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Steven James Lindros
Apr 30, 2017
Steven J. Lindros passed away peacefully on his birthday, at the age of 68, on April 30, 2017, in Seaside, Oregon. Steve was born on April 30, 1949, in Longview, Washington, to James Lindros, who died Feb. 8, 2004, and Marion McCallister Lindros. He was raised in Grays River/Rosburg, Washington. He graduated from Naselle High School in 1967. He...
Donald Thomas Nelson
Apr 24, 2017
Donald Thomas Nelson, 88, of Astoria, Oregon, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017. Donald is survived by his son, Jeffrey. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ellen, who died July 10, 2001. Donald was a lifelong mariner, with a distinguished 38 year career with the Columbia River Bar Pilots, including the operator of the Pilot Boat, Peacock,...
Doris Constance Player
Apr 18, 2017
Doris was born in Astoria, Oregon, on June 1, 1926. Doris passed away April 18, 2017, in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 90. She was the daughter of William Manske and Edith T. Nygren Manske. Doris grew up in Astoria, and graduated from Astoria High School in 1945. Doris married Robert Player on May 9, 1948, in Astoria....
Frances Anastasia Farris
Apr 18, 2017
Nov. 11, 1917 — April 18, 2017 Frannie Farris was born Frances Anastasia Sutkowski on Nov. 11, 1917, to Herman and Jennie Sutkowski, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Frannie passed away April 18, 2017. The family moved to Astoria before Frannie’s senior year in high school, as Herman was transferred with Pillsbury Mills. She married Elmer “Red” Brown on Oct. 14,...
Felix Gomez Caballero
Apr 12, 2017
Felix was born in Cornejo Burgos, Spain, on March 24, 1928. Felix passed away April 12, 2017 in Longview, Washington. Felix’s early youth took place in Spain at a tumultuous time, just as the country was on the brink of civil war. When the Caballero family needed to escape in 1936, circumstances required Felix and his older brother Victor...
Eleanor Marie Leppinen
Apr 7, 2017
Eleanor Marie Leppinen, 90, of Longview, Washington, died April 7, 2017, at the Hospice Care Center in Longview. She was born Jan. 22, 1927, in Astoria, Oregon, to Ferdinand and Margaret Pumala. She was married to Veikko Leppinen from Nov. 11, 1951, until his death on Aug. 27, 1977. Eleanor lived most of her life in Astoria and the...
Frances Ardell Jurasin
Mar 27, 2017
Ardell was born Oct. 9, 1927, to Frank and Lucille Roe in Aberdeen, Washington. She grew up on a small farm during the Depression. This contributed to her becoming the strong woman she was. She graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1945. While working at Aberdeen Plywood as a secretary, she met and married Nick Jurasin. In 1951, they...
Thomas Anthony Rudolfi
Mar 7, 2017
Longtime Astoria resident and retired Astoria Fire Department lieutenant Tom Rudolfi passed away peacefully on March 7, 2017, at St. Vincent Hospital with family by his side. A service has already been held. Thomas Anthony Rudolfi was born on April 20, 1930, to Yugoslavian immigrants, Toma Rudolfi and Dinka Biskopovich. He joined sisters Thomasina and Mary Ann, both of...
Lillian Louise Nimmo
Mar 5, 2017
Lillian passed from this life to her eternal home in heaven on March 5, 2017, surrounded by friends and family. She is now walking on streets of gold, and often said it will be the greatest reunion of all time. Her love of the Lord was shown in every aspect of her life. Lillian was born Aug. 25, 1928,...
Roberta Jean French
Mar 3, 2017
Roberta Jean (Stout) French, 82, of Portland, died March 3, 2017, in Portland. She was born April 3, 1934, in Iowa, to Orval D. Stout Sr. and Lois E. Stout. She graduated from Moulton High School in Moulton, Iowa, in 1951. On July 29, 1951, she married her high school sweetheart, E. Eugene French, in West Des Moines, Iowa....
