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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021
OBITUARIES
William B. Cox
Kathleen Marie Flabetich
Grays River, Washington
May 31, 1942 — April 11, 2021
Vancouver, Washington
June 4, 1925 — Aug. 26, 2020
William B. Cox was born May
1964.
31, 1942, to Pearl and Everett Cox
He was part of the Carrier Air-
in Tulare, California.
borne Early Warning Squadron
He graduated from Tulare Union
VAW-13, also known as the Zap-
High School in 1960. He was wed
pers. He received the Good Con-
to Diane M. (Welty) Cox in 1965.
duct Medal, National Defense Ser-
Diane passed away in June 2015.
vice Medal and the Armed Forces
He had two children, Paula and
Expeditionary Medal (Vietnam).
Joseph, who survive him. WB’s
He retired from Century Link in
brother, EJ Cox, and EJ’s wife,
2004. He lived with his wife, Diane,
Joan, reside in Tehachapi, Cali-
in Astoria, until 2015. WB spent
William Cox
fornia. His cousin, Jeanne Anika,
his remaining days in Grays River,
resides in Covina, California. He has
Washington.
six grandchildren, Cali, Joseph, Cody,
He continued to buy and sell col-
Robert, Elizabeth and Gracie, and one
lectibles, swap stories and meet with
great-grandchild.
friends.
William served proudly in the U.S.
William will join his wife, Diane,
Navy as an aviation electronics tech-
and rest in peace at the Willamette
nician. He enlisted in 1960 and served through National Cemetery in Portland.
Kathleen Marie Flabetich, longtime Asto- she became a member of the Columbia Memo-
ria resident, passed away peacefully on Aug. rial Hospital Auxiliary, volunteering in the hos-
26, 2020, in Vancouver, Washington, at the pital and gift shop and raising money that pro-
age of 95.
vided for needed medical equipment.
Kathleen was born June 4, 1925,
In 2008, she moved to Vancou-
in Portland. Kathleen met and mar-
ver, Washington, to be closer to
family.
ried Anthony (Tony) Flabetich in
She is survived by her chil-
1948, in Portland. They moved to
dren, Steve Flabetich, Kathy Hec-
Astoria in 1950, and grew their
tor (John), Dennis Flabetich (Toni),
family of fi ve children.
Joann McRae (Doug) and Lori
Kathleen was a member of the
North (John); nine grandchildren;
St. Mary, Star of the Sea Catho-
and six great-grandchildren.
lic Church and school. She spent
She was preceded in death by her
many years as an active parishioner
in Astoria and at the St. Francis de Kathleen Flabetich husband, Anthony (Tony) Flabetich,
in 1983.
Sales Mission in Hammond.
Memorial gifts can be made in Kathleen’s
At Star of the Sea School, she spent 24
years as one of the two cafeteria chefs, pre- name to the St. Francis de Sales Mission Build-
paring homemade-style hot lunches for ing Fund through St. Mary, Star of the Sea
Catholic Church, 1465 Grand Ave., Astoria,
students.
After retirement from her cafeteria duties, OR., 97103.
FedEx shooting leaves eight dead
By CASEY SMITH
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Police scoured a
FedEx facility in Indianapolis and inter-
viewed scores of witnesses Friday in search of
a motive for the latest mass shooting to rock
the U.S., as family members of the eight vic-
tims spent agonizing hours waiting for word on
their loved ones.
The shooter was identifi ed as Brandon Scott
Hole, 19, of Indianapolis, Deputy Police Chief
Craig McCartt told a news conference. Investi-
gators searched a home in Indianapolis associ-
ated with Hole and seized evidence, including
desktop computers and other electronic media,
McCartt said. Hole is a former employee of
FedEx, company spokesperson Bonny Harri-
son said.
Paul Keenan, the special agent in charge
of the FBI’s Indianapolis fi eld offi ce, said
that agents questioned Hole last year after his
mother called police to say that her son might
commit “suicide by cop.”
Police Chief Randal Taylor noted that a
“signifi cant” number of employees at the
facility where the shooting took place Thurs-
day night are members of the Sikh commu-
nity. The Sikh Coalition, which identifi es itself
as the largest Sikh civil rights organization in
the U.S., said in a statement that it expected
authorities to “conduct a full investigation —
including the possibility of bias as a factor.”
Deputy Chief Craig McCartt of the Indi-
anapolis police said the gunman started ran-
domly shooting at people in the parking lot and
then went into the building and continued fi r-
ing. He said the gunman apparently died by
suicide shortly before police entered the build-
ing. McCartt said that law enforcement offi cers
seized a gun from Hole last year.
