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Melvin Eugene Hancock
Nov 7, 2014
Melvin Eugene Hancock, age 79, died at home on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, surrounded by his loving wife and family. Born Sept. 18, 1935, in Jewell, Kan., he lived in Denver, Colo., before settling in Knappa, Ore. He worked at the Wauna Paper Mill for 26 years until retiring in 1995. He was a active member of the Oregon...
Angella Michelle Bartleson
Oct 31, 2014
Angella Michelle Bartleson, age 44, passed away Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, in La Pine, Ore. She was born Feb. 8, 1970, in Fortuna, Calif., to Kathleen Jane McGauley and Charles Allen Bartleson. At a young age, her family moved to Warrenton, Ore., and she attended Warrenton Schools. Angella had various jobs in her career, which included bartending, waitressing, cannery...
Stanley "Stan" Harny
Oct 29, 2014
Stanley “Stan” Harny, 92, of Knappa, Ore., died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in Astoria, Ore. He was born Jan. 12, 1922, in Hamlet, to Mitchell Horecny and Alice Sinese. In 1947, he married Mary Anne Grycko in Clatskanie, Ore. In 1976, he married Pat Christopher. Mr. Harny served in the U.S. Army for three years during World War II....
Eldon Emil Korpela
Oct 28, 2014
Eldon Korpela was born in Astoria Ore., on March 17, 1927. He died on Oct 28, 2014. He was the son of Martha Keiske and Emit Korpela. He was a third generation gillnetter, and started fishing in his grade school days. His Columbia River experience started as a deck hand during the 1940 season, and lasted each year until...
Hazel Elizabeth Reith
Oct 22, 2014
Hazel Elizabeth (Waris) Reith, born July 23, 1923, died Oct. 22, in Yakima, Wash. She was born in Astoria, Ore., to Finnish immigrants, William and Amelia (Perle) Waris. She started school in Astoria, only speaking Finnish, and graduated from Astoria High School. After the war, she married her high school sweetheart, Carl Reith. The couple lived in Astoria, where...
James Donahue, Jr.
Oct 22, 2014
Jim passed away Oct. 22, 2014, at the age of 94 years. He was born Dec. 16, 1919, in Pueblo, Colo., to Sarah Bryden Donahue and James Donahue Sr. Jim grew up in Illinois and Wisconsin, graduating as salutatorian of his class. He attended the University of Minnesota until World War II, the University of Maryland, George Washington, and...
Richard Tallant Carruthers
Oct 22, 2014
Richard Tallant Carruthers was born on June 16, 1928, at the old Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore. His father was Richard Tallant Carruthers Sr., a descendant of a pioneer family that came across the Oregon Trail in 1852, and his mother was Mary Maurine Buchanan, the daughter of Municipal Judge John Andrew Buchanan. Richard attended Astoria public schools,...
Richard "Dick" Kenneth Jackson
Oct 9, 2014
Richard “Dick” K. Jackson, 88, of Astoria died Thursday, October 9, 2014 in a Portland-area hospital. He was born to Fred and Susie Jackson, December 13, 1925, in Astoria. He graduated from Astoria High School. He married Florence M. Johnson, March 19, 1949, in Astoria. She preceded him in death in 2006. Mr. Jackson served in the U.S. Air...
Larry Jay Barrows
Oct 8, 2014
Larry Jay Barrows, 66, of Astoria, passed away on October 8, 2014. Larry was born in Hillsboro, Ore., on Nov. 2, 1947, to Ernest J. and Virginia M. (Varenhorst) Barrows. In 1959, he moved with his family to Astoria, Ore., and attended Astor Junior High and Astoria High School. While at the high school, he participated in track sports...
Dr. Thomas Broughin Cameron Jr.
Oct 3, 2014
Dr. Thomas Cameron Astoria BORN: Jan. 21, 1924 DIED: Oct. 3, 2014 Tom grew up in Odell, Oregon. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Marines and became a pilot, flying dive bombers. During flight training, in North Carolina, he met Betty Edwards. They married in Snow Hill, N.C., on July 29, 1944. After the war, they moved to Philadelphia,...
