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Jeanie Monica Bryant
Nov 8, 2013
Jeanie Monica Bryant of Astoria passed away peacefully at home on November 8th. She was born in East Los Angeles on April 13th, 1928, to Chance and Nettie Johnson. She was the last of 9 children in the Johnson family, and, as she used to say, they saved the best for last. She graduated from Garfield High School and...
Beatrice "Bea" Donayri Hirahara
Oct 24, 2013
Beatrice “Bea” Donayri Hirahara, 70, of Astoria, passed away peacefully October 24, 2013, in Portland surrounded by her family. She was born Nov. 24, 1942, in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, to Guillermo and Leona (Paler) Donayri. Bea was raised and received her education in Anahola and Kapa’a Kauai, graduating from Kapa’a High School in 1960. Bea married Melvin Hirahara in...
John Max Gilliland
Oct 19, 2013
John Gilliland, age 86, a former Warrenton resident, served in the Navy in World War II on board the carrier USS Princeton, in the Air Force in the occupation of Japan, and at Paine Air Force Base in Everett, WA, during the Korean War. John was with the Portland Police Bureau for 25 years and the Clackamas County Sheriff’s...
Michael Joseph Dooney
Oct 19, 2013
Michael Joseph Dooney, age 66 of Gearhart, OR, resident, died suddenly on October 19th, while working on his property in Jewell, OR. Michael was born in Portland, OR, to Jack and Mary Claire Dooney and was a graduate of St. Stephen Grade School, Jesuit HS and Gonzaga University. He received his Doctorate of Jurisprudence at the University of San...
Dolores Lee (Dee) Labiske
Oct 15, 2013
Dolores (Dee) Lee Labiske was born in Astoria, Oregon, to Lee Edward and Mary Louise Shoop. She graduated from Astoria High School and married her high school sweetheart, Edward Labiske Jr., on September 30, 1951. They spent much of their married life together residing on various fish hatcheries around the state of Oregon and raising their three children. She...
Ricky Lawrence Lee
Oct 9, 2013
Ricky Lawrence Lee, 55, of Astoria, died Oct. 9th, 2013. Ricky was born Nov 29th, 1957, to Kenneth and Karen (Iversen) Lee. He graduated from Warrenton High School in 1976. He lived in Astoria most of his life. Ricky enjoyed the beach, fishing, and playing cards. His father, Kenneth Lee, and a brother, Ronald Allen Lee, preceded him in...
Tommy Lloyd Norlin
Oct 5, 2013
Tommy L. Norlin passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2013, in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 71. Tommy was born on April 24, 1942, in Coos Bay, Oregon, and was the second son of Walter and Cora Norlin. He was eight years younger than his brother John, whom he loved dearly. Tommy grew up in Coos Bay, Oregon,...
Billy Eugene Hall
Sep 19, 2013
Heaven just received another angel. Bill passed away at his son’s home in Portland after a year-long battle with cancer. His children have been blessed to be his caregivers. Despite the challenges of his illness, he maintained his keen intellect and sense of humor. Born in Akron, Ohio, he was the only child of Claude and Jackie Davis Hall....
Mary Virginia Bynum
Sep 19, 2013
Ginny Bynum, our sweet Southern Belle with the radiant smile, “slipped the surly bonds of earth” peacefully on Sept. 19, 2013, surrounded by her Clatsop Care angels, who did all they could to make her passing comfortable. Virginia, who later took on the nickname “Ginny,” was born Oct. 16, 1918, in Silsbee, TX, near her childhood home in Wiergate,...
Edward Murray Perkins
Sep 14, 2013
Edward M. Perkins, 76, died peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, at home in Hammond, Oregon. He was born May 8, 1937, near Le Roy, New York, to Avery and Lois Perkins. He graduated from Bucknell University, served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army and married Sandra Caryl “Schatzie” Schatz on March 25, 1961. They moved to Portland...
Mildred Marie Larson
Sep 13, 2013
Mildred (Millie) Marie Larson, 81, went home to her Lord September, 13, 2013. She was born and raised in Fairbank, Iowa, on October 15, 1931, to August Herman and Edna Marie (Hein) Braun. She met and married Glenn Everett Larson on January 28, 1951, in Fairbank, Iowa. Shortly after the birth of their first child, they moved to Astoria,...
Charles Thomas Arthur
Sep 9, 2013
Charles moved to Astoria in 1960 while serving in the United States Coast Guard, where he met and married Carol Finneymore on June 23, 1962. During the first few years of their marriage he was also stationed in Garibaldi and Coos Bay, Oregon, then returning to Astoria, where he worked At Lum’s Auto as one of their first mechanics....
Dolan Clayton
Sep 3, 2013
Dolan was born in Longrun, Missouri. He was the son of Jim and Raye (Absher) Clayton. Dolan was the last of 12 children in his family. He moved to Oregon in 1952, and enlisted into the National Guard, and served from 1953-1961. He then started working for Bradwood Lumber Mill, then worked at the Astoria Plywood Mill and began...
Michael Stephen Link
Aug 27, 2013
LINK, MICHAEL STEPHEN — A "Celebration of Life" Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Indian Beach, Ecola State Park, Cannon Beach. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary was in charge of the arrangements. An online guest book may be signed at www.caldwellsmortuary.com
Michael Stephen Link
Aug 27, 2013
Michael Stephen Link died in his home in Astoria, Oregon, on August 27, 2013, in the care of his soulmate and wife, Gail Lynn Cameron. He was born in Sacramento, California, in 1952, to Norvell Stephen Link and Mary Catherine (Johnston) Link, where his father was stationed in the Air Force. He attended schools in Arizona, England and Washington...
Jeanne Meadows Risque
Aug 17, 2013
Jeanne Meadows Risque was born 17 April, 1927, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Daughter of James & Agnes Meadows. Wife of Col. Risque (deceased). Preceded in death by children Charles Clayton Chason Jr. (deceased), Dana J. Gordon (deceased) and Gene M. Chason (deceased). Four sisters and two brothers predeceased, Pattie Stringer, Glenda Jenkins, Betty McKeel, Sue Clark; brothers James...
Iona Mae (Ferguson) Garner
Aug 11, 2013
Iona (Ferguson) Garner, known by her family and friends as Zonie, was born in Ainsworth, Nebraska, on Christmas Day, 1920. She grew up in a large family, and family remained her focus always. Iona put herself through one year of college during the Depression with the help of an older sister who sent her one dollar every week. She...
Eloise Dorothy Morgan
Jul 31, 2013
Eloise Dorothy Morgan died Wednesday, July 31, 2013, in Astoria. She was born December 19, 1917, in Lisbon, ND, to Arthur and Ellen (Ugstad) Ward. She graduated from Lisbon High School in 1935 and moved to Fargo, ND, to work at the telephone company business office. On Sept. 6, 1941, she married Robert Henry Morgan in Glendive, Mont. He...
Emma Beatrice Murray
Jul 30, 2013
Emma Murray was born Emma Beatrice Monks in Poteet, Texas, to Christopher Columbus Monks and Molly S Monks. She had two siblings, Bessie and Woodrow. She graduated from Poteet High School and married Charles Chester Baldwin in 1939. Charles Chester was a career soldier whose commitment took him about the country, and together Emma and Charles had four children,...
Ann Charlotte Potter
Jul 28, 2013
Ann Charlotte Potter drew her final breath in this world on July 28, 2013 in Astoria, Oregon; the same town in which she drew her first on January 28, 1936 and which she called home nearly all her days in between. Born to Louis and Olga Schairer of Astoria, she and her twin sister were the youngest of six...
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