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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2017
‘If you could go anywhere for the holidays, where would you go?’
“I’d really like
being home for the
holidays. What’s
special about the
holidays is being
around the family.”
“Somewhere where
the sun shines.
Anywhere where the
sun shines.”
“Probably Austra-
lia. I used to live
there for 11 years.”
Peter Grant, Astoria
Rod Zweber, Astoria
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Kati Claborn, Astoria
Donna Jean (Olson) Gudaitis
Theodore ‘Ted’ Olson
Kelseyville, California
July 23, 1937 — Sept. 3, 2017
Hammond
June 19, 1936 — Nov. 21, 2017
Donna Gudaitis, a longtime resident of beat most boys in a foot race.
Kelseyville, California, died Sunday morning,
She married Irving Gregerson in 1957, and
Sept. 3, 2017, while receiving treatment for they later divorced. During the early 1970s,
breast cancer at Stanford University in Palo she married George Gudaitis.
Alto, California.
She was preceded in death by her
Donna was born July 23, 1937,
parents; her sister, Nancy McDer-
mott; and brother, John Henry
in Astoria, Oregon, to Ralph Waldo
Olson. She is survived by her hus-
Olson and Elvira Impi Reini. She
band, George Gudaitis; her sons,
graduated from Lewis and Clark
Dean Gregerson and his wife,
Consolidated School in 1951, and
Nook, and Steve Gregerson and his
from Astoria High School in 1955.
As an extremely gifted artist, she
wife, Annette; and her brother, Jerry
was hired by Ball Studio in Asto-
Olson and his wife, Cathy.
ria to “tint” black-and-white pic-
Surviving nieces are Debby
ture portraits of people, weddings
Miner and her husband, Walter,
or animals to make them appear to Donna Gudaitis Cindy McGorty and her husband,
be colored. Also as a young woman
Steve, Brenda Courier and Jennifer
out of high school, she was hired
Olson. Also surviving are nephews
as a phone operator who began her connec- Kevin Olson and his wife, Richelle, Bryan
tion with a caller by saying “number please,” Olson and his wife, Teresa, and Brandon
and then connecting the caller to their desired Olson. She is also survived by stepdaughter,
number by inserting plug-in wires to a connec- Jule Lazovsky, her husband, and step-grand-
children in California.
tion board to complete the call.
While in high school, she won a poetry
Donna was buried at the Holy Cross Ceme-
contest, and although she participated in sports tery in Colma, California, Sept. 11, 2017. Any
(gym classes) before the federal Title IX rul- contributions in her name should be made to
ing came into effect, she was considered one one of the various charities that promote the
of the best female athletes in school. She could study of eliminating breast cancer.
Theodore (Ted) Olson was born in Minne- restoring old cars and turned many a “bucket
apolis, Minnesota, on June 19, 1936, to Theo- of bolts” into show-winning trophies. He
dore and Helen Olson.
raced dwarf, stock and mini cars at Clatsop
After graduating from Minneapolis Voca- Speedway until he turned 60.
tional, specializing in mechanics,
Ted and Oriole spent many
he joined the Navy “Seabees” divi-
days in Eastern Oregon visiting
sion when he was 17, and served in
and making new friends, playing
Korea, Japan and the Philippines
cowboy and branding on different
ranches and shooting rats — Ori-
for four years.
ole’s favorite.
Ted married Beverly in 1958 and
Ted is survived by his wife, Ori-
had two sons, Tim and Ted, and a
ole; sons Tim and Ted; daughter
daughter, Terri.
Terri; 11 grandchildren; and eight
Ted met Oriole, the true love of
great grandchildren.
his life, in 1985, and they were mar-
ried for 32 years, residing in Ham-
Ted loved vanilla ice cream,
Theodore Olson his family, playing poker with
mond, Oregon.
Ted loved fishing and ran his
the “guys,” old cars, his dogs and
charter boat, the Halcyon, out of
horses, and Oriole. At his request
Hammond for six years. Ted excelled in there will be no service at this time.
DEATH
Nov. 28, 2017
CHARLES, Dr. Ellen, 84, of Warrenton, died in Warrenton. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortu-
ary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
51
41
41
ALMANAC
Cloudy with afternoon
rain
50
38
Periods of rain
Tillamook
39/51
Mostly cloudy
Salem
36/48
Newport
41/52
New
Dec 9
Coos Bay
38/52
First
Dec 17
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
3:55 a.m.
4:59 p.m.
Low
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Hi
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66
Mary Louise Marking
Portland
Aug. 23, 1923 — Nov. 16, 2017
Burns
17/40
Klamath Falls
23/47
Lakeview
18/47
Ashland
33/50
REGIONAL CITIES
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Baker City
Bend
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Eugene
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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Rodney (Rod) van Son, age 77, of Ilwaco, ington. They moved to the Long Beach Penin-
Washington, passed away on Nov. 17, 2017. He sula in 1979, where he opened his own busi-
was born on Aug. 3, 1940, in Great Falls, Mon- ness, Rod’s Marine Electronics.
tana, to Frits and Jean van Son.
