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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021
OBITUARIES
SPORTS
Jim VonSeggern
Tigers no-hit Warrenton
Nehalem
Dec. 30, 1937 — March 24, 2021
The Astorian
On March 24, 2021, James “Jim” VonSeggern was where he enjoyed the time with his family until his
called home. As he stated, “God has my room ready.” death.
Jim was born on Dec. 30, 1937, to Gale and Ger-
Jim enjoyed all things outdoors, but especially
trude (Trudy) VonSeggern in Neligh,
loved hunting, fi shing and camping. He also
Nebraska, and moved with his family to
enjoyed the occasional reunion with his Star
Astoria in 1944. He attended Star of the Sea
of the Sea buddies, to go over old times.
School and graduated in 1956.
Jim’s greatest love was his family.
In May 1960, Jim married Claudia
Spending time with his sons, grandchildren
Bruder at St. Mary, Star of the Sea Cath-
and great-grandchildren was very import-
olic Church, and they celebrated 60 years
ant. He loved to be called “Grandpa” and
together in 2020.
“Pops.”
After serving nine years in the U.S. Army,
Left to carry on his legacy are his wife,
Jim returned to Oregon and took a job with
Claudia; his sons, Scott and Tim; adopted
the Department of Fish and Wildlife at the
son, Gerry Breedlong; his fi ve grandchil-
Jim VonSeggern
hatcheries. He worked at Siletz, Sandy, Mar-
dren and two great-grandchildren; and sis-
ion Forks and lastly, the Nehalem hatchery,
ters, Elmerna and Lorna.
where he retired after 30 years.
There will be a celebration of Jim’s life at a later
He settled into retirement in Nehalem in 1995, date.
Lee Evert Knutinen
Astoria
July 21, 1939 — April 5, 2021
Lee Evert Knutinen was taken from his
On May 14, 1999, he married Bonnie
fi shing and hunting grounds on April 5,
(Whitney) Jones. He was looking forward
2021.
to a trip to Jackpot, Nevada, in May.
He was born to Ralph and Aune
He enjoyed going to Eastern Ore-
(Asphorus) Knutinen on July 21, 1939.
gon hunting for many years. He dearly
Lee grew up in Svensen, and graduated
loved his eight grandchildren and 12
from Knappa High School. He enlisted,
great-grandchildren.
and was in the U.S. Coast Guard from
He leaves behind his wife, Bonnie; two
1956 to 1960.
sisters, Janet Angell and Carolyn Ferrell;
He married Muriel Jensen and had
and also a stepson, Terry Jones.
three sons, Ralph, Kenny and Kevin, who
He had many, many friends whom
Lee Knutinen
survive him.
he cherished and gave them “words of
Lee was a Wonder Bread supervisor until his wisdom.”
retirement. He also worked at the Astoria Plywood
Gone, but never forgotten.
Mill in earlier years.
A celebration of life will be held later this summer.
Sharon Louise Browne
Astoria
Oct. 22, 1947 — March 28, 2021
Sharon Louise Browne, 73, passed away
music. Sharon was also scorekeeper for her
peacefully at her home on March 28, 2021.
children’s softball and baseball games.
She suff ered from dementia before passing,
She is survived by her husband, Errol
surrounded by family.
Browne; daughter, Terri Dowling; daughter,
Sharon was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
Cherish Beach; and son, Justin Beach. She
to Mike and Lois Kleinschmidt. She moved
is also survived by three grandchildren, Julie
to Encinitas, California, at the age of 5. Sha-
Moore, Trevyn Campbell and Charil Beach;
ron attended San Dieguito High School in
and three great-grandchildren, Keira, Carson
Encinitas, and she had a great love of horses.
and Roman Moore.
Sharon was also a quarter-mile hot rod
Sharon loved to laugh with friends and
driver, and received her license with the fi rst
family,
and was always the life of the party.
Sharon Browne
group of seven women drivers to ever be
She will be greatly missed.
issued a National Hot Rod Association license. Sha-
Her funeral service was held at Caldwell’s
ron was also a singer and a percussionist in the band Luce-Layton Mortuary Chapel in Astoria.
Springwind.
She was put to rest at Ocean View Cemetery in
Sharon raised three children who loved sports and Warrenton on April 1, 2021.
Three Clatskanie pitchers
teamed up to throw a no-hitter
Tuesday afternoon in a 19-1 win
over Warrenton in a Coastal Range
League softball game.
The Tigers scored 11 runs in
the fi rst inning, and fi nished with
11 hits off two Warrenton pitchers.
The fi rst four players in the Tiger
lineup — Olivia Sprague, Alexis
Smith, Shelby Blodgett and Kylie
Thomas — combined for seven
hits, 10 RBIs and 11 runs scored.
The two teams meet for a dou-
bleheader Friday at Warrenton.
Valiants committed four errors
and the Fishermen had doubles
from Tenley Matteucci, Molly
Matthews and Kelsey Fausett for
a quick 4-0 lead.
Astoria pulled away with two
runs in the fourth and two in the
fi fth.
Matteucci led the 10-hit attack
for the Lady Fish, going 4-for-4
with three doubles and two runs
scored. Fausett and Madison
Both added two hits apiece, while
Emma Biederman tossed a com-
plete game, scattering four hits
with 12 strikeouts and four walks.
