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Carol June Donovan
Sep 18, 2016
Carol June Daniels was born in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 11, 1943, to Mildred and Harold Daniels. She grew up in Portland, Oregon, attending Peninsula Elementary and graduating in 1961 from Roosevelt High School. Carol attended Portland State University. She started her working career at the FBI, applying for a job at the age of 19 and returning daily...
Donald William Hanthorn
Sep 18, 2016
A longtime resident of Jewell, Donald “Don” William Hanthorn passed away peacefully Sept. 18, 2016, at his home with his family near by. Don was born in Indianola, Nebraska, to Leonard “Buck” and Barbara Hanthorn. At age 11, he moved with his family to Elsie, Oregon. He attended school in Elsie, and later graduated from Jewell High School in...
Lorraine Vera Gimre
Sep 16, 2016
Lorraine Vera Gimre was born at home on Dec. 17, 1920, to Hugh Henry Muckala and Rachel Bridget Koljonen, in the farming community of New York Mills, Minnesota. The family was happy to get electricity when Franklin Roosevelt became president. Lorraine attended Bimidji Teachers College. In 1945, the family sold their farm and packed up everything they owned and...
Carl Victor Peterson Jr.
Sep 15, 2016
Carl was raised in Knappa, Oregon. He went to school there and graduated from Knappa High School, class of 1951. Carl was proud to be a veteran, and belonged to the American Legion. He served in the Korean War, and was at Heartbreak Ridge as a corporal in the U.S. Army 158 FAB 45th Division. Shortly after his honorable...
Darrel James Ferguson
Sep 10, 2016
Darrel was born July 26, 1964, in Anaheim, California. He later moved to Knappa, Oregon, with his family. Darrel was the youngest of four children. Darrel was an avid hunter, fisherman, clam digger, sports lover and logger. He worked for Nygaard Logging for more than 30 years, a job he loved dearly. Darrel coached and assistant coached football at...
Joean Kennedy Fransen
Sep 5, 2016
Joean Kennedy Fransen, age 94 — wife, mom, educator, author, welcoming neighbor and friend to those in need — passed away in Astoria, Oregon, on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016. Born in the wheat country of Condon, Oregon, in 1922, and raised in Pendleton, Oregon, she graduated from St. Joseph’s Academy in 1940 and entered Marylhurst College in Portland. In...
Sabrina & Jaden Rainey
Sep 1, 2016
Sabrina was born July 25, 1978, in Fresno, California, and moved to Washington state as a young child. She graduated from Colville High School in Colville, Washington, in 1996. She then moved to Astoria, Oregon, to attend Tongue Point Job Corps, where she met her husband, Ansil Everett Jr. They married May 22, 1999. They were blessed with two...
Glen William Parks
Aug 31, 2016
Glen William Parks was born in Long Pine, Nebraska, on March 3, 1923, to Harrell Parks and Elizabeth Copeland Parks. He spent his early childhood in Long Pine, beginning school there then moving to Wisconsin, graduating from Washington High in New London, Wisconsin, in 1940. He attended the Alexian Brothers Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago, graduating in 1944....
John Richard Harms
Aug 31, 2016
John Richard Harms, 70, of Svensen, Oregon, passed away peacefully at home with his family on Aug. 31, 2016. John was born and raised in Bismarck, North Dakota, where he met his wife, Lauren Opp, whom he knew since the first grade. John served our country for 32 years in both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. He...
Hugh James Mason
Aug 14, 2016
Hugh James Mason Sr. passed away peacefully at his home with family by his side. He was 76. He was born to Lucille Fugate-Mason and Hugh James Mason in Denver, Colorado. He is preceded in death by his parents Lucille and Hugh, his older brother Rodney Mason and younger brother Harvey Dorr. His other brother, Fred, and his wife,...
Kathleen "Kay" Isabel Fackler
Aug 12, 2016
Kathleen “Kay” Isabel Fackler passed away on Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, at her home in Warrenton. She was a proud 93-year-old Scottish Christian. Kay was born Aug. 8, 1923, in Tacoma, Washington, to George and Christian (Burns) Smith. After high school, Kay attended and graduated from a business college in Bellingham, and worked at several insurance firms. She met...
Lois Lynne Kinsley
Aug 10, 2016
Lois was born on Aug. 21, 1944, in Quincy, Oregon, to Arni and Edna (Ilmari) Leinonen. She graduated from Clatskanie High School in 1962, and received a diploma from Northwestern School of Commerce in 1964. Lois has two brothers, Gary and Larry “Mike” Leinonen, and one sister, Ramona; Larry and Ramona preceded her in passing. In 1964, Lois married...
Gladys Rosalie Nygren
Aug 7, 2016
Gladys Rosalie Nygren was born Jan. 29, 1932, to Charles and Bessie Yeager in the town of Hammond, and passed away Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. She was known to friends as Rosalie, to close family members as Tootsie, but many others in the community just called her Rosie. Her father was a commercial fisherman and her father-in-law, Lawrence Rogers,...
Alice May Schmitz
Aug 3, 2016
Alice M. Schmitz, 87, a longtime resident of Astoria, Oregon, passed away Aug. 3, 2016, in Seaside, Oregon. Alice was born April 23, 1929, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, to John and Alma (Orth) Strobel. They moved to Kalama, Washington, in 1941, and later settled in Astoria, where she graduated from Astoria High School. She married Maurice Schmitz in...
Raechel Renee' Goforth
Jul 31, 2016
Longtime Astoria resident, community advocate and “Mayor of Uniontown,” Rae Goforth was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to parents Jack Keilty and Bessie Green. Her father was in the U.S. Army, and the family moved frequently. This started a trend for Rae, and she moved many times during her life. She attended high school in Bellingham, Washington, and graduated...
Gerald Holmes Black Sr.
Jul 29, 2016
Gerald H. Black Sr. was born Feb. 24, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, to Shirley Holmes Black and Edna (Hainzinger) Black. Gerald worked for his father at Sebastian Stuart (now Bornstein’s) while he was in high school. He graduated from Warrenton High School in 1954. He married Dixie Loretta Newton on Sept. 14, 1958, in Aberdeen, Washington. He joined the...
Deanna Theresa Mark
Jul 28, 2016
Deanna Mark passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016, after a heroic fight against early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in Astoria, Oregon, to William “Bill” Hunt and Lucille “Lucy” Hunt. Her father and mother were the light that fueled her faith. She was always very active in the Catholic Church. She was a member of Catholic Daughters of America...
Esther June Louise Lampi
Jul 28, 2016
Esther June Louise Lampi, 88, a lifetime resident of Clatsop County, passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family on July 28, 2016, in Astoria, Oregon. Esther was born in Astoria, Oregon, on June 5, 1928, to Emil and Maria (Oja) Simonson. She was one of 12 children and was raised on the family farm in Olney....
Richard Charles Landwehr
Jul 18, 2016
Richard Charles Landwehr, age 74, died Monday, July 18, 2016, in Astoria. He was born April 5, 1942, in Astoria, to Donald W. and Agnes K. (Hendrickson) Landwehr. He attended school at Lewis & Clark Elementary and Astoria High School, where he graduated in 1960. While in high school, he joined the naval reserve his junior year, and then...
Clarence William Ashbaugh
Jul 15, 2016
Clarence William (Bill) Ashbaugh, 90, of Astoria, Oregon, passed away peacefully with family at his side on Friday, July 15, 2016. He was born on May 13, 1926, to John H. Ashbaugh and Edna E. (Dennis) Ashbaugh in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, the third of four sons. The family later moved to Fruitland, Idaho, where Bill grew up and attended school....
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