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Catherine Teresa Harrison
Aug 31, 2015
Catherine Theresa (Cirillo) Harrison passed away peacefully of natural causes on Aug. 31. She was 88. She was born on May 1, 1927, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She met her U.S. Coast Guard husband, Willard (Bill), in 1946 at Coney Island. They were married on Aug. 30, 1947, so their 68th wedding anniversary was one day before she passed away....
Gordon "Gordy" Arthur Smith
Aug 25, 2015
Gordon “Gordy” Arthur Smith passed away peacefully in his home on Aug. 25, 2015, while surrounded by family. Gordy was well-known for being an amazing and loving husband, father, grandfather, coach, mentor, and friend. He was 73. Gordy was born in Omaha, Neb., on March 29, 1942, to Arthur and Pearl Smith. The family settled in Santa Cruz, Calif.,...
Helen Charity Acton
Aug 25, 2015
Helen Charity Acton was born in the small town of Volin, South Dakota, on Nov. 27, 1913. She was the fourth child of 10 born to Walter and Florence Campbell. She has one surviving sibling, a sister, Florence, in Huntington Beach, California. She and her family came to Oregon in 1919 by train. They first settled in Gladstone, Oregon....
Walter Joseph Angstrom
Aug 17, 2015
Walter Joseph Angstrom was born March 9, 1944, and died Aug. 17, 2015, at the age of 71. Walt was a native Astorian whose love for his home was surpassed only by his love for his family and friends. He is survived by four daughters, a stepson and stepdaughter, 16 grandchildren and a great-grandson. He was preceded in death...
Beverly Michelle "Micki" Williams Brawand
Aug 13, 2015
Beverly Michelle “Micki” Williams Brawand, age 55, of Astoria, passed away Aug. 13th, 2015 in Lebanon, Ore., after battling cancer. Micki was born Jan. 19, 1960, in Roseburg, Ore., to Beverly Jean and Charles Eugene Williams. The family moved to Astoria, where she attended school, in April of 1962. She married Danny Kelley in October 1977, and they were blessed...
Dena Suzanne Marsch
Aug 13, 2015
After a courageous, long-fought battle, Dena Bondietti Marsch died peacefully at her home surrounded by family on Aug. 13, 2015. Dena was born on April 21, 1954, in Astoria, to Carl and Joyce Bondietti. She attended Astoria schools. In high school, she participated in athletics and was a member of many different organizations. Following graduation from Astoria High School,...
Patrick Anthony Dugan
Aug 2, 2015
Patrick Dugan obituary Astoria March 3, 1932 — Aug. 2, 2015 Patrick Anthony Dugan, 83, of Astoria, died Aug. 2, 2015, in Portland. Pat was born to Bartholomew A. Dugan and Nora H. (Hunt) Dugan, in Astoria, on March 3, 1932. He was a graduate of St Mary, Star of The Sea, Class of 1950. He attended the University...
Margaret Josephine Goodenberger
Jul 28, 2015
Margaret Goodenberger obituary and photo Milwaukie Dec. 16, 1923 — July 28, 2015 Peggy was born Dec. 16, 1923, in Springfield, Mo., to Donald Porter Pray and Clementine Maggi Pray. The family established a home in Monett, Mo. She graduated from high school in 1941, and Washington University in 1945. Peggy obtained a M.A. in Christian education from McCormick...
Edward Labiske Jr.
Jul 21, 2015
Edward (Ed) Labiske Jr. was born in Astoria, Ore., April 15, 1931, to Edward Labiske Sr. and Anna Christina Labiske (Hansen). He graduated from Astoria High School and married his high school sweetheart, Dolores Lee Shoop, on Sept. 30, 1951. She preceded him in death on Oct. 15, 2013. Ed and Dee spent much of their married life together...
Terry Leonard Link
Jul 6, 2015
Terry L. Link, 72, died after an extended illness. He was born to the late G. Leonard and Florence (Miller) Link of Astoria. Terry graduated from Astoria High School, and went on to graduate from Oregon State University with a bachelor’s of science degree in wildlife management and fisheries. He served several years in the National Guard. He started...