Gulls win third straight
Loggers cut down Pirates
In Northwest League softball
action Tuesday, Knappa defeated
Neah-Kah-Nie 15-5, as the Lady
Loggers close in on fi rst place in
the team standings.
Knappa plays a doubleheader
Friday at Neah-Kah-Nie.
Astoria 9, Valiants 3
In a shortened league season,
Astoria moved back into league
title contention in the Cowapa
League softball race, with a 9-3
win Monday at Valley Catholic.
Both teams set the tone in the
top half of the fi rst inning, as the
Seaside pulled into a fi rst place
tie with Banks in the Cowapa
League softball standings, holding
off Tillamook 6-5 in a single game
Monday at Tillamook.
The Lady Gulls scored four
runs in the second on their way to
a 6-1 lead after three innings. Til-
lamook rallied with two runs in the
fi fth and two runs with two outs in
the seventh, before Gracie Rhodes
retired the fi nal batter.
Kandice Flaigg, Emma Taylor
and Rhodes were all 2-for-3 at the
plate, while Flaigg scored twice
and Rhodes had a double for Sea-
side, now 3-0 in league play.
Kunde top golfer in The Dalles invite
The Astorian
Seaside senior Curtis Kunde
successfully defended his indi-
vidual title from the 2019 The
Dalles Invitational. The two-time
defending team champions from
Seaside, however, did not, fi nish-
ing fourth in the team standings
in Monday’s tournament.
For the second straight invite
at The Dalles, Kunde was the
only player to break 80 at The
Dalles Country Club. After a
bogey on the fi rst hole and falling
a stroke behind, Kunde birdied
the second, and two holes later
took a two-stroke lead and never
looked back.
Seaside is without one of
its best golfers, junior Carson
Kawasoe, who suff ered a broken
collarbone in Seaside’s fi nal foot-
ball game vs. Astoria. Kawasoe
is expected to be out of action
Jim Poetsch
Seaside’s Curtis Kunde was the
top individual fi nisher, again, at
The Dalles Invitational.
six weeks, with a slim chance of
returning for golf.
Seaside junior Everest Sibony
also fi nished in the top 10 with a
99. Juniors Conner Langmo and
Owen Higdon shot 122 and 127,
while freshman Carter Perrigo
carded a 120 in his fi rst varsity
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Seattle
56 44
Low clouds
57 45
53 42
54 41
Rain tapering Cloudy, showers
off
around
Cloudy
55 43
58 45
Showers
possible
Showers
possible
58 45
Rain possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
57/44
62/47
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
62/42
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
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Astoria through Tuesday
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Bootes.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 63/45
Normal high/low .................. 57/41
Record high .................. 77 in 1906
Record low .................... 32 in 2007
Precipitation
Tuesday ................................... 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 0.34”
Normal month to date ......... 3.72”
Year to date .......................... 33.15”
Normal year to date ........... 28.56”
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AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Time
9:39 a.m. 6.8 4:06 a.m.
11:11 p.m. 6.9 4:43 p.m.
Cape Disappointment
9:22 a.m. 6.7 3:32 a.m.
10:51 p.m. 6.9 3:57 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 6:17 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:12 p.m.
Moonrise today ............. 2:45 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 4:36 a.m.
Full
Last
New
First
9:36 a.m. 7.0 3:49 a.m.
11:03 p.m. 7.2 4:17 p.m.
Warrenton
9:34 a.m. 7.2 3:50 a.m.
11:06 p.m. 7.3 4:27 p.m.
Knappa
10:16 a.m. 7.1 5:07 a.m.
11:48 p.m. 7.2 5:44 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Apr 26 May 3 May 11 May 19
8:34 a.m. 6.7 2:56 a.m.
10:06 p.m. 6.8 3:24 p.m.
3.2
0.5
3.6
0.6
3.4
0.4
3.3
0.6
2.8
0.4
3.4
0.3
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
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Hi/Lo/W
Fri.
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65/47/s
50/38/pc
56/42/s
69/59/c
51/34/sh
84/73/pc
72/65/c
64/55/c
84/74/sh
52/41/pc
81/61/s
63/50/pc
55/41/pc
70/56/c
60/46/s
57/46/pc
75/58/r
58/35/pc
85/71/pc
78/69/r
66/53/pc
82/75/pc
64/48/s
84/63/s
63/51/pc
65/44/s
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
69/46
Hermiston
The Dalles 72/44
Enterprise
Pendleton 61/35
67/41
67/43
La Grande
64/36
65/42
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
62/37
Kennewick Walla Walla
68/44 Lewiston
75/45
64/45
Salem
Pullman
71/38
Longview
56/44 Portland
66/47
62/36
Yakima 74/39
63/42
Astoria
Spokane
69/44
Corvallis
65/41
Albany
66/41
John Day
Eugene
Bend
67/41
66/32
66/33
Ontario
73/42
Caldwell
Burns
67/25
72/41
Medford
74/41
Klamath Falls
65/26
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
64/32/c
58/44/pc
56/45/c
65/42/s
54/42/pc
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
63/40/pc
55/46/c
56/44/c
68/44/c
54/42/pc
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
55/41/pc
70/40/s
57/43/c
68/42/s
65/45/pc
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
55/44/c
72/46/pc
59/43/c
72/44/pc
68/46/c