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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2021
OBITUARIES
William ‘Bill’ Berg
Gearhart
Aug. 13, 1938 — May 16, 2021
William “Bill” Berg was born on Aug. of California, Los Angeles, and Stanford Uni-
13, 1938, in Berkeley, California, to William versity, Bill left the academic world in 1974
Berg Jr., administrative assistant to Oregon’s to settle in Gearhart, where he had celebrated
U.S. Sen. Wayne Morse, and to
his fi rst birthday, and many summer
Dorothy Helen Shaw, descendant
holidays, in his great-great grand-
of pioneers who migrated from
mother’s cottage on the Ridge Path.
Indiana to Oregon in 1852.
He took a number of odd jobs
He attended primary and sec-
over the years in Clatsop County,
ondary schools in Washington,
including teaching languages, lit-
D.C., and Boulder, Colorado, and
erature and ancient civilization
graduated Phi Beta Kappa from
at Clatsop Community College
Johns Hopkins University in 1960.
through the 1990s.
Bill attended Cornell University
In 1976, Bill was elected pres-
for a master’s degree in 1962, and
ident of the Gearhart Homeown-
William Berg
Princeton University for a doctor-
ers Association, and subsequently
ate in 1966.
served on the Gearhart Planning
He married Beverly Brown, a fellow clas- Commission, City Council and Historic
sicist, in 1970; they separated after seven Landmarks Commission.
years, and were divorced in 1980.
He organized and directed resource inven-
After teaching classical languages and tories, surveys and data analysis for the
Graeco-Roman civilization at the University original Gearhart Comprehensive Plan and
drafted the fi nal 1978 text approved by the
Oregon Land Conservation and Develop-
ment Commission. Also in 1978, Bill suc-
cessfully applied for grants to complete an
award-winning solar retrofi t to the Gearhart
Fire Department .
His frequent sojourns abroad began with a
year in Greece as a Fulbright scholar in 1960
to 1961, where he pursued fi eld archaeology
at ancient Corinth, followed by a summer of
excavation on Samothrace in 1964. Over the
following decades, he returned to Greece nine
times for research in classics and in the musi-
cal modes and singers of rebetiko, the “blues”
of modern Greece.
He studied and wrote his doctoral disserta-
tion at the University of Tübingen, Germany,
during 1964 to 1965 through an award from
the German Academic Exchange Service.
After teaching a variety of courses at St.
John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in
1987 to 1988, Bill accepted a Fulbright lec-
tureship at ‘Atenisi University in the South
Pacifi c kingdom of Tonga, where he lec-
tured during 1989 on classical civilization
and American literature, and where he met
his future wife, Mami Kanzaki, a teacher in
the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
program.
They were fi nally married in Japan in
2004. In the meantime, Bill had again done
extensive travel and research in Greece,
Mexico, Thailand and India. He and Mami
enjoyed further world travel both together,
and with their son, Shota, during the years
following their marriage.
His publications included books and arti-
cles on ancient and modern Greek and Roman
and early Christian literature, history, religion
and philosophy. Bill’s scholarly output con-
tinued until shortly before his death.
A major historical work, “Gearhart
Remembered,” was published in 2001, with
a second edition in 2013. Further information
can be found at bit.ly/WilliamBerg
He is survived by his wife, Mami; his
stepson, Shota, of Tokyo, Japan; his brother,
retired Ohio state geologist Thomas Berg,
of Columbus, Ohio; his sister-in-law, Betty;
numerous nephews, a niece and their descen-
dants; and a large number of fellow friends of
dear old Gearhart.
Henry Matias Pelto
Astoria
Aug. 29, 1948 — May 1, 2021
Henry Matias Pelto passed peacefully on
Heikki was always at the ready to help
May 1, 2021, after heroically and fi ercely bat- friends and family. He will be remembered for
tling Parkinson’s disease for many years.
sharing his kindness and talents with so many.
