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Local Obituaries for Astoria, OR, Clatsop County & Surrounding Areas
Nancy Mae Freeman
Mar 14, 2011
Nancy Mae Freeman, 62, of Astoria, died Monday, March 14, 2011, in Portland. She was born Dec. 12, 1948, in Seaside, to Edward E. and Meredith E. (Quick) Klever. She was raised in Cannon Beach and Seaside. After high school, she attended Astoria Beauty College and received a license in cosmetology. On Jan. 31, 1970, she married Roy D....
Alvin Loyd Holdiman Iii
Mar 13, 2011
Alvin Loyd Holdiman III, 48, of Warrenton, died Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Kodiak, Alaska. He was born Aug. 28, 1962, in Astoria, to Alvin Loyd Holdiman Jr. and Clara Kristine (Sorensen) Holdiman. His mother survives, residing in Warrenton. His father preceded him in death Feb. 4, 2003. Mr. Holdiman graduated from Warrenton High School in 1981. He started...
Frank Nicholas "Coach" Surmeyer
Mar 11, 2011
Frank N. “Coach” Surmeyer, 90, of Warrenton, died Friday, March 11, 2011, in Seaside. He was born Feb. 18, 1921, in Woodburn, to Herman and Catherine (Wendell) Surmeyer. He graduated from Oregon State University. He married Catherine “Katie” Surmeyer. She preceded him in death. The couple met at OSU, and he proposed under the Trysting Tree, near the campus,...
Elizabeth J. "Betsi" Rowles
Mar 9, 2011
Elizabeth J. “Betsi” Rowles, 61, of Warrenton, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, in Warrenton. She was born Nov. 7, 1949, in Astoria, to Claude A. and Marjorie M. MacDonald. Her parents preceded her in death. She married Cameron D. Rowles. He survives, residing in Warrenton. Mrs. Rowles was a nurse’s aide in her younger years. After her marriage, she...
Marcella E. "Marcee" Kent
Mar 1, 2011
Marcella E. “Marcee” Kent, 78, of Astoria, died Monday, March 1, 2011, in Astoria. She was born Jan. 13, 1933, in Fairmont, Neb., to Harry H. and Cecelia (Peter) Linder. Raised as a country girl in a little town outside of Eugene, she graduated from Eugene High School in 1951. On Aug. 15, 1954, she married Samuel Eugene Kent...
Dennis Gene "Mojo" "Paco" "Menakin" Garcia
Mar 1, 2011
Dennis was born in Astoria on Feb. 19, 1952 to Alfredo Garcia and Hazel Villaflor. He was raised in the Warrenton area and graduated from Warrenton High School in 1969. As a boy, Dennis had a paper route and as he grew older, he cleaned fish at the mooring basins for sports fishermen. During high school, Dennis started working...
Hazel Mary Herlin
Feb 21, 2011
Hazel Mary Herlin, age 85, of Astoria, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Astoria. She was born May 19, 1925, in North Bend, to Emil Edward Mattila and Mary Kalliomaa, Finnish immigrants. When she was 3 months old, the family moved to Butte, Mont., where she was raised. She learned to speak English in the first grade, and graduated...
Elsie Gjovik
Feb 20, 2011
0 comments Elsie Gjovik died peacefully on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 20, 2011 in the loving arms of her family and the compassionate care of staff of Clatsop Care Center, her home for the past three years. Elsie was born March 18, 1914 in Astoria to John and Selma Peterson of Eden, Wash. After her mother died in the flu...
Jessica Shackelton Maclay
Feb 20, 2011
Jessica Shackelton Maclay, 30, of Warrenton, died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, from injuries sustained in a car accident near Seaside. She was born May 12, 1980, in Warsaw, N.Y. Her mother and stepfather, Judy (Eltz) and Gene Bleecker of Canastota, N.Y., survive. Her father and stepmother, Ralph and Lola Shackelton of Lakeland, Fla., also survive. Educated in New York...
William Howard Korth
Feb 19, 2011
William Howard Korth, 94, of Rosburg, Wash., died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, in Rosburg, after a battle with cancer. He was born Jan. 16, 1917, in Great Falls, Mont., to Einer and Svea (Lenstrom) Korth. He was one of four children. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was awarded the Victor Medal during World War...
