OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Astoria, OR, Clatsop County & Surrounding Areas

Rena E. Reimers

Rena E. Reimers

Mar 15, 2012

Rena E. Reimers, 86, of Lake Oswego, formerly of Astoria, died Thursday, March 15, 2012, in Lake Oswego. She was born May 29, 1925, in St. Maries, Idaho, to Jim and Annie Gallagher. She was raised in St. Maries with five siblings, including a twin brother. She married Art Wohlfeil. He preceded her in death in 1979. She married...

Paul Joseph Curnow

Paul Joseph Curnow

Mar 14, 2012

Paul Joseph Curnow, age 34, of Hammond, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, in Astoria. He was born Dec. 11, 1977, in Astoria, to James Edward and Marilyn Eunice (Carlson) Curnow. His mother survives, residing in Hammond. His father preceded him in death. In 1996, he graduated from Warrenton High School. Mr. Curnow was a laborer and worked at various...

Robert "Bob" J. Gannaway

Robert "Bob" J. Gannaway

Feb 27, 2012

Robert J. “Bob” Gannaway, 81, of Hammond, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Portland. He was born June 28, 1930, in International Falls, Minn., to Clinton James and Dulice (Kinshella) Gannaway. The family moved to St. Paul, Minn., when he was a child. He attended schools in St. Paul and the University of Minnesota. On Aug. 5, 1950, he...

Polly Sweet Mckee

Polly Sweet Mckee

Feb 26, 2012

Polly Sweet McKee, 90, of Seaside, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Tualatin. She was born Feb. 20, 1922, in Portland, to John Herman and Freda Jensen. Her father died when she was 2 years old, and the family moved to Astoria when she was 3 years old. She graduated from Astoria High School and attended Oregon State College,...

Norene B. Timmerman

Norene B. Timmerman

Feb 23, 2012

Norene B. Timmerman, 93, longtime Astoria resident, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, in Astoria. She was born Jan. 23, 1919, in Centerville, Utah, to Ezra Taft and Romania W. (Barber) Benson. Raised primarily in the rural areas of Utah and Idaho, she could “punch” cows and drove the herd alone many times. She was an excellent basketball and softball...

Shelley A. Swanberg

Shelley A. Swanberg

Feb 20, 2012

Shelley A. Swanberg, 70, of Astoria, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Astoria. She was born Aug. 3, 1941, in Portland, to Alfred Leonard Robinson and Charlotte Ann Beatty. When she was 6 years old, her mother preceded her in death. Her father remarried. Raised in Portland, she attended Portland schools. On Aug. 25, 1962, she married William “Bill”...

William Leroy "Bill" Dee

William Leroy "Bill" Dee

Feb 12, 2012

William L. "Bill" Dee Jr.,age 71, of Astoria, died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Astoria. He was born Dec. 7, 1940, in Marshalltown, Iowa, to William LeRoy and Helen (Dickover) Dee. He graduated from high school and took various college classes through the years. For 20 years, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard. Mr. Dee worked in maintenance...

Lyal Lee Green

Lyal Lee Green

Feb 11, 2012

Lyal Lee Green, 73, of Astoria, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland. He was born April 14, 1938, in Centralia, Wash., to Cecil and Gertrude (Young) Green. His parents and stepmother, Trixie Green, preceded him in death. On Dec. 11, 1985, he married Liz Grimit-Greene in Clatskanie. She survives, residing in Astoria. After completing his education, Mr. Green...

Marilyn Elizabeth Dugan

Marilyn Elizabeth Dugan

Feb 9, 2012

Marilyn Elizabeth Dugan, 75, of Astoria, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Astoria. She was born Feb. 3, 1937, in Portland, to Chet and Elizabeth S. (Miles) Hughes. At a young age, her mother divorced and then married Hjalmer "Futchie" Hjorten, who adopted Mrs. Dugan and her brother. Raised in Astoria, she attended St. Mary, Star of the Sea...

Mary Ellen Baker

Mary Ellen Baker

Feb 9, 2012

Mary Ellen Baker, 72, of Seaside, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Seaside. She was born Nov. 29, 1940, in Longview, Wash., to Clifford Ray Ferrell and Delpha Carolyn Linderholm. In 1958, she graduated from Warrenton High School. She married Floyd Baker. He survives residing in Seaside. Mrs. Baker worked for several years with Wesrose's Antiques in Gearhart and...

