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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2017 Robert John Nelson Warrenton Jan. 4, 1935 — Dec. 16, 2016 (1957) and master of science degree (1961) and more time with Emily and his four girls. Throughout the next 20 years, Bob in chemical engineering. Bob was active in the Sigma Alpha Epsi- and Emily created a home in Eastmoreland, lon fraternity, and met Emily when her Pi where everyone was welcomed into their already large family. Beta Phi sorority sister asked her Bob loved nothing more than to help the SAEs decorate their the company of his family and house for a dance. Two years later friends at the dinner table enjoy- on March 16, 1958, they were ing great food and wine, but married in Portland, Oregon. mostly sharing stories and prac- A job for Procter & Gam- ticing his professor-like love of ble took Emily and Bob to Long history and politics that often led Beach, California, where their to raucous conversations. It was oldest daughter, Lisa, was born. known amongst close friends that Instead of moving back east for the Nelsons did not have a typi- a promotion, they chose to return Robert Nelson cal dinner hour, but rather multi- to their hometown of Portland to ple hours. be near both of their families, and Bob and Emily continued to continue to build their own. Bob’s early career was in the pulp and welcome old and new friends to their cur- paper industry, where he experienced his rent home, which was the family beach first international travel (often with the cabin for over 40 years — the place the company of Emily). These early trips girls and Emily spent their summers, with spurred his love of travel and passion for Bob joining every weekend. Summers were experiencing different cultures and build- filled with visits from friends, epic meals, ing new friendships and encouraging his blueberry picking, swimming, clamming, boating, deck building and the annual eat- daughters to do the same. Bob and Emily still maintain friend- ing of one oyster each on Willapa Bay. A ships around the world, as they continued to trait our father instilled in all of us; just try travel as much as they could: multiple trips everything once, and then decide. Winter weekends, when not skiing, or zig-zagging through all 50 states, staying a majority of nights with friends or family, entertaining at their home, were also spent purchasing and road testing (2,500 miles) a at the cabin, complete with huge crackling Volvo in Europe, annual road trips to Cali- fires, lots of reading, listening to albums, fornia, visiting former exchange students in playing dominoes and card games. No TV New Zealand and the U.K., keeping up with available. After selling the family house in East- relatives in Switzerland and visiting old moreland, the next adventure was living on friends wherever they were residing. In the early 1970s, Bob opened a Port- a houseboat at the Oregon Yacht Club. Bob land office of the Arthur Forsyth Co., and Emily had 8 1/2 lively years, meeting allowing him to spend less time on the road new friends, surviving the flood of 1996, Bob Nelson died suddenly and peace- fully of a heart attack on the morning of Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, at his home in War- renton, Oregon. Beloved husband, father, brother, uncle and grandpa, he will be greatly missed by his wife of almost 59 years, Emily, his four daughters and their families: Lisa, (Si) Geo and Spencer New- land; Jana, (John) Mitchell, Isabelle and Will Robertson; Kristina, (Carl) Emily and Lily Perkins and Britta Nelson and his sis- ter Janet, (Niels) Reimers and their family. We are all taking great solace that he passed quickly and peacefully at home in his big blue chair. He has left the deepest crevasse in our lives, but so many amazing memories and so much love for life and how grand it can be. Ever the positive thinker and always the glass half-full, he lived and loved as big as he could — always to the fullest and with unstoppable Viking vigor. He was the best damn bartender you’ll ever know. Bob was the consummate handyman able to fix everything. Lucky for his girls, he instilled in us his amaz- ing penchant for fixing things, as well the ability to do it with his engineering inge- nuity! He was a dad to so many more than his four girls. He was always available for wise advice (asked for or not), uncondi- tional love, big bear hugs, encouragement with his booming voice, and of course, his unwavering support and guidance. Robert John Nelson was born to Eskil and Thelma Nelson on Jan. 4, 1935, in Port- land, Oregon. He attended Franklin High School and was still in contact with some of his friends from the class of 1952. He went on to Oregon State University, where he received both a bachelor of science degree Astoria councilors take oath of office By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian The Astoria City Coun- cil was restored to five mem- bers Tuesday night when Tom Brownson and Bruce Jones were sworn in as the newest councilors. Brownson, the south-side representative who ran unop- posed in November’s elec- tion, fills the seat Drew Herzig vacated in September. Jones, who prevailed in a two-man race in November, replaces Russ Warr as the east-side representative. Councilor Cindy Price was voted City Council president. Price will fill in for Mayor Arline LaMear if the mayor is out of town or otherwise unavailable. The Astoria Police Depart- ment’s new sergeant, Andrew Randall, a 13-year department veteran, also took the oath of office. And Police Chief Brad Johnston announced the cre- ation of a new position: lead dispatcher. Candace Pozdolski, who has served as a department dispatcher for three years, has accepted the promotion. Consult a The City Council voted to extend for 60 days a mora- torium on fees that the North Coast Swim Club and the Astoria School District pay to rent lanes at the Astoria Aquatic Center, a facility man- aged by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. In November, the coun- cil voted for an initial 60-day moratorium on fees charged to both organizations because neither can afford the Aquatic Center’s rental fee of $25 per lane per hour “due to the length of their practices and the amount of space they use,” City Manager Brett Estes said. The November vote was intended to give city staff time to negotiate new rates. 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The first sausages date back A: to the Sumerian Culture in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) in Aquatic Center fees Store Hours Mon. - Fri. 9:30 to 5:30 Saturday 10:00 to 5:00 More Locations: Tillamook • (503) 842-7111 1126 Main Ave Lincoln City • (541) 996-2177 6255 SW Hwy. 101 Newport • (541) 265-9520 5111 N. Coast Hwy. Florence • (541)997-8214 18th & Hwy. 101 and Bob becoming commodore. Their 15th move was to a brand new row house in Westmoreland, where for 13 years they lived within blocks of their daughters Jana and Kristina and their families. So it was with great love for the fam- ily cabin, that Bob and Emily moved to the coast in 2012. Once there, they con- tinued their full rich life, with old and new friends and a very busy social calendar. They joined the Pacific Universalist Uni- tarian Fellowship, and Sunday fellowship was often the highlight of their week. Bob was a people person and loved meeting new people and listening to their stories and telling his own. Always a volunteer, Bob became even more active by holding four jobs within the Astoria community. Whether he was holding little kids up to ring the bell on the trolley as a motor man/conductor, informing visi- tors about the Columbia light ship’s duties, cheerfully delivering Meals on Wheels or greeting arriving cruise ship passengers, he always had a big smile and some friendly advice. In honor of what he famously coined all of our parties the family will host a “GD Mardi Gras Celebration of Bob’s Life” Sun- day, Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Columbia River Maritime Museum’s Barbey Maritime Cen- ter, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, Oregon. Dress is casual in bright colors — no ties, per Bob’s request. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the groups he volunteered with at the Columbia River Maritime Museum (www.crmm.org), Astoria Riverfront Trol- ley (www.old300.org) or Meals on Wheels (www.astoriaseniorcenter.org) I was recently diagnosed with diabetes. 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