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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015
Memorials
Saturday, Oct. 17
CLAYTON, Vickey —
Memorial at 1 p.m., Grace
Episcopal Church, 1545
Franklin Ave., followed by
a reception in the parish
hall.
WHEALDON, John W.
“Jack” — Memorial from
1 to 4 p.m., Poulsbo Yacht
Club, 18129 Fjord Drive
N.E., No. T, Poulsbo,
Washington. Lunch will be
served.
MATTHIES, Donald
Louis — Memorial and
celebration of life at 2
p.m., Johnson Park, State
Route 4, Rosburg, Wash-
ington, across from the
Rosburg Store.
‘What are you doing to get
ready for winter?’
“I just had my whole house done
— roof, gutters and paint. It’s an
old house. It needed it.”
Laura Rogers, Astoria
Lotteries
OREGON
Tuesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 7-1-9-4
4 p.m.: 3-7-9-6
7 p.m.: 9-9-4-4
10 p.m.: 3-1-9-4
“We’re putting the garden to bed,
and cleaning it out, and we’re
planting grass seed. We’re mostly
working on the yard.”
Rachel Jensen, Astoria
WASHINGTON
Tuesday’s
Daily
Game: 2-6-7
Tuesday’s Keno: 01-
02-06-12-15-19-24-28-29-
36-41-44-51-52-56-58-60-
71-76-80
Tuesday’s Match 4:
07-15-18-23
Tuesday’s Mega Mil-
lions:
07-09-24-38-52,
Mega Ball: 1
Estimated jackpot: $75
million.
“Honestly, nothing. I’m still wear-
ing sandals. What’s there to think
about?”
Amy Gouge, Astoria
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ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Clear to partly
cloudy
48°
Thursday
Oregon Weather
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Temperatures
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lows and
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The Dalles
47/75
Astoria
48/73
Portland
51/77
Corvallis
44/78
Eugene
46/79
Pendleton
45/69
Salem
45/78
Albany
44/76
Ontario
41/80
Bend
42/71
Friday
Burns
36/82
Medford
52/90
Mostly sunny, nice
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Klamath Falls
38/83
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Saturday
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Cloudy with
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Month to date .......................... 1.35"
Normal month to date ............. 1.82"
Year to date ........................... 32.59"
Normal year to date .............. 42.06"
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Curtis Alexander Seymour
Redmond
Dec. 15, 1941 — Oct. 6, 2015
It’s with deepest regret that the
counting and tax service business.
family of Curtis Alexander Seymour
This allowed him to do one of the
announces his peaceful passing on
things he loved most — travel. In
Oct. 6, 2015, in Redmond, Oregon.
later life he moved to Clarkston,
Curtis is survived by his wife Gin-
Washington, and most recently
ny Seymour; sons Samuel Seymour
Redmond, Oregon, where he could
be closer to his brother.
and Erick Knight; daughter Shelby
Curtis was always an active com-
Zadow; grandkids Madelyn Knight,
munity member, and was a member
Leo Knight, Shelby Seymour and
of Knights of Columbus, OCI, Ki-
Bennett Zadow; brother Bob Sey-
mour; cousins Madeline Miller, Curtis Seymour wanis, the Astoria Clown Society,
the ¿ rst Astoria Trolley volunteer
Linda Kruss, Marvin Methven and
driver, and most recently the Band
Bill Seymour; and many nieces and
of Brothers in Redmond, Oregon. He dutiful-
nephews.
Curtis was a larger-than-life person with ly donated to many charities, but his favorites
a huge heart, and his absence will be greatly were always the wildlife charities, Helping
felt by all those who knew him. Those who Hands, the local shelters and ASPCA. If you
loved him know he liked to tell a good story, would like to do something in his honor, the
wear colorful socks, walk his dogs, drive his family would ask you to consider one of these
big yellow truck and hunt. But most of all, charities.
Curtis lived life with a positive spirit. He
he loved his family and his wife deeply. He
was a faithful person whose handshake was loved to meet new people and go to new plac-
his word, and whose friendships spanned the es. There is a big shadow where a rainbow
once stood, and he will be dearly missed.
decades.
Curtis’s funeral service will be held at St.
Born in San Francisco, California, on
Dec. 16, 1941, he grew up in a family-owned Matthews Episcopal Church in Portland, Ore-
apartment complex in Hollywood, Califor- gon, at 12:30 p.m. on Monday Oct, 19 . There
nia, amongst his grandparents, aunts, uncles will be an opportunity during the service for
and cousins, whom he considered as close as anyone who would like to share a memory to
siblings. Curtis loved to regale people with speak.