Jay Severin Westerholm
Feb 23, 2017
Jay was born to William “Sharkey” and Mabel (Barendse) Westerholm on June 22, 1948, in Astoria, Oregon. Jay lived his whole life in Brownsmead, Oregon, attended Hilda Lahti Elementary, Knappa High School and Clatsop Community College, receiving an associate degree in forestry. He graduated from high school in 1966, and was a member of the 1966 State 2A Basketball...
Sherman Daryl Birney
Feb 21, 2017
Sherman “Daryl” Birney was born Nov. 26, 1940, in Anderson, Missouri, to Harold Wellington Birney and Elna Leona Mae Wade, the youngest of five children. He was raised in Bucklin, Kansas, and graduated from Bucklin High School. He attended Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas, and transferred to Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, where he received his...
Gertrude "Gertie" Maria Rinell
Feb 20, 2017
Gertie was born Aug. 25, 1924, in Astoria, Oregon, to Richard Simonson and Jennie K. Tohila Simonson. She was raised in Astoria, and graduated from Astoria High School in 1942. Gertie married David M. Wullger in 1944, and divorced in 1963. She later married Ervin T. Rinell on Dec. 26, 1965, in Astoria, and he preceded her in death...
Dennis Tim Waddell
Feb 18, 2017
Astoria native and lifelong resident Dennis T. Waddell passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Astoria. He was born to William Custer and Ann (Malagamba) Waddell on Aug. 29, 1941, in Astoria. He graduated from Astoria High School in 1959, and later got a degree in fire protection from Clatsop Community College. He served in the National Guard. He...
Doris Jean Abrahamson
Feb 17, 2017
Doris Jean Abrahamson was born on the family farm in Miller, Kansas, on Dec. 29, 1922, the first child of Albert and Florence Swanson Fager. She had a wonderful childhood growing up in the small community with both sides of her family. She attended school in Miller, graduating from high school in 1940. After graduation she moved to Topeka,...
Brandon Allen Getten
Feb 12, 2017
Brandon Allen Getten Staigmiller was born on June 8, 1987, in Great Falls, Montana. He grew up on the family ranch in Eden, Montana. He attended school in Centerville, and graduated from Cascade High School in 2005. After a stint being a line cook, and a summer as a stonemason, Brandon and his two musketeers, Alisa and Josh, packed...
Phyllis Alene Linehan
Jan 27, 2017
Alene Linehan passed away in Astoria from complications of Alzheimer’s disease at age 87. Alene was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to P.M. and Frances Rohrbaugh. When Alene was a small child, her family moved to California, where her only sibling, Paula, was born. Alene graduated from Chaffey Union High School in Ontario, California. She received a bachelor of arts...
Richard Herman Babcock
Jan 19, 2017
Richard H. Babcock passed away peacefully at the Astor House in Astoria, Oregon, on Jan. 19, 2017. Born on Sept. 30, 1927, Richard was 89 years old. Richard was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, to Laurence and Minnie (Schmeling) Babcock, and was the first of four children: Richard, Donald Babcock (wife Mary), Bill Babcock (wife Marilyn) and Laurel McClenithan (husband...
Verna Elina Branthover
Jan 13, 2017
Verna Elina Branthover, 99, passed away Jan. 13, 2017, at Clatsop Retirement Village in Astoria, Oregon. Verna was born to Paul and Hilda Karpinen in Astoria, Oregon, on Jan. 27, 1917, and graduated from Astoria High School Jan. 25, 1935. Three months after graduation she married the love of her life, Gordon (Toby) Branthover Sr. April 30, 1935. He...
Alice Winifred Herrmann
Jan 8, 2017
Alice Herrmann passed away Jan. 8, 2017, with family beside her. Born to E.C. and Susan W. (Eddy) Nelson on Feb. 14, 1919, in Waterville, Kansas, she was raised on her parents’ farm with two brothers. She was the valedictorian of the Class of 1936 at Waterville High School. Alice married Leslie O. Herrmann on March 30, 1941. They...
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