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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2016 OBITUARIES Eva Jean Hansen Steven Walter Escola Astoria June 10, 1925 — March 21, 2016 In loving memory of Eva Jean Hansen, who was born June 10, 1925, and passed away Monday, March 21, 2016, in Spring¿ eld, Oregon. Mom, g randmother and g reat-grandmother will be greatly missed, but leaves us with so many fond memories. Eva grew up in logging camps around Clatsop County and was a long time beautician, receiving her license when she was only 16 years Eva Hansen Clatskanie Sept. 8, 1947 — March 19, 2016 old. She owned and operated a beauty shop in Jeffers Gardens. Eva was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard, and special friend, Curtis Service. She is survived by her sons Floyd and Sherry Hansen, Lenard and Cindy Hansen; grand- children Jenna (Hansen) O’Connor and husband Ian, Emmy and John Hansen (Floyd); and great-grand- children Wolf, Brenden, Axel and Hayden, along with Curtis’s sons Dennis, Gary and Tim Service. John T. ‘Terry’ McDermott Stayton Feb. 14, 1935 — March 15, 2016 John McDermott, 81, died March 15 in puzzles and sports, and was a big Red Sox fan. Salem. Born and raised in Astoria, he graduated He is survived by his wife Diane, of Stay- from Astoria High School in 1953. ton; children John “Jack” (Laura) McDermott He lived in Portland for 10 years before of Tallahassee, Florida, and Megan (McGuire) moving to Stayton 45 years ago. Fleming of Hopedale, Massachu- John served in the U.S. Army as a setts; brothers Van (Nancy) Kennell Russian linguist stationed in Turkey. of Astoria and Michael (Michelle) He received his bachelor’s degree McDermott of Vancouver, Wash- from the University of Oregon and ington; sister Laurie McDer- two master’s degrees from Portland mott of Portland; and granddaugh- State University; in 1967 he was an ter Josie Fleming of Hopedale, exchange student in Yugoslavia. Massachusetts. John married C. Diane DeTem- He was preceded in death by his ple on Sept. 7, 1968, in Vancouver, parents, John McDermott and Vivi- Washington. enne Kennell; stepfather Ivan H. Ken- John “Terry” He taught middle school for 31 nell; and brother Jerry McDermott. McDermott years in Stayton and coached bas- A memorial service will be held ketball, wrestling and baseball. John on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at 3 p.m., was a member of the Stayton United Methodist at Stayton United Methodist Church. Church for 40 years, where he sang in the church Contributions may be made to the church choir, served otn the administrative council and music fund or the Stayton Food Bank. taught Sunday s chool for 15 years. John was an North Santiam Funeral Service in Stayton is avid reader and volkswalker, enjoyed crossword in charge of the arrangements. ® ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Clear 42° Wednesday The Dalles 38/69 Astoria 42/64 Portland 40/71 Corvallis 39/70 Eugene 37/67 Pendleton 35/62 Salem 38/70 Albany 37/68 Pleasant with plenty of sunshine Ontario 39/65 Bend 28/56 BIRTHS Thursday Burns 29/59 Medford 36/70 Klamath Falls 30/61 Mild with plenty of sunshine Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 64° 46° Friday 45° Saturday Sunshine and pleasant 62° 62° 45° Mostly cloudy with a passing shower 56° 43° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High ........................................... 56° Low ............................................ 36° Normal high ............................... 55° Normal low ................................. 40° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.03" Month to date ........................ 12.10" Normal month to date ............. 6.80" Year to date ........................... 34.38" Normal year to date .............. 24.44" Sunset tonight .................. 7:40 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday ......... 6:58 a.m. Moonrise today .............. 12:50 a.m. Moonset today ............... 10:35 a.