Born Heikki Matias Ylipelto on
He retired in 2010 for health
Aug. 29, 1948, in Toholampi, Fin-
reasons, but continued planning
land, to Eeva Kyllikki and Veikko
and dreaming of building until he
Ylipelto, he moved with his family
passed.
to Svensen when he was 7. The day
He leaves behind his wife, She-
after their arrival, he and his sister,
rie; two sons, Nicholas and Justin;
Hanneli, started fi rst grade, even
his siblings, Hanneli Turner (Wil-
though they did not speak a word
liam) and Antti Ylipelto (Mary-
of English.
Ann);
sisters-in-law,
Sandra
He excelled in school, played
(Michael) and Kimberly (Randy);
baseball — and later led the
a nephew, William Jr. (Miranda);
Henry Pelto
Longview fast-pitch league with
nieces, Shelley (Eric), Nikki (Dan-
the highest batting average for
iel) and Noel; and seven grand-
a season — football and basket-
nieces and nephews.
ball for Knappa High School (the
Our heartfelt thanks go to his
team won the state championship
doctors, especially Dr. Kathryn
in 1966).
Chung at Oregon Health and Sci-
He successfully managed school
ence University, Lower Colum-
and athletics while helping with the
bia Hospice (Rhonda, Diane, Joey,
family’s mink business and work-
and Jeanette); many physical and
ing summers at the Wauna Mill.
other therapists, including Megan,
He attended the University of
Nathan and Leo; our local Parkin-
Oregon after receiving a scholar-
son’s support group; and all the
ship from Wauna, eventually discovered a neighbors, friends and family who supported
passion for the building industry, and moved Heikki during his last years.
to Seattle, where he formed his own construc-
In lieu of fl owers, donations may be sent
tion company, specializing in custom and in his name to Oregon Health and Science
speculative homes, commercial projects and University research, Mail Code L-341, 3181
remodeling.
S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR.,
He enjoyed golfi ng, boating, racing 97239-3098 or Lower Columbia Hospice.
6-meter sailboats, skiing and attending or
A celebration of life will be held at a later
watching many sporting events.
date. Please email hpelto@aol.com for details.
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Seattle
67 50
66 50
69 55
70 54
64 52
Nice with some
Partly sunny;
Partly sunny
Turning cloudy Mostly cloudy
sun
warmer
62 50
Partly sunny
62 51
Cloudy
Aberdeen
Olympia
69/46
70/50
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
70/47
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Thursday
Tonight’s Sky: Conjunction of
Venus and Mercury below the
western horizon. (Not visible.)
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 57/51
Normal high/low .................. 62/48
Record high .................. 80 in 2003
Record low .................... 37 in 1940
Precipitation
Thursday ................................. 0.33”
Month to date ........................ 1.15”
Normal month to date ......... 2.92”
Year to date .......................... 35.33”
Normal year to date ........... 32.96”
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Time
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5:15 p.m.
9.1 10:44 a.m. -1.5
7.2 10:39 p.m. 3.0
Cape Disappointment
2:58 a.m.
4:50 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 5:30 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:57 p.m.
Moonrise today ........... 12:06 a.m.
Moonset today ............... 8:30 a.m.
Last
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Warrenton
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Knappa
4:00 a.m.
5:52 p.m.
Depoe Bay
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4:06 p.m.
9.3 9:45 a.m. -1.9
7.2 9:41 p.m. 3.4
9.5 10:05 a.m. -2.1
7.4 10:04 p.m. 3.0
9.5 10:28 a.m. -1.4
7.6 10:23 p.m. 3.1
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c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
77/50
Hermiston
The Dalles 82/47
Enterprise
Pendleton 70/43
78/48
83/51
La Grande
73/42
80/52
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77/51 Lewiston
82/48
75/49
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Pullman
77/47
Longview
67/50 Portland
79/53
72/47
Yakima 82/48
73/50
Astoria
Spokane
75/52
Corvallis
79/47
Albany
79/48
John Day
Eugene
Bend
78/47
76/47
75/47
Ontario
78/50
Caldwell
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74/43
75/48
Medford
89/54
Klamath Falls
81/43
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Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
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72/39/pc
62/50/pc
64/52/s
79/49/pc
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61/54/c
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