The Blessing House Team
In the picture at the right we have (from left to right) Greg Bledsoe, Karen Bledsoe, Corrine Isom, and Steve Isom. We would like to help you get to know each of us a little better and so we are including a short bio for each of us. Two of us are SNOBS (Society of Native Oregon Born), but our wives help to balance us out.
Greg Bledsoe
I am proud to be a native Oregonian, born at Emmanuel Hospital on a typical rainy evening in 1966. I was raised, surrounded by berry fields, in Gresham. After high school our family moved to Aloha and gradually I gravitated to Tigard where we currently reside.
I was employed by Providence Health Systems for 12 years. This provided not only a paycheck, but also an opportunity to meet my future wife, Karen. Thank you, Providence.
Our son, Tanner, is 8 years old and preparing himself to take the NBA by storm in the year 2018. (He states however, "I wouldn't mind playing pro baseball if I don't make it in the NBA...")
I have had the opportunity to work as an Activity Director in a Retirement Setting, Assisted Living Facility, Dementia Unit and Short Term Skilled Care.
Outside of work I enjoy going to the movies, cycling (Cycle Oregon is on my "Bucket List") and coaching Tanner's Little League team.
Karen Bledsoe
I was born in Denver, Colorado and moved to Oregon when I was 3 years old, settling into Tigard where I have lived ever since. Providence Health System has employed me for the past 20 years and I now serve as a Care Manager doing case and disease management at the Providence Health Plan .
I enjoy spending time with my family and being outdoors. I particularly enjoy visiting the Oregon Coast.
I have always known what career path I would choose, my mother is a nurse and my grandmother was a nurse... Tanner as of now does not plan to continue this nursing tradition.
Corrine Isom
I am the alien! I was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta Canada. I grew up in the Peace River country on a large farm near Fairview, Alberta. After graduating from high school I went to college in Seattle where I got my man and my MRS degree.
A few years later I finished my education and began my nursing career in Manhattan, Kansas. After 18 years in the Midwest we moved back to the Northwest to be closer to family. I have lived in Tigard for the last 7 years and really enjoy living here because it is close to my 3 grandsons.
I especially enjoy gardening, quilting, spending time with the grandchildren, and occasionally catching a bigger fish than my husband.
Steve Isom
I was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon and soon moved to the Willamette Valley to a farm near Albany. I grew up on a small farm with a couple hundred acres and plenty of fun stuff to get into as a boy. I began my education in a small country schoolhouse and graduated from Albany Union High School in 1969.
After college in Seattle, I began ministry in Lake Grove, Oregon and then went to Tennessee for graduate school. I preached there for 5 years while getting my Masters of Divinity and also served as a graduate teaching assistant. From there I went to Kansas where I taught for 18 years in a small Bible college. We moved to Seattle in 1997 where I continued to teach college for 5 more years.
I enjoy a lot of things most of which are outdoors - fishing on my boat, hunting with my Dad and brothers, camping, reading, and spending time with my grandsons.