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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016
OBITUARIES
John Alan ‘Pete’ Raitanen
Patricia Leigh Adams
Ketchikan, Alaska
Jan. 11, 1945 — March 20, 2016
West Bend, Wisconsin
Aug. 16, 1979 — March 31, 2016
John Alan (Pete) Raitanen, 71, was born Jan. tions. Trips to Florida to visit longtime friends
11, 1945, in Astoria, Oregon, to Edwin John Dave and Louis Weis, and trips to Port Aransas,
and Mary Frances Jorgusen Raitanen. He died Texas, with children and grandchildren, were
March 20, 2016, at his childhood home in Sea- also memorable.
side, Oregon, following a long battle
Pete enjoyed boating, ¿ shing,
with cancer.
clamming, crabbing and making
Pete graduated from Seaside High
¿ rewood. He also enjoyed cooking
School in 1963, and worked many
and spending time with his grand-
years at the Crab Broiler restaurant to
children. He could cook without a
help put himself through college. He
recipe, tell children’s stories as he
attended Clatsop Community Col-
made them up and play the saxo-
lege and Oregon State University,
phone and piano by ear.
graduating with a degree in chemical
He is survived by his wife, Linda,
engineering.
of Ketchikan; daughter, Kristin St.
In 1968 he married Linda
Pierre (Simon) of San Antonio,
John “Pete”
Schlappi, and they moved to Ket-
Texas; son, Eric Raitanen (Karen)
Raitanen
chikan, Alaska, immediately follow-
of Grand Rapids, Minnesota; grand-
ing college graduation in 1969. Pete
children, Grant, Cameron and Addi-
started working as a chemical engineer in the son of San Antonio and Lauren, Grif¿ n and
lab of the Ketchikan Pulp Mill, where he con- Anna of Grand Rapids; sisters, Jean Dennon
tinued working at various positions in the mill (Jack) and Joanne Erickson (Allan) of Seaside,
until 1998, over a year after the mill closed.
and their children, Alex, Amanda and Anne
After retirement, he and Linda traveled Dennon and Julie and Liisa Erickson; and many
to visit family and friends and to see more of cousins. He was preceded in death by his par-
the world. Highlights were a trip to New Zea- ents, Ed and Mary; nephew Andrew Dennon;
land, and several cruises to tropical destina- and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Patricia Leigh Adams, 36, of West Bend, an aunt for the ¿ rst time, she was so happy she
Wisconsin, formerly of Svensen, Oregon, died decided she would move in with her sister to be
March 31, 2016, at home from complications as involved as possible. She was a devoted aunt
related to post sepsis syndrome. Patricia was to all her nieces and nephews. Patty continued
the daughter of Jeffrey Robert Adams
her restaurant career by working with
many of the ¿ ne restaurants in Clat-
of Svensen, Oregon, and Mary Eliz-
sop County.
abeth Brown of Pottsville, Arkansas.
Later she moved to Wiscon-
She was born in Coos Bay, Oregon,
sin, where she worked in many ¿ ne
on August 16, 1979.
restaurants and expanded on her
She attended Hilda Lahti Elemen-
interests in wine by becoming a som-
tary School in Knappa, and was a
melier. She looked forward to the day
graduate of Knappa High School in
that she could return to the Oregon
Knappa, Oregon. She later attended
Coast to live near her family again.
Clatsop Community College and
She was a true lover of the beach.
Portland Community College.
Patricia
Her dream was to open an olive oil
She enjoyed 4-H, horseback rid-
Adams
store and restaurant. Patty felt happi-
ing, gardening, ballet, tap and play-
est when she was helping others.
ing outside with her neighborhood
Her beautiful life will forever be cherished
friends. Patty played the piano and enjoyed the
in the lives of her two siblings, Jeffrey Benja-
arts, as well as listening to music.
Patty made friends everywhere she went. min Adams (Aimee) of Lakewood, California,
Her roommates enjoyed many family-style din- and Elisabeth Grace Adams-Pietila (Daniel) of
ners and gatherings. Patty treated everyone like Warrenton, Oregon; her nieces, Lillianna, Tal-
lulah and Eliza Lou of Warrenton, Oregon; her
family.
She began her waitressing career as a teen- nephews, William and Brandon Adams of Lake-
ager, following in her grandmother Patty Lou wood, California; and her special aunt, Marga-
Adam’s footsteps. Patty became an avid Dave ret Moore of Marina del Rey, California.