Edmund Goddard Fearey Jr.
Sep 30, 2014
Ed Fearey, a long-time Astoria businessman, passed away September 30th, 2014 after a brief illness. He was 93 years old. He was born Edmund Goddard Fearey, Jr. on March 1st, 1921 at Valley View Farm near Newberg, OR. The family moved to Astoria in 1928, where his father, Edmund Fearey, Sr., took over an insurance agency. His mother, Margaret...
Leland Russell Stewart
Sep 17, 2014
Leland Stewart, born August 22, 1952, in Mesa, Ariz., passed away to be with the Lord for all eternity on September 17, 2014. He is rejoicing along with his brother Steve Stewart, his uncle Jim Hamilton, his father, Rene Loy Stewart and his mother, Patricia Ellen Hamilton. Those left behind that have been greatly touched by his life are...
Beverly Jean Johnson
Sep 14, 2014
Beverly Jean Johnson, age 80 of Astoria, passed away Sunday, September 14th, 2014, in Astoria. She was born August 7th, 1934, in Glendale, California, to Charles Whiteside and Blanche Velma Combs Whiteside. She moved with her family from California to Knappa, Oregon, in 1946. She graduated from Knappa High School in 1950. On June 22nd, 1952, she married Arthur...
Ralph Leonard Dichter
Sep 13, 2014
Ralph Dichter obituary Gearhart Feb. 12, 1925 — Sept. 13, 2014 Ralph L. Dichter, Gearhart, affectionately know as “King of the Coast” as a golfing legend, died peacefully Saturday, Sept. 13, with his family at his side. Born in Seaside to Franklin “Ted” and Blanche Dichter, he graduated from Seaside High School. His entire 89 years were spent in...
Marcella Louise Lindsey
Sep 11, 2014
Marcella Lindsey, unexpectedly but peacefully, went to be with the Lord on the evening of Sept 11, 2014, at the Clatsop Retirement Village in Astoria, while watching her two favorite TV game shows. She was born on Sept 20, 1923, in Eastend Saskatchewan, Canada, the fifth of eight children born to William and Mabel Doney Wiley. Her family moved...
Eda Jane Campbell
Sep 8, 2014
E. Jane Campbell, of Astoria Sept. 5, 1920 — Sept. 8, 2014 Jane was born September 5, 1920, in Seattle, Wash., to Alfred and Adeline Carlson. Her parents moved from Rosburg, Wash., to the Lewis and Clark area of Astoria soon after she was born. She attended Lewis and Clark Grade School, and graduated from Astoria High School in...
Glenn Patrick Williamson Sr.
Sep 7, 2014
Devoted husband, father and pastor Sept. 29, 1963 — Sept. 7, 2014 Glenn Patrick Williamson, age 50, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 7th, after a bravely fought battle with cancer. His family and friends were by his side. Glenn was born September 29, 1963, in Derby, Conn., to Bernard and Joan Williamson. In...
Tony Mark Tischer
Sep 4, 2014
Tony Mark Tischer was born in Portland, Ore., on January 14, 1957. He passed away on September 4, 2014, after a long battle with kidney cancer. Tony was a longtime resident of Clatsop County. He resided in Svensen, Ore. He graduated from high school in 1976, from Knappa High School. He married Elizabeth Harris in October of 1985. Tony...
Mary Chloe Williams Lovvold
Aug 19, 2014
Mary Chloe Williams Lovvold June 18, 1928 – Aug. 19, 2014 Mary was born on June 18,1928, to Berwyn and Marion (Wagini) Williams in Astoria, OR. She lived part of her childhood in Chinook, WA, before moving back to Astoria and graduating from Astoria High School in 1946. Mary was a 1950 graduate of Oregon State University, and a...
Dominic Marko Rusinovich
Aug 19, 2014
Dominic Marko Rusinovich of Astoria, 38, passed away Tuesday. Dominic was born on May 30, 1976, to Sherry (Tygart) and the late Nick Rusinovich Jr. He graduated from Astoria High School in 1994, and later from Oregon State University with a bachelor’s degree in business. Dom enjoyed nothing more than golfing and spending time with friends and family. He...
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