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Newspaper Page TextA7 THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 OBITUARIES Michael Charles Stenblom Ralph Myron Wirfs Astoria Jan. 18, 1970 — Sept. 8, 2019 Astoria April 26 1938 — Sept. 5, 2019 Michael Charles Stenblom, father, hus- group of friends, trips to Sand Lake, and band, friend and master mechanic and tales of racing his 1968 Chevelle on the tradesma n, of Astoria, Oregon, passed away weekends at the Woodburn Dragstrip. on Sept. 8, 2019 at the age of 49, In 1988, Mike graduated after bravely battling cancer. from Astoria High School and Mike is survived by his wife, went from a part-time to full- Brenna, and his sons, Ryan and time employee at Ag-Bag Corp., Bailey, of Astoria; his older where he worked as a welder and brother, Mark (Susan), of Corpus machinist for over 25 years. He Christi, Texas; and brother in life, most recently worked at JBT Lek- Troy Basel (Kerith), and his fam- tro Inc. until he had to stop to focus ily, of Astoria. his energy and strength on his bat- Mike will also be greatly tle with cancer. missed by many, including his Mike’s greatest joy in life was ﬁ rst wife, Melissa Linder-Cho Michael Stenblom being a father and husband. His (Hiram), of Astoria; great-aunt, sons were the light of his life, and Niami Koskelo, of Astoria; aunt, Nancy motivated him to ﬁ ght long and hard against Young (John), and cousin, Matthew Lane cancer. With his wife, Brenna, by his side, (Jennifer), of Portland; mother-in-law, Mike was determined, and even in the hard- Dayle McKinney, of Morongo Valley, Cali- est of times, always maintained a twinkle fornia; sister-in-law, Salina Martin, of North in his eye, and would love catching up with Edwards, California; brother-in-law, Kyle anyone who stopped to visit. Adams (Monique), of Joshua Tree, Califor- Mike’s family would ask that all who nia; lifelong friends Wes Holthusen, of Asto- knew him honor his life by remembering ria, Brian Olson, of Vancouver, Washington, the life he lived, his love of classic cars and and Tim Severson, of Knappa; and his god- music, getting outside on the mower or tak- children, as well as a number of family and ing every chance to get out in a boat on the friends. water. Mike was preceded in death by his grand- Mike had an incredible sense of humor, parents and his mother, Katherine Stenblom. and was known as quite a prankster, and Mike was born on Jan. 18, 1970, to Rich- loved throwing out lines from his favorite ard and Katherine Stenblom, of Astoria, and movie, “Smokey and the Bandit.” grew up ﬁ rst in Hammond, then in Youngs A celebration of Mike’s life will be held River, where he lived all of his adult life in on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at 4 p.m., at the the home built by his grandfather, William Clatsop County Fairgrounds, where friends Loukas. and family will encourage those who attend Growing up, Mike loved being outside, to remember and reminisce about the good and spent time with his family and friends times and memories Mike helped create for riding motorcycles, working on cars, hunt- us all. ing, ﬁ shing and causing mischief. He often Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of recalled adventures he had with this close the arrangements. Ralph Myron Wirfs passed away Sept. lege before becoming a property investor 5, 2019, due to complications from a fall he and manager. Ralph loved the outdoors, where he took several weeks earlier. spent countless days photograph- Born April 26, 1938 to Mar- ing, hunting, ﬁ shing, picking garet Johanna Stenseth and Ray mushrooms and clam digging. Wilbur Wirfs, Ralph grew up in Community s ervice was also Newberg, Oregon. At an early very important to Ralph. While age, Ralph developed a pas- simply being willing to help sion for reading and science. He someone or a cause he believed graduated from Newberg High in, he also served on the Clat- School and continued his educa- sop Community College Board tion at Oregon College of Educa- of Directors and volunteered as tion (now Western Oregon Uni- children’s advocate through the versity), where he received an Ralph Wirfs Clatsop Court Appointed Special education degree in English with Advocates. a minor in s cience e ducation. He Ralph is survived by his three daugh- then went on to receive a master’s degree ters, Allison Rochelle White, Abigail Wirfs from the University of Oregon. While in college he married Caryle Otillio and Nicole Suzanne Blanton; fos- ter daughter, Debra