Martha Anita Daniels
Jul 3, 2015
Martha A. Daniels (Miss Martha), 69, of Seaside, Ore., passed away on July 3, 2015. No funeral services will be held. A celebration of her life will be held at 1253 Seventh Ave. in Seaside on July 26, 2015, at 2 p.m. Martha was born in New Smyrna, Fla., on March 11, 1946. Martha worked as a pharmacy technician...
Antti Rahkola
Jul 3, 2015
Antti Rahkola passed away at home on July 3, 2015, of heart failure. He was born in Kalajoki, Finland, to Tuomas and Olga Rahkola. After his education, he served in the Finnish Army, where in addition to his service he earned a national title in boxing. On return to his hometown, he became a truck driver and met and...
Paul Eric Peterson Sr.
Jul 1, 2015
Paul Eric Peterson Sr., 80, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Warrenton, Ore. Cmdr. Peterson was born Feb. 11, 1935, in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Carl A. Peterson and Alice E. Menninger Peterson. After graduating in 1953 from Winterpark High School in Winterpark, Fla., Paul turned down a college athletic scholarship and hitchhiked to Miami, Fla., to enlist...
Gary Lee Pritchard
Jun 26, 2015
Gary Lee Pritchard, 72, of Astoria, passed away Friday, June 26, 2015, in Portland. Gary was born May 2, 1943, to Edgar Joseph Pritchard and Norma Jane Canada Pritchard. Gary grew up in upstate New York. Gary’s family remembers stories of him snow skiing behind an old Ford, pheasant hunting, and working summers at the air strip where his...
Agnes Betty Johnson
Jun 7, 2015
Agnes Johnson, 85, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015, in Portland, Ore. She was born in Clatskanie, Ore., Nov. 13, 1929, to John and Edla Kurtti. Ann grew up in Clatskanie, but her family moved to Astoria her junior year of high school and she graduated from Astoria High School in 1948. After graduation, she attended and graduated from...
Margaret Statia Lindstrom
May 31, 2015
Margaret Statia Lindstrom, 91, a lifelong resident of Astoria, passed away May 31, 2015. Margaret was born Oct. 22, 1923, in Astoria, Ore., to August B. and Alice V. Wolfgram. She had four brothers, Norman, Lloyd, Maurice and Bernard. She attended Star of the Sea School, where she graduated in 1941. She then attended Marylhurst College, graduating in 1945...
Brian Faris Harrison
May 24, 2015
Brian F. Harrison, 67, died peacefully at his home on May 24, 2015, in Astoria, Ore. He was born to the late Faris and Olive Harrison, Aug. 21, 1947, in Spokane, Wash. Brian graduated from West Valley High School in 1965, and earned a BA in sociology in 1969 and an MA in sociology in 1971, both from Gonzaga...
Emil Anderson Jr.
May 24, 2015
Emil Anderson Jr., 88, of Warrenton, Ore., passed away Sunday, May 24, 2015. Emil was the youngest child born to Emil Anderson and Helen M. Lydick Anderson on April 6, 1927, in Nehalem, Ore. At the age of7, he and his family moved to Astoria, Ore. In the spring of his senior year at Astoria High School, he was...
Jeffery Glen Buchanan
May 22, 2015
Jeffery Glen Buchanan was born in Portland on March 22, 1954, the son of Donovan and Velma Buchanan. Jeffery passed away on May 22, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. Jeff grew up in Portland and graduated from Franklin High School in 1972. After high school, he became a journeyman painter and continued working in Portland. In 1982,...
Nancy Jill Gaines
May 14, 2015
Nancy Jewel Gaines, 63, passed away peacefully May 14, 2015, at her home in Seaside, Ore., with her close friends and family present. She was born Feb. 21, 1952, in San Diego, Calif., to Harold Isbell and Barbara Sigler Isbell. Nancy grew up in El Cajon, Calif. She moved from California to Longview, Wash., in the early 1980s, and...
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