Obituary Listing

Renee Skeels

Renee Skeels

Aug 9, 2022

Reneé was born March 1, 1956 in Portland, Oregon. She was adopted as an infant by Robert and LaVina Smith. She grewup in Lebanon, Milwaukie, and Madras Oregon. She was an ambitious and successful student attending Catholic schoolsand she played the piano. Family time was important and she enjoyed spending time with her grandmother, aunts,uncles, and especially her cousins. She...

Donald Adrian Leader

Donald Adrian Leader

Aug 7, 2022

Donald “Don” Leader

 

December 15th, 1940 – August 7th, 2022

Donald Adrian Leader, 81, passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 7th in Astoria.  Don was born in Portland, Oregon to Donald and Iris Leader on December 15th, 1940.  He was the oldest of two children. 

Don lived in the Clatsop Plains area south of Warrenton, OR but...

Duffy Duncan

Duffy Duncan

Aug 7, 2022

 

The man, myth and legend, Captain Duffy Duncan of Astoria, Oregon passed unexpectedly to the sea inthe sky on Sunday, August 7

th at the age of 74. He graduated in 1966 from Hilhi HS in Hillsboro, OR andlater attended college at Clatsop Community College in Astoria, OR. All knew him to be larger than lifewith an infectious laugh...

Marion Dale Hostetler

Marion Dale Hostetler

Aug 5, 2022

Marion Dale Hostetler was born January 1, 1938 to Dan and Viola Hostetler in Hartville, Ohio. Beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Marion went to be with the Lord of August 5, 2022 while surrounded by family at his home in Gearhart, Oregon. Marion is survived by his wife Emma of 64 years, his 9 children-Deb, Don, Rhonda, Jim,...

Kyle Evers Patterson

Kyle Evers Patterson

Jul 29, 2022

“In one of the stars, I shall be living.” (Antoine de St. Exupery) 

Kyle Evers Patterson, a bright star to all who knew him, passed away unexpectedly on July 29, 2022. He was 44. 

Kyle was born to Danny and Christine (Forney) Patterson, in Astoria, on July 7, 1978, to the delight of his older siblings, Kelley and Tiffany. He...

Ruth Marie Koch

Ruth Marie Koch

Jul 23, 2022

Ruth passed away very peacefully on July 23, 2022. Ruth was born on January 12, 1928 to Charles and Isabelle (Johnson) Gahagan in Grand Forks North Dakota. She was the youngest of three, her sister Margaret (Marge) and brother Harold Gahagan of whom proceeded her in passing. She was a graduate of Central High School in Grand Forks, ND. She...

Timothy Edgel Cline

Timothy Edgel Cline

Jul 18, 2022

Timothy Edgel Cline, 61, of Seaside died on July 18, 2022 in Seaside. He was born to Edgel and Sandra (Raymond) Cline November 21, 1960 in Warren Ohio. At the age of seventeen, Edgel joined the United States Navy. In 2011 Edgel married Krista (Snodgrass) in Niles, Ohio. Together they honeymooned in Niagara Falls and continued to travel across the...

William Morris Harper

William Morris Harper

Jul 17, 2022

On the morning of July 17, 2022, William Morris Harper Jr. known to friends and family as “Bill” left this world just as he had lived, in his own time and on his own terms after a long battle with cancer. He was a soft-spoken man with a big presence. Born July 22, 1949, in Venice, California to Eleanor and...

Betty Olvey

Betty Olvey

Jun 30, 2022

Betty Jane Olvey was born in Astoria, OR to Richard and Elsie (Strom) Olson October 27, 1928. She spent her life as a native to Astoria until her passing June 30, 2022 at the age of 93. Betty's school years were spent in Clatsop County where she attended Chadwell School from first through sixth grade, while the remainder of her...

Virginia Shepherd

Virginia Shepherd

Jun 27, 2022

Virginia Ann Shepherd, 89, a native of Astoria, died on June 27, 2022. “Ginny” loved the area and it was home since her birth to George William and Fannie Marie (Erickson) Lampi February 11, 1933. In the mornings she enjoyed feeding all the birds that gathered outside her home. Her knowledge of all the varieties of birds and their behaviors...