The family invites friends to attend her
Matthews Band follower after attending her ¿ rst
DMB concert in the Gorge. As an avid follower, memorial service at the Warrenton Community
Center, 170 S.W. Third St., Warrenton, Oregon
she attended his concert annually.
When Patty discovered she was going to be 97146 on Sunday, April 24, 2016, at 11 a.m.
Coast Guard rescues hiker
in locating a man who col-
lapsed from exhaustion while
hiking back to the Seaside
trailhead in Ecola State Park
after ¿ shing with a friend.
A
helicopter
crew
diverted
from
another
search-and-rescue case and
located the man. Because of
his condition and the rugged-
ness of the terrain, he could
not be evacuated on ground.
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — A U.S.
Coast Guard helicopter
hoisted and medevaced a
71-year-old hiker suffering
from exhaustion on Tilla-
mook Head Sunday.
Coast Guard watch stand-
ers received a call from local
responders around 8 p.m.
Sunday requesting assistance
The Coast Guard hoisted the
hiker and À ew him to a wait-
ing ambulance at Air Station
Astoria.
“By working together, we
were able to come up with a
plan to safely get this injured
man off the trail and to the
care he needed,” Lt. Chris-
topher Morris, the command
duty of¿ cer at the time of the
hoist, said in a statement.
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
A moonlit sky
48°
Wednesday
Portland
56/80
Corvallis
52/77
Eugene
52/74
Pendleton
49/85
Salem
53/77
Albany
51/78
Thursday
Burns
34/78
Medford
56/81
Partly sunny, a
shower in the
afternoon
Mostly cloudy
64°
65°
49°
Saturday
Mostly cloudy
with a couple of
showers
47°
Cloudy with spotty
showers
59°
44°
Hi
77
80
68
84
66
79
90
66
68
Today
Lo W
31 s
42 s
51 pc
52 s
49 pc
41 pc
56 pc
48 pc
50 pc
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 74°
Low ............................................ 50°
Normal high ............................... 57°
Normal low ................................. 41°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.00"
Month to date .......................... 1.06"
Normal month to date ............. 3.38"
Year to date ........................... 35.44"
Normal year to date .............. 28.47"
Sunset tonight ..................
Sunrise Wednesday .........
Moonrise today ................
Moonset today .................
Wed.
Lo W
39 s
44 pc
50 pc
47 pc
50 pc
36 pc
48 pc
48 pc
50 pc
National Cities
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
84 61 pc
Boston
54 42 c
Chicago
62 51 c
Denver
48 32 sn
Des Moines
72 55 pc
Detroit
64 41 c
El Paso
80 50 s
Fairbanks
57 31 s
Honolulu
81 69 pc
Indianapolis
79 54 c
Kansas City
71 55 pc
Las Vegas
86 63 s
Los Angeles
84 56 s
Memphis
73 60 c
Miami
81 69 s
Nashville
81 60 c
New Orleans
80 68 c
New York
72 46 pc
Oklahoma City 69 53 pc
Philadelphia
75 48 pc
St. Louis
76 59 c
Salt Lake City
66 47 pc
San Francisco
77 53 pc
Seattle
82 55 s
Washington, DC 81 50 pc
8:08 p.m.
6:19 a.m.
5:54 p.m.
5:28 a.m.
Full
Last
New
First
Apr 21
Apr 29
May 6
May 13
Under the Sky
Hi
80
78
63
74
62
73
81
60
64
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
85
82
87
86
86
69
78
85
86
Today
Lo W
48 pc
49 s
56 s
55 pc
53 s
48 pc
51 s
52 s
45 s
Hi
80
85
80
77
77
64
81
80
87
Wed.
Lo W
47 sh
54 s
54 pc
50 pc
49 pc
47 pc
53 s
49 pc
53 s
Tonight's Sky: The Big Dipper will be nearly
overhead before midnight.
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
1:02 a.m. 8.5 ft.
1:28 p.m. 7.7 ft.
Time
7:25 a.m.
7:28 p.m.
Low
0.5 ft.
1.2 ft.
Fronts
Cold
Warm
Stationary
Showers
T-Storms
Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
-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.
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ON THE RECORD
Isabelle Faith Douglas, 27, of Seaside, for resist-
ing arrest and disorderly conduct after she was
reportedly walking down U.S. Highway 101 and
attempting to gain access into motorist’s vehicles.
Menacing
• At 6:54 p.m. Saturday, Warrenton Police
arrested John Michael Lafreniere, 25, of Ham-
mond, for menacing after he reportedly pointed
an airsoft gun in a threatening manner toward
four people in the parking lot outside of Big 5
Sporting Goods. The people though he had a real
handgun, according to police.
