OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Astoria, OR, Clatsop County & Surrounding Areas
Kenneth Dale Hageman
May 13, 2015
Kenneth Dale Hageman, 78, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Portland, Ore. Ken was born Nov. 9, 1936, to Oscar and Hazel Fish Hageman in Bryan, Ohio. At the age of 2, his family moved to the Fresno, Calif., area, where he attended school, graduating from Clovis High School. He entered the Army in 1956. In 1958, he...
Helen Elinor Lahti
May 11, 2015
Helen Elinor Lahti was born Aug. 27, 1917, in Butte, Mont., to Helen and John Dasch. Raised in Salem, Ore., Helen was one of 12 children. She graduated from high school and attended college. Helen was married to John Lahti for 50 years. They raised four children on a farm in Svensen. With John’s father, John Lahti Sr., four...
Maude Luella Wieting
May 9, 2015
Maude Luella Wieting died May 9, 2015, at the age of 101 in Astoria, Ore. She had moved to Seaside, Ore., in 2008. She was born in Lennox, S.D., Dec. 10, 1913, to Maude (Jacobs) and Ludwig Greenfield. She was one of seven children. Sisters Marion and Sanna (Martin), and brothers Arthur, Lloyd, and Russell Greenfield preceded her in...
Evelyn Genevieve Hankel
May 2, 2015
HANKEL, Evelyn, age 96, of Astoria , died in Astoria. The second child and first daughter of John Joseph and Evelyn Germann Leahy of Astoria. Evelyn Leahy Hankel was born at home on Kensington Avenue March 31, 1919. She attended Star of the Sea School and Marylhurst University and then transferred to Oregon College of Education (now Western Oregon...
Helen Ann Falleur
Apr 26, 2015
Helen Ann Falleur was born on June 11, 1939, to Francis “Perry” Teevin and Helen M. Welch Teevin in Seaside, Ore., and quietly slipped away surrounded by family at her home on April 26, 2015, at the age of 75. Helen grew up in Seaside, Ore., on North Holladay, attending Central School, Broadway School and graduated from Seaside High...
Donald Ray Falleur
Apr 22, 2015
Donald Ray Falleur was born to Raymond G. Falleur and Hazel P. Corrigan Falleur on Feb. 10, 1938, in Astoria. He passed away peacefully on April 22, 2015, in Portland, at the age of 77. Don was raised in Clatsop County, attending all 12 years at St. Mary’s Star of the Sea School. During his high school years he...
Elton Albert Anderson
Apr 21, 2015
Elton was born Oct. 6, 1932, in Astoria, to Gust Albert Anderson and Mary Lillian Johnson Anderson. Elton passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at the age of 82. He attended Sylvandale and Knappa schools. In 1950, he took over the family dairy farm that dated back to 1889, and later honored as an Oregon Century Farm. Elton married...
Joanne Marie Skonnard Hellberg
Apr 11, 2015
Joanne Marie Skonnard was born on Sept. 7, 1942, less than one year after Pearl Harbor, to Elsie Anderson Skonnard and John Bernard Skonnard in Portland, Ore. She was a baptized Christian and member of Peace Lutheran Church in Astoria, Ore. Joanne died on the morning of April 11, 2015. Joanne attended public schools in Portland at Woodstock Grade...
Robert Dean Johnson
Apr 9, 2015
Robby, 61, of Warrenton, Ore., passed away April 9, 2015, in Astoria, Ore. He was born May 4, 1953, in Astoria, to Arthur Richmond Johnson and Beverly Jean Whiteside. He grew up in Astoria, and graduated from Astoria High School in 1971. He first started out logging, then worked in seafood canneries. He married Denise LaMastar, and she has...
Judith Woodworth Swift
Apr 4, 2015
Judith Woodworth Swift 77, of Warrenton, Ore., died on April 4, 2015, in her home. Judi was born on May 21, 1937, in Portland, Ore., to Miles and Kay Woodworth. Judi attended Cleveland High School for one year before she moved to Boston, when her father, Miles, began working for the National Fire Protection Association in Boston, Mass. Judi...
