/1939
DIED
12/23/2025
Jerold Bangs Obituary
Jerold graduated from David Douglas High School and served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter mechanic. He worked 42 years in machine repair at Owens-Illinois Glass Company.
He was a great outdoors man. His favorite sport was fishing. He was preceded in death by his wife, June Bangs. He then found love again, with Alma Tesler. They retired together and loved to travel.
Jerold is survived by his wife, Alma Bangs; son, Troy Bangs (Lori); daughter Tamera Bowman; stepdaughter, Diana Letz, (Matthew); stepson, Vincent Tesler; brother, Darrell Bangs, (Joanie); sister, Sandra Snow (Frank); sister, Darlene White (Bob); six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and many cousins and nieces and nephews.
There will be a celebration of life held at Ascension Lutheran church, 1440 SE 182nd Ave. Portland, OR 97233 on Saturday, February 7th 2026 at 1 pm.
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GLENN & YVONNE ALBUS
January 23, 2026
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Ted Condon
January 16, 2026
I too am a David Douglas High School '58 classmate with Jerold and I extend my condolence to Alma and Jerry's family and friends; I am posting the following prose I composed years ago to find solace in times of grief:
A Faded Blossom
When one blossom fades away,
another is there to take its place,
the journey of life continues it's
even pace.
And,
so it is with the human soul, when it
leaves the earthly space another
form now takes its place to help
us along our way when sorrow
touches upon our earthly time.
For you see,
The one now gone is not
forgotten, for he is sealed
forever in the memory of
the heart.
Ted C 2007
Toni Maes Krummenacker
January 14, 2026
Jerold and I attended DDHS together and also worked together for a while at Owen Illinois. He was a nice man with a wonderful smile. May he RIP.
My sympathy to his family.
Toni Maes-Krummenacker
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