Deanna Harden

Deanna Harden

Jun 18, 2022

Deanna Marie Harden, aged 75, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022 at her home in Seaside, Oregon. Deanna was born January 31, 1947 in Twin Falls, Idaho to George and Edna Alvey. Deanna was the youngest girl in her family of seven children. She remained in the southern Idaho area throughout her childhood and on January 6, 1976, Deanna married...

Derek Alan Gascoigne

Derek Alan Gascoigne

Jun 1, 2022

Derek “Derk” Alan Gascoigne was born Jan. 2nd, 1961, in Corvallis, Oregon to Jim and Peggy (Johnson) Gascoigne. Shortly after he was born, his family moved to Astoria, Oregon, where his younger brothers Ken and Paul were born. After spending his formative years in the Astoria school district, Derk graduated in June 1979 from Astoria High School. After high school,...

Randy Lenart

Randy Lenart

May 24, 2022

Randy Lenart, 37, passed away suddenly on May 24, 2022 at his home in Astoria, Ore. He is survived by his parents, Philip and Susan Lenart of Napoleon, Mich., his brother Kevin, his grandfather Robert Cronan, aunts, uncles, many cousins and all the friends who were lucky to know him over the years. Randy was born in Ann Arbor, Mich.,...

Elmer Johnson

Elmer Johnson

May 17, 2022

Elmer Leroy Johnson was born to an early Knappa settler family on March 19th, 1926. His father, Carl G. Johnson came to Knappa in 1889, as a child in a family of five who bought property on what is now Carl Johnson Lane. Carl was a logger, was widowed and with a daughter Ida (Baldwin), in 1906. Carl, became a...

Noah Brien

Noah Brien

Apr 21, 2022

Noah M. Brien October 06, 1998 Astoria, OR – April 21, 2022 Caldwell, ID Noah passed away at the age of 23 on Thursday April 21, 2022 while working in Idaho and chasing his dreams of becoming a Lineman. Noah grew up in Clatsop County and graduated from Seaside High School in 2017 where he earned many awards including Football...

Elizabeth "Liz" Reynolds

Elizabeth "Liz" Reynolds

Mar 31, 2022

Elizabeth Jean Reynolds (née Erickson) passed away on March 31, 2022, of anaplastic thyroid cancer. Liz spent nearly her entire life on the North Coast. She was born in Seaside to Don and Leona Erickson, grew up in Cannon Beach, and graduated from Seaside High School (class of 1969). After completing college at Oregon State University (class of 1973), she...

John "Russell" Graham

John "Russell" Graham

Mar 24, 2022

John "Russell'' Graham passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 24, 2022, at the age of 71. Russ was born to John and Harriet Graham in Oakland, California on May 19, 1950. He grew up in Hayward, California where he attended Tennyson High School and enlisted in the United States Navy after graduating in 1968. He married Darlene Leger...

Jon Hissner

Jon Hissner

Mar 10, 2022

 

Jon Allen Hissner passed away March 10, 2022, at his family home in Astoria, after a long battle with asbestos-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 78 years old.

Jon was born on July 1, 1943, in Eugene, to Ragnhild Oline and Wilbur Francis Hissner.

When he was 9 years old, the family moved back to their home town...

Michael "Mike" Steven Douglas

Michael "Mike" Steven Douglas

Mar 9, 2022

The Sacrament of the Mass For Michael Douglas Seaside Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church 20 Oceanway St Seaside, OR 97138 Will take place on Tuesday June 14, 2022 Rosary at 9:30 am Mass at 10:00 am Music Reception after Mass Given by Our Lady of Victory Women’s Ministry Open eulogies Please join us Seaside in a celebration of Michael...

James Osburn

James Osburn

Feb 22, 2022

James Austin Osburn died peacefully the morning of February 22nd, 2022, at Neawanna By The Sea in Seaside, Oregon. He was 77 years old. Jim, the second of five children, was born to John and Elane Osburn on May 1st, 1944, in St. Mary’s Hospital in Astoria, Oregon. Jim lived his entire life in Clatsop County. He was surrounded in...