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ISHPEMING, MI – Alina Marie Salo, 35, was born on February 26th, 1991 in Ishpeming, Michigan, to Forrest Dale Salo and Abby de Roche Salo.
Alina attended Aspen Ridge elementary and middle school and she graduated from Marquette Senior High school in 2009.
She then went on to attend Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan, obtaining a bachelor of science and Mathematics and Political Science degrees in 2013.
Her next step was relocating to Portland Oregon, where she attended Oregon State University, graduating with a law degree in 2016.
Alina worked in a large law firm before opening her own attorney practice in Portland in 2024.
Alina had many interests, including fishing in the remote areas of the Upper Peninsula (where she was born) and in Oregon. She coached basketball and played on several academic teams while attending school and had become involved with a comedy troupe, participating in several workshops.
To Alina's family and close friends she was many things, a beloved daughter, partner, sister, colleague and friend, and she will be sorely missed.
Alina was preceded in death by her father Forrest Dale Salo and her aunt Karol Lautner Peterson, and several other extended family members.
She is survived by her partner Stephanie Podalok of Damascus, Oregon, her mother Abby de Roche of Ewen, Michigan, her sister Liisa (Tim) Farrell of Pulaski, Wisconsin, her brothers Liam (Max Brown) Lahti of Pasadena, California, Henry (Ashley) de Roche of Metairie, Louisiana, Andrew (Brenna) Salo of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Private memorials are planned for both Oregon and Michigan at a later date.