Obituary Listing
Gary L. Nelson
Mar 25, 2013
Gary Leonard Nelson, 65, was born October 26, 1947, and died March 25, 2013. He lived and died in Seaside, Oregon. He was born in Astoria, Oregon, and graduated from Seaside High School in the Class of 1965. Gary was an Army National Guard veteran. He worked as a logger for many years. Gary enjoyed golfing. His survivors are a...
Donald E Holt Sr
Mar 23, 2013
Donald Eugene Holts faith became sight on March 23, 2013. He was 86 and a resident of Seaside, Oregon. Don was born to Winnifred Lindell and Guy Donald Holt in Spokane, Washington, on February 25, 1927. Don left high-school to join the Navy in 1945 and served as a radar technician until 1946 on the USS Point Cruz, part of...
Justin Joseph Kuhn
Mar 21, 2013
Justin Joseph Kuhn was born on March 12, 1924 in Victoria, Kansas and entered into eternal life on March 21, 2013 in Seaside, Oregon. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary, his parents Margaret and Nicholas Kuhn and siblings Sophie, Edwin, Remigius, George, William, Nicholas, Angeline and Sylvester, Daughter Elsie Ann Caldwell and grandsons Orren Caldwell and Justin...
Mary "Joan" Azinger
Mar 13, 2013
Mary "Joan" Azinger, 76, of Astoria, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Clatsop Care in Astoria. She was born Aug. 19, 1936, in Paducah, Ky., to Elizabeth and William Hayden. On April 14, 1961, she married Ray Azinger in Louisville, Ky. He survives, residing in Astoria. The couple moved to Clatsop County 14 years ago. Joan loved singing. She was...
Stella Irene Norgaard
Mar 12, 2013
Stella Irene Norgaard died peacefully at her residence in Astoria, Oregon, on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. She was 92. Mrs. Norgaard was born in Astoria, at the Astor Hotel, on May 28, 1920, to John and Sophie Kallunki. She grew up in Salmon Creek logging camp in Deep River, Washington, and graduated from Naselle High School in 1938. She met...
Franklin Dominic Tarabochia
Mar 9, 2013
Frankliin Dominic Tarabochia of Astoria lost his hard fought battle with mesothelioma on Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Seaside. He was 76. Mr. Tarabochia was born in Astoria on January 12, 1937, to Joseph and Winnifred Tarabochia. His parents proceeded him in death as well as his brother John Tarabochia, and his sister Katherine Sagen. After attending school in Brookfield,...
Ray Elizabeth Estes
Mar 8, 2013
As the fog lifted on the morning of Friday, March 8, 2013, Ray Elizabeth Estes, 91, of Warrenton, quietly passed away at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. She was born December 31, 1921, in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, to Elliott William Gorman, a lighthouse keeper, and Mary Eliza (Hinds) Gorman, a schoolteacher. On that sunny morning long ago, Mary proclaimed that...
Maggie L Reel
Mar 3, 2013
Margaret Lenore "Maggie" Reel, 55, of Seaside, died Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Seaside. She was born Feb. 3, 1958, in Portland, to Thomas and Dorothy (Chapman) Dryden. Her father survives, residing in Gearhart. She attended Catlin Gable School and the University of Washington. Ms. Reel was a homemaker and mother, and managed Jones New York in Seaside. She enjoyed...
Betty M Jacobson
Feb 25, 2013
Betty (Holm) Jacobson died February 25, 2013 in Warrenton, Oregon. She was born September 26, 1932 in Martin, South Dakota to George Holm and Elma (Garner) Holm. She is survived by sons James and Donald Jacobson.
Virginia M Carlson
Feb 17, 2013
Virginia M. Carlson, 80, of Astoria, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Astoria. She was born April 30, 1932, in Warrenton, to Hans W. and Vesta P. (Thompson) Brons. On Oct. 22, 1948, she married James A. Carlson in Kelso, Wash. He survives, residing in Astoria. Mrs. Carlson was a homemaker. Family member said she set the standards very high...
