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Dennis Randall "Randy" Bloom
May 13, 2012
Dennis Randall “Randy” Bloom, age 63, of Warrenton, died Sunday, May 13, 2012, in Astoria.He was born Oct. 15, 1948, in Shiloh, Ill., to Raymond Harold and Doris Leona (Sanders) Bloom. Raised in the Bay Area of California, he graduated from College Park High School in 1966. On Oct. 18, 1969, he married Debra Jean Backus in Martinez, Calif....
Glenn Thomas Bard
May 9, 2012
Glenn Thomas Bard, 79, of Seaside, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in Astoria. He was born Oct. 16, 1932, in Forest Grove, to Tom and Elva (Shibley) Bard. Raised in Forest Grove, he graduated from Forest Grove High School May 25, 1951. From January 1953 to January 1956, he served in the U.S. Army, where he was a combat...
Virginia Ann Swart "Ginny" Zafiratos
May 5, 2012
Virginia Ann Swart “Ginny” Zafiratos, 81, of Astoria and Palm Desert, Calif., died Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Astoria. She was born Sept. 20, 1930, in Astoria, to Walter Raleigh and Alice Millicent (Slade) Swart. After graduating from Astoria High School, she attended the University of Oregon, where she was a member of the Gamma Phi Sorority. She moved...
Pheraby Elizabeth Stricklin
May 5, 2012
Pheraby Elizabeth Stricklin, 16, of Warrenton, died Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Astoria. She was born Feb. 3, 1996, in Astoria, to Robert C. and Elizabeth C. (Smith) Stricklin. They survive, residing on the Stricklin Farm on Clatsop Plains. She attended Fire Mountain School through fifth grade, and subsequently educated herself. Miss Stricklin was a student and horsewoman. She...
Juanita Poole
Apr 29, 2012
Juanita Poole, 85, of Svensen, died Sunday, April 29, 2012, in Gearhart. She was born Nov. 23, 1926, in Cheap, Greenup County, Ky., to George H. Phillips Sr. and Malissa (Noble) Phillips. In December 1945, she married Melvin D. Hebert Sr. They later divorced. On Nov. 8, 1968, she married Troy C. Poole at the Logan (Utah) Temple of...
Ann "Annie" Hodgman Heavenrich
Apr 26, 2012
Ann Hodgman “Annie” Heavenrich, 96, of Astoria, died Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Astoria. She was born Sept. 11, 1915, in Coldwater, Mich., to Willis Edwin and Cornelia (Wilding) Hodgman. Raised in Coldwater, she graduated from high school there. She attended the University of Michigan School of Nursing and received a nursing degree. In 1940, she married Walter Heavenrich...
Theron Ford "Ted" Northrop Jr.
Apr 24, 2012
Theron Ford “Ted” Northrop Jr., 82, of Astoria, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Clatsop Care Center in Astoria. He was born Sept. 12, 1929, in Portland. He was raised in Portland and Lakeview until the family moved to North Bend, and purchased a drug store. He attended North Bend High School and was among the first from his...
Theron "Ted" Ford Northrop Jr.
Apr 24, 2012
Theron "Ted" Ford Northrop Jr., age 82 of Astoria, passed away on Tuesday - April 24, 2012 in Astoria. (formal Obituary pending)
Inez Marjorie Mccroskey
Apr 18, 2012
Inez M. McCroskey, 88, of Longview, Wash., formerly of Clatsop County, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012, in Longview. She was born May 18, 1923, in New Duluth, Minn., to Carl Ingvald and Olive Marie (Haugen) Lien. Raised in Grand Forks, N.D., she graduated from high school there. In 1944, she married and had two daughters. On Jan. 5, 1950,...
Christina Williams
Apr 18, 2012
Christina Williams, 85, of Astoria, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012, in Astoria. She was born July 24, 1926, in Monterrey, Mexico, to Justo Lopez and Concepcion Gonsalez. DA: House - NIE - Teachers ros: HOUSE: DiscoverOurCoast cube She graduated from high school in Mexico and later took courses at Clatsop Community College. She served for four years in the...
