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Newspaper Page Text2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 OBITUARIES Sherman ‘Daryl’ Birney Marta Saarheim Hammond Nov. 26, 1940 — Feb. 21, 2017 Astoria Oct. 1, 1923 — Feb. 22, 2017 Sherman “Daryl” Birney was born Nov. they later divorced. He married Carole Smith 26, 1940, in Anderson, Missouri, to Har- in 1982; she survives, living in Hammond. old Wellington Birney and Etna Leona Mae Other survivors include a brother, Gerald Wade, the youngest of ﬁ ve children. (Arlene) Birney of Wheat Ridge, Colorado; He was raised in Bucklin, Kan- a sister-in-law, Darlene Birney of sas, and graduated from Buck- Kinsley, Kansas; two daughters, lin High School. He attended Julia Birney of Kahului, Hawaii, Hutchinson Community College and Erin (JJ) Amos of West Linn, in Hutchinson, Kansas, and trans- Oregon; three sons, James (Angela) ferred to Fort Hay s State Univer- Birney of Coffeyville, Kansas, sity in Hay s, Kansas, where he Brett Morris of Hammond, Ore- received his bachelor’s and mas- gon, and Justin (Elissa) Morris of ter’s degrees. He received his doc- Portland, Oregon; ﬁ ve grandchil- torate degree in clinical psychol- dren, Abigail and Claire Morris, ogy from Colorado State Jace and Alexa Amos and Darah University in Fort Collins, Sherman “Daryl” (Gage) Miller; two great-grand- Birney Colorado. children, Ayva French and Isabelle In 1970, he moved to Asto- Miller; and several nieces, neph- ria to work as a clinical psychologist for the ews and cousins. mental health system in Clatsop County. In He was preceded in death by his parents; 1985, he opened a full-time private practice, sister, Twila Mondy; brothers, Orland Birney and continued working until a few months and Clinton Birney; and a grandchild, Nicole prior to his death, when ill health forced his Birney. retirement. A reception to honor Daryl’s life will be He was a member of the Astoria Clowns, held on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at 1 p.m., the Astoria Rotary Club, was a past presi- at the Astoria Elks Lodge. dent, and often talked about participating A graveside service at Greenwood Ceme- in “Rotary Revues,” which were held for tery in Astoria will be private. entertainment and as fundraising events. He Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary is in served on the Astoria School Board for 10 charge of arrangements. years and was a Warrenton Planning Com- Memorial donations may be made to mission member. He enjoyed golf, playing Astoria High School Athletics, 1001 W. bridge, Civil War history, and was an avid Marine Drive, Astoria, OR 97103. sports fan, able to recite many baseball and The family wishes to thank Lower Colum- football players’ names and statistics from bia Hospice staff for their caring help and memory. support, which brought comfort to Daryl and He married Regina Edwards in 1963; his family during this difﬁ cult time. Marta Saarheim, 93, passed away peacefully ria. In the early 1960s, Marta and her family on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at Clatsop Care. began spending the next 45 summers set netting Marta was born in Astoria on Oct. 1, 1923, for salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska, where Nor- to Dr. Janfred and Martha Parpala. She was the man had homesteaded several ﬁ shing sites on Flounder Flats near Ekuk. youngest of three siblings, John Par- Marta relished the time with fam- pala (deceased), and Majel Filby, ily and her ﬁ shing crew of young (deceased.) people, which included many family Marta, nicknamed Nuppi (“Rose- friends, her children and eventually bud”) by her father, attended Astoria grandchildren. Together, with Marta High School where her best friend, at the helm, they tended the nets, har- Barbara Thorsness, eventually mar- vested sockeye salmon while “camp- ried Marta’s brother, John. ing” in small cabins on the remote Marta graduated from Emanuel beach. During the off season, she Hospital School of Nursing in Port- worked in the inﬁ rmary at Tongue land in 1944, and joined the Army Nurse Corps as a second lieutenant Marta Saarheim Point Job Corps Center as intake nurse for 