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Vernon Sterns Moeller
Mar 29, 2013
Vern was born in Innisfree, Alberta, Canada, to Morris and Ida Moeller. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and attended Washington High. After an argument with his English Teacher, much to his family’s dismay, he quit school two months before graduation and went to work driving truck for Ben Portland. In 1940, he married one of his sister’s best...
Daniel Howard Williams
Mar 29, 2013
Daniel Howard “Dan” “DanyanHi” Williams, 34, of Seaside, died Friday, March 29, 2013, at Providence St. Vincent Hospital in Portland. He was born July 25, 1978, in McMinnville, Oregon, to Lewis and Brenda (Leach) McKune. He graduated from 12th grade at Warrenton High School. Dan did housekeeping at Best Western in Seaside, Oregon, drawing, photos, maintenance/housekeeping at Gearhart By...
Glenn Everett Larson
Mar 24, 2013
Glenn Everett Larson, 86, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013, at his home in Astoria, Oregon. Glenn was born June 4, 1926, to Oliver and Isabel (Ponsness) Larson in Badger, Iowa. He served in the Navy during WWII as a radarman and saw combat in Okinawa, Japan, at the end of the war. After WWII, Glenn worked for John...
John Saxton Hagnas
Mar 21, 2013
John Saxton Hagnas was born February 4, 1928 in Astoria, Oregon, and passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Portland, Oregon. His parents were Axel Danielsson Hagnas and Grace Vivian Whiteley-Hagnas. Growing up, John spent time whittling model airplanes out of wood and painting them to replicate actual planes. They were so realistic he was asked to construct them...
Beverly Marion Cadman
Mar 10, 2013
Beverly Cadman passed away the evening of Sunday, March 10, 2013. Beverly was born October 28,1925, in International Falls, Minnesota, to Peter and Violet Gylland. She lived in Denver, CO, and San Francisco, CA, working for the railroads, and became an avid skier. She married Ben Cadman in San Francisco in 1954. They were married just 1 month short...
Edward Heilman Bates
Mar 3, 2013
Edward Bates was born in Astoria, Oregon, and raised in Seaside. He lived in Seaside all of his life. Ed graduated from Seaside High School and went on to attend Oregon State University. He served in the Armed forces for two years and was a Korean War Veteran. Ed married Nancy Rogers on July 25th, 1953, and together they...
Duncan Kenneth Law
Feb 27, 2013
The story of Duncan Kenneth Law begins in Hong Kong on 22 February 1921, where he was born to Fannie Martha Law and George Gunn Law, both of U.S. citizenship. At age 13 months with his Mother and sister he sailed to Portland, Oregon where he lived his early years. His early grammar school years were spent in Astoria;...
Laverne Duke Gunderson
Feb 27, 2013
Gunderson, LaVerne Duke, age 90, of Astoria, died on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, in Astoria, Oregon. She was born on May 25, 1922, in Wellington, Texas, the daughter of Robert Edgar Duke and Effie Pearl Duke. In 1926, the family moved to a farm in the Sunnyside, Texas, area. She attended elementary school there and later graduated from Dimmitt...
Bernice Mildred Dodge
Feb 26, 2013
February 26, 1913-February 26, 2013 Bernice Mildred Dodge passed away Tuesday, February 26th on her 100th birthday. Born in Liberty, Mo., to Jessie and Frank Harris, she had two sisters, Elva and Vivian, and two brothers, Jack and Edgar (who went on to claim fame as the man who built ever bar in Western films made by Monogram Pictures...
Rita Veronica Graham
Feb 24, 2013
Rita Veronica Graham, 84, of Astoria, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in Astoria. She was born Aug. 20, 1928, in San Francisco, to Roy Vincent and Elizabeth Helena (McGrath) Graham. She attended school in San Francisco, graduating from Star of the Sea Academy in 1947. She went on to attend beauty school, graduating in 1949. Ms. Graham worked as...
