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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017
Former teacher, councilor instrumental in Seaside
‘I’m not
sure there’s
anybody
that cared
more about
Seaside than
Larry did.’
Haller dies at 83
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — A guiding
force for civic involvement and
community spirit, Larry Lee
Haller, 83, died Sunday.
Haller, a city councilor for
more than 20 years, touched
lives as a member of the Sea-
side Kids, Jaycees, Rotary,
Miss Oregon Pageant, Masonic
Lodge, Providence Seaside
Hospital board, Seaside Civic
and Convention Center board
and the Seaside Chamber of
Commerce.
“He was a fun-loving, won-
derful man to be around,” City
Manager Mark Winstanley
said . “Every time he was asked
to step up to the plate and do
something, he just gave it his
all. I’m not sure there’s any-
body that cared more about
Seaside than Larry did.”
“Larry was, to me, he was
Mr. Seaside just because of
his enthusiasm for life and his
love of this community, and his
willingness to always step up to
the plate and to help, whatever
he was asked of,” City Coun-
cilor Dana Phillips, a longtime
friend, said . “If he was given a
job he gave it 110 percent.”
Phillips, retired execu-
tive director of the Miss Ore-
gon p ageant, said Haller was
“instrumental in keeping the
Miss Oregon p ageant going in
the community.”
Mark Winstanley
Seaside city manager
Larry Haller
He worked on the pageant
for more than 40 years, she
said, serving as judge’s chair-
man on the executive board
judges’ panel.
“When Larry was solicit-
ing ads for the pageant’s jour-
nal, no one dared say ‘no’ out
of respect for the man — and
they knew he would come
back until they did,” Phillips
recalled.
Teacher, mentor
Haller was born in Sweet
Home to Alma and Joseph
Haller.
He graduated from Mil-
waukie High School. He
received a bachelor of science
degree from Oregon State Uni-
versity and a master’s degree
in administration from the
University of Oregon.
He married Joyce Cum-
berland in 1956. In 1960,
he moved with his family
to Seaside, where he taught
and coached at Seaside High
School until he retired in 1989.
“He moved here in 1960
and he hit the fl oor running
with being involved in the com-
munity,” his daughter Kristi
Haller-Shaffer said. “There’s a
lot of years in with Miss Ore-
gon, Seaside Kids, City Coun-
cil, Jaycees and all that.”
Winstanley was one of
Haller’s students at Seaside
High School. “I’ve known
Larry for darn near 50 years,
because he had me as a fresh-
man in high school,” Winstan-
ley said. “He was a very good
teacher. He cared very much
about his students.”
Stubby Lyons, a former
Seaside High School teacher
and coach and later a mem-
ber of the City Council, called
Haller “one of the bright-
est men I’ve ever known. He
always had the right thing to
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Astoria landlady
Nov. 22, 1935 — March 9, 2017
Lois was born in Oakland, California, on
She loved traveling, gardening and children.
Nov. 22, 1935, and passed on March 9, 2017, She was an elder of the Oregon Country Fair,
attending and working for the event for 37 years.
at age 81.
After graduating from high school in 1953 She was an original member of the OCF Wrist-
band Crew.
at age 17, she moved to Ellensburg,
Washington, to attend college. Within
Lois is survived by her partner of
the year she was married, and had four
37 years, Wm. Paxton Hoag of Asto-
children before graduating from Cen-
ria, Oregon; her four children, Kevin
tral Washington State College 10 years
Morford of Chug ach, Alaska, Shairn
later, in 1963. The following year she
Villa of Vancouver, Washington, and
completed an interdisciplinary psy-
Margo O’Connell and Kirk Morford,
chology/sociology master’s degree at
both of Portland, Oregon; her eight
the University of Oregon.
grandchildren, Corinna and Julian
She taught second grade in Oak
Michels, Conor and Mickey O’Con-
Harbor, Washington, for three years,
nell and Alicia, James, Mateo and
Lois Morford
then moved to Astoria in 1967, teach-
Elena Villa; and by one of her twin
ing psychology and child develop-
brothers, Douglas Taynton, and his
wife, Leah Taynton. Her other brother,
ment at Clatsop Community College
until 1977. After a year of travel, she was a men- Donald Taynton, preceded her in death by two
tal health consultant to Head Start for 10 years. years, and is survived by his wife, Mary Taynton.
A memorial event will be held at Shively Hall
Her proudest accomplishments were rais-
ing her four children by herself, after her hus- in Astoria Sunday, June 11, at 1 p.m.
Memorial donations can be made to Schol-
band skipped out in 1970, her volunteer work
in clinics and refugee camps in Central America arships, Culture Jam, Oregon Country Fair, 442
during the violence of the 1970s and 1980s, and Lawrence St., Eugene, OR 97401. Lois spon-
in providing comfortable, affordable housing to sored four of her grandchildren to attend Cul-
many beginning Astorians by renting rooms in ture Jam, a summer youth camp by the Oregon
Country Fair.
her house for over 40 years.