34 years, retiring in 2004 during World War II, serving at Fort at age 79. Ord, California, and Fort Fitzsimons, Marta was active, loved playing bridge and Colorado, until 1946. She then returned to Astoria, where she worked as a charge nurse at games, and was an avid sports fan. She would often be seen watching the Portland Trail Blaz- Columbia Hospital for many years. She married Norman Saarheim in 1948, and ers play on TV while listening to a second game had four children. She was preceded in death by on her transistor. She enjoyed exercising and her daughter, Judi Miller, in 2011; and husband, swimming with friends. As a longtime active member of Peace Lutheran Church, she par- Norman, in 2010, after 64 years of marriage. She is survived by her children, Jon (Dar- ticipated wherever she could, and especially lene) Saarheim, Nancy Saarheim Ceaser and enjoyed helping with the Loaves and Fishes Mike (Amie) Saarheim; 11 grandchildren, program. The Saarheim f amily would like to acknowl- Joe, Olivia, Rudy, K’Dee, Luke, Majel, Nick, Lindsay, Josh, Sophie and Lucas; and nine edge the kind and dedicated staff at Clatsop Care Center and the wonderful care Marta great-grandchildren. Marta lived an adventurous life, moving received. A memorial service will take place at Peace with her young family to Fiji in 1955, where she and Norman invested in a hardwood saw- Lutheran Church in Astoria on Saturday, March mill venture near Korolevu, on the Coral Coast 11 at 1:30 p.m. An online guest book may be signed at of Viti Levu, the largest of the Fiji Islands. After ﬁ ve years of island life, they returned to Asto- www.OceanViewAstoria.com FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Whale washes up near Iredale TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 46 38 37 A shower this evening; otherwise, overcast Tillamook 40/48 Salem 43/51 Newport 43/50 Last First Mar 27 Ontario 36/53 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 3:35 a.m. 4:43 p.m. Low 3.0 ft. -0.1 ft. City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Lakeview 35/43 Ashland 41/54 Today Lo 34 39 47 43 39 35 43 42 43 48 W c sn r r r c r r r r Hi 46 49 53 52 45 49 55 49 50 54 The Daily Astorian Wed. Lo 33 39 49 48 40 38 47 43 45 51 W c sh r r r c sh r r r City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 43 47 47 51 50 49 36 50 48 45 Today Lo 34 39 41 47 43 39 30 45 41 27 W r c r r r r sn r r sn Hi 45 45 49 55 51 46 39 52 48 50 Wed. Lo 35 40 41 50 46 40 27 48 42 30 W r c r r r r c r r c TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES W t r s pc pc t s s pc t s pc s t pc t t r s r s pc pc r sh Hi 71 55 52 67 57 52 80 -5 79 59 69 76 85 71 81 69 70 61 73 63 68 56 65 45 65 Wed. Lo 44 36 29 36 29 30 52 -26 67 36 41 56 59 46 68 40 61 43 49 43 44 40 52 38 45 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc r s s s pc pc s pc s s s s s pc s pc pc s pc s pc s r pc APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 O VER Mattresses, Furniture 3 A 0 RS TSOP C LA U Y C O NT TUESDAY Port of Astoria Commission, 5 p.m., workshop, 10 Pier 1, Suite 209. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Cannon Beach City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Seaside Planning Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., 1131 Broad- way. Clatsop County Fair Board, 5:30 p.m., Clatsop County Fair & Expo, 92937 Walluski Loop. WEDNESDAY Astoria City Council, 9 a.m., work session on parks, City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Clatsop Soil and Water Conservation District Board, 10 a.m., Astoria Post Oﬃ ce, 750 Commer- cial St., Room 207. Astoria School Board, 7:30 p.m., Capt. Robert Gray School third-ﬂ oor boardroom, 785 Alameda Ave. Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Market Road, Svensen. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St. LOTTERIES ON THE RECORD PACKAGE DEALS & More! HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 • SATURDAY 9-5 • SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell Highway 101 Business in Warrenton last Tuesday or Wednesday. Johns was not given bail during his ﬁ rst court appear- ance on Monday. An arraign- ment following a grand jury indictment will take place next Monday . PUBLIC MEETINGS March 7, 2017 DAVIS, Jerry E., 81, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Cald- well’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. March 5, 2017 MARSHALL, MaryLou, 76, of Astoria, died in Asto- ria. