Oliver
(Ollie) Elgie Smith Jr. was born May 8, 1946 to Oliver E Smith Sr. and
Alise Smith he attended school at St Lawrence Elementary and Mt Angel
Seminary
and graduated from Lincoln High School, Ollie received his Political
Science
Degree from PSU,
Ollie was proceeded in death by his
father
Oliver E Smith and mother Alise Smith, his eldest son Oliver Smith III
and grandson Andray Minnieweather. Ollie and Oretha were married Dec
26,
1997. Ollie leaves to mourn his passing Oretha Smith, Brother Calvin
Smith
of Seattle WA., daughter Alicia Jean Smith of Oakland, CA, son Casey
Alan
Smith of Beaverton, OR, granddaughter Ayanna Smith of Beaverton, OR.
Ollie
became POPS to Archie Jr., Jerry, Michael, Sherron, Russell, Audray,
and
Tracey Minnieweather. Ollie was POPS, and helped raise grandsons;
Craig,
Randy, and Shaun Lambert, adopted by Oretha prior to their marriage.
Grand-children
Terrell, Tykiya, Shakiya, Meyaka, Naelyn, Michael Jr., Madison, Russell
Jr., Aderia, DaVante’ Minnieweather, Devin Cherry, and Najee Burkes.
Nephews
Calvin Jr., David, Stephan, Lucas, Phillip, and Tony Smith, Two
great-grandsons
Randy Jr. and Quincy Lambert.
Ollie leaves to mourn a host of
family,
friends and co-workers. A special thanks to the Spicers Paper Family
and
Teamsters Local 162 for all your support.
Ollie worked for KGW 1966-1972, John
Deere
1972-1979, Western Electric 1979-1983, Aide to Mayor Bud Clark
1985-1989,
Express-It Courier Service 1992-1997, Owner Gresham Courier 1997-2007,
Spicers Paper (Driver) 2002-2011: Union Member Teamsters Local 162 and
IBEW Local 48: Community Service, Head-Start Board Member, American
Leadership
Forum Class 6, Billy Webb Lodge #1050- member and exalted ruler,
African
American Men’s Club- member.
Services are Pending.
Arrangements under the direction of
Caldwell's,
Hennessey, Goetsch & McGee Funeral Home, Portland, OR.
TERRY LEE MCKINLEY
22 Mar 1945 - 31
December
2010
Terry
Lee McKinley 65, of Issaquah, Washington passed away peacefully on
Friday,
December 31, 2010. Terry was born on March 22, 1945 in Portland,
Oregon to Hazel N. McKinley and Emery E. (Dutch) McKinley, the youngest
of 5 children. After graduating from Cleveland High school he
formed
his band “The Tiki's and the Fabulons”; a 60’s rock band that played at
many of the hot dance clubs in the Portland area and around the
country.
They had thousands of followers and were thought to be one of the best
bands of their time. The band produced 7 records that are still
played
on Portland radio stations today. Terry played lead guitar and
sang
back-up for the group but could play most instruments with ease and was
aptly considered an esteemed musician.
During his time in music, he met his
first
bride, JoAnne and had two girls, Tammy and Toni. At this time the
war in Vietnam was at a critical point and the draft had begun.
To
avoid being drafted and not getting a choice in the branch of
government
of which to serve, he quickly enlisted in the Marine Corps where he
proudly
served our country in the USMC in Vietnam and earned a Purple Heart
after
being wounded. Time away and the stress of the war resulted in
dissolution
for the young couple but they remained friends.
After returning home, he met his
second
bride, Peggy and had a son, Michael. They moved to Bellevue,
Washington
where he proudly worked in the field of advertising. When in
Bellevue,
he coached football with the Jr. Bellevue Wolverines. He was the
defensive coach and even has a license plate for his car that says
“D-COACH”.
To say he loved football would be an understatement. But more
than
that, he loved working with the kids. After losing his own father
at the age of 12, Terry felt passionate about being the kind of father,
friend and mentor that he enjoyed for such a short time and sorely
missed.
