Jordan Leigh Salt-Hoffman

September 15, 1992 - August 14, 2015

Jordan Leigh Salt-Hoffman, known to many by the nickname Jinx and lovingly called Baby by her family, died on August 14, 2015 in Portland, Oregon after a diagnosis of brain stem cancer in April. She was 22. She was born on September 15, 1992 in Hillsboro, Oregon. Jordan lived in Oregon her entire life, except for several months in Washington when she was a baby. She made many wonderful friends during her school years at Buckman Elementary, Woodmere Elementary, Sunnyside Environmental Middle School, and graduated with a 3.4 cumulative GPA from Merlo Station High School after also attending Benson Polytechnic High, Franklin High, and Aloha High. She was particularly interested in nature, baking, art, music, and service to others. She was a Girl Scout during elementary school, and really enjoyed camping events and cookie sales. She earned most of the cost herself for her 8th-grade school trip to Catalina Island, and worked as a nanny through high school. Jordan loved animals and grew up with many of them, including cats, gerbils, snakes, and even a tarantula who belonged to her middle school science class that she looked after over the summer one year. She wanted a dog for many years and was thrilled when she got a pug puppy on July 3rd who she named Lucy. Her tabby cat Michiko was her devoted companion. She loved Hello Kitty, horror films, gaming with her boyfriend & dad, watching TV & crocheting with her mom, baking cookies for gifts every Christmas and cakes for peoples' birthdays, trips to the Oregon coast, and most of all just spending time with the people she loved. Jordan was characterized by loved ones as beautiful, generous, smart, loving, sentimental, courageous, and with a wickedly dark sense of humor. When she found out she was terminally ill, she said all she wanted for her "bucket list" was for her best friend & soul mate Nakia Hentz to get the heart transplant she needed, and she was overjoyed when that happened. Throughout Jordan's illness and difficult medical treatment, she was more concerned about the sadness and worry of her family and friends than the fact that she was terminally ill. Right up to the day before she died, she was reassuring everyone, saying, "It's going to be alright." Jordan is survived by her parents Jeanne Salt and Geoffrey Worthen; her sister Andrea Salt; her devoted boyfriend Jeramiah Daley; her maternal grandparents Linda Salt, and Arthur & Gail Salt; her paternal grandparents Gary & Leslie Worthen; and many other friends and much-loved relatives. She was preceded in death by her biological father Steve Hoffman, and her great-grandparents Jean Poage and Arthur & Elizabeth Salt. The family is still making arrangements for her memorial service. Details will be posted on Facebook.