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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...
James Ronald Rogers
Jun 29, 2013
James Ronald Rogers of Seaside, June 28, 1943 to June 29, 2103. Born and raised in California and growing up in San Diego, James (Ronnie and Jimmy) Rogers started his entrepreneurial ventures at twelve years old by counting cans at his local grocer. He stayed in the grocery business for over twenty years until retiring as an account executive...
Vivienne Frances Maley
Jun 27, 2013
Vivienne F. Maley died June 27th, 2013, in Astoria, and was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Maley. She was born in Steubenville, Ohio, Feb. 6th, 1927, to John & Ann Conway. She married Robert Maley at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on Feb. 1, 1947, while he was home on leave from the Navy. She went with him...
Beatrice Joyce (Newcomb) Williams
Jun 24, 2013
Beatrice Joyce (Newcomb) Williams was raised in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. She graduated from People’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio, in 1945. On March 9, 1944, she married Howard Grover Williams. Mrs. Williams was a Registered Nurse whose working career spanned 58 years. She retired in 2003, and came to the North Coast from Phoenix, Ariz. She was a member of...
Caroline Nadine Hazen
Jun 24, 2013
Carolyn Nadine (Lawson) Hazen was born in Forest Grove, Oregon, to Henry E. and Juanita B. Lawson Aug. 21, 1940. She was the youngest of 3 children, having 2 older brothers, Jerry and Steve. The family moved to Seaside in 1943, and “Sis,” as she was called all her life by her family & friends, went through the Seaside...
Donald Leeland Webb
Jun 22, 2013
Donald Leeland Webb, 82, died Saturday, June 22, 2013, in Astoria. He was born June 7, 1931, in Astoria, to Jack Leeland Webb and Aina Karen Carlson Webb. Don was a native of Astoria, where the family lived. He graduated from Astoria High School in 1949, and worked at Van Camp Seafood, where he met his future wife, Joan...
Tom Russel Griffis
Jun 17, 2013
Tom R. Griffis (The Texan), 67, of Astoria Oregon, passed away on June 17, 2013, peacefully in his sleep. Tom was born in Houston, Texas, Montgomery County, on August 19, 1945. He went to high School in Channelview, Texas, finishing school in 1963, and shortly thereafter went into the Coast Guard and was stationed in Astoria, Oregon. In Astoria,...
William (Bill) George Leonard
Jun 13, 2013
William (Bill) Leonard went to heaven peacefully in his sleep on June 13th. Bill was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on February 3rd, 1928, to George and Frances Leonard. He entered the Navy in 1946, and spent three years at Tongue Point. While stationed in Astoria he met a young lady at a Methodist youth event. On July 25th,...
Jeanne Rae Johnston
Jun 9, 2013
Jeanne R. Johnston, 71, of Knappa, died Sunday June 9, 2013, at Community Hospice in Longview, Wash. She was born February 28, 1942, in Havre, Montana, to Achsah Ida Huestis and Fred Vern Crites. Jeanne attended public schools in Gildford, Montana, never finishing High School until more than 40 years later, when she studied and earned her GED certificate....
Robert James Phillips
Jun 2, 2013
Robert ‘Bob’ Phillips, 81, of Astoria, Oregon, died Sunday, June 2, 2013, in Astoria. He was born February 3, 1932, in Astoria, to Harry Percy Phillips and Pearl Katherine Mattson. Bob was born and raised in Astoria. He graduated from Astoria High School in 1950, where he played football. Directly after high school, he enlisted in the Air Force,...
Donald Philip Rummell
Jun 1, 2013
Born February 18th, 1927, to Gertrude Kinney and Daniel D. Rummell in Missoula, Montana, Donald came to Astoria in his teens. He joined the US Navy on his 17th birthday. Don received Oregon Congressional recognition in 2010 for his WW2 service, and was awarded his High School diploma from Hellgate High School in Missoula, MT, the same year. September...
Betty May Glarum
May 27, 2013
Betty passed away peacefully at home after a short illness. Her husband, L. Stanley, and son, Kristoffer, preceded her in death. She was born and raised in Portland, the daughter of Esther Swanson and Heman H. Hall. She is survived by daughters Susan and Nancy, and son Jan, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Betty attended Franklin High School in...
Viola Lillian Pedersen Thornton
May 26, 2013
Viola Lillian Pedersen Thornton passed away Sunday morning. She was born in Ogden, Utah, to Valdemar and Johanne Pedersen. She moved to Brownsmead when she was very young, and spent most of her life in Astoria/Warrenton area, except 13 years in Salem. She loved fishing, crabbing, clam digging and beach combing. She loved to garden and be outdoors. She...
Lawrence Foster Meyers
May 17, 2013
Larry Meyers, 71, passed away unexpectedly on May 17 at home in Gearhart, Oregon. Larry was born in Portland, Oregon, on December 13, 1941, to Rosalie and Foster Meyers. He grew up in Portland and graduated from Cleveland High School in 1959, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and an outstanding sprinter on the school...
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