Clarke; brother, Gregg Jeanne Brisbin. They later divorced. He later married Karen Kenyon, who Wirfs; and sister, Sandra Wirfs. Also sur- preceded him in death. In their 26 years viving are ﬁ ve grandchildren, Alberto Mar- of marriage, they shared a common inter- tinez Jr., Melanie Martinez, Kyle Blanton, est in travel. Mexico, Spain, Peru, Europe, Christina Martinez and Gemma Heim- China, Alaska and the c ontinental U.S. lich-Bowler; and great-grandchildren, Cas- sandra and Adrian Ruiz. were all checked off their bucket list. A celebration of life will be held on Oct. During Ralph’s professional career, he taught high school English, became a free- 19 , time and venue to be announced. Ralph lance writer, wrote and published a safety requested any charitable contributions to magazine for the State of Oregon and go to Clatsop Community College Founda- taught English at Clatsop Community Col- tion or Clatsop CASA Program. Proposal would buy bus tickets for the Seattle-area homeless By SALLY HO Associated Press SEATTLE — As the Seattle area tries to tackle its homelessness crisis, an ofﬁ - cial wants to spend $1 mil- lion to expand a strategy of buying bus tickets out of town for people living on the streets. The concept of sending homeless people back to where they say they’re from or may have support has been in place for decades in parts of the U.S. struggling to get people off the streets. Big cities like San Francisco and New York and smaller communities like West Palm Beach, Florida, have such programs. The city of Seattle and community organizations already offer free bus tick- ets as part of their broader approach to homelessness. Reagan Dunn, a council member in King County, where Seattle is located, wants to go a step fur- ther by creating a stand- alone bus ticket program that will emphasize “family reuniﬁ cation.” Dunn unveiled his pro- posal Tuesday as the city and county consider merg- ing services to better combat rising homelessness across an area dominated by tech companies like Amazon and where income inequality and housing prices are sky- rocketing, a pattern seen in other West Coast cities. Elaine Thompson/AP Photo A man sleeps on the sidewalk as people behind line up to buy lunch at a Dick’s Drive-In restaurant in Seattle. Dunn said his plan tar- gets roughly 1,000 home- less people who said they wanted to reconnect with family as ofﬁ cials counted 11,200 people living in shel- ters or outdoors in King County one night in January. Seattle ofﬁ cials say its homelessness diversion pro- gram allows people to deter- mine how the city can best help them, whether that’s deposit money for rental housing, car repairs or ﬁ nd- ing a way to return home for long-term support if it’s “a safe and realistic solution.” “Seattle’s diversion pro- gram is not focused on one solution — such as trans- portation home when it is outside of Seattle. Our pro- gram is person centered, cli- ent driven and provides a diverse array of support,” said Kamaria Hightower, a spokeswoman for Mayor SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY Carol Barbara Benson Gearhart Jan. 2, 1921 — April 19, 2019 Carol Benson passed away peacefully on and attended a game at Yankee Stadium. April 19, 2019, in Portland. The Yanks won in the 11th! Mickey Mantle She was born in 1921 to parents Alvin and Derek Jeter were her favorite players. Carol is survived by her “Sam” and Sophia Hornshuh. daughter, Lori Ann Harrod She spent much of her childhood (Jeff); grandson, Peter Ben- in the Oregon City/Beavercreek son (Elsi); great-granddaugh- area. ter, Isla; great-grandson, Peter; The family later moved to Jew- grandson, Tyler Benson (Jenaya); ell, where she met her future hus- great-granddaughter, Reagan; band, Peter “Pete” Benson. They great-grandson, Cody; and daugh- married on Oct. 18, 1941, and ter-in-law, Lou Ann Rouse. settled in Gearhart, where Carol She was preceded in death by lived for over 60 years before her parents, her husband, Pete, her relocating to Laurel Parc Assisted Carol Benson son, Cleve, and brother, Jesse. Living, located in Bethany Vil- The family would like to thank lage, in October 2012. Carol held several secretarial positions, her friends at the beach for looking out for but her tenure as counseling secretary at her while she was still living in Gearhart. A Seaside High School was her favorite, by special thank you to Bill and Sandy Berger- far. She enjoyed interacting with the stu- san, Larry and Karen Smith and Josh Baum. dents and was known