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Nels Irving Rasmussen
Jan 8, 2017
Nels Irving Rasmussen, 93, passed away on Jan. 8, 2017, at his home on Walluski Loop Road, following a brief illness. He was born on April 12, 1923, in the farmhouse on Walluski Loop to Danish immigrant parents, Nels J. and Inga (Henningsen) Rasmussen. He and his five sisters helped on the family dairy farm and with gillnet fishing....
Daniel Patrick Laughman
Dec 27, 2016
Daniel Patrick Laughman was born on Oct. 18, 1947, to Paul and Martha Laughman. He was the oldest boy of 12 siblings. He spent his entire childhood in Astoria, attending Star of the Sea Catholic School from kindergarten through 12th grade. In 1966, after graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served two tours...
Kenneth Loren Hoagland
Dec 25, 2016
Kenneth Loren Hoagland was born Sept. 23, 1931, in Roseberry, Idaho. The family later moved to King Hill, Idaho, where Ken attended Glenns Ferry schools. After high school graduation he moved to Moscow, Idaho, to attend the University of Idaho. In 1953 he moved to Lewiston, Idaho, and found employment at Potlatch Forests Inc. Pulp Mill. There, in Lewiston,...
Minerva Eileen Jones
Dec 24, 2016
Minerva E. “Eileen” Jones, 96, passed away Dec. 24, 2016, at Community Home Health and Hospice in Longview, Washington. She was born May 9, 1920, in Oregon County, Missouri, at Falling Springs, the Brown homestead near New Liberty, Missouri (Brawley), to parents Walter and Mabel (Hardgrove) Brown. Eileen was the second child born to the family, which included Harold,...
Christopher Mykael Jones
Dec 24, 2016
Christopher Mykael “Big C” Jones was born April 4, 1975, in San Diego, California, and passed away Dec. 23, 2016, in Astoria, Oregon. He was 41. He is survived by his soulmate Susan Prettyman; children Brody Orion and Noah Phoenix Jones; father Larry (Pam) Jones of Paragould, Arkansas; mother Rosetta Jones of Astoria; stepbrothers Kelly Biggs, Cameron Shoe and...
Michael W. Foster
Dec 20, 2016
Michael W. Foster was born a St. Mary’s Hospital in Astoria, Oregon, June 29, 1940, to William and Margaret (Carlson) Foster. Michael was a fourth generation Astorian. He attended Lewis and Clark Central Grade School and Astoria High School. He graduated from Willamette University and received his master’s degree from the University of Oregon. Besides his many community activities,...
Harold Albin Snow
Dec 15, 2016
Harold A. Snow was born in Astoria, Oregon, on March 20, 1941, to Harold H. and Helen (Nordquist) Snow. Hal was raised in Astoria, attending Lewis & Clark Central grade school and Astoria High School. After a stint in the National Guard, Hal attended the University of Oregon, and subsequently graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law...
Mary Louise (Strohl) Montgomery
Dec 11, 2016
Mary Montgomery was born Feb. 18, 1917, in Quincy, Illinois, to Dr. Harley and Eva (Gill) Strohl. Mary passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, in Astoria. Mrs. Montgomery was a graduate of the class of 1939 at the University of Illinois, with a major in fine arts. She was granted a year’s study with Frederic Taubes, an Italian painter....
Floyd Clayton Coons
Nov 27, 2016
Floyd Clayton Coons was born on Dec. 30, 1928, to Harry and Delma (Allen) Coons in Vermillion, Kansas, the ninth of 10 children. He passed away on Nov. 27, 2016, just shy of his 88th birthday. He attended a one-room school house for his first eight years of education. In 1942 the family migrated to Eastern Oregon, where Floyd...
Jane Burnard
Nov 22, 2016
Jane Burnard, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, cousin, aunt and friend, 69, of Knappa, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. She was born Feb. 24, 1947, to Don and Nellie (Yeager) Cole. She attended Seaside schools and graduated from Seaside High School in 1965. Jane was married to Lee Burnard for 51 years. She worked at Knappa Schools...
