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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
OBITUARIES
Harriette Elizabeth Forney
Astoria
Aug. 3, 1931 — Feb. 12, 2015
Courtesy of CHRIS DUGAN
Fire crews attempt to douse a blaze at 89967 U.S. Highway 53 Saturday night. In the end,
the house burned to the ground.
House on Highway 53 a ‘total loss’
sponded to an alarm at 10:07
p.m. Saturday night. By the
time they arrived, the struc-
ture was fully engulfed. “En
route, we could see the glow
in the sky from over a mile
away,” Boone said.
Personnel from Seaside
Fire Department, Cannon
Beach Fire and Rescue,
Gearhart Fire Department,
Elsie-Vinemaple Rural Fire
Protection District, Clatsop
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By ERICK BENGEL
EO Media Group
HAMLET — A house
at 89967 U.S. Highway 53
burned to the ground during
the weekend when a resident
accidentally ignited the gas-
oline in a generator on the
deck, according to Chief Bill
Boone of Hamlet Fire and
Rescue. The house was a
“total loss,” he said.
Fire crews from Hamlet re-
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All of the residents got out
safely without injuries, Boone
said. A couple of pet cats died
during the incident, however.
Crews cleared the scene at
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$300,000, he said. “It was a
big house, but it wasn’t in the
best shape.”
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ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
36°
Tuesday
Portland
29/56
Corvallis
30/58
Eugene
27/56
Lincoln City
July 17, 1922 — Feb. 12, 2015
The Dalles
24/58
Astoria
36/54
Pendleton
25/56
Salem
30/60
Albany
27/57
Ontario
18/54
Bend
14/58
Wednesday
Burns
16/57
Medford
21/61
Mostly sunny
Klamath Falls
12/56
Mostly cloudy
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015
54°
42°
Thursday
45°
Friday
Cloudy with a brief
shower or two
53°
53°
42°
Mostly cloudy
with a couple of
showers
54°
38°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 56°
Low ............................................ 30°
Normal high ............................... 52°
Normal low ................................. 37°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.00"
Month to date .......................... 5.58"
Normal month to date ............. 5.68"
Year to date ........................... 14.77"
Normal year to date .............. 15.88"
Sunset tonight .................. 5:52 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday .............. 7:04 a.m.
Moonrise today ................ 9:45 a.m.
Moonset today ........................ none
Regional Cities
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Today
Hi Lo W
44 12 s
42 14 s
64 40 s
56 27 s
56 39 s
47 12 s
60 21 s
57 38 s
60 36 s
National Cities
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
48 36 r
Boston
21 -2 s
Chicago
11 4
s
Denver
20 12 c
Des Moines
19 14 s
Detroit
11 2 pc
El Paso
57 37 c
Fairbanks
35 21 sf
Honolulu
83 69 pc
Indianapolis
13 -7 s
Kansas City
23 15 pc
Las Vegas
51 40 sh
Los Angeles
64 47 c
Memphis
28 21 sn
Miami
82 67 pc
Nashville
30 19 pc
New Orleans
52 40 r
New York
23 5 pc
Oklahoma City 26 14 sn
Philadelphia
28 5 pc
St. Louis
19 9 pc
Salt Lake City
41 20 pc
San Francisco
66 47 pc
Seattle
54 35 s
Washington, DC 32 12 pc
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Full
Last
New
Feb 25
Mar 5
Mar 13
Mar 20
Under the Sky
Tues.
Hi Lo W
53 22 s
58 22 s
60 42 s
56 33 s
53 43 s
56 21 s
61 28 s
55 41 s
57 40 s
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
Yakima
Today
Hi Lo W
55 28 s
44 25 s
57 29 s
58 29 s
57 30 s
57 36 s
43 26 s
56 27 s
50 24 s
Tues.
Hi Lo W
56 36 pc
56 30 s
56 36 s
59 36 s
60 35 s
54 42 s
45 26 pc
57 34 s
56 27 s
Tonight's Sky: Tuesday before sunrise, Mercury
at greatest elongation west of 27 degrees of the
sun.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
5:04 a.m. 9.3 ft.
