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David Brian Hellberg
Mar 22, 2015
David Brian Hellberg, 73, of Knappa, Ore., passed away March 22, 2015, in Portland. David was born in Astoria to his parents, Carl and Sylvia Hellberg, who preceded him in death. His siblings Dick and Kay live in the area to this day. At a height of 6 feet 5 inches, he was a skilled basketball player for his...
Jacquelina Marie Ford
Mar 17, 2015
Jacqueline Marie Ford, 96, of Claremont, passed away on March 17, 2015, in Astoria. She was born on June 15, 1918, to parents Hermann and Josephine Strand Erp. Jackie grew up on her family farm in Grays River, Wash. She attended school in Bay Center, Nemah and Naselle — wherever her mother got a job teaching school. Jackie graduated...
Joseph Norman "Joe" White
Mar 14, 2015
Joseph Norman “Joe” White was born Feb. 14, 1939, in Camas Valley, Ore. Joe died at home, in Brownsmead, Ore., with his family surrounding him. He spent the last 43 years in Clatsop County. His parents were Edward and Francis (Vandervort) White. Joe was raised in Elgin, Ore., until age 14, then moved to Colton, Ore., where he attended...
John Arvid Nordgren
Mar 9, 2015
John was born on Feb. 18, 1918 in Korsnas, Finland. His parents were Vendla and Carl Nordgren. At a young age he lost his sister, Adele. They lived on a farm. He attended school in Helenelund, Finland. John served in World War II fighting for Finland. In 1948 he moved with his parents to Astoria, Ore. He worked at...
Heidi Lopez
Feb 27, 2015
Heidi Lopez passed away in Longview, Wash., on Feb. 27, 2015. Heidi was born on Dec. 6, 1970, to Art and Bev (Makela) Hippensteel in Astoria. She attended Astoria High School. She married Agustin Lopez Perez on Oct. 24, 1997. They later divorced. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Heather Tadei; a brother, Mark...
Vernon Rhea Hart
Feb 23, 2015
Vernon Rhea Hart passed peacefully Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, at the age of 84. He was born Jan. 3, 1931. He is preceded in death by his mother “Nanny” Anastatia and his father “Manny” Emmanuel, wife Deloris, sister Lucille Jones and daughter Jeanette. He is survived by his son Martin Hart; sister Ruth Edwards; sister-in-law Beverly Beach; five grandchildren,...
Gurie Helen O'Connor
Feb 18, 2015
Gurie Helen O’Connor passed away on Feb. 18, 2015, in Astoria, at age 92. She was born in a sod hut in Forks, Mont., on April 14, 1922, to Martin and Ragnhild Halvorson, who had immigrated to the U.S. from Norway and homesteaded there. They raised cattle and grew wheat on their ranch, and were soon able to build...
Ernest Louis Davis
Feb 16, 2015
Ernie “Bud” Davis, age 84, a longtime resident of Astoria, passed peacefully at his home Tuesday evening, Feb. 16, under comforting family and Hospice care. Born Jan. 28, 1931, in the town of Artois, in Northern California, to Ernest Louis Davis Sr., “Lucky Davis,” and Rita Mae (Olsen) Joiner, he was the eldest of five siblings: two sisters who...
Harriette Elizabeth Forney
Feb 12, 2015
Harriette Elizabeth Forney, 83, passed away Feb. 12, 2015, in Astoria. She was born August 3, 1931, in San Diego, Calif., to Edwin Mathews Chase and Mary Sigfrid McDermott. Harriette grew up with her parents in Warrenton, Ore. She married her high school sweetheart, Hugh Forney in 1949 in Kelso, Wash. Hugh preceded her in death Feb. 23, 1989....
Doris Irene Rummell
Feb 10, 2015
Doris passed peacefully and comfortably, surrounded by her family, on Feb. 10, 2015, in Astoria, at the age of 84. She had a full life of love with a large family near and afar, a loving church-family, many friends, and had many blessings in her life. She was born in Stacey, Mont., on Dec. 22, 1930, to Herman H....
