Michael J. Hasson, z”l, died Dec. 31, 2020, at the age of 66, from mesothelioma. He is survived by daughters, Lauren, Jenna and Michelle; brother Barry; two grandchildren; nieces; and nephews. He was preceded in death by sister, Janise (Jani), who died from breast cancer in 1995.

The son of a Portland grocer and a self-taught salesman who founded one of Oregon’s most successful independent real estate companies.

The Lake Oswego resident, civic leader and former CEO and founder of Hasson Company Realtors was diagnosed 10 years ago with a malignant tumor caused by inhaled asbestos fibers, according to his family.

Michael Hasson was born Oct. 16, 1954, at Wilcox Women’s Hospital (now Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center) in Portland to Bob Hasson, a World War II vet and vegetable seller, and Marilyn Hasson, who would later help manage her son’s real estate offices.

Bob Hasson’s father immigrated from Rhodes, Greece, and opened a produce stand in the 1920s in downtown Portland across the street from Fred Meyer’s first grocery store. Following in his father’s footsteps, Bob Hasson sold produce at the Grand Central Market in Southeast Portland in the 1950s and 1960s, and later ran a produce and fruit basket business within the downtown Meier & Frank department store.

In 1991, he started Hasson Company Realtors. In 2020, the company had $2.2 billion in sales among 165 agents in offices in Lake Oswego, Northwest and Northeast Portland, Vancouver, Clackamas, Wilsonville, Cannon Beach and Hood River.

The family encourages people to donate to the OHSU Foundation-Michael J. Hasson Lectureship for Mesothelioma (onwardohsu.org/donation).

To read his full obituary in the Oregonian, visit https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/01/mike-hasson-civic-leader-and-founder-of-hasson-co-real-estate-dies-at-66.html