6:00 p.m. 7.3 ft.
Time
11:51 a.m.
11:38 p.m.
Low
0.7 ft.
2.1 ft.
Tomorrow’s National Weather
Tues.
Hi Lo W
46 33 c
18 16 s
27 6
sf
43 24 pc
37 16 pc
22 7
sf
65 38 sh
31 10 c
83 71 pc
25 9
c
41 22 pc
60 39 pc
71 51 pc
39 27 pc
82 63 s
40 24 pc
52 43 r
21 18 pc
43 22 c
24 19 pc
40 19 pc
47 31 s
65 48 s
54 40 pc
30 24 pc
Elnora Strong Jones ‘Kit’ Mulcahy
Oregon Weather
Shown is
tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
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Harriette Elizabeth Forney, 83, passed away She was a wonderful mother, grandmother,
Feb. 12, 2015, in Astoria. She was born August great-grandmother and auntie.
3, 1931, in San Diego, Calif., to Ed-
Survivors include a daughter,
win Mathews Chase and Mary Sig-
Christine Patterson of Astoria; and
frid McDermott. Harriette grew up
a son and daughter-in-law, Keene
with her parents in Warrenton, Ore.
and Cynthia Forney of Clatskanie.
She married her high school
She had four grandchildren and 10
sweetheart, Hugh Forney in 1949
great-grandchildren which include:
in Kelso, Wash. Hugh preceded her
Kelley Patterson of Astoria, and Me-
in death Feb. 23, 1989. They had
lissa Patterson with children Zacha-
three children. In 1952 Harriette,
ry, Kellan, Luke and Delaney Patter-
along with her family, moved to
son, Tiffany Patterson Tarabochia of
Astoria and Brian Tarabochia, with
Skagway, Alaska, working for the
children Taylor, and Joey Tarab-
U. S. Postal System. In 1962 the
Harriette
ochia, Kyle Patterson of Astoria,
family returned to Oregon, settling
Forney
Keene Forney Jr. and wife Melanie
in the Knappa area. At that time,
Forney, and children Skyler, Kenna,
she worked for the Postal Service
in Clatskanie, Ore. After a few years, they Keegan Forney and Kyle L’Amie. A sister and
moved to Birkenfeld, Ore., and took up brother-in-law, Mary Jo Chase Percey and
farming and logging. The family later settled Gerald Percey of Beaverton. A brother and
sister-in-law, Edwin Chase and wife Lawanna
in Warrenton, Ore.
Gardening was a passion and she was Chase of Warrenton.
She was preceded in death by a sister and
known for her beautiful roses, dahlias and
begonias. She is also known for her wonder- EURWKHULQODZ $GD /RX &KDVH *UD¿QJ DQG
ful cooking. Her specialty was her pies with %DURQ*UD¿QJDVRQLQODZ'DQQ\3DWWHUVRQ
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A celebration of life service will be held
partake, then you were indeed fortunate. She
was a lifelong fan of the San Francisco Gi- Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Caldwell’s
ants which provided a great rivalry with her Luce-Layton Mortuary, 1165 Franklin Ave.,
brother, Ed Chase, a lifelong fan of the Los Astoria, Ore.
Memorial contributions may be given to:
Angeles Dodgers.
Harriette loved driving her Pontiac Fire- Clatsop Care Center, 646 16th St., Astoria,
bird with her tunes cranked on her cassette OR 97103.
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary is in
recorder. She loved all music, but particu-
larly classic rock with Bob Seger, Meatloaf, charge of arrangements. Please sign our on-
and Billy Idol, to name a few. Most of all, she line guest book at www.caldwellsmortuary.
will be remembered for her love of family. com
Cold
Showers
Flurries
Snow
Ice
TUESDAY
Astoria Library Board,
5:30 p.m., Astoria Public Li-
brary Flag Room, 450 10th
St.
