Jay Phillip Eisenbeis

Jay Phillip Eisenbeis, 90, a resident of the Hillsboro community passed away on April 10, 2019 at his home.
Jay was born on March 21, 1929 in Los Angeles, CA. He was second oldest of five children born to Rudolph Herman and Mary Ann (Nipper) Eisenbeis. He lived with his family in Los Angeles helping his father build furniture for the family furniture store. When he was 16years old he moved to Eugene, OR with his family. Jay attended St Mary's Catholic School in Eugene.
He met his future wife, Maureen Kingman, while on leave from the military. They soon began dating and following a short courtship they married on June 5, 1954 in Eugene, OR. They followed Jay's career in the military and had lived in Seattle, Oakland, Portland, Mississippi, Eugene and North Dakota. Following his retirement from the military they settled in Eugene until 1969 when they moved to North Bend, OR.  In 1988 they sold their home and traveled throughout the US in an RV staying at various family homes and RV parks. In 1999 they settled in the Gresham/Troutdale area. Maureen passed away on June 5, 2011 and three years later Jay moved to Hillsboro to be closer to his children.
Jay had spent twenty years in the US Military, first in the US Navy for 9 years and the rest in the US Air Force. While in the Navy he traveled the South Pacific visiting Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Marshal Islands and more. In the Air Force he became an electrical engineer and had taught electronics. When he retired in 1968 he began working for Sause Bros., an international Ocean going tug company. He worked as a Chief Engineer and following twenty years retired in 1988. While employed there he visited places all over the world and loved being on the ocean.
He enjoyed traveling with his wife visiting places in Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington. He listened to classic country, liked to watch baseball, and Tiger Woods. Jay was the ultimate handy man; if it was broken he could fix it.
Jay is preceded in death by his loving wife, a daughter; Jaylee Rominger, his parents and a sister; Rochelle Andrews.
He is survived by his three children and a daughter-in-law; Patricia Whaley of New York, Shirlene Jeffrey of Portland, Michael and Nancy Eisenbeis  of Hillsboro, three siblings; Mildred Dover, Phyllis Skinner and Gloria Totman, thirteen grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.