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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2016 OBITUARIES William Larry Gregory Marietta Ann Virgillo Astoria Oct. 18, 1950 — Oct. 6, 2016 Astoria May 30, 1943 — June 25, 2016 William Larry Gregory, 65, passed away Mexico and Holly Stewart of Mesa, Arizona; a peacefully at his Astoria home after a series niece; two nephews; numerous friends and col- of chronic, serious illnesses. He was born in leagues; and his dog, Violet. Alamogordo, New Mexico, and grew up in his In the avalanche of condolences received, beloved desert Southwest, graduating one longtime colleague and friend from high school in Scottsdale, Ari- most accurately summed up the kind zona, and earning his Ph.D at Arizona of person Larry was: “Larry was a State University. wonderful, endlessly fascinating, He was professor of psychol- hyper-intelligent, funny person.” He ogy at New Mexico State Univer- adored his children and grandson and sity for nearly three decades, retiring was proud of their intellect, creativ- in 2006. Upon relocating to Oregon, ity and accomplishments. He was the his other beloved location, he worked kind of father who would talk to his as a senior investigator at the Helfgott kids for hours about music, art, phi- Research Institute in Portland, and as losophy, politics and general funny, an independent statistical consultant. William Gregory weird, absurd topics. He was married to the former Jan- In 2013 he set off on a round-the- ice Russell for 15 years, and they world trip with his son, Dexter, and raised two sons, Siusla, who lives in Taos, New had visited every continent except Antarctica. Mexico, and Ariel of Missoula, Montana. He He will live on in our hearts, and will never be married Karen Kaufman in Portland, Oregon forgotten. As another friend wrote, “his intel- in 1995, and since 2013 they have been rais- ligent, gentle and compassionate demeanor ing their son, Dexter, in Astoria. Other survivors enriched our lives.” include a grandson, Merin Gregory of Taos; two A celebration of life will be held at KALA in sisters, Vernalyn Andrews of Las Cruces, New Astoria Saturday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. Your wings gon. Grandchil- were ready, dren are Kyle Our hearts Bryan (Hannah) were not. of Knappa, Ore- Marietta Ann gon, Camille Buckman was Bryan of Spo- born in Calvary, kane, Washing- Kentucky, May ton, Brookes 30, 1943, to Fran- Barney (Bran- ces and Earl Buck- don) of Canby, man. She was Oregon, Steven Marietta Virgillo lovingly nick- Gulleff (Erin) of named “Meda” by her ive brothers and six sisters. Canby, Oregon, and Timothy and Brittany Vir- As a young child, Marietta lived in Califor- gillo of Astoria, Oregon. Great-grandchildren nia, and moved during her young school years are Tug and Teagan Bryan of Astoria, Oregon, to Knappa, and later moved to Astoria, where Logan and Levi Barney of Canby, Oregon, and she went to Astoria High School. Olivia and Wyatt Gulleff of Canby, Oregon. Marietta met and married her one true love, Marietta enjoyed quiet nights at home, Jim Virgillo. For Jim, it was love at irst sight ceramics, playing cards and bingo (casino style). when he stopped his car to let Marietta cross Marietta was an avid Mickey Mouse collector, the road, declaring to a friend with him that he with well over a thousand items in her collec- would marry that girl one day! They later met, tion, but Marietta’s real joy in life was being a dated and married on June 5, 1961. Jim and Mar- wife, mother, grandmaw and great-grandmaw. ietta shared more than 55 years of love together. The “legacy of love” was a gift that Marietta Jim and Marietta had four children, Cindi never failed to give to her family. Now that was Bryan (Donnie) of Astoria, Oregon, twins Heidi a wonderful gift. Marietta will always be lov- Gulleff (Bruce) of Canby, Oregon, and James ingly remembered by all. “Jamie” Virgillo Jr. (deceased Dec. 24, 1990) At Marietta’s request, a memorial was not and Shawn Virgillo (“D’nette”) of Astoria, Ore- held. Fast work saved lives in Portland gas blast Eight people were injured By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND — Fireight- ers responding to a call about a gas leak in Portland saved lives when they ordered evacuations and pulled a ire alarm to warn holdouts just minutes before a powerful explosion leveled a building in a popular shopping district, oficials said. The blast Wednesday morn- ing injured eight people and ignited a ire that sent a plume of smoke over the city. Three ireighters, two police oficers and three civilians were hurt. One of the ireight- ers underwent hours of sur- gery for a broken leg, Portland Fire Chief Mike Myers told reporters. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. Fireighters and police helped avert a catastrophe by quickly clearing the area before the blast, city oficials said. “There are a lot of people alive” who might not be “but for the excellent work by our irst responders,” Mayor Char- lie Hales said. In particular, the young ire lieutenant with the badly bro- ken leg made several criti- cal decisions that likely saved lives, the ire chief said. Lt. Peter St. John positioned the ire trucks in such a way that they were out of the blast zone and then ran into the building to pull ire alarms when ireight- ers realized everyone had not evacuated, Myers said. St. John and other ireight- ers also decided to don protec- tive equipment before the blast because something “just didn’t feel right,” the ire chief said. “That man saved the lives of a lot of people today and a lot of ireighters,” Myers said. “He had very good instincts today. He showed good judgment.” The blast reduced to rub- ble a building that housed a bagel shop and a beauty salon in the popular NW 23rd Street shopping district. Its smolder- ing roof was splayed across the road. The walls and windows of a nearby building were blown out, debris was everywhere and businesses three blocks away reported that their doors lew open from the force of the blast. Fireighters swarmed the scene and dumped water from ladder trucks onto the smoking wreckage. Doz- ens of business owners and residents were still barred from the area as night fell Wednesday. NW Natural released a timeline saying the explo- sion occurred at 9:38 a.m., when many businesses were still closed. Portland’s NW 23rd Street — nicknamed “Trendy Third” — is packed with boutiques, bars and restaurants. Many are on street level with pricey apartments on the upper levels and a day care facil- ity in the vicinity. The utility said it got a call at 8:55 a.m. saying a construction crew had hit a gas line. Authorities and utility workers responded in 15 minutes and evacuated the building, NW Natural CEO David Anderson said at a news conference. People in the neighbor- hood reported smelling gas as they were evacuated and later felt the explosion. States close Columbia River salmon, steelhead seasons Recreational salmon and steelhead ishing will close Sat- urday on the Columbia River from Buoy 10 to the High- way 395 bridge near Pasco, Washington. The closure by Oregon and Washington state ishery man- agers is based on the latest fall Chinook run forecast, which is tracking at 71 percent of the preseason forecast of 579,600 Chinook. Coho salmon and steelhead returns have also been revised downward. Fishery managers estimate that combined non-treaty ish- are also closed, to prevent any additional Chinook mortalities that might be the result of inci- dental bycatch. 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