Corrine Hulga Hedeen
Feb 16, 2011
Corrine Hulga Hedeen, 82, of Astoria, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, in Astoria. She was born April 12, 1928, in Astoria, to Robert Elton and Evi E. Basel. Raised in Alderbrook, she attended Fernhill Grade School. In 1946, she graduated from Astoria High School. In 1948, she married Norman Hugo Hedeen. He preceded her in death in 1974. Mrs....
Silas Jones Jr.
Feb 14, 2011
Silas Jones Jr., 90, of Warrenton, died Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, at home. He was born July 15, 1920, in New Liberty, Mo., to Silas Jones Sr. and Myrtle (Brawley) Jones. On Sept. 6, 1947, he married Eileen Brown in Mammoth Springs, Ark. She survives, residing in Warrenton. He served in the U.A. Army for three years. During World...
Sandra Lee Morris
Feb 11, 2011
Sandra Lee Morris, 42, of Astoria, died Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, in Astoria. She was born Feb. 9, 1969, in Tillamook, to Gary Lee “Wimpy” and Janis Mae (McCrum) Morris. Her mother survives, residing in Astoria. Her father preceded her in death Nov. 12, 2003. Her father was with the U.S. Coast Guard, and after she was born, the...
Dixie Jeane Ferrara
Feb 7, 2011
Dixie Jeane Ferrara, age 54, of Manzanita, died Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, at home. She was born May 30, 1956, in Orange, Texas, to James and Shirley Tanner. Her parents survive, residing in Evergreen, Ala. She spent most of her young life in Texas and Sequim, Wash., before the family moved to Seaside. In 1974, she graduated from Seaside...
Marion L. Louden
Feb 3, 2011
Marion L. Louden, 91, of Astoria, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, in Astoria. She was born May 3, 1919, in Norway, Mich., to Joseph and Effie Gauthier. She graduated from R.A. Long High School in Longview, Wash. On April 30, 1960, she married Robert L. Louden in Stevenson, Wash. He preceded her in death May 8, 2000. Mrs. Louden...
Glennis Willene "Billie" Itzen
Feb 2, 2011
Glennis Willene “Billie” Itzen, 83, of Astoria, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Astoria. She was born Aug. 15, 1927, in Osceola, Iowa, to Herman Guy and Nora Markell Leeps Robins. Her childhood was spent living on the family farm in Osceola. On April 1, 1946, she married Darrell “Butch” Carper. They later divorced. The couple moved to Oregon...
George Leroy "Corkey" Adams
Feb 2, 2011
George LeRoy “Corkey”Adams was born July 20, 1938 in Bellevue, Ohio to Samuel LeRoy Adams and Sarah Elizabeth Geren. He died of cancer Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at his home. He lived in Bellevue, Ohio until 1949 when his family moved to Hammond, Oregon. He quit school when he was in the 11th grade and joined the Army serving...
Randall Douglas Kinney
Jan 31, 2011
Randall ‘Randy’ Kinney, 57, of Astoria, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, in Portland. He was born Nov. 27, 1953, in Dickinson, N.D., to Mary Kay (Olheiser) Christie and Albert Kinney. His mother survives, residing in Baton Rouge, La. His father preceded him in death. Mr. Kinney was a commercial painting contractor. He has resided in Astoria since 1965. Family...
Robert E. Brumm
Jan 31, 2011
Lt. Col. Robert E. Brumm passed away Jan. 31, 2011 at the age of 86. Bob was born in Kansas City, Mo. on Feb. 18, 1924 and lived there until moving to St. Joseph, Mo. in 1933. He graduated high school and attended junior college until his enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Force as aviation cadet in December...
Irene L Ochal
Jan 29, 2011
Irene Lenore Ochal, 91, of Astoria, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, in Astoria. She was born Oct. 18, 1919, in Ilwaco, Wash., to Christian Arthur Hanselman and Lempi Ida Hakala. She was raised in Ilwaco. On March 30, 1937, she married John F. “Tony” Ochal in Buffalo, N.Y. He preceded her in death Feb. 4, 1978. Mrs. Ochal worked...
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