Thomas Dwight Potter
Feb 9, 2015
Thomas Dwight Potter, “the man in black,” was reunited with his beloved wife in heaven on Feb. 9, 2015. Tom was born in Armada Township, Mich., on Nov. 20, 1937, to Paul and Thelma Potter. His freshman year of high school, he moved to Phoenix, Ariz. Upon his graduation from Sunny Slope High School, he attended Arizona State University,...
Marietta Hill
Feb 9, 2015
Marietta Hill, age 89, of Astoria, Ore., passed away Feb. 9, 2015, in Astoria. Marietta was born to Elis and Helmi Aspegren Posti in Simo, Finland, on March 24, 1925. She was raised and schooled in Finland. In 1954, at the age of 29, she and a friend made a trip to the United States to visit her aunt,...
Richard Clement Paulsen
Feb 3, 2015
Richard Clement Paulsen, age 94, was born in Raymond, Wash., to Peter and Hilda Paulsen. They moved to Astoria in 1921, where his father owned and operated the Owl Drug Store with Mr. Frank Berg. He graduated from AHS in 1938 and went on to attend Oregon State College (now OSU). There he was affiliated with Beta Theta Pi...
David Patrick Kelly Ii
Jan 25, 2015
David Kelly II obituary Portland April 7, 1962 — Jan. 25, 2015 Pat was born in Seaside, Ore., on April 7, 1962, to David and Margie Kelly. He grew up in Olney, Ore., with his mother and stepfather, Hal Hankel. Pat lived, worked, and volunteered for the American Red Cross in Portland, Ore., for the past twenty some years....
Michael Peter Riva
Jan 25, 2015
Michael Peter Riva, 74, passed away peacefully at home Sunday, Jan. 25. He was born May 10, 1940, in Hanna, Wyo., to Armas (Unk) and Myra (Waisanen) Riva. His family settled in Svensen, Ore., in 1947. He attended Knappa schools, graduating from there in 1959. He began his career in school doing tree planting for the forestry. After graduation,...
Myrtle Fulbright Hjorten
Jan 22, 2015
Myrtle Fulbright Hjorten passed away peacefully in Astoria, Ore., on Jan. 22, 2015. Born in Coffee Creek, Mont., Myrtle moved to Payette, Idaho, to spend her younger years with her three sisters (Jane, Erma and Omega Mae) and one brother (Cecil) on the small farm of her parents, Minnie (Stout) and Levi Fulbright. Myrtle often visited her aunt and...
Walter Richard Wollenbecker
Jan 20, 2015
Walter Richard “Walt” Wollenbecker, age 80 died in Niland, Calif., on Jan. 20, 2015, of natural causes. He was a longtime resident of Astoria, but had recently purchased an off-season home at the Fountain of Youth Spa and Resort. He referred to himself as a “rainbird,” going south to dry out. Walt was born Jan. 18, 1935, in Toledo,...
Christina Louise Stacey
Jan 20, 2015
Christina Louise Stacey, 73, passed away Jan. 20, 2015, in Portland, Ore. She was born in Jeffersonville, Ind., to William and Dorothy Mead Wagner. At a young age her family moved to Clatsop County, where she graduated from Knappa High School in 1959. She married Dennis L. Stacey, and they later divorced. When her children were young, she was...
Arthur Grant Girt
Jan 15, 2015
Arthur Grant Girt, age 91, died Thursday, January 15, 2015 in Hammond. He was born November 25, 1923 in Rainier, Oregon, to Clifford Arthur Girt and Pearl Marie (Mason) Girt. In 1940, he moved to Seaside with his family and finished his school there. In 1944, the family moved to Gearhart and Arthur lived there until 1997. He then...
Leroy William Steinmann
Jan 4, 2015
Dr. Leroy William Steinmann passed away peacefully on Jan. 4, 2015. Leroy was born in Yoakum, Texas, on July 13, 1921, to parents Louis and Marie Steinmann. The younger of two sons, Leroy enjoyed growing up in the small German town of Schulenburg, along the railway between San Antonio and Houston. Leroy’s father was a jack of all trades,...
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