April 4, 2016
OBAD, Ashley, and GUTI-
ERREZ, Antonio, of Ocean
Park, Washington, a girl,
Rebecka Gutierrez, born at
Columbia Memorial Hospi-
tal in Astoria. Older siblings
are Angel, Monica and Natalie
Gutierrez. Grandparents are
Kathy Shoop of Astoria and
Don Obad of Dallas, Oregon.
April 12, 2016
KAHN, Erin Ann and Dan
Nathan, of Warrenton, a boy,
Garrett Stephan Kahn, born at
Columbia Memorial Hospital.
Grandparents are Stuart and
Diana Kahn of Madison, Geor-
gia, Dee Meisner of Mims,
Florida and Jim and Josie Bur-
nett of Merritt Island, Florida.
52, of Astoria, died in Asto-
ria. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary in Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
DEATH
April 16, 2016
KELLY, Charles Kristian ,
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Human
Services Advisory Council, 4
to 5:30 p.m., 800 Exchange St.,
Room 430.
Port of Astoria Commission,
4:30 p.m., executive session
(closed to public), 6 p.m., reg-
ular meeting, old Port offi ces,
422 Gateway Ave.
Astoria Historic Landmarks
Commission, 5:15 p.m., City
Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Seaside School District, 6 p.m.,
1801 S. Franklin St.
Northwest Regional Educa-
tion Service District Board,
6:30 p.m., Clatsop Service
LOTTERIES
Center, 3194 Marine Drive.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 989 Broadway.
WEDNESDAY
Seaside Tourism Advisory
Committee, 3 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Sunset Empire Parks and Rec
District, 5 p.m., 1225 Ave. A,
Seaside.
Astoria Budget Committee, 7
p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Shoreline Sanitary District
Board, 7 p.m., Gearhart Hertig
Station, 33496 West Lake Lane,
Warrenton.
CORRECTION
Date of death, number of survivors wrong — In a
Friday 2A obituary for Methel Arlene Aune, the date of
death was incorrect. It is April 7, 2016; she has seven
grandchildren.
OREGON
Monday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 1-0-3-1
4 p.m.: 2-5-8-6
7 p.m.: 6-8-5-3
10 p.m.: 6-7-5-9
Monday’s Megabucks:
5-12-21-33-40-46
Estimated jackpot: $2
million
WASHINGTON
Monday’s Daily Game:
5-8-4
Monday’s Hit 5: 04-27-29-
31-35
Estimated jackpot: $220,000
Monday’s Keno: 03-06-14-
19-20-26-27-30-32-38-39-
40-41-49-55-57-62-75-76-77
Monday’s Lotto: 03-05-12-
15-28-29
Estimated jackpot: $1.3
million
Monday’s Match 4: 08-16-
17-20
OBITUARY POLICY
PACKAGE DEALS
O VER
Wednesday at the Clatsop
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PUBLIC MEETINGS
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s National Weather
Wed.
Hi Lo W
83 59 pc
55 44 s
66 53 sh
57 34 c
66 54 r
65 50 pc
85 54 s
58 38 pc
83 71 pc
73 58 c
67 48 t
91 65 s
82 56 s
75 63 t
81 72 s
79 61 c
81 67 c
67 47 s
74 51 pc
70 46 s
71 56 t
74 49 s
73 57 pc
80 54 s
71 50 s
More than two dozen vol-
unteers are still needed for the
Crab, Seafood and Wine Festi-
val this weekend at the Clatsop
County Fairgrounds.
In return for volunteering
one shift, free admission to the
festival (outside of the shift) is
given. For helping with two or
more shifts, volunteers receive a
complimentary 2016 wine glass
while supplies last .
Volunteer orientation takes
place from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
BIRTHS
Almanac
Regional Cities
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Klamath Falls
41/73
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
48°
Friday
62°
Ontario
40/82
Bend
42/78
The Daily Astorian
DUII arrest
• At 2:08 a.m. Friday, Warrenton Police
arrested Heather Violet Lessard, 21, of Astoria,
for driving under the inÀ uence of intoxicants
and reckless driving on U.S. Highway 101 and
Patriot Way.
Disorderly conduct
• At 1:18 p.m. Friday, Warrenton Police
arrested Gary Matthew Schehl, 27, of Seaside,
for interfering with police and disorderly conduct
after a domestic dispute at Fred Meyer.
• At 2:08 p.m. Friday, Warrenton Police arrested
The Dalles
49/85
Astoria
48/64
Volunteers needed for crab festival
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