Kimball Porter Vickery passed away on June 21 at his home in Mt. Angel, Oregon. He was born on December 22, 1942, in San Francisco, California, to Eleanor and Theodore Vickery.

He majored in Accounting in college, but upon moving to Yuma, Arizona, joined the Arizona Highway Patrol. He adopted their motto of "Courteous Vigilance" as his own ideal. On June 7, 1970, he married Victoria Hanner in Arcadia, California .

They moved to Coos Bay, Oregon, where he joined the Coos Bay police department and became a dog handler. Their son Kenneth was born during that time. They then moved to Mt. Angel, Oregon. He worked for the Woodburn Police Department, and then accepted the job as Police Chief in Mt. Angel. During his time as Chief, in maintaining the training of his own dog, he trained a number of dogs for K-9 support for a numerous small departments in both Oregon and Washington. He especially enjoyed giving school talks and bringing his dog for the students to see and pet. He also became an EMT so that he would be of better service to the people of Mt. Angel.

Upon retirement, he began to work for Portland Metro as an EMT and also helped with security work at various Metro venues. He taught classes for DPSST, giving armed and unarmed security training to those needing state certification for their work.

As a member of St. Michael's Anglican Church in Wilsonville, he also participated in a jail ministry at the Clackamas County Jail.

He loved cats, dogs, horses, travel, military history, going to cultural events, a good cup of coffee, and maintained valued friendships both at home and abroad.

He is survived by his wife, son Kenneth and his wife Judy, his grandsons Kieran, age 5, and Aidan, age 2, and his nephew Fletcher and his wife, Abby.

In lieu of flowers or if you wish to make a donation in honor of Kimball, we would like to suggest a local animal shelter.