ONTARIO
Patricia Ann Ireland, or âTishâ as she was known to her friends and community, and âDaniâ as she was known to her grandchildren. Transitioned from her earthly body on July 21, 2021, while she was surrounded by her loved ones in Ontario Oregon.
Tish was born on January 8, 1933 to Dr. Roderic and Vera Belknap in Ontario, Oregon. Younger of two children, her childhood was shaped by watching her fatherâs medical practice in rural Oregon and growing up during World War II. With an almost encyclopedic memory, Tish would tell her grandchildren about Oregonâs history and her childhood during World War II. These stories include the Tishâs contribution of her familyâs civil war cannon ball to the war effort (unbeknownst to her parents), assisting her father in medical emergencies, the horrors of the wrongful internment/racist treatment of her Japanese friends, and the neighborhood childrenâs discovery of Fu-Go or fire balloon in the sky an