=Arthur Larrance/obituary
Art (photo wearing Linfield baseball cap) was born in Bremerton, Wash., on Feb. 26, 1944, to Allan and Marjorie Larrance.
He died May 26, 2024, at age 80, in Portland, Ore.
As a busy sophomore at Hilhi/Hillsboro High School in 1959, Art also made time to earn his Eagle Scout badge in April of that year.
Art graduated from Hilhi, where he was the varsity
catcher for three years under the tutelage of two hall of fame coaches, Ad
Rutschman and Chuck Bafaro.
During Art's senior year, he had the honor of playing in the State-Metro All Star Series and the Hilhi baseball team was named State co-champion in a rained-out game at Multnomah Stadium in 1962.
Art went on to Linfield College where he played catcher for
the Wildcats under Coach Roy Helser. Those teams won the Northwest Conference
championship all four years he played, and during his senior year won the 1966
NAIA National Championship.
Art was involved in Oregon's craft beer industry since its
inception and is considered one of the seven founding fathers of the Oregon
craft brewing industry. He helped pass Oregon's Brewpub law, paving the way for
scores of pubs since.
Art got involved in the craft beer industry from its earliest
onset in Oregon, homebrewing in a friend's basement in the late 1970s. In 1986,
Art and high school friend Fred Bowman opened Portland Brewing Co. In 1988, Art
was an active partner in organizing the Oregon Brewers Festival and later
became sole owner of the festival which celebrated its 33rd year in 2022.
In 1994, Art left Portland Brewing to pursue another craft
beer adventure and in 1998 he opened the Raccoon Lodge & Brew Pub and
Cascade Brewing. His goal was to provide a warm and friendly atmosphere for
families to enjoy quality food and craft beer brewed on-site.
By 2005, Art and his brewmaster Ron Gansberg decided they
needed to push the envelope and develop a niche. This was the beginning of an
aging and blending program that would lead to countless awards and an entire
new style of beer, the Northwest Sour Ale.
In late 2010, Art opened the Cascade Brewing Barrel House in
SE Portland, the nation's first "House of Sour." Cascade Brewing's
Northwest Sour Ales have won awards, garnered rave reviews from the media
(Oprah Magazine, New York Times, Fox News, Chicago Tribune, to name a few) and
attracted legions of sour beer lovers all over the world. In 2022 Art was
inducted into the Oregon Beer Awards Hall of Fame.
In addition to all he's done for the craft beer community, Art
is also committed to sustainability, serving as an at-large member of the Clean
Water Services Advisory Commission in Washington County, Ore., from 2013 to
2021.
Art has received the Linfield College Alumni of the Year Award
and served as the past president and active member of the Old Timers Baseball
Association of Portland.
Art is survived by his brother Steven Larrance (Chara); his
two children Alissa and Tim Larrance (Susan); grandchildren Kirsten Connors
(Danny), Jacob Karkanen, Harrison Brown and Carter and Colby Larrance; three
great-grandchildren; and his longtime partner Marsha Donald.
A Celebration of Life will be held October 10, 2024.
(Oregonian July 19-21, 2024)
=MOTHER:
Marjorie F. Larrance/obituary
Marjorie
F. Larrance led a life to behold, 101 years 6 months 14 days long, that was
full of rich friendships. She passed away peacefully March 19, 2020 with her
long time caregiver Carmel Durano at her bedside. Marjorie, our Mom, was born
Sept. 5, 1918 to Ray and Ruth Denton in Portland, where she attended Jefferson
High School.
She met
Al in 1939 while working at Montgomery Ward and they were married in 1942.
During World War II they lived in Bremerton while Dad worked in the Naval
Wooden Boat Yard. In 1946 they built a home on family property in Reedville
where Dad had his cabinet shop and Mom set to raising us. She was involved in
our holly farm, local elections board, Cub Scouting, teaching Sunday School and
Beaverton Eastern Star Chapter. She was an artist that loved weaving baskets
and teaching calligraphy at the Elsie Stuhr Senior Center.
Mom was
preceded in death by Al in 1985. She is survived by her sons, Art and Steve
(Chara); grandchildren, Alissa Larrance and Tim (Susan) Larrance;
great-grandchildren, Kirsten Karkanen Connors (Danny), Jacob Karkanen, Harrison
Brown, Carter and Colby Larrance; and great-great-granddaughter, Rebel Rose
Connors.
She
will be laid to rest next to her husband Al in the Riverview Abbey in Portland.
Services are postponed. Donations on her behalf to: Reedville Presbyterian
Church, 2785 S.W. 209th Aloha, OR 97003.
(Oregonian
April 9-12, 2020)
=FATHER:
Allan F. Larrance/obituary
Funeral
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Reedville Presbyterian Church in Beaverton for
Allan Fenwick Larrance, an Aloha resident and self-employed cabinetmaker who
died Sept. 26, 1985, in Beaverton, Oregon. He was 70.
Dad was
born June 23, 1915, in New Westminster, British Columbia, and moved to Oregon
at age 3. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Larrance was involved with the Cub Scouts
and Boy Scouts and was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Order of Eastern Star, Ai
Kader Shrine, Oregon Historical Society and Reedville Presbyterian Church.
Surviving
are his wife, Majorie F.; two sons, Arthur of Portland and Steven of Aloha; his
mother, Mina Larrance of Port- land; and two grandchildren.
The
family suggests remembrances be contributions to the Reedville Presbyterian
Church, the cancer research fund of the Order of Eastern Star or Shriners
Hospital for Crippled Children.
Interment
will be in Riverview Abbey Mausoleum.
(Oregonian
Oct 1, 1985)