Nancy Arlene Aiken
Mar 28, 2015
On Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 12:53 a.m. at her home, Nancy Arlene Aiken was ushered by the angels into heaven, and is now at rest in Jesus’ arms. Nancy was born Sept. 15, 1934, at home, to Arthur and Louise Springer in Raymond, Wash. She was the middle sister to Nada (Johnson) and Nadine (Egnew), and lived her...
Donald Doyle Schock
Mar 28, 2015
SCHOCK, Donald Doyle — Graveside Service will be held at 3 p.m., April 4th, 2015 at Ocean View Cemetery in Warrenton, Oregon. A Celebration of Life gathering will follow the services from 4-6 p.m. at Dooger’s Seafood and Grill, 103 S. U.S. Highway 101 in Warrenton.
Marguerite Elsie Zorich
Mar 25, 2015
Marguerite E. Zorich, “Honey” to her family, 94, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at her son’s home in Portland, Ore. She was born in Lake Stevens, Wash., June 20, 1920, to Albert Henry Baker and Aline Dangel Baker. She attended schools in Seattle, and graduated in 1938 from West Seattle High School. Marguerite married Nicholas F. Zorich in...
David Brian Hellberg
Mar 22, 2015
David Brian Hellberg, 73, of Knappa, Ore., passed away March 22, 2015, in Portland. David was born in Astoria to his parents, Carl and Sylvia Hellberg, who preceded him in death. His siblings Dick and Kay live in the area to this day. At a height of 6 feet 5 inches, he was a skilled basketball player for his...
Jacquelina Marie Ford
Mar 17, 2015
Jacqueline Marie Ford, 96, of Claremont, passed away on March 17, 2015, in Astoria. She was born on June 15, 1918, to parents Hermann and Josephine Strand Erp. Jackie grew up on her family farm in Grays River, Wash. She attended school in Bay Center, Nemah and Naselle — wherever her mother got a job teaching school. Jackie graduated...
Joseph Norman "Joe" White
Mar 14, 2015
Joseph Norman “Joe” White was born Feb. 14, 1939, in Camas Valley, Ore. Joe died at home, in Brownsmead, Ore., with his family surrounding him. He spent the last 43 years in Clatsop County. His parents were Edward and Francis (Vandervort) White. Joe was raised in Elgin, Ore., until age 14, then moved to Colton, Ore., where he attended...
John Arvid Nordgren
Mar 9, 2015
John was born on Feb. 18, 1918 in Korsnas, Finland. His parents were Vendla and Carl Nordgren. At a young age he lost his sister, Adele. They lived on a farm. He attended school in Helenelund, Finland. John served in World War II fighting for Finland. In 1948 he moved with his parents to Astoria, Ore. He worked at...
Heidi Lopez
Feb 27, 2015
Heidi Lopez passed away in Longview, Wash., on Feb. 27, 2015. Heidi was born on Dec. 6, 1970, to Art and Bev (Makela) Hippensteel in Astoria. She attended Astoria High School. She married Agustin Lopez Perez on Oct. 24, 1997. They later divorced. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Heather Tadei; a brother, Mark...
Vernon Rhea Hart
Feb 23, 2015
Vernon Rhea Hart passed peacefully Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, at the age of 84. He was born Jan. 3, 1931. He is preceded in death by his mother “Nanny” Anastatia and his father “Manny” Emmanuel, wife Deloris, sister Lucille Jones and daughter Jeanette. He is survived by his son Martin Hart; sister Ruth Edwards; sister-in-law Beverly Beach; five grandchildren,...
Gurie Helen O'Connor
Feb 18, 2015
Gurie Helen O’Connor passed away on Feb. 18, 2015, in Astoria, at age 92. She was born in a sod hut in Forks, Mont., on April 14, 1922, to Martin and Ragnhild Halvorson, who had immigrated to the U.S. from Norway and homesteaded there. They raised cattle and grew wheat on their ranch, and were soon able to build...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries.
