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Felix Gomez Caballero
Apr 12, 2017
Felix was born in Cornejo Burgos, Spain, on March 24, 1928. Felix passed away April 12, 2017 in Longview, Washington. Felix’s early youth took place in Spain at a tumultuous time, just as the country was on the brink of civil war. When the Caballero family needed to escape in 1936, circumstances required Felix and his older brother Victor...
Eleanor Marie Leppinen
Apr 7, 2017
Eleanor Marie Leppinen, 90, of Longview, Washington, died April 7, 2017, at the Hospice Care Center in Longview. She was born Jan. 22, 1927, in Astoria, Oregon, to Ferdinand and Margaret Pumala. She was married to Veikko Leppinen from Nov. 11, 1951, until his death on Aug. 27, 1977. Eleanor lived most of her life in Astoria and the...
Frances Ardell Jurasin
Mar 27, 2017
Ardell was born Oct. 9, 1927, to Frank and Lucille Roe in Aberdeen, Washington. She grew up on a small farm during the Depression. This contributed to her becoming the strong woman she was. She graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1945. While working at Aberdeen Plywood as a secretary, she met and married Nick Jurasin. In 1951, they...
Thomas Anthony Rudolfi
Mar 7, 2017
Longtime Astoria resident and retired Astoria Fire Department lieutenant Tom Rudolfi passed away peacefully on March 7, 2017, at St. Vincent Hospital with family by his side. A service has already been held. Thomas Anthony Rudolfi was born on April 20, 1930, to Yugoslavian immigrants, Toma Rudolfi and Dinka Biskopovich. He joined sisters Thomasina and Mary Ann, both of...
Lillian Louise Nimmo
Mar 5, 2017
Lillian passed from this life to her eternal home in heaven on March 5, 2017, surrounded by friends and family. She is now walking on streets of gold, and often said it will be the greatest reunion of all time. Her love of the Lord was shown in every aspect of her life. Lillian was born Aug. 25, 1928,...
Roberta Jean French
Mar 3, 2017
Roberta Jean (Stout) French, 82, of Portland, died March 3, 2017, in Portland. She was born April 3, 1934, in Iowa, to Orval D. Stout Sr. and Lois E. Stout. She graduated from Moulton High School in Moulton, Iowa, in 1951. On July 29, 1951, she married her high school sweetheart, E. Eugene French, in West Des Moines, Iowa....
Jay Severin Westerholm
Feb 23, 2017
Jay was born to William “Sharkey” and Mabel (Barendse) Westerholm on June 22, 1948, in Astoria, Oregon. Jay lived his whole life in Brownsmead, Oregon, attended Hilda Lahti Elementary, Knappa High School and Clatsop Community College, receiving an associate degree in forestry. He graduated from high school in 1966, and was a member of the 1966 State 2A Basketball...
Sherman Daryl Birney
Feb 21, 2017
Sherman “Daryl” Birney was born Nov. 26, 1940, in Anderson, Missouri, to Harold Wellington Birney and Elna Leona Mae Wade, the youngest of five children. He was raised in Bucklin, Kansas, and graduated from Bucklin High School. He attended Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas, and transferred to Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, where he received his...
Gertrude "Gertie" Maria Rinell
Feb 20, 2017
Gertie was born Aug. 25, 1924, in Astoria, Oregon, to Richard Simonson and Jennie K. Tohila Simonson. She was raised in Astoria, and graduated from Astoria High School in 1942. Gertie married David M. Wullger in 1944, and divorced in 1963. She later married Ervin T. Rinell on Dec. 26, 1965, in Astoria, and he preceded her in death...
Dennis Tim Waddell
Feb 18, 2017
Astoria native and lifelong resident Dennis T. Waddell passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Astoria. He was born to William Custer and Ann (Malagamba) Waddell on Aug. 29, 1941, in Astoria. He graduated from Astoria High School in 1959, and later got a degree in fire protection from Clatsop Community College. He served in the National Guard. He...
