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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...
Walter Ben Cadman
Jul 20, 2013
Walter Ben Cadman passed away on the evening of Saturday, July 20th, 2013. Ben, as all knew him as, was born January 20, 1926 in Williamsport, PA to Roger and Trainee (Beeber) Cadman. He was active in the Boy Scouts as a young man and ultimately earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He joined the Merchant Marine in 1944...
Helen Florence Martsfield Down
Jul 11, 2013
Helen Florence Martsfield Down, 89, died in Astoria, Oregon, July 11, 2013. She was the fifth of 10 children born to Christian James and Sarah Florence Gamble Martsfield September 15, 1923, in Phillip, South Dakota. She moved to Salem in 1935 and attended Salem schools, graduating from Sacred Heart Academy in 1940. She married Alfred Down Jr., May 9,...
Katherine M. Karna
Jul 10, 2013
Katherine M. Karna, 90, passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in Portland, Oregon. Katherine Mathilda (Haggren) Karna was born on January 6, 1923, to Mike and Hilja Haggren of Elsie, Oregon. Along with her parents, Katherine and her siblings, Herman, Lila, and Elina Haggren, moved to Astoria, Oregon, soon after the Tillamook Burn ravaged their homestead in 1933....
Winefred Jeanette Rasmussen
Jul 7, 2013
Winnie Rasmussen left to meet our Lord, Jesus Christ, on July 7, 2013. She was born in Ketchikan, Alaska, on January 6, 1928, to Thomas and Marianne Paulsen. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband of 52 years, F. Bruce Speas, her 4 siblings, 3 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild. Winnie loved Jesus and was a...
James Michael "Jimmy" Dugan
Jul 6, 2013
James Michael “Jimmy” Dugan, 73, of Svensen, died July 6, 2013 in Astoria. Mr. Dugan was born to Bartholomew A. Dugan & Nora H. (Hunt) Dugan in Astoria on May 14, 1940. He was a graduate of Knappa High School. He served in the US Army in Berlin, where he met and married Erika Maria (Grube) Dugan. They celebrated...
Masako M. Krepky
Jul 5, 2013
Masako Krepky passed away on July 5, 2013, in St. Helens, Oregon. Masako was born in Kula, Hawaii, to Shosuke and Shizuyo (Nakayama) Mitsumura on July 19, 1926. DA: House - NIE - Teachers ros: Profoundly humble and graciously generous, Masako will be remembered for her selfless devotion to family, her kindness, acceptance of everyone and her beautiful, strong...
Arlene Marie Graham
Jul 3, 2013
Arlene Marie Graham was born to Toivo Mike and Marie Lempi (Riikonen) Sarampaa on September 26, 1937, in Astoria, OR. She graduated from Astoria High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Howard, on October 1, 1955, at the Peace Lutheran Church. They were married for 58 years and resided in Astoria. The couple had 3 sons: Mike, Pat...
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