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Local Obituaries for Astoria, OR, Clatsop County & Surrounding Areas
Geraldine M. "Dean" Schaper
Apr 11, 2011
Geraldine M. “Dean” Schaper, 92, of Astoria, died Monday, April 11, 2011, in Astoria. She was born May 17, 1918, in Casey, Iowa, to Harold C. and Bessie M. (Young) Utts. When she was a child, the family moved from the family farm in Iowa to California. In 1936, she graduated from Pomona High School. She then attended beauty...
Edward Jolly "Ed" Hillard Sr.
Apr 11, 2011
Edward Jolly “Ed” Hillard, 66, of Astoria, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, in Astoria. He was born July 2, 1945, in Astoria, to Joseph Laru and Sigrid Margaret (Jakkola) Hillard. In 1963, he graduated from Astoria High School. He served in the National Guard. Mr. Hillard worked for most of his adult life at the Warrenton Lumber Mill. He...
Ruth H. Isaacson
Apr 10, 2011
Ruth H. Isaacson, age 82, of Hammond, died Sunday, April 10, 2011, in Hammond. She was born Jan. 27, 1929, in Ishpeming, Mich., to Basilius and Judith Julia (Korpela) Hamari. She married Clifford Edwin Isaacson. He preceded her in death. She was a member of the Apostolic Lutheran church for many years. Family members said she enjoyed playing the...
Helen Rosena Fowser
Apr 9, 2011
Helen Rosena Fowser, age 97, of Hillsboro, formerly of Brownsmead, died Saturday, April 9, 2011, in Hillsboro. She was born Dec. 4, 1913, in Merrill, Iowa, to Paul Wilheim and Mary Wilheimena (Hengtgen) Herbst. In 1933, she graduated from high school in Storden, Minn., and was valedictorian of her class. In 1936, she graduated from nursing school at Fairview...
Barbara M. Foster
Apr 9, 2011
Barbara M. Foster, age 91, of Las Vegas, formerly of Seaside, died Saturday, April 9, 2011, in Las Vegas. She was born May 26, 1919, in Centralia, Wash., to Lorenzo D. and Dorothy E. (Rickard) Moorhead. She attended school in Portland. On Feb. 14, 1984, she married Samuel G. Foster. He preceded her in death Aug. 21, 2006. Mrs....
Robert Morris Wymer
Apr 6, 2011
Robert Morris Wymer, age 69, of Astoria, died Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at home. He was born March 21, 1942, in Chadron, Neb., to Kenneth Ellis and Fern Alice (Haywood) Wymer. He attended Boise, Idaho, schools. On Nov. 14, 1973, he married Barbara K. Wymer in Elko, Nev., who survives. The couple moved to Astoria from Boise in 2002....
Louise M. Beasley
Apr 4, 2011
Louise M. Beasley, 96, of Ilwaco, Wash., died Monday, April 4, 2011, in Ilwaco. She was born December 31st, 1914, in Ilwaco, to Christian Arthur and Lempi Ida (Hakala) Hanselman. She was raised in Ilwaco. In 1933, she graduated from Ilwaco High School On Sept. 15, 1946, she married O. W. “Win” Beasley. He preceded her in death in...
Beatrice Helander Grenfell
Apr 3, 2011
Beatrice Helander Grenfell, 80, of Seaside, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Seaside. She was born Feb. 20, 1931, in Lewiston, Idaho, to Charles A. and Edith Amelia (Johnson) Helander. She was raised in Lewiston. She attended the University of Idaho. In 1949, she was the homecoming queen. In 1952, she married James W. Grenfell, in Lewiston. They later...
Amy Marie Christian
Apr 2, 2011
Amy Marie Christian, age 49, of Warrenton, died Saturday, April 2, 2011, in Astoria. She was born April 13, 1961, in Greenville, Ohio, to Donald Dean and Mary Jean (Taylor) Christian. She attended schools in Greenville. While Ms. Christian was married, her husband was in the military, and they were stationed in various U.S. cities. They later divorced. She...
Jay Patrick Stewart
Mar 30, 2011
Jay Patrick Stewart, 54, of Hamlet, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at home. He was born Dec. 20, 1956, in Quincy, Ill., to Edward Maurice and Catherine Louise (Weech) Stewart. His parents preceded him in death. He was raised in La Grande. From 1975 to 1978, he attended Western Oregon State College. On July 23, 1977, he married Laura...
