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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2016
Friends rally to raise funds for funeral expenses
Knoxx loved
animals, nature
said she couldn’t make pasta
inside her tent.”
Knoxx was from Chico,
California, and graduated
from Chico High School.
Soon after she left Chico, she
set out to explore the world.
She worked as a longshore-
man. She rode bulls in rodeo.
She was employed as a driver
for many years for the Cal-
ifornia outfi t Jackson RV
transporters.
McGuire, who owned the
company, said she met Ann
in the early 1990s and they
became close friends.
McGuire said Knoxx died
of complications from diabe-
tes. “She had no money and
couldn’t pay for her med-
icine,” McGuire said. “So
many people say they would
give you the shirt off their
back. Ann would do anything
for you. She was that kind of
person.”
By EVE MARX
For The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Ann Knoxx
was fond of Doogers in War-
renton where she often got
a sandwich. She was a regu-
lar at Les Schwab Tire Cen-
ter in Seaside. They knew her
at Providence Seaside Hospital
where she sometimes posted
she was “feeling pained.” Rain,
even torrential rain, didn’t faze
her and she said she preferred
the cool summer climate of the
north Oregon C oast over Cali-
fornia heat.
“She was drawn to the coast
because she loved the ocean,”
her friend Donna Sue McGuire
said. “The sea was her thing.”
Knoxx, a regular at the By
The Way Café and Gift Shop in
Gearhart, died in June in Thou-
sand Trails, Washington, her
favorite campground. She was
67 . A GoF undM e campaign
aims to raise $1,000 to send
her cremains back to her native
California.
Knoxx, who lived a tran-
sient lifestyle , traveled with her
dog, Renee, from campground
to campground. Last year she
and the dog lived in a tent
Linda Goldfarb, the owner of
By The Way, purchased for her.
“I am sad to hear about
Ann,” Goldfarb wrote on Face-
book within hours of learn-
Lots of friends
Submitted Photo
Friends say Ann Knoxx never posed for photos, but her Facebook page does contain
photos of Knoxx’s dog, Renee.
ing of Ann’s death. “She and
I became friends about two
years ago while she was stay-
ing in Gearhart. Just a month
or so ago she helped me plant
fl owers and paint some things
at my shop. She always had a
smile and she had a heart of
gold.”
Butternut squash
“She was going to teach me
how to make butternut squash
ravioli,” said Bobbi Pigeon, a
regular at the cafe. “One day
when we were all sitting here
having coffee, I mentioned
some wonderful pre-made
pasta they used to carry at
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
WEDNESDAY
65
54
Intervals of clouds and
sunshine
Dull and dreary with a
couple of showers
Cloudy with a couple of
showers
ALMANAC
Tillamook
50/67
Full
Salem
53/79
Newport
50/63
July 19
Coos Bay
52/67
New
July 26
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
9:48 a.m.
9:51 p.m.
Low
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Baker
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Ontario
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Burns
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SPORTS SCHEDULE
Klamath Falls
43/79
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mook at Astoria Ford, 6 p.m.; Clats-
kanie at Warrenton (2), 4 p.m.
FRIDAY
Junior State Baseball — Mad-
ison at Astoria Ford, 5 p.m.; West
Salem at Astoria Ford, 7:30 p.m.
DEATHS
Both women died at the
scene. A 13-year-old girl in
Simukka’s car wasn’t seri-
ously injured but was trans-
ported to Ocean Beach Hospi-
tal as a precaution.
All three people were
wearing safety restraints
at the time of the collision.
The collision remains under
investigation.
In addition to state patrol,
responding agencies included
Ilwaco Fire Department,
Medix Ambulance Company,
Pacifi c County Fire District
No. 1 and Long Beach Police.
SATURDAY
Junior State Baseball — Madi-
son at Astoria Ford, 10 a.m.; West
Salem at Astoria Ford, 11:30 a.m.;
Madison vs. West Salem, 2 p.m.;
Warrenton at Clatskanie (2), 1 p.m.
LOTTERIES
July 3, 2016
DODGE, Betty Lynn,
62, of Astoria, died in Port-
land. Ocean View Funeral
& Cremation Service of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
TUESDAY
Seaside Library Board, 4
p.m., Seaside Public Library,
1131 Broadway.
Miles Crossing Sanitary
Sewer District Board, 6
p.m., regular meeting and
executive session, 34583 U.S.
Highway 101 Business.
Gearhart City Council, 6
p.m., public hearing on short-
term rentals, Fire Station, 670
Pacifi c Way.
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m.,
July 5, 2016
PHELAN, Jean Eliza-
beth, 81, of Seaside, died in
Seaside. Ocean View Funeral
& Cremation Service of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Cannon Beach City Council,
7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower
St.
WEDNESDAY
Seaside Improvement Com-
mission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Gearhart City Council, 6
p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way.
