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Terry Duane Hammer, 54, of Portland, Wash.
Published 10:55am Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Updated 10:55am Tuesday, September 28, 2010Terry Duane Hammer, 54, of Portland, Wash., died Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at a Portland hospital after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
- Terry Hammer
Terry was born Jan. 4, 1956, to Arthur and Laura (Gerhardson) Hammer. He attended Fergus Falls High School and entered the Navy in 1971, serving two years.
He married Kathi Toso and they had a son, Nathan, of Fort Collins, Colo.
He moved to Washington State in 1978.
In 2005, he married Carta Herald of Amboy, Wash.
Terry loved family, animals, being outdoors creating garden landscapes on his hobby farm.
He was preceded in the death by his father, Arthur in 1968, his mother, Laura in 1997; Allen Hammer in 1994, Jean Hammer Mrs. Leonard Sundblad in 2004; Robert Hammer in 2004; Lorene Hammer; Mrs. Clarence Krebs in 2010.
Survivors include Cookie Hammer Nelson-Sundblad of Erhard, Richard Hammer of Van Couver, Wash.; Ben and Carin Hammer of Moorhead, Geri Miller Mrs. Robert Hammer of Brush Prairie, Wash., Janice Hellersted Mrs. Allen Hammer of Fergus Falls, Nathan Hammer and wife, Shanna Odgaard of Fort Collins; his wife, Carta Herald Hammer and sons, David, John and Jimmy of Amboy, Wash.; and many friends, cousins, nieces, nephews and grandchildren.
No services are planned.
