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Local Obituaries for Astoria, OR, Clatsop County & Surrounding Areas
Albert Ernest Howerton
May 3, 2018
To his many friends he was “Al,” but to his family he was always “Albert.”
Albert Ernest Howerton died at home in Seaside on Thursday, May 3. He was born in Portland in 1938 to Albert F. and Dorothy Howerton. He had four siblings who proceeded him in death, Harry, Ronald, Dorothy and Lucille, and one surviving...
Russell Eugene "Rusty" Donaldson
Apr 10, 2018
Svensen resident Russell Eugene Donaldson passed away April 10, 2018, at home, after a four-and-a-half year battle with colon cancer.
He was born Aug. 20, 1950, in Foley, Alabama. He was preceded in death by his parents, Barbara Callander Donaldson and John Eugene Donaldson. He was their youngest child, and only son. The Coast Guard family lived...
Joanne Olive Posey
Mar 10, 2018
Joanne Olive Posey was born Feb. 24, 1931, in Portland, Oregon, to Arne and Francis Oja. Joanne spent her younger years with her family in the Bonney Slope area. In the 1940s, when Joanne was 12 years old, the family moved from Bonney Slope to Brownsmead, Oregon.
Joanne graduated from Knappa High School, and soon after she...
Shelley Elizabeth Ahola
Feb 28, 2018
Born the second of seven children on March 21, 1950, in Oceanside, California, to Percy (Barney) and Bonnie Barnett, Shelley Ahola would spend the majority of her life in Olney.
She grew up in a military family, living in Texas and Japan, before settling on a small farm in Olney in 1955. She attended Olney Elementary School,...
Marvin Leroy Johnson
Feb 22, 2018
A Memorial for Marvin will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 at Caldwell's Luce-Layton Chapel at 1165 Franklin Avenue in Astoria, Oregon. A Reception will follow the Memorial at the Iredale Inn, 159 S. Main Avenue in Warrenton, Oregon.
James Dean Hamar
Feb 19, 2018
Pastor James Dean Hamar of Astoria, Oregon, was called home unexpectedly to his Lord and savior on Feb. 19, 2018. Jim was born in Longview, Washington, to Fred “Dean” Hamar and Florence (Weller) Hamar. He grew up in Rainier, Oregon, and attended Rainier Assembly of God with his family.
Jim’s love for music began at a very...
Maija-Liisa Carlson
Feb 18, 2018
Maija-Liisa Carlson — wife, mother, grandmother and friend — departed on her final journey Feb. 18, 2018.
Maija was born in Oulu, Finland, Nov. 12, 1940, to Aarne and Tyyne Karjalainen, during World War II. As a child, Maija remembered having to hide in bomb shelters, and other effects of the war.
She was the...
Mary Jean Larsen
Feb 11, 2018
Mary Jean Larsen, 80, passed away in Astoria, Oregon, on Feb. 11, 2018, after a short battle with cancer. She was born in Astoria, Oregon, on July 5, 1937, to Donald and Lilly (Anderson) McKenney. She graduated from Astoria High School in 1955. She met and married the love of her life, Harlen Glenn Larsen, on Nov. 26, 1955,...
Kenneth Earl Merrill
Jan 30, 2018
Kenneth Earl Merrill, Astoria resident off and on since June 1965, lastly since August 1976, died Jan. 30, 2018, in Portland, Oregon. Kenneth was born Oct. 23, 1937, in Dansville, New York, to Walter and Pearl (Bedford) Merrill. He joined the Coast Guard in March 1956, and after many duty stations in the U.S. and overseas, retired in August...
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