Longtime Milwaukie resident, Sheryl Smith, died Monday, November 27, 2023 at
a Portland Hospital. She was 77.
A funeral service will be held 10am, Monday, December 4, 2023 at Estacada
Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Elwood, Mountain View Cemetery.
Sheryl Ann Fordham was born July 30, 1946 in Albany, Oregon to Raymond and
Loretta (Rhodes) Fordham. She was raised there and graduated from Albany High
School. After high school she worked for the State of Oregon and later worked
for Safeway as an executive secretary for 17 years. She then went to work for
Clackamas County as a billing clerk and retired after 23 years. On April 6, 1991
she married Mike Bisceglia. They made their home in Milwaukie where she lived
until her death.
Sheryl enjoyed making cards, riding with Mike on his motorcycle and going to the
coast, sitting at Depoe Bay whale watching.
Survivors include her husband, Mike; daughters, Jan Gleaves, Rebecca Smith;
stepsons, Todd and Don Bisceglia; stepdaughter, Heather Anderson; brother, Raymond Fordham; 17
grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren with two more on the way.