as “C.B.” and “Mom” Sandy’s weekly letters to Carol once she to many. She made lifelong friends while moved to Laurel Parc were her special con- working there, and kept in touch with them nection to the beach. At her request, there will not be a public after her retirement in 1988. She enjoyed traveling, making memories service. A gathering may be held at a later on trips to Europe; Hawaii; North Dakota; date. Donations may be made to Seaside Kids Mount Rushmore; Yellowstone; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Branson, Missouri; San or the charity of your choice. Love you a bushel and a peck and all to Diego; and Washington, D.C. Being a long- time Yankees fan, she traveled to New York heck … Jenny Durkan. Dunn, who represents part of the wealthy Seat- tle suburb of Bellevue and the southeastern corner of Washington’s most populous county, said his pilot pro- gram would be better funded and promoted than the city’s piecemeal approach. He said the money would come from reserves. “We have the highest homelessness rate per cap- ita because we’re promot- ing failed policies,” said Dunn, who opposes com- bining county homeless- ness services with Seattle. “We don’t need more gov- ernment to promote Seat- tle-centric policies.” It’s not clear what strings would be attached to his proposed bus ticket pro- gram, which would have to be approved by the County Council. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY F irst D ay s chool ! oF otos All a Send us p h , welco ges d l i h c r u o me! of y , d l i h c grand ep hew niece or n e mail : c lassiFieDs @D aily a storian .c om D eaDline : s ePtember 19 th @ 5 Pm P hotos s ePtember 24 THURSDAY FRIDAY will be PrinteD th eDition oF the in the t he a storian REGIONAL FORECAST Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Seattle 69 56 A passing shower 65 53 66 54 Cloudy, a little rain A couple of showers 66 55 68 53 70 55 Rain and drizzle Clouds and sun Sunshine 72 56 Mostly cloudy Aberdeen Olympia 66/59 70/59 Wenatchee Tacoma Moses Lake 70/57 ALMANAC UNDER THE SKY TODAY'S TIDES Astoria through Thursday Tonight’s Sky: Full Harvest Moon (9:34 p.m.) Rises at 7:44 p.m. (East); transit at 1:23 a.m. (South); sets at 7:04 a.m. (West). Astoria / Port Docks Temperatures High/low ................................ 73/50 Normal high/low .................. 68/50 Record high .................. 88 in 1924 Record low .................... 38 in 1986 Precipitation Thursday ................................. 0.36” Month to date ........................ 2.77” Normal month to date ......... 0.72” Year to date .......................... 28.43” Normal year to date ........... 38.82” Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Sunrise today .................. 6:52 a.m. Sunset tonight ............... 7:30 p.m. Moonrise today ............. 8:12 p.m. Moonset today ............... 7:09 a.m. Last New 1:50 a.m. 2:32 p.m. First Cape Disappointment 1:26 a.m. 2:09 p.m. 1:38 a.m. 2:19 p.m. Warrenton 1:45 a.m. 2:27 p.m. Knappa 2:27 a.m. 3:09 p.m. Depoe Bay Sep 13 Sep 21 Sep 28 Oct 5 7.4 8:23 a.m. -0.2 7.2 8:40 p.m. 0.8 7.1 7:38 a.m. -0.3 6.7 7:47 p.m. 0.8 7.7 7:54 a.m. -0.2 7.4 8:09 p.m. 0.9 7.8 8:07 a.m. -0.1 7.6 8:24 p.m. 0.9 7.6 9:24 a.m. -0.1 7.5 9:41 p.m. 0.7 12:40 a.m. 7.9 7:05 a.m. 1:22 p.m. 7.6 7:16 p.m. 0.2 1.5 City Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Honolulu Houston Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC Today Hi/Lo/W Sun. Hi/Lo/W 90/72/pc 75/66/pc 78/66/s 95/72/s 88/57/s 90/77/sh 96/74/s 93/68/s 91/81/t 74/67/c 103/83/s 75/58/s 84/72/t 92/71/pc 80/61/pc 80/67/pc 97/74/s 90/58/pc 89/79/t 95/74/pc 85/65/s 92/80/t 81/65/pc 98/81/pc 72/61/s 87/68/pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 80/55 Hermiston The Dalles 84/56 Enterprise Pendleton 79/48 81/54 81/54 La Grande 82/48 76/56 NATIONAL CITIES High (ft.) Time Low (ft.) Hammond SUN AND MOON Full Time 74/50 Kennewick Walla Walla 81/61 Lewiston 84/57 71/57 Salem Pullman 79/51 Longview 69/56 Portland 76/60 71/54 Yakima 78/54 67/55 Astoria Spokane 74/56 Corvallis 76/54 Albany 76/54 John Day Eugene Bend 79/56 81/48 84/53 Ontario 87/51 Caldwell Burns 86/44 86/52 Medford 88/55 Klamath Falls 85/40 City Baker City Brookings Ilwaco Newberg Newport Today Hi/Lo/W 84/44/pc 65/53/s 66/58/c 75/56/pc 67/56/pc Sun. Hi/Lo/W 87/45/c 63/55/r 64/54/r 62/53/r 64/53/r City North Bend Roseburg Seaside Springfi eld Vancouver Today Hi/Lo/W 70/57/pc 81/55/pc 68/58/c 79/55/pc 74/58/pc Sun. Hi/Lo/W 67/56/r 68/56/r 65/53/r 64/54/r 63/55/r