A full military graveside service and burial
stories of his youth, including climbing trees
to listen to concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, will be held at Willamette National Cemetery
washing the car for the actor who played “T he at 2:30 p.m. that day, including Bannermen
and the presenting of the À ag. The burial will
F ugitive,” and cruising the boulevards.
He was always a hard worker and his ¿ rst be followed by dinner and a celebration of
job was at age 9 as a paperboy. In Hollywood, life.
Frank Sinatra, “My Way” (Lyrics by Paul
Curtis attended Blessed Sacrament School
and St. John Vianney, where he created many Anka)
And now, the end is near;
friendships that endure to this day, and was a
And so I face the ¿ nal curtain.
main organizer of yearly “good ol’ boy” re-
My friend, I’ll say it clear,
unions of friends from that era.
I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain.
At the urging of a friend he moved to Ida-
ho in 1962 to attend the University of Idaho.
I’ve lived a life that’s full.
There he met his lifelong love and spouse,
I’ve traveled each and every highway;
Ginny Wood Seymour. Then, two months be-
And more, much more than this,
fore he received his degree, he was drafted.
I did it my way.
He joined the Navy, married, and was de-
ployed to the Vietnam War in 1967. He was
Regrets, I’ve had a few;
stationed in Guam, served in the Tet offensive
But then again, too few to mention.
and spent time at Da Nang Air Force Base.
I did what I had to do
He returned home in 1969, and served for 30
And saw it through without exemption.
years in the reserves until retiring with honors
as a chief warrant of¿ cer.
I planned each charted course;
Returning home from the war he had a
Each careful step along the byway,
choice to move back to California, or take
And more, much more than this,
a job as a bank manager in Idaho. He chose
I did it my way.
Idaho as the place to raise his small family,
and spent the majority of time in Oro¿ no. It’s
Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew
in Oro¿ no that he became an avid hunter and
When I bit off more than I could chew.
¿ sherman, and his favorite place to go was
But through it all, when there was doubt,
Joseph Plains. He was manager of the First
I ate it up and spit it out.
Security Bank there for over a decade.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
Shortly after his youngest child’s gradu-
And did it my way.
ation from Oro¿ no High School he and his
wife moved to Astoria, Oregon, where he
I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried.
was the manager at Western Bank of Astoria.
I’ve had my ¿ ll; my share of losing.
There he enjoyed whale watching and spend-
And now, as tears subside,
ing time at the beach, and also took up buffalo
I ¿ nd it all so amusing.
hunting in Montana and Eastern Oregon, and
¿ shing in Alaska.
To think I did all that;
It was late in life that Curtis decided to go
And may I say — not in a shy way,
back to college. He got his accounting degree,
“Oh no, oh no not me,
became a certi¿ ed public accountant , retired
I did it my way.”
from the bank and started his own home ac-
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Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
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3:36 a.m. 7.4 ft.
3:04 p.m. 8.5 ft.
Time
9:16 a.m.
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Low
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PORTLAND — Columbia
Riverkeeper is holding its 15th
Anniversary Celebration and
Clean Water Champion Awards
from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at
Axiom Custom Products, 2424
N.E. Riverside Way.
The Astoria group, Colum-
bia Paci¿ c Common Sense, is
receiving the Partnership Award
at the event for its efforts during
the last 10 years to help River-
keeper protect the Columbia
River from liTue¿ ed natural gas
import and export terminals.
Other recipients include:
former U.S. Rep. Elizabeth
Furse, the Riverkeeper Life-
time Achievement Award; Bob
Sallinger of the Audubon Soci-
ety o f Portland, the River Hero
Award; Hoesly Eco Automotive,
the River Protector Business
Award; and the students at Sun-
nyside Environmental School,
the Youth Leadership Award.
The event includes a silent
auction and rafÀ e to win an As-
toria weekend package, a classic
small sailboat, a canoe with out-
rigger, and other river-themed
packages. Craft beer, local wine,
and snacks or dinner from food
carts will be available for pur-
chase, and Casey Neil and the
Norway Rats are providing
dance music for the event.
Death
Oct. 10, 2015
WALLER, Charnell, 76, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary in Astoria is
in charge of the arrangements.
Public meetings
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St., Astoria.
Astoria School Board,
6:15 p.m., study session, 7:30
p.m., board meeting, Capt.
5obert Gray ScKool tKirdÀ oor
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