Kenneth William Morrison

Kenneth William Morrison

Feb 4, 2012

Kenneth William Morrison, 100, of Rosburg, Wash., died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Astoria. He was born April 2, 1911, in Hulett, Wyo., to George F. and Ruth L. (McClure) Morrison. The family moved to Portland when he was 9 years old. He attended Benson High School in Portland. In 1941, he was drafted into the U.S. Army Air...

Coral May Mcdonald

Coral May Mcdonald

Feb 2, 2012

Coral May McDonald, 88, of Seaside, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Seaside. She was born March 8, 1923, in Pendleton, to Jasper Gordon and Mollie Merle (McDill) York. Raised in Pendleton, she graduated from Pendleton High School in 1941. She went on to attend beauty college in La Grande, and received her license. In 1946, she married Virgil...

Paul Gustav Lindberg

Paul Gustav Lindberg

Feb 1, 2012

Paul Gustav Lindberg, 75, of Astoria, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, in Seaside. He was born Sept. 13, 1936, in Astoria, to Gustav W. and Henrietta A. (Brabau) Lindberg. Raised in Astoria, he graduated from Astoria High School in 1954. In May 1955, he married Jeanette Backanen. She preceded him in death Feb. 27, 2001. On April 4, 1970,...

Marcell Street

Marcell Street

Jan 25, 2012

Marcell Street, 93, of McMinnville, formerly of Clatsop County, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in McMinnville. She was born June 17, 1918, in Portland, to Lewis and Florence (Riley) Christensen. * Mrs. Street lived in Oregon all of her life. She worked at Tektronix in Beaverton and Sartron in Newberg in the 1950s and 1960s, and as an electronics...

Richard Craig Demars

Richard Craig Demars

Jan 23, 2012

Richard Craig DeMars, 70, of Seaside, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Seaside. He was born May 16, 1941 in Portland to Everett E. DeMars and June A. Pennington DeMars. He was raised in Portland. On April 29, 1960, he married Sherry Spain in Portland. She survives at the family home. Mr. DeMars served in the U.S. Coast Guard...

Betty Joy Gilmour

Betty Joy Gilmour

Jan 23, 2012

Mrs. Betty J Gilmour, a resident of Astoria, Oregon, died on January 23, 2012, at the age of 83 years old. She died peacefully at a local elder care home of natural causes. Mrs. Gilmour was born on December 1928, in a small rural town in northern California. Her parents, Leslie and Thelma Bidwell, were prominent orchardists in Sonoma...

Linda M. Angstrom

Linda M. Angstrom

Jan 20, 2012

Linda M. Angstrom unexpectedly passed away on Friday, January 20, 2012, in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 67. Linda was born on November 30, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri to Everett Miller and Beulah Nelson. She graduated from Henry-Senachwine High School in Henry, Illinois in 1962. Linda married Walter J. Angstrom on January 14, 1985. He survives at...

Evelyn L. Seppala Williams

Evelyn L. Seppala Williams

Jan 17, 2012

Evelyn L. Seppala Williams, 96, of Astoria, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in Astoria. She was born April 27, 1915 in Ludlow, S.D., to Carl A. and Esther J. Wickman Magnuson. She grew up on the family farm and attended Vessey School in Ludlow. The farm is still operated by her family. As a farm girl, she learned how...

Myrtle Lenore (Breunig) Hauer

Myrtle Lenore (Breunig) Hauer

Jan 15, 2012

Myrtle Lenore (Breunig) Hauer, 87, of Astoria, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, in Astoria. She was born Feb. 3, 1924, in Portland, to Walter S. and Ella V. (Swanson) Breunig. She attended Polytechnic High School in Portland, graduating in 1942. On Oct. 31, 1942, she married Edward L. Hauer in Portland. He preceded her in death Nov. 7, 2002....

Danny R. "Papa Danny" Knapp

Danny R. "Papa Danny" Knapp

Jan 10, 2012

Danny R. "Papa Danny" Knapp, 67, of Knappa, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at home. He was born July 3, 1944, in Walla Walla, Wash., to Marion O. and Violet E. (Stendler) Knapp. His parents preceded him in death. In 1962, he graduated from Knappa High School On Aug. 10, 1974, he married Judy M. (Cole) Knapp in Seaside....