Shanna Maria Seago
Feb 23, 2013
Shanna Maria Seago, 19, of Astoria, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in Astoria. She was born Dec. 24, 1993, in Astoria, to Michelle Seago and Martin R. Carter. Her parents survive. Her mother resides in Astoria; her father resides in Los Angeles. When she was 3 years old, she moved to Gardnerville, Nev. She attended Under the Magic Pine...
Lois Severson
Feb 17, 2013
Lois Severson, 88, of Astoria, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Astoria. She was born May 9, 1924, in Burley, Idaho, to Edward L. and Pearl (Baggett) Terriere. She attended Burley High School. On April 18, 1946, she married Bruce Severson in Elko, Nev. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Severson has lived in Clatsop County for six years,...
Anne S. Ramvick
Feb 17, 2013
Anne S. Ramvick, 91, of Knappa, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Astoria. She was born Oct. 29, 1921, in Cheney, Wash. Raised in Cheney and Walla Walla, Wash., she graduated from Walla Walla High School, and attended Whitman College. She married Henry “Hank” Ramvick. They later divorced. Mrs. Ramvick starting working at Fred Meyer in Portland, and was...
Daniel Easdale Crockett
Feb 17, 2013
Daniel Easdale Crockett, 80, of Astoria, died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at his home. Crockett was born July 12, 1932 in Ottawa, Kansas to Harold and LaVonn (Easdale) Crockett. He attended elementary and high school in Ottawa. He earned an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Saddleback Community College, a BSBA from University of Phoenix, and attended numerous military...
Adora Mae Morris
Feb 16, 2013
Adora Mae Morris, 93, of Brownsmead, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Astoria. She was born June 22, 1919, in Molalla, to Charles D. and Louise K. (Conrow) Bagby. She graduated from Garibaldi High School. In February 1936, she married Victor R. Townsend. The couple had three children, and later divorced. On June 6, 1953, she married Thomas W....
Lois Cecelia Ahola
Feb 14, 2013
Lois Cecelia Ahola, 87, of Astoria, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Astoria. She was born Oct. 10, 1925, in Astoria, to Johannes and Olga (Hauke) Henningsen. Raised in Astoria, she graduated from Astoria High School in 1943, and attended Pacific Lutheran College. Before marrying, she worked as a beautician in Seattle. On April 21, 1946, she married John...
Marilyn Kay Lindgren
Feb 10, 2013
Marilyn Kay Lindgren, 65, of Astoria, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in Astoria. She was born Feb. 18, 1947, in Seaside, to Howard Leroy and June Mildred (Taylor) Olson. Raised in Seaside, she graduated from Seaside High School in 1965, and attended Astoria Beauty College for a period of time. She was the first waitress for the Astoria Pig...
Patricia Ora "Pat" Harny
Feb 6, 2013
Patricia Ora “Pat” Harny, 66, of Astoria, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. She was born July 9, 1946, in Tillamook, to Edwin Roy Smith and Arlene Frances Hibbard. She graduated from high school. Ms. Harny was a homemaker. Family members said she was always quick with a smile, and thoughtful. She is survived...
Larry Joe Berg
Feb 5, 2013
Larry Berg, 65, of Astoria, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, in Astoria. He was born Oct. 11, 1947, in Tacoma, Wash., to Clarence M. and Bessie Margaret (Searles) Berg. In 1963, he graduated from Astoria High School. During the Vietnam War, he served in the U.S. Army. On Nov. 13, 1980, he married Sharon Berg in Vancouver, Wash. She...
Mary Alice Bender
Jan 31, 2013
Mary Alice Bender, 75, of Astoria, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2013, in Astoria. She was born Sept. 21, 1937, in Colcord, Okla., to LeRoy and Leona (Morris) Burk. She was attended schools in Oklahoma. In January 1956, she married Donald Lee Bender. He died June 20, 2009. Mrs. Bender worked in day care. She then owned and operated her...
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