Faye Jean Maricle

May 4, 1935 – March 4, 2017 Faye Jean Maricle, 81, passed away Saturday, March 4th at her home in Beaverton when she lost her long battle with breast cancer. She was born to J. Howard and Pauline V. Vass in Chappell, Nebraska. She and her mother moved to Portland, Oregon when she was a child. Faye attended school in Portland and graduated from Girls Polytechnic High School in 1952 where she majored in Home Economics and Business. In the early 1990’s Faye and her husband, Paul R. “Bob” Maricle moved to McMinnville, OR. She commuted to downtown Portland every day to her job as a legal assistant until she retired from Bullivant Houser Bailey in 2005. While working in Portland she also worked out of her home evenings and weekends as a seamstress. After Faye retired they moved to Tangent, OR where they had several close friends from different motorhome clubs. They traveled extensively in their motorhome. Faye was an avid knitter and seamstress and belonged to the Metropolitan Machine Knitting Guild as well as other hand knitting and sewing guilds. She and Bob also began carving egg shells as a hobby and joined the Mid-Valley Egg Artists of Oregon. Faye is survived by daughters, Patricia Smith of LaCenter, WA, Beverley Westerlund of Beaverton, OR, son, William Westerlund of McMinnville, OR, brother Daniel Dishongh, nephew James Dishongh, 8 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, brother Phillip Vass and brother Donald Dishongh. She will be missed by many friends and family. At her request, there will be no service and her ashes will be scattered. Donations may be made to www.komenoregon.org or to OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, 503-228-1730, www.ohsu.edu.