Doris Jean Abrahamson
Feb 17, 2017
Doris Jean Abrahamson was born on the family farm in Miller, Kansas, on Dec. 29, 1922, the first child of Albert and Florence Swanson Fager. She had a wonderful childhood growing up in the small community with both sides of her family. She attended school in Miller, graduating from high school in 1940. After graduation she moved to Topeka,...
Brandon Allen Getten
Feb 12, 2017
Brandon Allen Getten Staigmiller was born on June 8, 1987, in Great Falls, Montana. He grew up on the family ranch in Eden, Montana. He attended school in Centerville, and graduated from Cascade High School in 2005. After a stint being a line cook, and a summer as a stonemason, Brandon and his two musketeers, Alisa and Josh, packed...
Phyllis Alene Linehan
Jan 27, 2017
Alene Linehan passed away in Astoria from complications of Alzheimer’s disease at age 87. Alene was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to P.M. and Frances Rohrbaugh. When Alene was a small child, her family moved to California, where her only sibling, Paula, was born. Alene graduated from Chaffey Union High School in Ontario, California. She received a bachelor of arts...
Richard Herman Babcock
Jan 19, 2017
Richard H. Babcock passed away peacefully at the Astor House in Astoria, Oregon, on Jan. 19, 2017. Born on Sept. 30, 1927, Richard was 89 years old. Richard was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, to Laurence and Minnie (Schmeling) Babcock, and was the first of four children: Richard, Donald Babcock (wife Mary), Bill Babcock (wife Marilyn) and Laurel McClenithan (husband...
Verna Elina Branthover
Jan 13, 2017
Verna Elina Branthover, 99, passed away Jan. 13, 2017, at Clatsop Retirement Village in Astoria, Oregon. Verna was born to Paul and Hilda Karpinen in Astoria, Oregon, on Jan. 27, 1917, and graduated from Astoria High School Jan. 25, 1935. Three months after graduation she married the love of her life, Gordon (Toby) Branthover Sr. April 30, 1935. He...
Alice Winifred Herrmann
Jan 8, 2017
Alice Herrmann passed away Jan. 8, 2017, with family beside her. Born to E.C. and Susan W. (Eddy) Nelson on Feb. 14, 1919, in Waterville, Kansas, she was raised on her parents’ farm with two brothers. She was the valedictorian of the Class of 1936 at Waterville High School. Alice married Leslie O. Herrmann on March 30, 1941. They...
Nels Irving Rasmussen
Jan 8, 2017
Nels Irving Rasmussen, 93, passed away on Jan. 8, 2017, at his home on Walluski Loop Road, following a brief illness. He was born on April 12, 1923, in the farmhouse on Walluski Loop to Danish immigrant parents, Nels J. and Inga (Henningsen) Rasmussen. He and his five sisters helped on the family dairy farm and with gillnet fishing....
Daniel Patrick Laughman
Dec 27, 2016
Daniel Patrick Laughman was born on Oct. 18, 1947, to Paul and Martha Laughman. He was the oldest boy of 12 siblings. He spent his entire childhood in Astoria, attending Star of the Sea Catholic School from kindergarten through 12th grade. In 1966, after graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served two tours...
Kenneth Loren Hoagland
Dec 25, 2016
Kenneth Loren Hoagland was born Sept. 23, 1931, in Roseberry, Idaho. The family later moved to King Hill, Idaho, where Ken attended Glenns Ferry schools. After high school graduation he moved to Moscow, Idaho, to attend the University of Idaho. In 1953 he moved to Lewiston, Idaho, and found employment at Potlatch Forests Inc. Pulp Mill. There, in Lewiston,...
Minerva Eileen Jones
Dec 24, 2016
Minerva E. “Eileen” Jones, 96, passed away Dec. 24, 2016, at Community Home Health and Hospice in Longview, Washington. She was born May 9, 1920, in Oregon County, Missouri, at Falling Springs, the Brown homestead near New Liberty, Missouri (Brawley), to parents Walter and Mabel (Hardgrove) Brown. Eileen was the second child born to the family, which included Harold,...
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