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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2021
OBITUARIES
Maradee Ann Davis
Joyce Ann Shellabarger
Greenbrae, California
Feb. 12, 1943 — March 16, 2021
Knappa
Nov. 9, 1939 — April 8, 2021
It is with profound sadness Pacifi c Grove, California, and
that we announce the pass- Ashland.
ing of Maradee Ann Davis
They attended the Mill
after a courageous
Valley Film Festival
19-month battle
in California for 25
with pancreatic
years, and in retire-
cancer.
ment would see 30
Maradee was
fi lms at the festival.
born in Boise,
Their travels took
Idaho, on Feb.
them to Europe, Can-
12, 1943, to Allen
ada, the Caribbean,
Davis and Verna
many trips to Maui
(Miller). Maradee
and almost all of the
was raised in
50 states.
Maradee Davis
Astoria and grad-
At 60, Maradee
uated from Asto-
fulfi lled a lifelong
ria High School in 1961.
dream when she performed
After a divorce from her in the chorus of the musi-
fi rst husband, she broke free cal “Sweet Charity.” She had
and became an independent, so much fun she performed
free spirit. During this period, in another half-dozen shows
she traveled mostly by herself over the next decade.
and explored Europe multi-
The women she performed
ple times over the next decade with became her close circle
or so, with her favorite desti- of friends. During the sum-
nations being Paris and the mer, this group could be found
Greek islands.
pretty much every Friday lis-
In the meantime, she earned tening to music while sipping
a doctoral degree in epidemi- wine and eating good food.
ology from the University of
They could also be found
Texas Medical School. During enjoying events at Dry Creek
this period, she lived in Texas Vineyard . They were known
for eight years.
for fi nding any reason to throw
In 1983, she landed her a party. One of Maradee’s
dream job as professor of epi- favorite parties was celebrat-
demiology at the University ing the Academy Awards.
of California, San Francisco
Maradee and Rich had
School of Medicine. In 1987, more fun together than you
she began a relationship with can imagine. Maradee was
Rich Swanson, who devel- deeply loved by her fam-
oped into the love of her life, ily and friends, and will be
and they married in 1992.
greatly missed.
Since most of her fam-
Maradee is survived by
ily lived in Oregon, she spent her husband, Rich Swanson;
a lot of family events with brother, Tighe Davis (Connie);
Rich’s family, and she devel- niece, Julie Davis (Chris);
oped loving relationships with nephew, Ryan Davis (Emily);
them. Annual summer trips to great-nieces, Karley Gauthier
Bend to vacation with her bio- and Audrey Davis; and great-
logical family were fi lled with nephew, Larson Davis.
fi shing, golf and lots of fun.
The family would like to
Her generosity was felt by thank the Kaiser San Fran-
many. For 25-plus years, she cisco o ncology staff , includ-
annually grew pumpkins for ing her oncologist, Dr. Tilak
at least 10 lucky kids. She also Sundaresan, and Dr. Margaret
took her nieces and nephews Tempero, of the University of
on trips wherever they wanted California San Francisco, for
when they graduated from their expert care.
school.
Donations in Maradee’s
Rich and Maradee shared name can be made to the Pan-
an interest in fi lm, theater, creatic Cancer Action Network.
travel and socializing with
A celebration of life will be
family and friends. This le d held as soon as it is safe to do
to annual trips to Lake Tahoe, so.
Joyce Ann Shellabarger
passed away peacefully in
the comfort of her home on
April 8, 2021. She is fi nally
free from pain, and in fi shing
paradise with her best catch,
“Pa.”
Joyce was born on Nov. 9,
1939, in Grand Junction, Col-
orado, to Avery Lucille King
and William B Bishop.
At the young age of 18,
Joyce met the love of her life,
Stephen Shellabarger. They
married on Aug. 15, 1959, in
Las Vegas. They had two chil-
dren, Stephen and Deirdra.
In 1976, Joyce and
Steve moved their family to
Knappa, where they bought
Joyce enjoyed garden-
their fi rst home. In 2000, ing, collecting, playing her
Joyce’s dream of having a log games on her computer and
cabin came to life.
spending time with
After a lot of plan-
friends and family.
ning, hard work,
She had the best
beers and direction
sense of humor,
from the “proj-
and was always
ect manager” her-
making everyone
self, the Maija tree
around her laugh.
house was to be
Her stories of
their forever home,
camping, frog gig-
and where both
ging, gold panning
Joyce and Steve
and bottle fi nding
lived and passed Joyce Shellabarger are forever cher-
away.
ished in our hearts.
Joyce was a devoted
Joyce was preceded in
wife, mother, grandma and death by her husband; par-
great-grandma.
ents; daughter, Deirdre; and
Cemetery: Greenwood is a perpetual care cemetery
Continued from Page A1
As the Leamys note
in a video about the res-
toration they began last
year: 130 years can do a
lot of damage.
Opened as a ceme-
tery in 1891, Greenwood
also houses monuments,
markers and remains
from Hillside Ceme-
tery — formerly Pioneer
Cemetery — in Asto-
ria that date back to even
earlier years. Some of
Astoria’s founders, pre-
viously buried in Astoria
cemeteries, now rest in
Greenwood.