After many wonderful years, Terry and Peggy agreed to part but remained
friends throughout the remainder of his life.
After roughly 10 years of singlehood,
he
finally met the love of his life, Thu-Ha. They wed under the
Hawaiian
sunset on Valentine’s day, 1998. Thu Ha provided Terry with love
and loyalty and two wonderful stepchildren, Vi (Mary) and Joe
(Duy).
Terry and Thu Ha enjoyed a special bond, love of life, their two dogs,
travel to her hometown of Vietnam where he was able to find peace after
many years of conflict regarding the war. A trip that Thu Ha
encouraged
and supported. Terry finally took vacations, learned how to ski,
went on several cruises and in essence, enjoyed his life.
To capture Terry in a nutshell is
impossible.
He was full of life, a salesman to the core and made everyone
laugh.
He had a very infectious personality and had his own language that his
office dubbed “Terryisms”. He could be funny and lighthearted but
when it came to character, Terry was loyal, honorable, principled, and
felt that your word should mean something. He was a spiritual
person
and considered himself to be a Christian. He loved playing Golf,
especially with his brother Lloyd. He was a “gamer” and loved his
PS3. He loved singing Karaoke and had just returned to playing
the
guitar after many years.
He is survived by his wife Thu-Ha
McKinley;
His children Tammy Weston, Toni McKinley-Camp, Micheal McKinley, and
their
spouses. His step children Mary Vi Nguyen and Joseph Duy Nguyen
and
their significant other’s. Grandchildren; Christopher, Kaiya,
Jordaan,
& Maile Weston. Two Sisters; Dolores (Sis) Thomas, and Bonnie Todd,
a Brother Lloyd McKinley. He was very close to his entire family
to include his nieces & nephews, cousins, etc.
He lived his life to the fullest with
the
love of family and friends and laughter! He will be greatly missed.
He will be laid to rest on Thursday,
January
6, 2011.
I started the Tikis in 1963-64. We later
became
the Tikis and Fabulons around 1965-66. I was very pleased to find out
about
this web page. I was e-mailed by Mike Roholt who played bass for
me in the Tikis. If you need any info please contact me.
Thanks,
Terry McKinley, 24 December 2001
The
Tikis were offered a contract in the late fall of '64 by Jerry Dennon.
Our First release was on his Panorama label later in '65 and did fairly
well on the local charts. The songs were a remake of the Skip and Flip
hit "Cherry Pie" backed by an original "Take a Look". Take a Look
was the "A" side but somehow Cherry Pie found it's way onto the
Billboard
charts about 5 years later.... or something like that.
In '66 we
recorded
again, this time in both Portland and Seattle and out our second single
was leased out to Tower records in L.A. The song were "Since You've
been
Gone" which was a remake of a song by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
that we gave the complete Motown work over to. Recording of this tune
took
about 20 hours over a few nights 'cause we were experimenting with
multiple
overdubs which was still a novelty in Portland at that time. The other
song was an original called "Don't Ask Me" written by our manager and
producer
Donny Anderson. Also in the Motown vein, this song had massive
overdubs
and featured Jim Valley playing electric 12 string. Jim was in the
studio
that day waiting for the call from the Raiders for confirmation that he
was to join the band.
Sadly, even
though
this was a great record and earned us respect from the Seattle bands,
Tower
deemed it to be too R&B for their label.
John DuVal,
April
2002
I have
stayed
in the music industry all my life.
I own
Showcase
Music & Sound in Portland for the last 33 years. Beside sales
of
Music gear and sound equipment, we own Showcase Music & Sound
Rentals
also, which provides music and sound equipment for both local and
national
acts. The website is: www.showcasemusic.com.
I am also on
Facebook
under John Chassaing with over 500 musicians on it and growing.
Don Gallucci
played
with us for a very short time at the Chase in Portland after he left
the Kingsmen and
before he went to Don & the Goodtimes.
