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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2017
Robert John Nelson
Warrenton
Jan. 4, 1935 — Dec. 16, 2016
(1957) and master of science degree (1961) and more time with Emily and his four
girls. Throughout the next 20 years, Bob
in chemical engineering.
Bob was active in the Sigma Alpha Epsi- and Emily created a home in Eastmoreland,
lon fraternity, and met Emily when her Pi where everyone was welcomed into their
already large family.
Beta Phi sorority sister asked her
Bob loved nothing more than
to help the SAEs decorate their
the company of his family and
house for a dance. Two years later
friends at the dinner table enjoy-
on March 16, 1958, they were
ing great food and wine, but
married in Portland, Oregon.
mostly sharing stories and prac-
A job for Procter & Gam-
ticing his professor-like love of
ble took Emily and Bob to Long
history and politics that often led
Beach, California, where their
to raucous conversations. It was
oldest daughter, Lisa, was born.
known amongst close friends that
Instead of moving back east for
the Nelsons did not have a typi-
a promotion, they chose to return
Robert Nelson
cal dinner hour, but rather multi-
to their hometown of Portland to
ple hours.
be near both of their families, and
Bob and Emily continued to
continue to build their own.
Bob’s early career was in the pulp and welcome old and new friends to their cur-
paper industry, where he experienced his rent home, which was the family beach
first international travel (often with the cabin for over 40 years — the place the
company of Emily). These early trips girls and Emily spent their summers, with
spurred his love of travel and passion for Bob joining every weekend. Summers were
experiencing different cultures and build- filled with visits from friends, epic meals,
ing new friendships and encouraging his blueberry picking, swimming, clamming,
boating, deck building and the annual eat-
daughters to do the same.
Bob and Emily still maintain friend- ing of one oyster each on Willapa Bay. A
ships around the world, as they continued to trait our father instilled in all of us; just try
travel as much as they could: multiple trips everything once, and then decide.
Winter weekends, when not skiing, or
zig-zagging through all 50 states, staying a
majority of nights with friends or family, entertaining at their home, were also spent
purchasing and road testing (2,500 miles) a at the cabin, complete with huge crackling
Volvo in Europe, annual road trips to Cali- fires, lots of reading, listening to albums,
fornia, visiting former exchange students in playing dominoes and card games. No TV
New Zealand and the U.K., keeping up with available.
After selling the family house in East-
relatives in Switzerland and visiting old
moreland, the next adventure was living on
friends wherever they were residing.
In the early 1970s, Bob opened a Port- a houseboat at the Oregon Yacht Club. Bob
land office of the Arthur Forsyth Co., and Emily had 8 1/2 lively years, meeting
allowing him to spend less time on the road new friends, surviving the flood of 1996,
Bob Nelson died suddenly and peace-
fully of a heart attack on the morning of
Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, at his home in War-
renton, Oregon. Beloved husband, father,
brother, uncle and grandpa, he will be
greatly missed by his wife of almost 59
years, Emily, his four daughters and their
families: Lisa, (Si) Geo and Spencer New-
land; Jana, (John) Mitchell, Isabelle and
Will Robertson; Kristina, (Carl) Emily and
Lily Perkins and Britta Nelson and his sis-
ter Janet, (Niels) Reimers and their family.
We are all taking great solace that he
passed quickly and peacefully at home in
his big blue chair. He has left the deepest
crevasse in our lives, but so many amazing
memories and so much love for life and how
grand it can be. Ever the positive thinker
and always the glass half-full, he lived and
loved as big as he could — always to the
fullest and with unstoppable Viking vigor.
He was the best damn bartender you’ll
ever know. Bob was the consummate
handyman able to fix everything. Lucky
for his girls, he instilled in us his amaz-
ing penchant for fixing things, as well the
ability to do it with his engineering inge-
nuity! He was a dad to so many more than
his four girls. He was always available for
wise advice (asked for or not), uncondi-
tional love, big bear hugs, encouragement
with his booming voice, and of course, his
unwavering support and guidance.
Robert John Nelson was born to Eskil
and Thelma Nelson on Jan. 4, 1935, in Port-
land, Oregon. He attended Franklin High
School and was still in contact with some of
his friends from the class of 1952. He went
on to Oregon State University, where he
received both a bachelor of science degree
Astoria councilors
take oath of office
By ERICK BENGEL
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria City Coun-
cil was restored to five mem-
bers Tuesday night when Tom
Brownson and Bruce Jones
were sworn in as the newest
councilors.
Brownson, the south-side
representative who ran unop-
posed in November’s elec-
tion, fills the seat Drew Herzig
vacated in September. Jones,
who prevailed in a two-man
race in November, replaces
Russ Warr as the east-side
representative.
Councilor Cindy Price was
voted City Council president.
Price will fill in for Mayor
Arline LaMear if the mayor
is out of town or otherwise
unavailable.
The Astoria Police Depart-
ment’s new sergeant, Andrew
Randall, a 13-year department
veteran, also took the oath of
office.
And Police Chief Brad
Johnston announced the cre-
ation of a new position: lead
dispatcher. Candace Pozdolski,
who has served as a department
dispatcher for three years, has
accepted the promotion.
Consult
a
The City Council voted to
extend for 60 days a mora-
torium on fees that the North
Coast Swim Club and the
Astoria School District pay
to rent lanes at the Astoria
Aquatic Center, a facility man-
aged by the city’s Parks and
Recreation Department.
In November, the coun-
cil voted for an initial 60-day
moratorium on fees charged
to both organizations because
neither can afford the Aquatic
Center’s rental fee of $25
per lane per hour “due to the
length of their practices and
the amount of space they use,”
City Manager Brett Estes said.
The November vote was
intended to give city staff time
to negotiate new rates.
Price voted for the mora-
torium extension but said “it
does seem to be that the larger
picture is the park budget.”
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and Bob becoming commodore. Their
15th move was to a brand new row house
in Westmoreland, where for 13 years they
lived within blocks of their daughters Jana
and Kristina and their families.
So it was with great love for the fam-
ily cabin, that Bob and Emily moved to
the coast in 2012. Once there, they con-
tinued their full rich life, with old and new
friends and a very busy social calendar.
They joined the Pacific Universalist Uni-
tarian Fellowship, and Sunday fellowship
was often the highlight of their week. Bob
was a people person and loved meeting
new people and listening to their stories
and telling his own.
Always a volunteer, Bob became even
more active by holding four jobs within the
Astoria community. Whether he was holding
little kids up to ring the bell on the trolley
as a motor man/conductor, informing visi-
tors about the Columbia light ship’s duties,
cheerfully delivering Meals on Wheels or
greeting arriving cruise ship passengers, he
always had a big smile and some friendly
advice.
In honor of what he famously coined all
of our parties the family will host a “GD
Mardi Gras Celebration of Bob’s Life” Sun-
day, Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Columbia River
Maritime Museum’s Barbey Maritime Cen-
ter, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, Oregon.
Dress is casual in bright colors — no ties,
per Bob’s request.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to the groups he volunteered with
at the Columbia River Maritime Museum
(www.crmm.org), Astoria Riverfront Trol-
ley (www.old300.org) or Meals on Wheels
(www.astoriaseniorcenter.org)
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