OBITUARIES

Mar 7, 2010

Alice L. Niska, 87, of Astoria, died Sunday, March 7, 2010, in Astoria. She was born Aug. 29, 1922, in Astoria, to Oscar and Nellie I. (Pelletier) Gustafson. She was raised in Astoria and graduated from Astoria High School in 1940. In 1941, she enlisted into the Women's Army Corps and served until 1945. After being stationed in Washington,...

Mar 3, 2010

Naomi "Jean" (Smith) Rosenlund, 82, of Astoria, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in Astoria. She was born March 27, 1927, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to Oral P. and Edith Cole Smith. The family came to the U.S. in 1936. They lived in Republic, Wash., moving to Spokane, Wash., in 1941. In 1946, she married Jack Rosenlund. He survives, residing...

Feb 28, 2010

Ashlynn Dawn Anderson, 4, of Hammond and Knappa, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, in Portland. She was born May 24, 2005, in Astoria, to D'Ette C. Parker Browning and Ryan W. Anderson. Her mother and her husband, Jessie Browning, survive, residing in Knappa. Her father and his fiancee, Katie Perdue, survive, residing in Hammond. She attended Warrenton Head Start...

Feb 25, 2010

Douglas Edward Ranta, 40, of Seaside, died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, in Seaside. He was born Feb. 12, 1970, in Astoria, to Keith T. and Sheila M. (McCoy) Ranta. His parents survive, residing in Astoria. He attended Seaside Elementary School, John Jacob Astor Elementary, Astoria Middle School and Astoria High School. He received a general equivalency diploma from Clatsop...

Feb 20, 2010

Wayne Helmer Viuhkola, 69, of Astoria, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, in Astoria. He was born July 8, 1940, in Astoria, to Aldrick E. and Celia R. (Weist) Viuhkola. Mr. Viuhkola was a commercial fisherman and net builder most of his life. He was the owner and captain on the New Mexico and the Piky. After he gave up...

Feb 20, 2010

Andrew Albert (Andy) Rosenberger was born March 14, 1918, to Peter and Catherine Rosenberger in St. Paul, Minnesota, one of twelve children.

He died February 20, 2010, in Astoria, Oregon, at the age of 91.

Andy received his schooling at St. Matthew's School in St. Paul, Minnesota.  He married Margaret Ziegler in...

Feb 19, 2010

Marvin Leroy "Sonny" Fisher, 71, of Warrenton, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, in Astoria. He was born Sept. 15, 1938, in Cashmere, Wash., to Glen and LaVerna Fisher. After two years in Washington, the family moved to Warrenton, where he attended school. He resided in and around the Warrenton area for the rest of his life. On June 12,...

Feb 16, 2010

David Michael Beck, 56, of Astoria, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, in Astoria. He was born Dec. 8, 1953, in Portland, to Victor H. and Connie M. (Thoennes) Beck. His parents survive, residing in Scappoose. Raised in the St. Johns area of Portland, he graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1972. He attended Clatsop Community College and Oregon State...

Feb 11, 2010

Gilbert Larson "Gib" Marxen, 89, of Astoria, died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, in Astoria. He was born March 27, 1920, in Astoria, to Henry P. and Minnie M. Marxen. In 1924, the family moved from Astoria to a small farm in the Lewis and Clark area, where his father raised loganberries and potatoes for the local markets. In 1926,...

Feb 8, 2010

Darlene Grace Knapp Koskela, 63, of Astoria, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Astoria. She was born Oct. 8, 1946, in Astoria, to Howard and Grace (Bartlett) Knapp. Her parents preceded her in death. She was raised in Astoria. On Nov. 29, 1964, she married Mike Koskela. He survives, residing in Astoria. Mrs. Koskela was a homemaker. She also...

Feb 6, 2010

Walter Dale Burgher, 72, of Astoria, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, in Portland. He was born Dec. 2, 1937, in Jasper County, Iowa, to William P. and Hazel H. (Crawford) Burger. Raised in St. Helens, he graduated from St. Helens High School in 1955.  He attended the University of Oregon for a year. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines...

Feb 3, 2010

Alma Lydia Renchler Hurst, 95, of Gresham, formerly of Astoria, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Chestnut Lane Assisted Living in Gresham. She was born Aug. 19, 1914, in Hamlin, Texas, to Cora Augusta Maynard and LeRoy August Renchler. She was the oldest of five children. At the age of 4, she contracted spinal meningitis and lost her hearing....

Jan 23, 2010

Corinne Mae Bell, 75, of Astoria, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, in Cathlamet, Wash. She was born Oct. 10, 1934, in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Cleo E. and Margaret E. (Welch) Hull. Raised in Grand Rapids, she moved from Michigan to Clatsop County in 1963. On Aug. 20, 1976, she married Leon "Buck" Bell in Astoria. He preceded her...

Jan 13, 2010

Raymond H. "Ray" Johnson, 90, of Warrenton, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, in Portland. He was born Feb. 25, 1919, in Lyons, Neb., to James and Laura Mable (Peterson) Johnson. Raised on a farm in Nebraska, he attended Lyons High School and the University of Nebraska. On July 11, 1943, he married Marian Peterson in Alabama. She preceded him...

Jan 10, 2010

Rodger D. Larson, 69, of Astoria, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, in Astoria. He was born March 22, 1940, in St. Helens, to Walter Larson and Violet R. (Johnston) Larson Loomis. His parents and stepfather, William Loomis, preceded him in death. He was raised in St. Helens and Astoria, where he has lived since 1954. Mr. Larson was employed...

Jan 5, 2010

Vivian Rose Williams, 70, of Astoria, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, in Longview, Wash. She was born June 19, 1939, in Bellingham, Wash. In 1957, she graduated from high school in Clatskanie. On June 8, 1957, she married Richard Williams in Astoria. They later divorced. Mrs. Williams started working at the Bumble Bee Seafood Cannery in Astoria, then at...

Jan 1, 2010

Elizabeth Louise Rossiter Kraus, 94, of Seaside, formerly of Lake Oswego and Palm Springs, Calif., died Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, in Seaside. She was born Aug. 20, 1915, in Vancouver, Wash., to Louis John Rossiter and Nancy Howe-Wester. She attended from Vancouver Business College and graduated from Reed College. A classically-trained pianist, she appeared with Louise Graham and Georgia...