Subject to wind,
weather and tree roots,
monuments and mark-
ers tumble as materi-
als deteriorate and soil
shifts or tree roots intrude
and moles tunnel. Pass-
ing elk herds have tram-
pled through at least one
monument.
Under the terms of
the grant, the Leamys set
out to restore 45 monu-
ments. They have since
exceeded that goal; they
restored more than 60.
“We’ve got the bug,”
said Lynda Leamy, add-
ing, “We always wanted
Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian
Greenwood Cemetery overlooks Youngs River.
to do something but there
was never time.”
Still active
The cemetery may be his-
toric, but it is still active, with
more than two dozen services
a year and around 6,000 spots
still available. Mowing occu-
pies much of the Leamys
time in the warmer months.
Now, not only do the
restored graves look better
and present less of a safety
hazard, they’re also easier to
mow around. In some cases,
the Leamys have unearthed
things they never expected
were lurking underground:
a poem engraved at the base
of a monument that had sunk
into the ground; decorative
work around other monu-
ments; entire markers.
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deploy a device of his own
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to help with the “monumen-
tal task,” but the coronavi-
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Seattle
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Cloudy
61 44
63 47
59 47
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57 43
Showers
possible
Showers
possible
57 44
Cloudy
Aberdeen
Olympia
57/44
63/46
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
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TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Sunday
Tonight’s Sky: Full “Pink” Moon
(8:31 p.m.).
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 54/43
Normal high/low .................. 58/42
Record high .................. 83 in 1941
Record low .................... 29 in 1955
Precipitation
Sunday ..................................... 0.06”
Month to date ........................ 1.12”
Normal month to date ......... 4.50”
Year to date .......................... 33.93”
Normal year to date ........... 29.34”
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2:37 p.m.
9.1 8:29 a.m. -1.1
7.7 8:27 p.m. 1.3
Cape Disappointment
1:16 a.m.
2:11 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
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SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 6:08 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:19 p.m.
Moonrise today ............. 9:31 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 6:41 a.m.
Full
Last
New
First
1:27 a.m.
2:22 p.m.
Warrenton
1:35 a.m.
2:32 p.m.
Knappa
2:17 a.m.
3:14 p.m.
Depoe Bay
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9.2 7:34 a.m. -1.3
7.8 7:33 p.m. 1.4
9.5 7:55 a.m. -1.4
8.1 7:56 p.m. 1.1
9.5 8:13 a.m. -1.0
8.1 8:11 p.m. 1.4
9.3 9:30 a.m. -0.9
8.0 9:28 p.m. 1.1
12:28 a.m. 9.3 7:04 a.m. -1.6
1:25 p.m. 7.8 7:02 p.m. 1.2
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Boston
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Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Wed.
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c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
62/41
Kennewick Walla Walla
68/46 Lewiston
75/43
70/44
Hermiston
The Dalles 73/47
Enterprise
Pendleton 60/34
69/44
70/45
La Grande
65/37
67/41
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
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Pullman
71/42
65/41
Salem
63/42
Yakima 75/44
Longview
57/43 Portland
67/45
Spokane
68/47
62/40
63/41
Astoria
ALMANAC
— mostly Mike Leamy —
tackled the bulk of the work,
with volunteers pitching in
here and there.
It is worth all the eff ort,
the Leamys say. There were
safety considerations —
some of the old monuments
are little more than rocks
stacked on top of each other.
Mike Leamy barely has to
nudge one leaning monument
to angle it back off of its base.
The ins and outs of pre-
serving historic markers and
monuments presented a big
learning curve, Mike Leamy
said, but it has only moti-
vated him to learn more
about the stories of the cem-
etery’s residents.
Greenwood is a perpet-
ual care cemetery, which,
Mike Leamy says, mostly
means you’re “perpetually at
it.” But through their tireless
work, the Leamys feel they
are engaged in the important
task of preserving stories.
They have a map of every
plot in the cemetery. On
that map, there are many
unmarked graves or graves
where the occupants are
noted as “unknown.”
Still, Mike Leamy said,
“Every stone here represents
someone’s story. There might
be documentation or some-
one who remembers them,
but some of them took their
stories with them. But their
remains are still here.”
And that’s a type of story,
too.
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brother, Larry Kuhuski.
Joyce is survived by her
son, Stephen Shellabarger
(Sabrena); sister, Debi DeL-
ano-Bergren (Tom); brother,
Frank Kuhuski (Betty);
brother, Michael Bishop;
grandchildren, Shandy More-
land (Kent), Kristy Keller,
Ashley Keller and Little Star
Rider; and eight great-grand-
children,
Jake,
Brook,
Treven, Bryson, Blake, Zae-
leigh, Jacob and Kinslee.
A celebration of life will
be held at a later date.
Hughes-Ransom
Mor-
tuary is in charge of the
arrangements.
Corvallis
67/40
Albany
68/40
John Day
Eugene
Bend
69/40
66/36
63/34
Ontario
71/41
Caldwell
Burns
62/28
69/38
Medford
72/42
Klamath Falls
62/28
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
65/31/pc
57/43/pc
56/45/c
66/40/c
54/41/c
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
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58/46/pc
58/46/c
74/45/pc
58/44/pc
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
57/42/c
72/42/c
58/40/c
72/40/c
67/42/c
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
60/44/pc
79/46/pc
62/44/c
78/46/pc
73/46/c