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Local Obituaries for Astoria, OR, Clatsop County & Surrounding Areas
Roxanna Maria Nelson
Mar 29, 2012
Roxanna Maria Nelson, “Roxy” 58, of Astoria, passed away Thursday March 29, 2012 in Astoria with her husband and daughters by her side. Roxy was born July 2, 1953 in Garden City, Michigan to Stanley and Dorothy (Forseth) Lizon. The family moved from Michigan to Astoria when she was just an infant. Roxy graduated from Astoria High School in...
Bill Joe Ashbaugh
Mar 26, 2012
Bill Joe Ashbaugh, age 48, of Hammond, died Monday, March 26, 2012, in Portland. He was born Feb. 4, 1964, in Portland, to Clarence W. and Virginia L. (Moore) Ashbaugh. His parents survive, residing in Astoria. Raised in Clatsop County, he attended Astoria High School. On May 31, 1997, he married Deanne Calfee in Astoria. They divorced in 2011....
Saimi Margret Sture
Mar 25, 2012
Saimi Margret Sture, 95, of Prineville, formerly of Astoria, died Sunday, March 25, 2012, in Prineville. She was born June 24, 1916, in Clatskanie, to Johan Arvid and Ida (Karasti) Hurula. She graduated from Clatskanie High School. On Nov. 27, 1934, she married Andrew Koskela. The marriage ended in 1938. The couple had one son, who later drowned in...
Yvonne Elizabeth Howe
Mar 17, 2012
Yvonne Elizabeth Howe, age 81, of Astoria, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Astoria. She was born June 23, 1930, in Petersburg, Neb., to Frederick and Anna (Beckman) Schalk. In 1941, the family moved to Astoria, where she attended Star of the Sea School and graduated from Astoria High School in 1948. After high school, she worked for Home...
Rena E. Reimers
Mar 15, 2012
Rena E. Reimers, 86, of Lake Oswego, formerly of Astoria, died Thursday, March 15, 2012, in Lake Oswego. She was born May 29, 1925, in St. Maries, Idaho, to Jim and Annie Gallagher. She was raised in St. Maries with five siblings, including a twin brother. She married Art Wohlfeil. He preceded her in death in 1979. She married...
Paul Joseph Curnow
Mar 14, 2012
Paul Joseph Curnow, age 34, of Hammond, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, in Astoria. He was born Dec. 11, 1977, in Astoria, to James Edward and Marilyn Eunice (Carlson) Curnow. His mother survives, residing in Hammond. His father preceded him in death. In 1996, he graduated from Warrenton High School. Mr. Curnow was a laborer and worked at various...
Robert "Bob" J. Gannaway
Feb 27, 2012
Robert J. “Bob” Gannaway, 81, of Hammond, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Portland. He was born June 28, 1930, in International Falls, Minn., to Clinton James and Dulice (Kinshella) Gannaway. The family moved to St. Paul, Minn., when he was a child. He attended schools in St. Paul and the University of Minnesota. On Aug. 5, 1950, he...
Polly Sweet Mckee
Feb 26, 2012
Polly Sweet McKee, 90, of Seaside, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Tualatin. She was born Feb. 20, 1922, in Portland, to John Herman and Freda Jensen. Her father died when she was 2 years old, and the family moved to Astoria when she was 3 years old. She graduated from Astoria High School and attended Oregon State College,...
Norene B. Timmerman
Feb 23, 2012
Norene B. Timmerman, 93, longtime Astoria resident, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, in Astoria. She was born Jan. 23, 1919, in Centerville, Utah, to Ezra Taft and Romania W. (Barber) Benson. Raised primarily in the rural areas of Utah and Idaho, she could “punch” cows and drove the herd alone many times. She was an excellent basketball and softball...
Shelley A. Swanberg
Feb 20, 2012
Shelley A. Swanberg, 70, of Astoria, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Astoria. She was born Aug. 3, 1941, in Portland, to Alfred Leonard Robinson and Charlotte Ann Beatty. When she was 6 years old, her mother preceded her in death. Her father remarried. Raised in Portland, she attended Portland schools. On Aug. 25, 1962, she married William “Bill”...