Thanks
John
Chassaing
Formerly of the
the Tikis and the Fabulons in the 60's
TIKIS and FABULONS
The origins of the Tiki’s and
Fabulons
starts with Terry McKinley (Cleveland HS, 1963) who started a group in
1962-1963 with Terry playing lead guitar and singing the vocals, Mike
Muessig
playing drums, and Pete Garner on rhythm guitar. The group played
around town as “The Quarternotes” and Terry recalls that their first
gig
was for a Christmas dance for one of the local parish teen clubs. They
made $6.00 and spent it on the way home at Shakey’s Pizza Parlor.
Later they added a sax with Larry Tate.
By the fall of 1963 the call of local
draft
boards had claimed all but Terry, and now joining him was Ron Ferrante
(Central Catholic, 1967) on lead guitar and John Chassing (Cleveland,
1966)
on drums. John had an unusual design on his bass drum and someone
mentioned that it looked like a Tiki, and the name stuck.
In the fall of 1963, Ron
approached
Mike Roholt (Central Catholic HS, 1965) to play bass with the TIKIs.
Mike
had been playing in a folk music trio, “ The Ridgerunners”, with
Phil Muthersbaugh (Central Catholic HS, 1965) and Jim Nelson
(Central
Catholic HS, 1965) and since Mike played a four string tenor guitar (a
la Nick Reynolds of the Kingston Trio) and a bass was a four string
instrument
it seemed like a match. The TIKIs were now a 4-piece again.
A classmate of Mike’s at Central
Catholic
(Dan Daskalos) mentioned he knew a vocal group that were in need of a
band.
The group was called “Theo and the Fabulons.” This trio of
Lincoln High School friends were Theo Patterson, Ollie Smith, and Dale
Coloma. The two groups got together for a rehearsal at Ron
Ferrante’s
house in the late fall of 1963. The sound was very promising with
a blend of rock & roll and rhythm & blues. The problem of
too many singers was resolved with Theo leaving after that one
rehearsal
and Terry sharing vocals with Dale and Ollie.
It was agreed to keep both band names
and
the band was formed as “The TIKIs and FABULONs”. The first
gig by this new group was on the 1st or 2nd Friday in January of 1964
after
a Central Catholic High School home basketball game. This
‘Sock
Hop’ was in the CCHS Rams gym and the band was a smash hit.
The band needed to make changes and
in
late 1963 Mike had met Jim Wilson (Parkrose, 1964) who was a very good
drummer but not tied up with a band at the time and Jim replaced John
Chassing.
Mike also had a friend from grade school at Saint Rita’s in Parkrose
who
played accordion, and he approached Dan Schilling and asked if he could
play keyboard. Mike remembers he and his father going to Dan’s
house
and talking to Dan’s mother, who was a single parent and not awfully
keen
on this rock and roll idea. Dan got the OK, and started out
playing
with the band with a new Farfisa keyboard.
Ron Ferrante was replaced in the
spring
of 1964 with John Duval (Lake Oswego, 1964), who was brought to the
group
by Dale. John went on to play with various northwest groups
including
“Red Bandana”.
By the summer of 1964 the players in
the
Tikis and Fabulons were pretty set, with the band playing most weekends
and by fall of 1964 and all of 1965 they were booked every
weekend.
When the Kingsmen went on tour to promote “Louie Louie” in the summer
of
1964, they gave up their teen night club gig at ‘The Chase’ and the
Tiki’s
and Fabulons moved in. The Chase was owned by a local dj at KISN
named Ken Chase, and Ken had connections into the fledgling northwest
recording
industry. He promoted the Tikis and Fabulons in the recording of
“Take a Look” on the Panorama label. The remake of the Skip and
Flip
hit on the “B” side, “Cherry Pie”, found it’s way onto the
Billboard
charts about 5 years later. The recording session was
one Saturday in early 1965 in the Jerden (Jerry Dennon) Studio in
Seattle.
Mike Roholt left the group for the
University
of Oregon in September 1965, taking Terry’s strat with him and leaving
Terry with his bass as Terry became the band’s bassist.
Michael Roholt, January 2011
