Obituary Listing

Sep 15, 2012

Joan 'Joanne' Johnson , also known as 'Jo', of Astoria, died Sep 15, 2012 at Clatsop Care Center in Astoria. She was born Dec 10, 1932 in Minneapolis, MN to David and Kaisa (Isojarvi) Haapala. In 1953 she married James Raymond Johnson in Minneapolis, MN. She was a homemaker, accountant and caregiver and had been retired for several years. Family...

Sep 15, 2012

George Francis Cole, 85, longtime Seaside resident, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at home. He was born Nov. 30, 1926, to George Cole Sr. and Esther Cole in Portland. Raised in Portland, he attended school there and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1944. Following high school, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving from 1944 to 1945. Following...

Sep 12, 2012

Hazelle Long, 90, of Seaside, died Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012 in Seaside. She was born Aug 14, 1922 in Castleton, ND to Charles and Emilie (Hoff) Palmer. On June 15, 1939 she married Lewis Long in Moorehead, MN. He preceded her in death in 2007. Mrs. Long was the owner of Davy Jones Locker in Astoria in the early to...

Sep 4, 2012

Harold Francis "Hal" Baker, 85, of Astoria, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, at home. He was born Oct. 26, 1926, in Martinez, Calif., to Frank Baker and Mabel Wheaton and attended Alhambra High School in Martinez. He married Jean Churchman Baker in Reno, Nev. She survives, residing in Astoria. For over two years, he served in the U.S. Navy. He...

Sep 3, 2012

Deborah 'Debi' Donnelly, 61, passed away Monday, Sept 3, 2012 at home. Debi was born August 10, 1951 in Bethesda, MD to George and Janet Lee (Thompson) Wrenn. Her mother survives, living in Las Vegas, NV. She graduated high school in Maryland, attended Virginia Intermont College for two years and graduated with a degree in nursing from UNLV in Las...

Sep 2, 2012

Lois May Stuwe, 81 died Sunday, Sept 2, 2012 in Astoria, OR. She was born March 22, 1931 in Jamestown ND to William and Myrtle Pond. In June, 1974 she married Robert Stuwe in Reno, NV. Robert survives and lives in Warrenton, OR. Lois was a homemaker after moving to Oregon, and prior to retiring in 1973 she owned a...

Sep 1, 2012

Glenn (Glenny) Meier, 81, passed away on Sep 1, 2012. He was born on Nov 3, 1930 to Edwin and Olga Meier in Clatskanie, OR. After graduating from Jewell High School, he served 4 years in the Air Force followed by 4 years of Air Force Reserve. After completing his obligation to the Air Force, Glenn came home and ran...

Aug 28, 2012

Myra was born on February 26, 1923, in Astoria, Oregon, to William and Caroline Schwegler. She grew up as the ninth child of a total of ten siblings--seven boys and 3 girls--and the very last of her siblings to pass. Living on a farm on Svenson Island, her life was simple and hard, but her father was quite the renaissance...

Aug 22, 2012

Arturo Luis Perez, 39, of Seaside, died Wednesday August 22, 2012 at home. He was born November 6, 1972, in Villa Hermosa, Tabasco, Mexico to Ricarda Perez Perez and Ezquiel Luis. His parents survive, residing in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. In 1994 he met his life partner, Isabel Barriga, in San Diego, CA. She survives, residing in Seaside. Mr. Perez was...

Aug 21, 2012

Curt was born February 20, 1988 in Lakewood, WA to Phillip Hullender and Terrie Kloster, who survive. His father resides in Seaside, his step-mother, Theresa Hullender, resides in Gearhart; his mother and her husband, Brian Kloster, reside in Astoria. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Lawrence Hullender and William Smith. Curt grew up in Gearhart, Oregon. He attended...

Aug 20, 2012

Henry Guan Xiong Liu, 80, of Seaside, died Monday, August 20, 2012 in Seaside. He was born February 15, 1932 in Shunzheng, China to Wu De and Xiao Huan (Wu) Liu. On February 28, 1958 he married June Junling Liu in China. She survives, living in Seaside. In addition to his wife, Mr. Liu is survived by a daughter, Shelly...

Aug 15, 2012

Mary Elizabeth Rippet, 92, of Seaside, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 in Seaside. Mary was born March 23, 1920 in Oak Park, IL to Michael Henry and Elizabeth Anne (Berner) Sherry. She attended Portland area schools and graduated from Marylhurst College in 1940. On October 18, 1941 she married John E Rippet in Seaside. He preceded her in death in...

Aug 3, 2012

Former Gearhart resident, George H. Ross Jr. 80, was born in Portland to George H. and Muriel Houck, George attended Grant H.S. (1950). He went to U. of O. and Portland State University. George served his country in the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, as a Sergeant/Paratrooper completing his service 1955, returning to Portland to work for HFC financial. But his...

Aug 1, 2012

George Lyle 'Wik' Wikstrom, 78, of Astoria died Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. He was born March 21, 1934 in Clallam Bay, WA to Lyle and Elizabeth (Howard) Wikstrom. In 1952 he graduated from Neah Bay High School. George was a logger by trade who also served in the US Navy for four years. In...

Sep 10, 2010

He was born in Astoria Oregon to Magnus Bernard Howe and Margaret Mary Genevieve Nusbaum Howe. His parents divorced when he was very young, and his father and Sophie (Tillie) Elliott Howe raised him, his siblings and her sisters 4 children. He graduated from Astoria High School in 1950. One of his very early jobs was working at Home Bakery....

Funeral Home: Hughes-Ransom Mortuary Seaside 220 N Holladay Seaside, OR US 97138

David was born October 13, 1939 in Virginia, Minnesota to Alfred and Lois Langlo, the family moved to Gearhart, Oregon when he was three years old. He attended Gearhart elementary school and Seaside high school. After high school he owned and operated three log trucks and worked various logging jobs in the woods. On January 13th 1967, he married the...