Hans Edward Neff, born in Portland, OR Oct 27, 1962 to LeVerne and Ervin Neff, passed away unexpectedly Feb 11, 2016 of Dilated Cardiomyopathy. He is survived by his mother Le’ Mengis, sisters Sharon Craig (Rick), Lisa Ivy (Tom), and brother B. Kevin Penney. He was predeceased by his father Ervin Neff in Dec 2004 and Uncle Ralph Neff Oct 2004.

Additional surviving family members are nieces Brittany and Brandy Green, and Kaneisha Johnson, nephews Eli Moody and Maliko Minneweather, Aunts Elaine Brown and Bonnie Neff, and cousins Steve Brown, Cynthia Sieffert, Loreen Brown, Janet Hendrickson, Nancy Pierce, Lanette Clayton, Teanne Jones, Celene Gohsman (Greg), and Monty Neff (Jeanne). There are also many additional extended family members and friends.

Hans was briefly married to Jolene Brooks, and they had a foster son, Isidro Campoverde. Hans loved pets, having had 3 dogs. First came Bud, then Beau, and now Cleo.

He had a variety of interests including Mopar, Harley Davidson motorcycles, and boating. Because of the experience he gained early on while working at Mt St Helens Fencing with Don Lutz, a former Vancouver neighbor, he was able to open his own company, Always Fencing.

Later, because of his love of Mopar, another venture was Modified Muscle. He excelled as an Auto Body Technician, welder and framer, taking on difficult jobs to challenge his unique skills and innate problem solving ability. More recently, health issues allowed him to supervise the renovation of his mothers’ home. His career included newsstand newspaper delivery, fencing, Mopar enthusiast, and auto body technician.

A Celebration of Hans Life will be held Saturday, March 5th at 1pm at Omega Funeral Home. Donations may be made in his name to your favorite charity.