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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017
OBITUARIES
David Michael Langlo
Kyong Sun Fuhrmann
Seaside
Oct. 13, 1939 — Jan. 8, 2017
Seaside
1932 — 2017
David was born Oct. 13, 1939, in Virginia, which mainly consists of old car parts. His house
Minnesota, to Alfred and Lois Langlo. The fam- is adorned with many of his creations. His living
ily moved to Gearhart, Oregon, when he was room contains a love seat, made from the rear end
3 years old. He attended Gearhart Elementary of an old Rambler American car.
School and Seaside High School.
David is survived by his wife, Dar-
After high school, he owned and
lene Langlo; son Toney Newton and
his wife, Debbie; daughter Brenda
operated three log trucks and worked
Langlo and her partner, Steve; daugh-
various logging jobs in the woods.
On Jan. 13, 1967, he married the
ter Nancy Smith and her husband,
Kevin; and granddaughters Shellie
love of his life, Darlene. They moved
Langlo, Lacie Malvaney and Brit-
to Seaside, where he would reside the
tany Newton. He is also survived
remainder of his life.
by his brothers, John Langlo and his
In 1973 he started his own masonry
wife, Margaret, Jim Langlo and his
business, Dave Langlo Masonry, and
wife, Sonja, and numerous nieces and
operated his business until his retire-
David Langlo
nephews.
ment in 2006. He specialized in put-
He will be remembered as a hard-
ting block foundations under existing
working man who enjoyed his family
homes throughout Clatsop County.
One of his proudest accomplishments was the and working in his shops at home on his many
construction of the carousel mall in downtown vehicles. He was extremely proud of the hand-
Seaside. Another was the brick entry way around icapped accessible block home he built for his
Ken and Sons Market in Seaside, which was wife, Darlene.
There will be a celebration of David’s life this
completed for their 25th anniversary.
One of his greatest passions in life was col- Saturday, Jan. 14, at 1 p.m. at their home. All are
lecting antique vehicles, and he had 14 at the time welcome to attend.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary and Crematory in
of his passing. He loved to drive them in parades
and show them in car shows. He was a member Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. Please
of the Lower Columbia Classic Car Club. He visit www.hughes-ransom.com to share memo-
also loved to make his own folk art creations, ries and sign the guest book.
Kyong Sun Fuhrmann, known through- care of him. Upon his passing, she reopened
out the community as Kim of Kim’s Kitchen, her popular restaurant in 1998 in Warrenton,
passed away peacefully Jan. 8, 2017, at Ava- where she continued serving her world-famous
mere Memory Care and Assisted Living facility fish and chips, bulgogi and kimchi until 2013.
Due to failing health (not being able
in Seaside, Oregon.
to pick up and fillet a 100-pound hal-
Born in approximately 1932 to a
ibut by herself any longer), she was
farming family in South Korea, and
orphaned at the age of 4, she spent
forced to close.
her childhood years working in vari-
Her indomitable spirit took her far.
ous households as a domestic servant.
Without any education, not reading
As a young adult, she was employed
or writing even her own native lan-
as a cocktail waitress at Yongsan
guage, she provided for herself and
Garrison and Uijeongbu U.S. mili-
her family through sheer determina-
tary bases from 1955 to 1974. During
tion and a strong work ethic.
those years she cultivated a stable life
She enjoyed traveling the U.S.,
for herself and her son, including the Kyong Fuhrmann visiting many of the country’s
building of her own home.
national monuments. She also had a
In 1973, she married Capt. Rich-
great love for animals, always sur-
ard Fuhrmann, and moved to the U.S. in 1974. rounded by her dogs. Kim had little time for lei-
Their first stateside home was in Neosho, Mis- sure, but did enjoy fishing. Her biggest pride
souri, where Richard attended trade school and joy (aside from her son) came from cooking
before settling in Astoria, Oregon in 1975.
and seeing a satisfied customer.
