Obituary Listing
Lorraine Minnie Spillman
Jul 18, 2014
Lorraine Minnie Spillman of Seaside died July 18, 2014 at home with her family by her side. She was 89. Lorraine was born December 8, 1924 in Albert Lea Freeborn, Minnesota to Oscar and Clara (Rushfelt) Hamburg. She was raised on their family farm with her three brothers. The family raised many animals including: pigs, milk cows, laying hens, and...
Kenneth LeRoy Heater
Jul 6, 2014
Kenneth LeRoy Heater of Astoria passed away on July 6, 2014. He was 86. Kenneth was born May 13, 1928 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to LeRoy and Theresa (Nagy) Heater. Ken enlisted in the United States Navy and served during World War II. Ken married Jean Troppa on May 17, 1947 in Naselle, Washington. He was later the owner and operator...
Arthur Leonard Weiss
Jul 3, 2014
Arthur Weiss, 77, passed away July 3, 2014, at his home in Seaside, OR. He was born May 13, 1937, in Brooklyn, NY to Harry and Lillian (Trugman) Weiss. Arthur graduated from Far Rockaway High School in Far Rockaway, NY in 1955. Arthur spent many years living in southern California before moving to Seaside, OR in 1990 and starting Weiss'...
Gary Lee Heller
Jul 3, 2014
Gary Lee Heller was born May 26, 1944, in Centralia, WA, to Ethel Agnes Heller and Marion Everoll Heller. Gary passed away on July 3, 2014, in his home in Seaside, Oregon. Gary went to school in Cannon Beach and Seaside. After high school he went to work for Weyerhaeuser in Centralia, WA, as a fork lift operator. At the...
Felix Bruney
Jun 29, 2014
Felix Bruney of Warrenton passed away on June 29, 2014 in Astoria. He was 91. Felix was born November 27, 1922 in Berwick, Louisiana to Joseph & Mary Pearl (Kieff) Bruney. Felix enlisted in the Navy and was Chief on Mine Sweeper & Destroyer Escort. Some of his work experience included being a commercial fisherman and a business owner. In...
Shirley Jean Frandsen
Jun 28, 2014
Shirley Jean (Wilson) Frandsen passed peacefully on June 28, 2014 at the age of 84 in Seaside, Oregon. She was born September 3, 1929 in Salem, Oregon to George L. and Helmi E. (Sinko) Wilson. Shirley grew up in the Lewis and Clark Young's River area. She attended Battlecreek a one room school and in 1948 graduated from Astoria High...
Barry Dean Gordon
Jun 20, 2014
Barry Dean Gordon of Seaside, OR passed away June 20, 2014 in Portland, OR. He was 63. Barry was born February 7, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Robert Daniel and Beverly Ann (Evenson) Gordon. He attended John Paul Jones High School & Lee College. Barry served in Army in the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment in Vietnam. He was...
Keith Vernon Larson
Jun 14, 2014
Keith Vernon Larson, of Warrenton, died June 14, 2014. He was born March 9, 1948, to Vernon and Nancy Larson in Ilwaco, Washington. He grew up on the family farm in Rosburg, enjoying fishing, hunting and sports. Keith attended grade school in Rosburg and Naselle Grays River Valley Elementary School. He attended and graduated from Naselle High School in 1966....
Gerald Roy Rudduck
Jun 10, 2014
Gerald Roy Rudduck of Gearhart passed away at home June 10, 2014, he was 73. Gerald was born September 13, 1940 in Tecumseh, Michigan to Roy and Christine (Niga) Rudduck. Gerald was in the United States Navy, and then a long haul truck driver until he retired seven years ago. Gerald was very passionate about taking care of his home...
Roger Allen Rupprecht
Jun 10, 2014
Roger Allen Rupprecht passed away at his home in Westport, Oregon on June 10, 2014. He was 76. Roger was born October 19, 1937 in Utica Township, Minnesota to Bernhardt J. and Lucy A. (Luehman) Rupprecht. He graduated from Lewiston High School in Minnesota in 1957. After high school Roger married his sweetheart Patricia Darlene Olson on October 25, 1958...