Ardath M Oechsli
Feb 5, 2013
Ardath Marguerite Oechsli, 89, passed away Tuesday, February 05, 2013 at Clatsop Care Center in Astoria. She was born September 05, 1923 in Alhambra, California to Vernon and Lael (Burkhead) Brown. She attended Alhambra schools and in December, 1942 married Raymond Oechsli in Berkeley, California. He preceded her in death. Ardath lived in Astoria for nearly a decade. While making...
Maxine A Stookey
Feb 1, 2013
Maxine A. Stookey (87) of Gearhart, Oregon (formerly of Lake Oswego) passed away peacefully on Friday, February 1, 2013 in Seaside, Oregon. She was born July 20, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia - the youngest of 3 children, to Homer and Susan (Elder) Thomas. She graduated from Russell HIgh School in East Point, Georgia before moving to Oregon. Maxine worked as...
Eden John Carlson
Jan 24, 2013
Eden J. Carlson, 98, of Seaside, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in Seaside. He was born Feb. 26, 1914, in Pargas, Finland, to Andrew and Elin (Bloom) Carlson He served in the U.S. Army in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. He was a welder on Fred Divine Salvage Chief. He retired in 1979. He was a member of the American Legion...
Christopher Lee Bodell
Jan 17, 2013
Christopher Lee Chris Bodell, 22, of Seaside, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in Seaside. He was born Jan. 28, 1990 in Tillamook to Teresa Clark (Martin). His mother survives, residing in Seaside. Mr. Bodell had lived in Seaside for 13 years. He graduated from Seaside High School. He was a landscaper and enjoyed art. In addition to his mother, he is...
Lucille Dorothy Sporter
Jan 14, 2013
Lucille Dorothy "Lucy" Sporter, 97, of Seaside, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Seaside. She was born April 18, 1915, in Eveleth, Minn., to Nicholas A. and Anna (Buonaiuto) Constantine. In 1934, she graduated from Eveleth High School. She graduated from Minnesota State Teachers College in 1938, then the University of Minnesota in Duluth in 1968, with a bachelors degree...
Frederick W Blanche
Jan 14, 2013
Frederick Walter Blanche was born September 5, 1923 in Muskegon, Michigan to Walter and Beatrice (Slater) Blanche. He earned his Bachelor's degree and was a pharmacist during his working career. He served in the Army Air Corps from 1943-1946. Frederick is survived by his wife Rosemary who resides in Warrenton.
Vivian A Taylor
Jan 13, 2013
Vivian A. Vi Taylor, 90, of Seaside, died Sunday, Jan. 13, in Gladstone. She was born Jan. 16, 1922, in Estacada, to Christian and Pearl Johnson. She attended schools in Estacada. In 1941, she married Harold Johnson. They later divorced. In 1962, she married Virgel Taylor. He died earlier. Mrs. Taylor was an office clerk, bookkeeper and secretary. She lived...
Priscilla "Peggy" Roeser
Jan 10, 2013
Priscilla (Peggy) Irene Roeser, 87 years old, passed away on January 10, 2013 in Astoria, OR. Peggy was born on November 26, 1925 to Charles O. Hansen & Jennie J. (Salmi) Hansen of Mist, OR. She was the youngest of four children. Peggy attended Mist Grade School, combining a few grades, and graduating at the age of 16 from Vernonia...
Norman "Rocky" Oleson
Jan 4, 2013
Norman "Rocky" Oleson was born January 6, 1927 in Prince George, BC to Henry and Muriel (Fotherby) Oleson. Rocky grew up there and in Vancouver, BC. As a teen, Rocky left home to join the U.S. military and was on active duty during WWII. He was wounded in the Pacific and received a Purple Heart for his service. He originally...
Alvin D Hyde Jr.
Dec 31, 2012
Alvin Donald Hyde Jr. 70, died at his home in Seaside on Monday, December 31, 2012. He was born in Portland on June 1, 1942 to Alvin Donald Hyde Sr. and Nona Violet (Sanders) Hyde. Alvin had previously lived in Cannon Beach, OR and operated Sunrise Market . He moved from the area for a while but returned to the...