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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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