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. APPLIANCE YE Blunt force trauma caused the death of a 66-year-old Warrenton man last week, authorities conﬁ rmed. Following Ronald Bou- dreau’s death, Christopher Eric Johns, 45, of Astoria, was arrested Thursday for murder and fourth-de- gree assault. He allegedly killed Bou- Christopher E. Johns dreau — his uncle — at his home on U.S. DEATHS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. IN the Perter Iredale ship wreck. Aquarium staff took mea- surements, but the carcass was very decomposed. State parks employees helped remove the Man killed by blunt force trauma Klamath Falls 35/49 Hi 40 45 50 49 48 44 53 49 49 53 Tiffany Boothe Sperm whale washed ashore in Warrenton. whale’s lower jaw, which will be transfered to Portland State University. The rest of the carcass will remain on the beach to nat- urally decompose, allowing shorebirds and raptors a feast. “Leaving the carcass on the beach is really good for the beach ecosystem,” a release from the aquarium said. “In the small time we were there we witnessed bald eagles, western gulls, ravens, and even a small white-faced storm petrel scav- enging on the carcass.” According to the aquarium, the last sperm whale to wash ashore on the northern Oregon Coast was in 2012. Burns 31/44 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Today Lo 49 43 37 32 36 36 43 -30 64 37 33 49 55 41 69 38 61 49 37 52 39 38 48 37 52 Baker 34/46 REGIONAL CITIES Tonight's Sky: John Herschel's birthday (1792). Hi 70 45 54 53 57 60 73 -6 80 56 59 66 77 63 78 64 79 56 66 63 60 47 60 43 67 La Grande 39/45 Roseburg 47/55 Brookings 47/53 Apr 3 John Day 44/51 Bend 39/49 Medford 43/55 UNDER THE SKY High 8.6 ft. 7.8 ft. Lebanon 43/51 Eugene 43/52 New Mar 20 Prineville 36/49 The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — A 36-foot sperm whale carcass washed ashore Monday morn- ing near the Peter Iredale ship- wreck in Fort Stevens State Park. According to the Seaside Aquarium, the carcass was ﬁ rst sighted ﬂ oating a few miles off the coast of Newport Thurs- day . Strong northerly currents pushed it farther north, where it was later spotted 4 miles west of Camp Rilea Sunday by the U.S. Coast Guard. At about 10 a.m. Monday, the carcass washed ashore approximately 2 miles north of Rain Pendleton 39/45 The Dalles 36/51 Portland 41/49 Sunset tonight ........................... 6:10 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 6:42 a.m. Coos Bay Moonrise today .......................... 1:12 p.m. 48/53 Moonset today ............................ 3:32 a.m. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC 53 44 A thick cloud cover with a passing shower Cool with periods of rain SUN AND MOON Time 9:33 a.m. 11:03 p.m. 51 40 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 37/46 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.18" Month to date ................................... 3.27" Normal month to date ....................... 1.55" Year to date .................................... 21.15" Normal year to date ........................ 18.94" Mar 12 SATURDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 44°/33° Normal high/low ........................... 53°/38° Record high ............................ 74° in 1905 Record low ............................. 26° in 1943 Full 51 41 Periods of rain ALMANAC FRIDAY Criminal mischief • At 4:39 p.m. Friday, Christopher L. Williams, 31, of Astoria, was arrested by the Astoria Police Department on the 1400 block of W. Marine Drive for criminal mis- chief and criminal trespass. Williams allegedly kicked in the front door of his stepfather’s and mother’s house while high on methamphetamine. The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 www.dailyastorian.com MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. 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