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 52 28 c 49 28 c 60 45 pc 62 37 pc 56 46 pc 53 30 pc 62 36 pc 57 43 pc 59 43 pc National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 70 51 s Boston 50 32 pc Chicago 55 41 s Denver 64 32 pc Des Moines 63 50 pc Detroit 50 33 s El Paso 79 54 s Fairbanks 39 26 c Honolulu 82 66 pc Indianapolis 57 38 s Kansas City 67 52 pc Las Vegas 63 47 pc Los Angeles 64 49 c Memphis 70 53 s Miami 83 73 t Nashville 66 43 s New Orleans 74 66 pc New York 54 34 s Oklahoma City 70 59 pc Philadelphia 57 33 s St. Louis 64 47 s Salt Lake City 47 34 sh San Francisco 63 48 pc Seattle 59 42 s Washington, DC 60 37 s Last New First Full Mar 31 Apr 7 Apr 13 Apr 21 Under the Sky Wed. Hi Lo W 59 27 s 56 28 s 64 46 s 67 41 s 60 47 s 61 28 s 70 40 s 64 47 s 66 45 s City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 61 35 pc 57 35 c 65 40 pc 62 40 pc 64 38 pc 57 43 pc 56 35 pc 63 38 pc 67 37 s Wed. Hi Lo W 67 40 s 62 38 s 71 45 s 69 44 s 70 41 s 62 45 s 60 39 s 69 43 s 70 39 s Tonight's Sky: Hydra the Sea Serpent will be low above the southern horizon before midnight. Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 5:48 a.m. 8.1 ft. 7:44 p.m. 6.3 ft. Time 12:53 p.m. none Low 1.1 ft. Cold Warm Stationary Showers Rain Flurries Snow Ice Astoria, Deeanna Enz of Van- couver, Washington, and Scott Baker of Las Vegas. March 22, 2016 ALBERTSON, Elizabeth, and FLETCHER, Jeffery, of Warrenton, a girl, Shelly Eliz- DEATHS -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. abeth-Marion Fletcher, born at Providence Seaside Hospi- tal. Older siblings are Brandon Hartsock and Gary and Lily Doty. Grandparents are Bill and Chris Albertson. Great-grand- mother is Anna Albertson. LOTTERIES March 27, 2016 SOPKO, Michael, 66, of Warrenton, died in Warrenton. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. March 28, 2016 HARRIS, Edmonde Marie, 77, of Astoria, died in Sea- side. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. TUESDAY Clatsop Community College Board, 6:30 p.m., special meeting to consider off er on Performing Arts Center, Columbia Hall Room 219, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria. WEDNESDAY Astoria Parks and Recreation Board, 6:45 a.m., ARC, 1555 W. Marine Drive Cannon Beach Fire District Board, 1 p.m., executive session to discuss the hiring of a public offi cer (fi re chief), Cannon Beach Fire Station, 188 Sunset Blvd. Fronts T-Storms March 21, 2016 SCHROER, Katherine and David, of Astoria, a boy, Car- son Alekzander Schroer, born at Columbia Memorial Hospi- tal in Astoria. Grandparents are Brian and Debbie Hellberg of PUBLIC MEETINGS Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s National Weather Wed. Hi Lo W 72 62 pc 53 42 s 62 56 c 43 23 c 66 44 t 63 54 pc 69 45 s 40 31 sn 83 66 s 67 56 pc 72 44 t 64 49 pc 63 48 pc 71 64 t 83 76 t 74 61 c 78 69 t 57 45 s 80 45 t 60 44 s 69 59 t 50 35 sh 64 50 pc 66 46 s 63 50 s In the care of his loving family, with hos- He appreciated his engineering and tech- pice support, Steven (“Steve” to many; “Eski” nical arts instructors, but his favorite mentors to some) passed away at his home on March were John Walter and Edvard Evenson, both of 19, 2016. He was born in Portland, Oregon, to Clatskanie. Steve made friends wherever he Edmund and Alice (Quirk) Escola. went, and he enjoyed preparing sea- Steve’s mother emigrated from Liver- food and ¿ sh feasts for them; his pool, England, and his father, whose smoked salmon was a treasured del- surname was formerly “Eskola,” was icacy. A longtime friend said that of Finnish and Norwegian descent. “Steve was happiest when he used In 1948, the family moved from his head and hands to build some- Portland to a farm they purchased in thing for someone else.” Steve had Marshland, west of Clatskanie. Steve an irreverent sense of humor, and he attended Clatskanie schools and grad- occasionally used his considerable uated with the class of 1965 at Clats- engineering skills to perpetrate elab- kanie Union High School. He was a orate pranks. member of the wrestling team. Steven Knowing that his disease was ter- Steve considered himself fortu- Escola minal, he expressed the heartfelt wish nate to have grown up in rural Clats- kanie in the 1950s. Later in life, he enjoyed tell- that his sons would carry on with satisfying, ing new friends about a childhood privilege that challenging vocations and joy in their personal would be unheard of today. The