OREGON
Monday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 5-5-8-6
4 p.m.: 7-3-1-2
7 p.m.: 3-4-1-3
10 p.m.: 9-0-8-9
Monday’s Megabucks: 7-9-15-
24-33-40
Estimated jackpot: $7 million
WASHINGTON
Monday’s Daily Game: 8-3-7
Monday’s Hit 5: 02-05-13-38-
39
Estimated jackpot: $120,000
Monday’s Keno: 01-12-14-16-
17-20-27-32-35-38-39-42-44-
55-62-66-70-71-72-73
Monday’s Lotto: 13-20-21-22-
26-37
Estimated jackpot: $1.8 million
Monday’s Match 4: 05-15-16-
24
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Junior State Baseball — Astoria
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Sunday. Linda K. Simukka,
59, of Ocean Park, was driving
northbound on Highway 101 in
a black Hyundai Elantra.
Wood’s car crossed the
center line, Washington State
Patrol said in a press release.
Simukka slowed and pulled
to the right shoulder to try to
avoid being hit, but Wood’s car
continued on its path directly
into Simukka’s vehicle, which
rotated, coming to rest in the
vegetation on the shoulder.
Wood’s car rotated, coming to
rest in the middle of the high-
way at Sandridge.
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
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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NATIONAL CITIES
Today
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86 72
89 58
95 75
87 68
103 77
70 54
86 74
84 72
94 74
105 79
76 62
91 78
92 80
86 73
95 81
85 73
97 77
88 73
92 78
94 68
68 54
66 55
89 76
La Grande
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Victims in fatal crash identifi ed
ILWACO, Wash. — Two
local women were killed Sun-
day in a head-on vehicular colli-
sion half a mile north of Ilwaco
when the driver of one car
crossed the centerline and the
driver of the other was unable
to get out of the way, according
to the Washington State Patrol.
Rhona M. Wood, 58, of Long
Beach, was driving southbound
in a 2005 silver Kia Spectra on
U.S. Highway 101 approaching
the Sandridge Road intersec-
tion at Black Lake at 2:11 p.m.
Roseburg
54/83
Brookings
51/65
Aug 2
John Day
47/79
Bend
42/76
Medford
56/88
UNDER THE SKY
High
9.1 ft.
8.0 ft.
Prineville
45/79
Lebanon
51/80
Eugene
49/82
Last
Pendleton
54/80
The Dalles
56/82
Portland
56/77
Sunset tonight ........................... 9:09 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:32 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 7:06 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 9:58 p.m.
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ASTORIA
54/68
SUN AND MOON
Time
2:49 a.m.
4:12 p.m.
63
53
REGIONAL WEATHER
Precipitation
Monday ............................................ Trace
Month to date ................................... 0.07"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.19"
Year to date .................................... 39.29"
Normal year to date ........................ 36.35"
July 11
SATURDAY
66
56
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 66°/57°
Normal high/low ........................... 66°/52°
Record high ............................ 84° in 1975
Record low ............................. 45° in 2012
First
FRIDAY
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Partly cloudy
THURSDAY
Freddy’s that they haven’t had
in stock for months. I said I
needed to learn how to make it
from scratch. Ann said it was
easy and offered to make it for
me, but said she would have
to wait until it wasn’t raining.
I said, ‘You don’t make pasta
in the rain?’ That’s when she
McGuire said Knoxx had
lots of female friends. “She
loved classical music. She
loved opera. She loved hard
work and she loved the out-
doors and she loved RV-ing.
She loved to scuba dive. She
loved riding motorcycles. She
loved art. She loved a cold
beer. Most of all she loved
animals and the ocean. She
was very connected to the nat-
ural world.”
McGuire said that Knoxx
often said besides her Ger-
man shepherd, Renee, she
felt alone in the world.
“Her parents were dead,”
McGuire said. “She had
no siblings or cousins. She
called me every week but
when I didn’t hear from her,
I became worried.”
Knoxx was found dead
by a park ranger in the RV
McGuire sold to her last win-
ter. Her dog was temporarily
homed with the ranger.
Knoxx was larger than
life. She was lean, rangy and
had a striking face . She was
described as resembling the
singer-songwriter-poet Patti
Smith. Born male, she lived
for as long as anyone could
remember as a woman.
If Knoxx had anyone in
her life who seemed like
a daughter, that would be
Cheyenne Bart of Richville,
California, McGuire said.
Bart opened a GoFundMe
page to pay for Knoxx’s cre-
mation and to bring her home
to her friends and adopted
family in California.
The target amount needed
is $1,000. To contribute to
the fund, go to gofundme.
com.
“Her birthday would
be July 7,” McGuire said.
“She touched the hearts of
so many.” When asked if
there were any photographs
of Ann, McGuire said, “She
really did not want her pic-
ture taken. But she loved any
and all pictures of Renee.”
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