“There was no confrontation with any-
one that was there,” he said. “There was no
disturbance, there was no argument. He just
appeared to randomly start shooting.”
McCartt said four people were killed out-
side the building and another four inside. Sev-
eral people were also wounded, including fi ve
taken to the hospital. McCartt said the slayings
took place in a matter of minutes.
Offi cials with the coroner’s offi ce began
the process of identifying victims Friday after-
noon, a process they said would take several
hours.
Family members gathered at a nearby
hotel to await word on loved ones — and
some employees were bused there for tearful
reunions. The agonizing waiting was exacer-
bated by the fact that most employees aren’t
allowed to carry cellphones inside the FedEx
building, making contact with them diffi cult.
FedEx Chairman and Chief Executive
Offi cer Frederick Smith called the shooting a
“senseless act of violence.”
It was the latest in a recent string of mass
shootings across the U.S. Last month, eight
people were fatally shot at massage businesses
across the Atlanta area, and 10 died in gunfi re
at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado.
It was at least the third mass shooting this
year in Indianapolis alone. Five people, includ-
ing a pregnant woman, were shot and killed in
January, and a man was accused of killing three
adults and a child before abducting his daugh-
ter during an argument at a home in March.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said the
community must guard against resignation and
“the assumption that this is simply how it must
be and we might as well get used to it.”
President Joe Biden said he had been
briefed on the shooting and called gun violence
“an epidemic” in the U.S.
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THURSDAY
FRIDAY
REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
77 46
Sunny and very
warm
65 44
64 45
60 45
55 43
57 44
58 44
Sunny and
cooler
Partly sunny
and nice
Chance of a
shower
A shower
possible
Showers
possible
A shower
possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
79/46
83/50
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
83/42
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Thursday
Tonight’s Sky: After sunset,
Hercules climbs the eastern sky
this evening.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 72/35
Normal high/low .................. 56/41
Record high .................. 81 in 1947
Record low .................... 30 in 1967
Precipitation
Thursday ................................. 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 0.34”
Normal month to date ......... 2.87”
Year to date .......................... 33.15”
Normal year to date ........... 27.71”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Time
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
4:17 a.m.
6:21 p.m.
7.9 11:34 a.m. 0.5
5.9 11:20 p.m. 3.6
Cape Disappointment
4:05 a.m.
5:50 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 6:25 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:06 p.m.
Moonrise today .............. 9:30 a.m.
Moonset today ............... 1:01 a.m.
First
Full
Last
New
4:12 a.m.
6:05 p.m.
Warrenton
4:12 a.m.
6:16 p.m.
Knappa
4:54 a.m.
6:58 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Apr 19 Apr 26 May 3 May 11
3:16 a.m.
5:13 p.m.
7.5 10:55 a.m. 0.5
5.8 10:29 p.m. 4.0
7.8 11:11 a.m. 0.2
6.0 10:53 p.m. 3.7
8.4 11:18 a.m. 0.6
6.3 11:04 p.m. 3.7
8.2 12:35 p.m. 0.4
6.3
none
7.6 10:25 a.m. 0.4
6.0 10:03 p.m. 4.0
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
65/51/c
49/41/c
53/38/c
64/46/pc
43/25/sf
81/69/pc
66/52/sh
74/60/s
93/72/s
58/46/pc
85/61/s
67/51/s
63/48/pc
72/48/pc
54/44/c
58/42/c
68/45/pc
55/27/s
83/69/pc
69/49/pc
88/63/s
94/74/s
62/47/pc
84/60/s
72/52/s
64/48/pc
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
74/44
Hermiston
The Dalles 81/40
Enterprise
Pendleton 65/35
74/41
83/44
La Grande
69/36
84/46
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi/Lo/W
69/40
Kennewick Walla Walla
73/48 Lewiston
83/38
87/42
Salem
Pullman
78/44
Longview
77/46 Portland
86/49
71/45
Yakima 84/41
83/42
Astoria
Spokane
77/49
Corvallis
84/48
Albany
84/47
John Day
Eugene
Bend
86/46
73/39
70/39
Ontario
71/37
Caldwell
Burns
67/28
68/34
Medford
88/47
Klamath Falls
68/31
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
69/32/s
60/45/pc
71/47/s
87/45/s
69/44/s
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
75/38/s
61/47/s
61/47/s
86/46/s
61/43/s
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
65/43/s
90/47/s
80/47/s
87/47/s
87/47/s
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
61/43/s
89/45/s
69/44/s
88/45/s
87/50/s