Clatsop Care Center
Health District Board, 5:30
p.m., Clatsop Care Memory
Community, 2219 S.E. Dol-
phin Road, Warrenton.
Astoria Planning Com-
mission, 6:30 p.m., Astoria
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Feb. 16, 2015
BEYERS, Barbara Ruth,
Warm
Stationary
Rain
Public meetings
Seaside Planning Com-
mission work session, 7
p.m., City Hall, 989 Broad-
way.
Warrenton City Com-
mission, 7 p.m., Warrenton
City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave.
WEDNESDAY
Astoria Parks and Rec-
reation Board, 6:45 a.m.,
1555 W. Marine Drive.
Sunset Empire Trans-
portation District Board, 9
a.m., Astoria Transit Center
Conference Room, 900 Ma-
rine Drive.
Clatsop County Housing
Authority Board, 5 p.m.,
Guy Boyington Building,
857 Commercial St., Astoria
THURSDAY
Recreational
Lands
Planning and Advisory
Committee, 1 to 3 p.m.,
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St., Astoria
87, of Seaside, formerly of
Cannon Beach, died in As-
toria. A memorial will be an-
nounced at a later date.
Friday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 5-4-9-3
4 p.m.: 4-5-1-4
7 p.m.: 2-6-1-1
10 p.m.: 1-4-3-2
WASHINGTON
Sunday’s Daily Game:
8-1-5
Sunday’s Keno: 01-05-
07-10-11-20-23-26-27-31-
39-42-46-50-56-68-71-72-
77-79
Sunday’s Match 4: 01-
02-13-21
Saturday’s Daily Game:
3-8-1
Saturday’s Hit 5: 07-09-
11-15-29
Estimated
jackpot:
$290,000
Saturday’s Keno: 02-10-
15-16-23-28-30-34-37-40-43-
48-53-56-65-70-72-74-77-78
Saturday’s Lotto: 08-15-
26-38-41-43
Estimated jackpot: $4.8
million
Saturday’s Match 4: 01-
03-08-13
Friday’s Daily Game:
9-9-6
Friday’s Keno: 07-11-14-
18-19-22-23-25-28-35-44-48-
52-53-68-70-72-75-78-80
Friday’s Match 4: 05-11-
13-21
Friday’s Mega Millions:
02-06-08-52-66, Mega Ball: 13
Estimated jackpot: $100
million
Death
Fronts
T-Storms
Elnora “Kit” Strong Jones Mulcahy, 92, She belonged to Palette Puddlers, Trail’s End
passed away in Lincoln City, Ore., Feb. 12, Art Association and the Oregon Watercolor
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2015. Born July 17, 1922 she grew
in juried shows across the North-
up in Sultan, Wash. Even as little
west, winning more awards.
girl she loved to draw.
Travel was her muse. She went
Kit graduated from Art Center
around the world, enjoying cruis-
College of Design in Pasadena,
es, Elderhostel trips, and painting
Calif. She met and married Johnny
tours.
Jones after World War II. Her career
She is survived by two children,
began at Boeing in Seattle. Later in
Judi Barkley of Otis, Ore., and Gary
Spokane she became an advertising
Jones of Portland; four granddaugh-
graphic artist, eventually becom-
ters, Lisa Egger, Laura Lehinger,
ing art director, winning numerous
Elnora “Kit”
Erin Jones and Allison Guerra; plus
awards for her creative achieve-
Mulcahy
five great-grandchildren.
ments.
Her ashes will be interred in
After owning an ad agency, she
retired to the Oregon Coast, settling in Sea- Sultan, Wash., near her parents and grand-
side to pursue her joy of watercolor painting. parents.
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4 p.m.: 3-7-3-8
7 p.m.: 6-6-7-1
10 p.m.: 2-4-4-4
Saturday’s Megabucks:
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Estimated jackpot: $10.8
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Saturday’s Powerball:
10-14-18-34-51, Powerball:
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Saturday’s Pick 4:
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4 p.m.: 2-8-5-7
7 p.m.: 5-1-2-5
10 p.m.: 5-5-4-7
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