In addition to being a marine electron-
ics technician, he also served as an
He was preceded in death by his
Ilwaco volunteer firefighter and
beloved wife of 54 years, Gwen, in
emergency medical technician. In
2015. His parents, Frits and Jean van
his later years, he was a bus driver
Son, and his sister, Holly, also pre-
ceded him in death.
and mechanic for the Ocean Beach
School District and Knappa (Ore-
He is survived by his children,
gon) School District.
Kathryn (Mark) Lacy, Michael
Rod enjoyed volunteering his
(Lois) van Son, Jessica van Son and
ham operator services for the ama-
John van Son. He is also survived by
teur radio emergency services. He
13 grandchildren; three great-grand-
children; numerous nieces and neph-
also enjoyed writing, and was proud
ews; as well as his dear companion, Rodney van Son to share it with others. Rod will
his cat, Izzy.
be remembered by his family and
Rod attended Montana State Uni-
friends for his sense of humor, his
versity in Bozeman, Montana, where he played love of children, his love of music, and for
clarinet in the concert band. He then joined the being a great dad.
A funeral mass is scheduled for Saturday,
Navy, where he was stationed on the USS Her-
bert J. Thomas, DD-833, and trained in marine Dec. 2, at 1 p.m., at St. Mary’s Catholic Church
electronics.
in Seaview, Washington. A rosary will precede
He married Gwen in Great Falls, Montana, the Mass at 12:30 p.m.
His guest book is available at www.pentti-
on June 3, 1961. They moved quite a bit during
his naval career and settled in Bellevue, Wash- laschapel.com
Ontario
25/41
Bend
28/48
Medford
31/48
Dec 26
John Day
29/47
La Grande
28/43
Ilwaco, Washington
Aug. 3, 1940 — Nov. 17, 2017
Roseburg
36/50
Brookings
42/53
Tonight's Sky: The constellation Pisces is high
overhead this evening. It consists of two delicate
streamers of stars that come together to form a V.
High
9.1 ft.
7.6 ft.
Prineville
26/48
Lebanon
35/48
Eugene
33/47
Sunset tonight ........................... 4:32 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 7:36 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 2:38 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 2:24 a.m.
Last
Pendleton
29/45
The Dalles
32/45
Portland
37/47
SUN AND MOON
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
49
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Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
41/51
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.67"
Month to date ................................. 14.01"
Normal month to date ..................... 10.35"
Year to date .................................... 76.16"
Normal year to date ........................ 56.57"
Time
10:13 a.m.
11:07 p.m.
SUNDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 49°/40°
Normal high/low ........................... 51°/38°
Record high ............................ 68° in 1907
Record low ............................. 22° in 1896
Dec 3
51
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Occasional rain and
drizzle
Mostly cloudy
Full
SATURDAY
Rodney van Son
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MEMORIALS
Friday, Dec. 1
MAKI, David Jay — Cele-
bration of life and social time
at 1 p.m., Warrenton United
Methodist Church, 679 S.
Main Ave. in Warrenton.
Saturday, Dec. 2
HAMILTON,
Eleanor
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
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Mary Louise Gix Grimm Marking, 94,
When the girls were older, Mary Louise
passed away Nov. 16, 2017. She was born in went back to college and received her teach-
Portland, Oregon, to Al and Elenora Gix. Her ing degree from Oregon State University. She
brothers are Gerry Gix and Jim Gix (deceased). taught for 19 years at Woodlawn grade school
until she retired.
Mary Louise attended Holy
Gerald Marking passed away Feb.
Redeemer Catholic grade school;
10, 2003.
she graduated from Jefferson High
Between the four siblings, Mary
School and attended Marylhurst
Louise has eight grandchildren and
College.
11 great-grandchildren.
Mary Louise worked in the ship-
yards drafting during World War II.
Funeral arrangements are by Riv-
erview Abbey www.riverviewabbey.
She married Bernard Grimm June
com
6, 1944, and they had two sons, Ron-
The service is Saturday, Dec. 2; a
ald (Karen) and Thomas (Kathy)
rosary is at 10:30 a.m., and a Mass is
Grimm. Bernard died of polio in Sep-
Mary Louise
tember 1950.
at 11 a.m., at St. John Fisher Catholic
Marking
Church, 7007 S.W. 46th Ave., Port-
Mary Louise married Gerald
land, OR 97219.
Marking on May 8, 1954, and added
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to
two girls to the family, Trese (Mark) Chaboya
St. John Fisher student financial aid.
and Mary Ellen (Randy) Robertson.
“Ellie” Fraser Johnston —
Memorial at 11 a.m., North
Coast Family Fellowship,
2245 N. Wahanna Road in
Seaside.
Sunday, Dec. 3
INNISS, Shannon Marie —
Celebration of life from 12 to
3 p.m., Warrenton Community
Center, 170 S.W Third St. in
Warrenton.
YARBROUGH, Laurie —
Celebration of life from 1 to 3
p.m., Bob Chisholm Commu-
nity Center, 1225 Avenue A in
Seaside.
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