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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.
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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.
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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.
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