Kim, determined to not carry a 30-year mort-
She is survived by her son, Andy (Pyong
gage, paid off the family home, working dou- Gujuan Kim) Fuhrmann and his partner Teri
ble shifts at Astoria Seafood Co. as well as other Sund; five grandchildren, Joseph Lowrie, Kim-
numerous canneries along the riverfront. Her berly Fuhrmann, Drew Fuhrmann, Kate Sund
last shift filleting fish was at the Hanthorn Can- and Greer Sund; one great-grandson; and
nery, where her name remains on display with numerous close friends, whom she considered
other former cannery workers. She paid off the extended family.
mortgage in nine years.
Public viewing will be held at Hughes-Ran-
In 1986, she opened Kim’s Kitchen on som Mortuary, 576 12th St., Astoria, Oregon,
14th Street, currently home to Albatross & Co. today and Friday, Jan. 13, from noon to 5 p.m.,
Her restaurant quickly became a local favor- and on Saturday, Jan. 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ite, known for her excellent homestyle food, A public memorial service will be announced at
her generosity and graciousness. Her menu a later date.
included what she knew best, fish and Korean
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to
food, always prepared with love.
the Clatsop County Animal Shelter in her name.
When her husband Richard became ill, she
Please visit www.hughes-ransom.com to
closed her 14th Street location in order to take share memories and sign the guest book.
Woman’s body unlikely to be recovered
By NATALIE ST. JOHN
EO Media Group
LONG BEACH, Wash. —
Officially, Sarah Minjee Han,
who disappeared while swim-
ming in Long Beach in Sep-
tember, is still classified as
a missing person. However,
investigators say that although
she is presumed dead, it is
fairly unlikely they will ever be
able to recover her remains.
Han, 25, who was from
the Seattle area, took a spon-
taneous late-night swim near
the Sid Snyder beach approach
with her friend Walker Weit-
zel. Later, Weitzel said that she
suddenly disappeared into the
surf, and he could not imme-
diately call 911 because he had
left his phone in his hotel room.
Rescuers from the U.S. Coast
Guard and local agencies con-
ducted an extensive search.The
Pacific County Sheriff’s Office
briefly had hope they might
at least be able to confirm her
death, when someone found a
breast implant while walking
on the beach on the northern
end of the peninsula in the fall.
Investigators knew Han had
implants, and that the one dis-
covered on the beach was the
same model as her implants.
However, these devices are
common, and proving that it
belonged to Han turned out not
to be possible.
“Implants are delivered in a
package that has a serial num-
ber on it, but that is not on
the implant itself. You can’t
really tell basically whom
that belongs to, other than the
model number,” Chief Crimi-
nal Deputy Pat Matlock said.
“We’ve exhausted all efforts at
this point to figure out whom
this actually belonged to.”
A legal notice first pub-
lished in the Chinook Observer
in late December described her
as an “absentee,” and sought to
appoint one of her relatives as
the trustee of her estate, which
included property in Snohom-
ish and King counties. Accord-
ing to the notice, “Her where-
abouts are unknown, and
cannot with reasonable dili-
gence be ascertained. Any per-
son who has knowledge con-
cerning Sarah Minjee Han is
requested to advise the Sno-
homish County Superior Court
of that information.”
“Absent any more physical
evidence showing up,” there
is little left for deputies to do,
Matlock said. “At this point,
the case is still open, but we
don’t have any fresh leads to
follow up. It’s something we
are passionate about, but we
have to have something go on.”
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The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — After fir-
ing gunshots throughout the
late afternoon and evening on
Wednesday, an individual is
believed to be armed and alone
in a home on Whispering Pines
Drive.
The person’s mother was
released when police arrived.
The standoff continued as offi-
cers sought to de-escalate what
they described as an “ongoing
and evolving” situation.
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they believe the gunfire was
confined to inside the resi-
dence and investigators do not
believe any have been directed
toward police or others.
Seaside’s Public Information
Officer Jon Rahl said late Wednes-
day a handful of neighboring
homes were evacuated during
the evening hours. Displaced res-
idents have been allowed to return
to their homes and made aware of
the current situation.
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