William Leroy "Bill" Dee
Feb 12, 2012
William L. "Bill" Dee Jr.,age 71, of Astoria, died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Astoria. He was born Dec. 7, 1940, in Marshalltown, Iowa, to William LeRoy and Helen (Dickover) Dee. He graduated from high school and took various college classes through the years. For 20 years, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard. Mr. Dee worked in maintenance...
Lyal Lee Green
Feb 11, 2012
Lyal Lee Green, 73, of Astoria, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland. He was born April 14, 1938, in Centralia, Wash., to Cecil and Gertrude (Young) Green. His parents and stepmother, Trixie Green, preceded him in death. On Dec. 11, 1985, he married Liz Grimit-Greene in Clatskanie. She survives, residing in Astoria. After completing his education, Mr. Green...
Marilyn Elizabeth Dugan
Feb 9, 2012
Marilyn Elizabeth Dugan, 75, of Astoria, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Astoria. She was born Feb. 3, 1937, in Portland, to Chet and Elizabeth S. (Miles) Hughes. At a young age, her mother divorced and then married Hjalmer "Futchie" Hjorten, who adopted Mrs. Dugan and her brother. Raised in Astoria, she attended St. Mary, Star of the Sea...
Mary Ellen Baker
Feb 9, 2012
Mary Ellen Baker, 72, of Seaside, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Seaside. She was born Nov. 29, 1940, in Longview, Wash., to Clifford Ray Ferrell and Delpha Carolyn Linderholm. In 1958, she graduated from Warrenton High School. She married Floyd Baker. He survives residing in Seaside. Mrs. Baker worked for several years with Wesrose's Antiques in Gearhart and...
Kenneth William Morrison
Feb 4, 2012
Kenneth William Morrison, 100, of Rosburg, Wash., died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Astoria. He was born April 2, 1911, in Hulett, Wyo., to George F. and Ruth L. (McClure) Morrison. The family moved to Portland when he was 9 years old. He attended Benson High School in Portland. In 1941, he was drafted into the U.S. Army Air...
Coral May Mcdonald
Feb 2, 2012
Coral May McDonald, 88, of Seaside, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Seaside. She was born March 8, 1923, in Pendleton, to Jasper Gordon and Mollie Merle (McDill) York. Raised in Pendleton, she graduated from Pendleton High School in 1941. She went on to attend beauty college in La Grande, and received her license. In 1946, she married Virgil...
Paul Gustav Lindberg
Feb 1, 2012
Paul Gustav Lindberg, 75, of Astoria, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, in Seaside. He was born Sept. 13, 1936, in Astoria, to Gustav W. and Henrietta A. (Brabau) Lindberg. Raised in Astoria, he graduated from Astoria High School in 1954. In May 1955, he married Jeanette Backanen. She preceded him in death Feb. 27, 2001. On April 4, 1970,...
Marcell Street
Jan 25, 2012
Marcell Street, 93, of McMinnville, formerly of Clatsop County, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in McMinnville. She was born June 17, 1918, in Portland, to Lewis and Florence (Riley) Christensen. * Mrs. Street lived in Oregon all of her life. She worked at Tektronix in Beaverton and Sartron in Newberg in the 1950s and 1960s, and as an electronics...
Richard Craig Demars
Jan 23, 2012
Richard Craig DeMars, 70, of Seaside, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Seaside. He was born May 16, 1941 in Portland to Everett E. DeMars and June A. Pennington DeMars. He was raised in Portland. On April 29, 1960, he married Sherry Spain in Portland. She survives at the family home. Mr. DeMars served in the U.S. Coast Guard...
Betty Joy Gilmour
Jan 23, 2012
Mrs. Betty J Gilmour, a resident of Astoria, Oregon, died on January 23, 2012, at the age of 83 years old. She died peacefully at a local elder care home of natural causes. Mrs. Gilmour was born on December 1928, in a small rural town in northern California. Her parents, Leslie and Thelma Bidwell, were prominent orchardists in Sonoma...
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