Dellora Evangeline Duoos
Apr 7, 2012
Dellora Evangeline Duoos, 86, of Astoria, died Saturday, April 7, 2012, in Portland. She was born Sept. 27, 1925, in Astoria, to Anna Sabina Koljonen Pasonen and Aksel Pasonen. In 1943, she graduated from Astoria High School. After high school, she worked for AT&T as a ship-to-shore telephone operator in Astoria. In 1948, she married Roy Albert Duoos. He...
Margaret Carroll Thompson
Apr 2, 2012
Margaret Carroll Louise Thompson, 88, of Vancouver, Wash., formerly of Warrenton, died Monday, April 2, 2012, in Vancouver. She was born April 16, 1923, in Bend, to Ed and Hertha (Harms) Carroll. In 1941, she graduated from high school in Redmond. She worked at the Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver as a welder on war ships. After World War II,...
Karl Thomas Schmidt
Apr 2, 2012
Karl Thomas Schmidt, 65, of Astoria, died Monday, April 2, 2012, at home in Svensen. He was born July 6, 1946, in Aberdeen, Wash., to Robert M. and Helen L. (Scanlon) Schmidt. In 1964, he graduated from Aberdeen Weatherwax High School. From 1962 to 1964, he was in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He then served in the Navy from...
Ross George Lyngstad
Mar 31, 2012
Ross G. Lyngstad, 62, of Warrenton, died Saturday, March 31, 2012, in Warrenton. He was born Oct. 3, 1949, in Astoria, to Arnold O. and Camilla (Smith) Lyngstad. His parents preceded him in death. He was raised in the Lewis and Clark area of Astoria. He served in the U.S. Air Force for a period of time. Mr. Lyngstad...
Maureen Charlotte Nelson
Mar 31, 2012
(Maureen) Charlotte Nelson was born Dec. 13, 1930, to William and Thelma Whitten from Altoona, Washington. She passed away Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Longview, Washington. After graduating from Naselle High School, the family moved to Astoria. Char worked as a telephone operator for 30 years, retiring in 1981. On May 14th, 1952, she married Glenn Loren Nelson...
Dean Leroy Safley
Mar 31, 2012
Dean Leroy Safley, 71, of Astoria, died Saturday, March 31, 2012, in Astoria. He was born April 13, 1940, in Cottage Grove, to Delbert F. and Corinne N. (Olson) Safley. Raised in Astoria, the family moved to McMinnville when he was a junior in high school. In 1959, he graduated from McMinnville High School, where he was active in...
Roxanna Maria Nelson
Mar 29, 2012
Roxanna Maria Nelson, “Roxy” 58, of Astoria, passed away Thursday March 29, 2012 in Astoria with her husband and daughters by her side. Roxy was born July 2, 1953 in Garden City, Michigan to Stanley and Dorothy (Forseth) Lizon. The family moved from Michigan to Astoria when she was just an infant. Roxy graduated from Astoria High School in...
Bill Joe Ashbaugh
Mar 26, 2012
Bill Joe Ashbaugh, age 48, of Hammond, died Monday, March 26, 2012, in Portland. He was born Feb. 4, 1964, in Portland, to Clarence W. and Virginia L. (Moore) Ashbaugh. His parents survive, residing in Astoria. Raised in Clatsop County, he attended Astoria High School. On May 31, 1997, he married Deanne Calfee in Astoria. They divorced in 2011....
Saimi Margret Sture
Mar 25, 2012
Saimi Margret Sture, 95, of Prineville, formerly of Astoria, died Sunday, March 25, 2012, in Prineville. She was born June 24, 1916, in Clatskanie, to Johan Arvid and Ida (Karasti) Hurula. She graduated from Clatskanie High School. On Nov. 27, 1934, she married Andrew Koskela. The marriage ended in 1938. The couple had one son, who later drowned in...
Yvonne Elizabeth Howe
Mar 17, 2012
Yvonne Elizabeth Howe, age 81, of Astoria, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Astoria. She was born June 23, 1930, in Petersburg, Neb., to Frederick and Anna (Beckman) Schalk. In 1941, the family moved to Astoria, where she attended Star of the Sea School and graduated from Astoria High School in 1948. After high school, she worked for Home...
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