Kevin Van Dyke

Aug 10, 2024

Kevin was an avid outdoorsman and athlete. Kevin Van Dyke, 66, of Portland, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2022 of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Kevin was born on February 5, 1955, the eldest of four children of...

Woody Martz

Aug 10, 2024

I lost the “Best Dad Ever” to ALS. I lost the “Best Dad Ever” to ALS (C9 gene, which I have) in December of 2018. I was a “Daddy’s Girl.” He was so loving, kind, and hardworking. He displayed symptoms a few years prior. At one...

Patrick Solon

Aug 10, 2024

He was a regular on Facebook every morning, posting an inspirational message and a joke. Patrick was diagnosed in 2015 with limb onset ALS. We had only been married 7 years when symptoms started. He was a stepdad to my son and daughter from my first marriage. God...

Emerson Frith

Aug 10, 2024

My strong, athletic, perfectly healthy, soulmate and husband of 32 years. My strong, athletic, perfectly healthy, soulmate and husband of 32 years started having weakness in his right hand the end of October 2019. Emerson was diagnosed with ALS on 2/21/2020, went into...

Beth Ann Scannell

Aug 10, 2024

To all who knew her, she was the epitome of Joy, Love, and Compassion; before ALS, through ALS, and now in our hearts. My wife Beth passed away from ALS on January 21, 2022. Her diagnosis came in May of 2020, but symptoms were back as far as at least the Fall of 2018....