Gerold "Jerry" Martin Solum Sr.
Nov 7, 2016
Gerold “Jerry” Martin Solum Sr., 77, of Knappa (Astoria), Oregon, passed away surrounded by loved ones in Portland on Nov. 7, 2016. Jerry was born in Stanley, North Dakota, to Almer and Leota “Lee” (Footh) Solum on Oct. 6, 1939. The family relocated to Portland in 1951. At age 9 Jerry set bowling pins, and at 15 he worked...
Dorothy Christine Winton
Oct 19, 2016
Dorothy Christine (Peterson) Winton was born to Ellen and Ernst Peterson on July 9, 1938 in Astoria, Oregon; she passed away Oct. 19, 2016, at 78 years old in Astoria, Oregon. She was born and raised in Astoria, and graduated in the Class of 1956 from Astoria High School. Dorothy worked numerous jobs throughout her life, including tending the...
Donald Melvin Brunner
Oct 16, 2016
Donald Melvin Brunner, a lifelong Clatsop County resident, died on Oct. 16, 2016, in Renton, Washington. He was born on March 31, 1925, in Olney, to Oscar Brunner and Anna Sunell Brunner. He resided in Olney with his family until the early 1940s when they moved to the Alderbrook area of Astoria, where he continued to live. Prior to...
John Edwin Lindstrom
Oct 7, 2016
John Edwin Lindstrom, a resident of Astoria, passed away on Oct. 7, 2016, in Astoria, Oregon. He was 64 years old. He was born on Sept. 10, 1952, to Carl and Margaret Lindstrom. He attended Star of the Sea School as a child, and graduated from Astoria High School in 1971. He began his baking career while in high...
Connie Kay (Staley) Henry
Sep 30, 2016
Connie Kay (Staley) Henry was born July 12, 1957, in Bend, Oregon, to Robert and Marilyn Staley, and was brought home by her Lord on Sept. 30, 2016. Her childhood was spent in Seaside, Oregon, attending school and participating in sports, notably track and field and basketball. Later in life, she settled in Minnesota, working and raising her children....
Loyd Knapp Thompson
Sep 27, 2016
Loyd Knapp Thompson, of Loyd’s Flowers and More, was born to Harvey and Ruth (Knapp) Thompson on Sept. 16, 1934, in Canyon County, Idaho, joining two sisters and a brother. He has one surviving sister, living in Middleton, Idaho. The rest of his family is deceased. Loyd passed away on Sept. 27, 2016, in Astoria, Oregon. Loyd grew up...
Betty Lorraine Smith
Sep 25, 2016
Betty Lorraine Hample entered this world on March 23, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, joining parents, Carl and Vivian and older brother, Maury. After graduating from high school, she worked as a graphic artist, beautifully colorizing black-and-white photographs by hand. After leaving her photography position, she began working at Kroger, where she met her future husband, Orie Smith. They...
Dennis Erwin Olstedt
Sep 24, 2016
A lifetime resident of Jewell, Dennis (Denny) Erwin Olstedt passed away on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the age of 83, in Seaside. Denny was born in La Center, Washington, on Aug. 4, 1933, to Carl Edwin Olstedt and Beatrice Irene Christiansen Olstedt. He moved to Van Vleet Logging Camp on Gronnel Road with his family in 1934. He attended...
Christine Andrea Stanley
Sep 21, 2016
Tina passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21 in Portland, Oregon, after complications from heart surgery to replace a mitral valve. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and eventually relocated to Huntington, New York, when she was 15 years old. She graduated from Walt Whitman High School in 1957, and married that same year to John Pigart. They remained married...
Richard Sumy Mitchell
Sep 21, 2016
Dr. Richard Mitchell was born in Brawley, California, in 1930. He met Velda in Bakersfield, California. They were married in 1952, while he was serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He graduated from San Francisco State and received an administrative credential from the USC before completing his doctorate in special education at the University of Oregon....
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