May 23, 2017
WIESE, Mary Rose, 93,
of Gearhart, died in Seaside.
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mor-
tuary of Astoria is in charge of
the arrangements.
May 22, 2017
CHAVIS, Georgia C., 66,
of Astoria, died in Astoria.
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mor-
tuary of Astoria is in charge of
the arrangements.
KIBBEE, Teresa E., 63, of
Astoria, died in Astoria. Cald-
well’s Luce-Layton Mortuary
of Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
May 21, 2017
DUDLEY, Nadine Eliz-
abeth, 95, of Seaside, died
in Seaside. Hughes-Ran-
som Mortuary & Crematory
in Seaside is in charge of the
arrangements.
AZEVEDO, Frank E., 77,
of Astoria, died in Astoria.
Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary
& Crematory in Astoria is in
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May 17, 2017
BROWN, Shirley Put-
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May 13, 2017
KNOP, Michael William,
59, of Cannon Beach, died in
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in charge of the arrangements.
LOTTERIES
DINTLEMAN, Taylor, and
LARCOM, Lyric, of Seaside, a
boy, Wolfric Ray Larcom, born
at Providence Seaside Hospi-
tal. Grandparents are Pamela
Cleveland of Medford, Jeff
Dintleman of Seaside, and Lisa
Larcom and Darrick McCost-
lin, both of Kelso, Washington.
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Lois Margaret Morford
May 16, 2017
SEARS, Dana, and WEYL,
Harley, of Ocean Park, Wash-
ington, a girl, Alaina Eliz-
abeth-Mae Weyl, born at
Columbia Memorial Hospital
in Astoria. Grandparents are
Jeannie and David Weyl and
Daniel Sears.
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“Larry’s the reason why
I’m on the council,” Phillips
said. “After the brain tumor, he
knew it was time to step aside.
He called me, and said, ‘Dana
would you consider thinking
about running?’”
In 2010, Haller had this
advice for would-be council-
ors: “You are here to help the
public,” he said. “Don’t come
with a specifi c agenda. Be a
team player and be prepared
to work closely with the city
manager and the C ity C oun-
cil. That’s what I think is most
important.”
Haller is survived by his
wife, Joyce; daughter, Kristi;
son-in-law, Todd Shaffer; son,
Scott; daughter-in-law, Cheryl
Harrison; a brother, Bill; and
several nieces and nephews.
“My brother and I were raised
to give back to the community
in which we live, and he lived
that,” Haller-Shaffer said.
A celebration of life is
planned for later this year.
OBITUARIES
BIRTHS
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IN
Council legacy
Haller was instrumental
in the formation of the city’s
fi rst Trail’s End and Greater
Seaside urban renewal dis-
tricts, which brought improve-
ments to the Broadway area
from Holladay to the Prom.
“I thought meetings were
a magic place where dad-
dys went when I was a little
kid,” Haller-Shaffer said. “It
really gave me a big sense of
community.”
“We got a lot of bridges
done,” Lyons said. “We got a
lot of service done in the infra-
structure around town. We
started this business of get-
ting it done — and I’m really
happy about that.”
At his retirement in June
2010, Mayor Don Larson said
Haller was instrumental in
developing the Seaside Civic
and Convention Center.
Without the convention
center, we would be a small,
hardly used community,” Lar-
son said in 2010. “Larry was a
prime mover behind that.”
“He was a doer and a get
’er doner,” Johnson said Mon-
day. “He was part of the ‘secret
seven’ of the instigation of the
convention center — he, my
dad, and a handful of other cit-
izens formed a committee and
fi gured out we needed a con-
vention center. Didn’t seem to
hurt us any I don’t think.”
When Johnson joined the
City Council, Haller served as
Johnson’s mentor and teacher
on the council.
Haller played a similar role
for Phillips.
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Record high ............................ 88° in 1941
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say and the right thing to do.”
“I knew Larry clear back
when I was in high school,”
former City Councilor Don
Johnson said. “He was the
teacher, I was the student.”
Winstanley said Haller
served as councilor during two
separate periods, from 1981-
92 and from 2001-10.
TUESDAY
Clatsop Care Health District
Board, noon, meeting and
annual preliminary budget pre-
sentation, Clatsop Retirement
Village, 947 Olney Ave.
Astoria Library Board, 5:30
p.m., Astoria Library Flag Room,
450 10th St.
Warrenton City Commission,
6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
Seaside Airport Advisory
Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Astoria Planning Commis-
sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
WEDNESDAY
Astoria Parks Board, 6:45 a.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Port of Astoria Budget Com-
mittee, noon, 10 Pier 1 Suite
209.
Cannon Beach Budget Com-
mittee, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 163
E. Gower St.
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St.
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