Gene Morris
May 27, 2014
Surrounded by family, Gene Morris passed away peacefully at home in Randle, Washington on May 27th, 2014. He fought a short battle with lung cancer, supported by his loving wife Barbara & family. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Gene Morris was born to Herb and Melvina Rose Morris on Sept. 8, 1928 near Randle, WA,...
Edward Joseph John Walsh
May 23, 2014
A skip in his step, a song in his heart, and a smile on his face describes Edward Joseph John Walsh, who passed away peacefully at home on May 23, 2014. At the moment of passing, a soft rain began to fall, a sign he was passing into the heavens. Ed was born in Dublin, Ireland, in December 1921 to...
Betsy Luisa Jordan
May 7, 2014
Betsy Jordan passed away May 7, 2014 in Seaside, Oregon. At her side were her three children, and her son-in-law. Betsy had two great loves in her life, the first being her birth country of Colombia. While on vacation in the coastal town of Cartagena in 1956, she met the second: Kenneth Jordan, a northwest native working in South America...
Mae Eileen Hendrickson
May 4, 2014
Surrounded by family, Mae Eileen Hendrickson died peacefully in Portland, OR, on May 4th. She was supported by many family and friends, who were blessed by her life of loving and caring for others. As a loving wife, mother, and devoted friend, she will be deeply missed. Mae Eileen Hill was born in Astoria on August 29, 1926, to Syma...
Geraldine Koerner
Apr 9, 2014
Geraldine Renee Koerner passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 9th in Bend Oregon with her children at her side. Her kind and gentle spirit will always be remembered. She was born in Fairbanks, Alaska on December 12, 1935 to Maximillian and Agnes Miller. She moved to Watsonville, California with her mom and step father Bert Moen where she grew up...
Eleanor Elsie Cory
Mar 31, 2014
Eleanor Elsie Cory passed away March 31, 2014, at Nehalem Valley Care Center in Wheeler, Oregon. She was 99. Eleanor was born on June 26, 1914, to Lyman M. and Marien G. (Farley) Carary in Sacramento, California. She married Willard Cory in Sacramento, and the couple moved to Monterey area to work in bakeries. In 1963, they decided to come...
Winslow Dean Smith
Mar 25, 2014
Winslow Dean Smith, "Smitty," of Seaside, died March 25, 2014, at the age of 61. He was born March 4, 1953, in Oxnard, California, to Elton Derwood and Velma May (Carroll) Smith. He married Dawn Leslie Davis on July 4, 1991, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He worked at Arrow Taxi and Smitty's Auto Sales. To my friends and family: Well...
John Pate
Mar 23, 2014
John Pate, age 77, of Seaside, died March 23, 2014, in Seaside, Oregon. He was born December 5, 1936, to Sylvia Niemi Pate Mann and Ralph Luther Pate. John worked in logging in the Northwest and served in the Marines stationed in Japan 1954-57. In his younger days, he was well known around town for his guitar playing and singing....
Jeffrey Vann Phipps
Mar 21, 2014
Jeffrey Vann Phipps died unexpectedly in Seaside, Oregon, on March 21, 2014, at the age of 58. Jeff was born in Salem, Oregon, on November 11, 1955, to Richard and Corene (Porter) Phipps. He attended school in Portland and Gresham, graduating from Gresham High School in 1973. Jeff's lifelong passion was bowling, and he spent most of his life managing...
Thomas F Wendt
Mar 15, 2014
Thomas F. Wendt of Astoria died Saturday March 15, 2014 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. He was 73. Thomas was born August 21, 1940, in New York, New York, to Ernest and Gladys (Hendrix) Wendt. He served in the United States Navy for 6 years, and he was an operating engineer for steam and refrigeration plants. On December 31, 1986, Thomas...
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