Melissa Elaine Monsen
Mar 28, 2011
Melissa Elaine Monsen, 75, of Seaside, died Monday, March 28, 2011, in Seaside. She was born April 13, 1935, in Portland, to Mortimer and Ragna (Dahl) Brown. The family moved to Oakland, Calif., when she was 6 months old. She attended school there and graduated from Walnut Creek High School in 1953. She attended San Jose State College for...
Elsa Lydia Rautio
Mar 25, 2011
Elsa Lydia Rautio, 88, of Astoria, died Friday, March 25, 2011, in Astoria, with all three of her daughters at her bedside. She was born Feb. 27, 1923, in Kalvia Hilli, Finland, to Johan Sandvik Palo and Lyydia Maria Palo. She received her education in Finland, Emantakoulu (Home Economics School), Finland. In 1980, she received a GED through Clatsop...
Raymond Walter Perdue
Mar 15, 2011
Raymond Walter Perdue, 84, of Astoria, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Seaside. He was born June 4, 1926, in Hammond, to Ralph and Lily (Fulbright) Perdue. He attended school in the Fort Stevens area of Hammond. In 1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served until 1946. He married Hazel Perdue. She survives, residing in Astoria. After...
Nancy Mae Freeman
Mar 14, 2011
Nancy Mae Freeman, 62, of Astoria, died Monday, March 14, 2011, in Portland. She was born Dec. 12, 1948, in Seaside, to Edward E. and Meredith E. (Quick) Klever. She was raised in Cannon Beach and Seaside. After high school, she attended Astoria Beauty College and received a license in cosmetology. On Jan. 31, 1970, she married Roy D....
Alvin Loyd Holdiman Iii
Mar 13, 2011
Alvin Loyd Holdiman III, 48, of Warrenton, died Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Kodiak, Alaska. He was born Aug. 28, 1962, in Astoria, to Alvin Loyd Holdiman Jr. and Clara Kristine (Sorensen) Holdiman. His mother survives, residing in Warrenton. His father preceded him in death Feb. 4, 2003. Mr. Holdiman graduated from Warrenton High School in 1981. He started...
Frank Nicholas "Coach" Surmeyer
Mar 11, 2011
Frank N. “Coach” Surmeyer, 90, of Warrenton, died Friday, March 11, 2011, in Seaside. He was born Feb. 18, 1921, in Woodburn, to Herman and Catherine (Wendell) Surmeyer. He graduated from Oregon State University. He married Catherine “Katie” Surmeyer. She preceded him in death. The couple met at OSU, and he proposed under the Trysting Tree, near the campus,...
Elizabeth J. "Betsi" Rowles
Mar 9, 2011
Elizabeth J. “Betsi” Rowles, 61, of Warrenton, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, in Warrenton. She was born Nov. 7, 1949, in Astoria, to Claude A. and Marjorie M. MacDonald. Her parents preceded her in death. She married Cameron D. Rowles. He survives, residing in Warrenton. Mrs. Rowles was a nurse’s aide in her younger years. After her marriage, she...
Marcella E. "Marcee" Kent
Mar 1, 2011
Marcella E. “Marcee” Kent, 78, of Astoria, died Monday, March 1, 2011, in Astoria. She was born Jan. 13, 1933, in Fairmont, Neb., to Harry H. and Cecelia (Peter) Linder. Raised as a country girl in a little town outside of Eugene, she graduated from Eugene High School in 1951. On Aug. 15, 1954, she married Samuel Eugene Kent...
Dennis Gene "Mojo" "Paco" "Menakin" Garcia
Mar 1, 2011
Dennis was born in Astoria on Feb. 19, 1952 to Alfredo Garcia and Hazel Villaflor. He was raised in the Warrenton area and graduated from Warrenton High School in 1969. As a boy, Dennis had a paper route and as he grew older, he cleaned fish at the mooring basins for sports fishermen. During high school, Dennis started working...
Hazel Mary Herlin
Feb 21, 2011
Hazel Mary Herlin, age 85, of Astoria, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Astoria. She was born May 19, 1925, in North Bend, to Emil Edward Mattila and Mary Kalliomaa, Finnish immigrants. When she was 3 months old, the family moved to Butte, Mont., where she was raised. She learned to speak English in the first grade, and graduated...
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