Timothy Lee Dore

Tim passed away on September 6, 2021 after losing his long fight with Covid. Tim leaves behind Susie, his wife of 30 years, 7 children (Paul, Scott, David, Lesley, Robin, David and Tricia), 18 grandchildren (Kyle, Kelsey, Jacob, Sarah, Matthew, Owen, Clara, Brady, Gabriel, Dominic, Zain, Zeke, Andra, Kadance, Kayma, Casey, CJ and Michelle), 3 great grandchildren (Kova, Wade and Joelle) plus 2 more on the way! Tim was a mentor, teacher, storyteller, entrepreneur and a friend to all… He was born on January 17, 1950, and always joked about being born at Glendale Hospital and Sanitarium. His childhood was far from normal as his natural father was not in his life, and since age 7 he lived with an abusive stepfather in a very dysfunctional home. Tim split his childhood time between his grandparents in San Luis Obispo, CA and the family in the San Fernando Valley, California. He started working at Bob’s Big Boy, where he lied about his age in order to get the job. Tim was always thankful that his mother worked outside of the home so he and his brother could attend Catholic Schools. Tim coped with his childhood by being a “wild child”, and he always said the Nun’s prayers were what saw him through. He was often in trouble at school so he would have to clean all the blackboards then have dinner with the nuns at the convent. The nuns had this very subtle way of spending as much time with him as possible and made sure he graduated from high school after he left home at 16 years old and was on his own. After high school, Tim and a friend drove north until they ran out of gas, which was in Northern CA. They worked at the Jolly Green Giant Factory in Watsonville, CA camping out most of the time. Soon, Uncle Sam came knocking and in July, 1968 Tim joined the Army. After completing Artillery and Missile School, he was sent to Medic Training then onto Vietnam where he served with the Big Red 1. By the time he was approaching the end of his service commitment, he was married and had his first son, Paul. He decided to extend his enlistment and the family enjoyed the next couple of years in Germany where he worked as a dental technician for the Army. At the end of his enlistment, they returned to the USA and on the same day their 2nd son Scott was born, Tim found out he had Squamous Cell Carcinoma cancer due to Agent Orange. Tim had a Mastoidectomy and 2 follow-up surgeries over the next couple of years. This left him with only 1 ear drum and a plastic jaw. During his recovery, he owned and operated a dental lab in Southern California. He then took a job driving a catering truck in Orange County, CA and during that time found his love for motorcycles and begin his career racing dirt bikes. Tim’s extraordinary off-road skills earned him a position on the Bultaco and Montesa Factory Race Team (1973 - 1978). After a friend became a quadriplegic while racing, Tim decided to retire from racing and moved his family to San Luis Obispo, CA where he had wonderful memories of his time with his grandparents. He then used his GI Bill to begin his college career at Cuesta Jr. College and onto Cal Poly San Luis Obispo studying Business. During his college career he supported his family by running his Landscape Contracting business. Tim realized that jobs in high-tech were not going to be available in San Luis Obispo, so he moved his family to Portland, OR and transferred to Portland State University. In his last quarter, he took a Fortran Programming class and fell in love finding his life-long career in Computer Science. In 1984 after changing his major and going to college for 2 more years, Tim graduated with a BS in Business, Math, and Computer Science from Portland State University. He was recruited right out of college by Tektronix in Beaverton Oregon in 1984 do to his ability to write software for the then new technology of Personal Computers. Tim wrote the software to utilize PC’s in his department instead of the Mainframe computers earning him many honors from Tektronix for his forward thinking and the ability to complete the task. While at Tektronix he also programmed integrated circuits for the Hubble Space Telescope. After leaving Tektronix he worked for 4 years for Decision Dynamics writing Software for Marine Shipping. Tim and Pam welcomed two more children, David and Lesley. He coached many sports teams for his kids, was a Boy Scout Leader and even a Cub Scout Den Mother when the prior Den Mother became pregnant! In 1991, he married Susan Lochridge and at the time of their wedding in Oahu, HI, he changed his name from his adopted name of Woltze back to his birth name Doré. In 1992 he joined friends, Mark Wysong and Deb Sepich to begin a new Environmental Health and Safety company, Dolphin Software in Lake Oswego, OR. Dolphin Software grew to encompass software for the cutting edge Green Chemistry Market. Dolphin was sold to IHS, a publicly traded company in 2008 and Tim happily retired in 2010. Tim received his Masters of Science in Computer Information Systems in 2000 and his Doctorate of Business in Informations Systems in 2004. During this time he also taught computer programming at The University of Phoenix while also performing his CTO duties at Dolphin Software. Tim found that he was a very good retired person and he and Susie shared vagabond spirits and loved traveling and visited 40+ countries. As air travel was never his favorite mode of transportation, they primarily traveled by cruise ship, train, bus, and cars. He loved motorcycle racing, warm water fishing, hiking, cycling and meeting people while learning about their lives. He spent the majority of his retirement volunteering for Patriot Guard, American Legion and VFW missions with other veterans and supporters of veterans.