“She was always helping people and was kind and compassionate to all even strangers.”
Juanita Joan RANDALL was living in Issaquah, she has lived there for the last 20 years, currently with her grandsons Michael-Sean and Alex. Previously she lived in Livingston, MT and Portland OR. She died of Kidney Failure at 7 am May 25th, 2020 in Seattle WA. She was 83 years young.
Joanne or JJ as she was called by her friends and family was the one who was always there for her family when they needed help or just wanted to talk about something. She loved her family more than anything and will be very much missed by all of them. One thing everyone commented on frequently was her incredible sense of humor even when going through the most painful and difficult things in life. She had this smile to that just said it will all be ok you’ll see. Everyone loved her shy knowing little smile.
Jo as she was called then was born Dec. 12, 1936 in Cottage Grove and raised in Gresham Oregon. The daughter of Mildred Smith and Glan Philips, berry farmers. She grew up a country tom boy, and besides working hard on the berry farm she spent her time riding her black stallion and later a Harley (Hog) motorcycle and running around with the neighbor kids pulling pranks.
When she was 18 she married her neighbor and childhood sweetheart Shawn Rutledge Hudelson. They owned a restaurant and played country music in their band in Yamhill Oregon.
They had three daughters, Tonya, now in Bremerton, Teresa, now in North Carolina and Tamara now in Bonanza, OR. After ten years marriage she divorced Shawn. Later she married Gene Miller and that relationship lasted the test of time. She died his widow as he preceded her by 10 years. They had one son Timothy Miller, now of Warrenton, Oregon.
JJ loved to learn and was always studying something so someone insisted she go to college. No one in her entire family had ever done that but she did and graduated from Portland State University with a bachelor’s degree in science. This is a legacy she left her children and grandchildren who followed JJ’s example as many have gone on to do the same.
JJ did several different types of employment during her lifetime. Although she went to school originally to become a PE teacher, she became disillusioned with it because of bureaucracy she experienced and so she became a massage therapist. That was her passion and she did it for 45 year helping countless people. Helping people was what she was known for and her kind, giving nature was always apparent in her interactions with others.
JJ loved music of all kinds and she had a beautiful singing voice. She loved to read and especially enjoyed novels in later life. She was a avid swimmer and scuba diver for many of her younger years and she loved to dance. However, being a mother and grandmother was her true joy in life.
As the years went by she had the joy of grandchildren and then great grandchildren.
Grandchildren, (14 total) from
Tonya include Reva, Maria, Jeremiah, Joshua, Clare, Michael- Sean and Alex.
From Teresa include: Purity, Crystal-Rose, Glen and Melody
From Tamara (Tammy) Christopher, Michael, and Jeffrey.
Great grandchildren include: Chardon, Ella, Eden, Serenity, Naomi, Devon and Reyna
JJ’s celebration of life will be on Sunset Beach Sept. 16th at 12 noon, Seaside.
Immediate family only.
She has left a wonderful legacy throughout her life and her family will be forever grateful.
JJ left this world for heaven on Memorial Day May 25th, at 7 AM surrounded by her loving family who sat with her holding her hand and being at her side constantly for two and a half days. She passed in a state of deep contentment and joy knowing she was so loved.