OBITUARIES

Apr 17, 2021

Capt. Frank Joel “Todd” Vollmer, veteran tow boat and pilot launch operator, left the Wheel House and crossed the bar on April 17, 2021.

Todd...

Apr 5, 2021

Kay Marie Westerlund, 63, passed away peacefully at her home on April 5, 2021.  She suffered from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease for six months before passing, surrounded by family and friends.

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Mar 29, 2021

William “Bill” Edward Tetlow passed away peacefully on March 29, 2021. Bill was born in Astoria on March 5, 1928, and lived there the majority of his life.

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Mar 28, 2021

Sharon Louise Browne, 73, passed away peacefully at her home on March 28, 2021. She suffered from dementia before passing, surrounded by family.

Sharon was...

Mar 24, 2021

On March 24, 2021, James “Jim” VonSeggern was called home. As he stated, “God has my room ready.”

Jim was born on Dec. 30, 1937,...

Mar 15, 2021

Heaven gained a red-headed angel when Stacey Elizabeth MacDonald died of kidney cancer on March 15, 2021, in Astoria at the age of 47.

She...

Mar 9, 2021

Carolyn Jean (Thomassen) Knapp, of Astoria, loving sister, wife, mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully at home on March 9, 2021, surrounded by her family.

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Mar 5, 2021

Clifford James Sheker was born Dec. 26, 1947, to Bernard and Flora Sheker.

He attended school in Warrenton and graduated in June 1966. Shortly after...

Mar 3, 2021

Loris Jean (Oliver) Donovan was born Sept. 7, 1935, in Ontario to Clarence (Doc) and Vera Rose Oliver.

She attended school in Ontario and graduated...

Feb 27, 2021

Sterling John Ficken, 71, passed away Feb. 27, 2021, at his home in Astoria.

Born Nov. 1, 1949, to John Nicholas Ficken and Angela Elaine...

Feb 26, 2021

Patrick Sidney Morrisson, loving father and husband, died on Feb. 26, 2021, at the age of 72. He bravely fought cancer for six years before passing peacefully at his home in Gearhart, surrounded by his family, with the sound of the mighty Pacific...

Feb 22, 2021

Ernest Jerome (Ernie) Barrows was born to to George and Saphora Barrows on June 11, 1923, in Stickney, South Dakota, and passed away on Feb. 22, 2021, in Astoria.

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Feb 17, 2021

Gregory K. (Mac) McMullin passed away peacefully Feb. 17, 2021.

He is survived by his wife, Beverly, of Astoria; a sister, Leesa Scott, of Draper,...

Feb 15, 2021

Abigail Mae Strnad was born in Oregon City on Feb. 13, 2001, and crossed her rainbow bridge in Pullman, Washington, on Feb. 15, 2021.

Abbie...

Feb 8, 2021

Julia Clair Nicholas was born Sept. 15, 1956, in San Francisco, to Walter and Ardeana (Hill) Jarnagin.

She spent most of her youth in and around Eureka, California, before graduating from Eureka High School in 1976. She studied at the College of the Redwoods in Eureka for a time thereafter.

She found her life partner...

Jan 31, 2021

Richard “Dick” Arnold Garner, 75, passed away from cancer in his home in Astoria, on Jan. 31, 2021.

Born in Kadoka, South Dakota, Richard graduated from high school in 1964 from Rapid City High School. From there, he enrolled at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota.

Though he started his college studies in...

Jan 20, 2021

Building contractor Charles Arthur Taggart died in Seaside on Jan. 20, 2021, at the age of 80.

Charles was born on April 3, 1940, by the light of a kerosene lamp in Tripp County, South Dakota, on a farm near the town of Colome, to Charles Laverne Taggart and Frances Pearl (Hammon) Taggart.

Charles was...

Jan 6, 2021

Our eternal jokester, gentle giant, husband, father, grandpa and...

Jan 6, 2021

Elizabeth Marie Haas, 90, of Astoria, died Jan. 6,...

Jan 2, 2021

On Jan. 2, 2021, Jana Lynn Tymkowicz passed away....