Escola children lives. Besides hunting and ¿ shing, he enjoyed crib- were the ¿ rst to board their school bus each morning, and during duck hunting season the bage, playing pool and gol¿ ng. He was a mem- bus driver allowed Steve to bring his shotgun ber of the Moose Lodges in Irrigon, Oregon, and later in Astoria, Oregon. aboard. Steve is survived by his wife, Christine, and Near one end of the Marshland drainage dis- trict dike road, Steve exited the bus for some son, Kyle, of Clatskanie, and son Cole of New hunting in the marshes. By agreement with the York; stepdaughter Shannon Emerson; brother driver, he had to keep track of the bus as it trav- Phillip Escola (Kayan) of Knappa, Oregon; sis- eled along the dike, and gauge the time it would ters Carol Jones (Philip) of Lexington, Washing- take to walk the railroad tracks, so that he could ton, and Sharon Coates (Thomas) of Clatskanie; board the bus again at the other end of the dike and nephews and nieces David Johnson (Renee) road. He would leave his gun and the ducks in of Vancouver, Washington, Lindsay McCar- the unheated bus all day until the ride home in gar (Molly) of Gervais, Oregon, Rick (Megan) Johnson and Ernie Riddle of Clatskanie, Liisa the afternoon. At the age of seven, without permission, Dodd (Peter) of Mesa, Arizona, and Selena Bur- Steve wired an outbuilding on the farm for elec- gher (Barry) of Knappa, Oregon. Steve is also tricity, without extension cords. After an inspec- survived by several cousins and two aunts, Mar- tion by his father, Steve received both a scold- tha Escola of Lincoln City, Oregon, and Patricia Eskola of Seattle, Washington. He was preceded ing and an A+. Drafted on Oct. 6, 1966, and assigned to the in death by his parents and a nephew, Darrell First Cavalry, U.S. Army, his unit was deployed Johnson. The family will host an open house to cele- to Vietnam. He was honorably discharged with brate Steve’s life at Hump’s Restaurant in Clats- several medals on Sept. 14, 1968. Steve began his civilian life by pursuing a kanie on Friday, April 1, from 2 to 6 p.m. Military funeral honors and burial will major in industrial engineering at Lower Colum- bia College in Longview, Washington, where he take place at Willamette National Cemetery was the recipient of the outstanding engineer- in Portland, Oregon; the date and time will be ing student award during his second year. Prior announced later. Remembrances in Steve’s name may be to commencement exercises, he was recruited to do machine programming at Boeing in Seattle, made to: Moose Lodge 2486, 220 N.E. Third Washington. After Boeing, a lifetime career as St, Irrigon, OR 97844; Moose Lodge 408, 420 a millwright brought him varied and interesting 17th St., Astoria, OR 97103; or Lower Colum- work assignments; the longest was at Portland bia Hospice, Columbia Memorial Hospital, General Electric in the Boardman, Oregon area. 2111 Exchange St., Astoria, OR 97103. OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 5-8-0-7 4 p.m.: 2-0-2-8 7 p.m.: 5-1-8-9 10 p.m.: 5-4-8-9 Monday’s Megabucks: 3-7-8- 20-21-46 Estimated jackpot: $3.2 million WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 4-3-4 Monday’s Hit 5: 03-12-28-33- 38 Estimated jackpot: $170,000. Monday’s Keno: 07-10-11-13- 14-17-22-23-28-29-34-40-48- 54-60-64-68-72-75-76 Monday’s Lotto: 23-27-28-37- 39-45 Estimated jackpot: $8.4 million Monday’s Match 4: 05-11-21- 24 CORRECTIONS Arrest incorrect — Tyler Flavin, 21, served 48 hours in the Clatsop County Jail start- ing Friday on a 2014 charge of driving while under the inÀ uence of intoxicants. An On the Record item on 2A Monday was incorrect. Hosts clari¿ eG — The veterans outreach meet- ings mentioned on 2A Mon- day are being hosted by the Sunset Empire Transporta- tion District, Disabled Amer- ican Veterans and the Clat- sop County Veterans Service Of¿ cer. One of the hosts was incorrect in the story. OBITUARY POLICY APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 O VER 3 0 S Mattresses, Furniture IN YEA A R TSOP C L UNTY C O & More! HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 • SATURDAY 9-5 • SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. 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