Preparing Your Golden Pawprint:
Estate Planning

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 5:30pm

On-site at FCCO
4522 S Water Ave, Portland
( In Person Only )

Have you been thinking about creating or updating your estate plan but feel overwhelmed at the thought of it? You are not alone!

Join us for a relaxed presentation, learn the basics, and get your questions answered by Connie L.F. Terwilliger and Virginia Mitchell, both long-time estate planning attorneys.
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About Connie L.F. Terwilliger
Connie L.F. Terwilliger began her estate planning and domestic relations practice in the State of Oregon in 1976. She is currently licensed (but retired as inactive). Connie gave many estate planning seminars over the course of her practice. She has been very active on City of Beaverton committees and is currently on the Board of the FCCO. Presently Connie is the Guardian of a senior cat, Zoe June, who has perfect attendance at the Zoom FCCO Board meetings.

About Virginia Mitchell
Virginia Mitchell is an active licensed attorney in Oregon since 1985. She and her attorney husband, Jack Oswald, share a practice in Beaverton, OR, Oswald and Mitchell. Her practice concentrates in estate planning, business, and litigation. She is licensed in Oregon, California, and Arizona.

I have had cats since I was a small child. I come from a long line of animal lovers. I brought many stray and homeless cats home to my parents and my parents rescued several cats on their own, too.  They loved animals and they always had enough room for one more. I remember my Mom rescuing a cat that was starting to be abused. My Mom had a friend who had a friend suffering from domestic abuse. This woman gave up her cat when she saw her husband started to abuse the cat. My Mom's friend brought the cat to my Mom (knowing she would take the cat in and give it a wonderful life. KiKi lived a long wonderful life and was extremely dear to my Mom. 

We lived on a corner lot on the edge of the city, Tracy, CA. Thirty years ago it was a small farming community. Because we were on the edge of town, (one side of our home was a subdivision but the other side of our home consisted of farmland) people would sometimes abandon their kittens or cats at the corner of our house. We always welcomed them into our happy home. 

I never knew about ferals until we moved to Oregon and bought a home in Aloha. Aloha is unincorporated Washington County and many homes are on acreage. Soon after moving into our home we saw two cats with five kittens. I reached out to our vet who explained these were feral cats and referred us to the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon. FCCO was such a godsend. We got the two females spayed at FCCO and domesticated their kittens before getting them adopted. We remained the guardians of these cats until they were gone. It happened to us twice after (two more female cats with kittens). 

Right now we have Gracie (a feral). She is 15 or 16 years old, in excellent health, and comes every night to our patio for her daily meal. Finally, after 13 years, she lets me pet her. For 13 years all she did was hiss at us when we would put the food out for her. I guess she finally figured out we were friendly. Finally.....................