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THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, JuNE 10, 2021
OBITUARIES
Leila Mae (Hickerson) Vernor
MaryAnn McCarty
Seaside
March 9, 1933 — May 11, 2021
Hammond
May 7, 1937 — May 19, 2021
“Welcome, I’m glad you’re here!” This were home.
was the warming demeanor Leila carried
Leila made great friends in her numer-
at any community event she volunteered ous groups in Seaside, like the ambassa-
dors, the Bob Chisholm Com-
for.
Leila Mae (Hickerson) Ver-
munity Center, Elks Lodge No.
nor was born on March 9, 1933,
1748, being Mrs. Mayor, Sun-
set Empire Park and Recreation,
in Alton, Illinois. At home with
the Seaside Museum, TOPS
family and friends by her side,
Club and her home away from
Leila quietly passed away on
home, Seaside United Method-
May 11, 2021, in Seaside. Leila
ist Church. Leila also absolutely
had a smile on her face with
loved her annual excursion to
peace, knowing she was going
choir camp at Camp Magruder.
to be greeted by God welcoming
Leila loved being in church.
her home.
Leila was the fourth of five
Leila Vernor
There she was a devout mem-
ber, pie maker, seamstress,
children, and was preceded in
death by sisters, LaVelle Hair, Emma Jane award-winning counted-cross stitch art-
Boschert and Eva Jean Rose, and baby ist, bread pudding chef, cookie maker,
brother, Clarence “Sonny” Hickerson. All choir singer and United Methodist Women
of the siblings were born to their late par- leader. She exemplified all that good
ents, Leila Viola (Perrings) and Clarence “church” is meant to be and stand for.
Davis Hickerson, in Alton.
Many of Leila’s friends have shared
Leila graduated in the last “January how their lives were enriched by her kind-
class” from Alton Senior High School ness and empathy that would radiate from
in 1951. She was in French Club, Future her. She would make you feel “seen,” and
Business Leaders of America, FDA, stu- make sure you felt welcomed. Her wishes
dent council, on the dean’s list and played would be to please continue sharing kind-
the alto sax in the band. After gradua- ness to others.
tion, she went on to the Rubicon Business
Leila was an amazing wife, and was
School for accounting in St. Louis.
married 59 years to Oliver (1953-2012).
Leila’s older sister, Emma Jane, and Facing life and all its obstacles together,
her brother-in-law, set up a blind date they persevered and were determined to
with someone who would become Leila’s make this world a better place through
future husband, and they played “Cootie.” fairness in truth and kindness.
It worked, because on June 20, 1953, in
She believed in the power of prayer.
102-degree weather, she married Oliver W. She loved her husband, children, grand-
Vernor (former Seaside mayor from 1995 children, great-grandchildren, church,
to 1998) from Wood River, Illinois, at the friends and neighbors. She was able to
love all these people because she loved
Cherry Street Baptist Church in Alton.
Leila and Oliver (Ollie) later moved Jesus, and always put God first.
to South Bend, Indiana, where they were
Leila is survived by her son, Robert
blessed with two wonderful children, Rob- W. Vernor, and his wife, Shirley, of Den-
ert Wayne Vernor and Cathy Jo (Vernor) ver, Colorado; her daughter, Cathy “Cj”
Opfer; her grandchildren, Joshua and Kar-
Opfer.
They moved to Chicago Heights, Illi- ina Hedegaard, of Silkeborg, Denmark,
nois, after a few years. There, Leila dis- and Jessica and Rasheed Raines, of Roa-
covered Robert could not see well. Lei- noke, Virginia; and her great-grandchil-
la’s compassion and understanding helped dren, Matthew, Autumn, Chloe, Carter,
Robert overcome the challenges of being Kianna, Katie and Jack.
A memorial is being held at 11 a.m. on
legally blind. She was an amazing mother,
June 26 at the Seaside United Method-
and took great pride in helping Robert.
The Vernors moved to Louisville, Ken- ist Church, 241 N. Holladay Drive. There
tucky, then Florissant, Missouri. In these will be a link to join the service via Zoom.
moves, Leila became the president of the Contact the church office by email before
PTA for the school of the blind, president noon on June 25 at seasideunitedmethod-
of the local garden club, participated in ist@gmail.com to receive the link.
There will be a gathering after the ser-
county fairs and made lifelong friends.
Leila and Ollie took a visit to see her vice at 725 Second Ave. in Seaside.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu-
oldest sister, LaVelle Hair, who lived in
Seaside, and they were hooked! “We’re tions may be given to the Seaside United
Methodist Church.
moving to Seaside!” they said.
They continued their activism in Sea-
Please feel free to leave a note of a spe-
side, starting with church. Being warmly cial memory to share with Leila’s family
welcomed when they walked into Seaside in her guest book at caldwellsmortuary.
United Methodist Church, they knew they com
With broken and grieving hearts, it is with of The Kid!
Jack lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with
deep sadness that we share the news of the
passing of our beloved mother, auntie, sis- his wife of 11 years, Rachel, and MaryAnn’s
grandson, JR; MaryAnn’s grand-
ter and friend, MaryAnn McCarty.
daughter, Aislinn, resides with
MaryAnn has died at the age of
her birth mother in Bremerton,
84. MaryAnn was born on May 7,
Washington.
1937, to Herman and Helen Toen-
MaryAnn’s early years as a
nis, in Stacey, Montana. She was
wife and mother were spent rais-
the youngest of eight children.
ing her family and providing love
MaryAnn moved from Mon-
and nourishing in some of Mary-
tana to Oregon with her mother
Ann’s most challenging times.
a short while following the death
She was a hard-working and resil-
of her father, Herman Toennis, on
ient woman who never ran empty
May 16, 1955. Her mother, Helen
Toennis, passed away on Jan. 6, MaryAnn McCarty of giving of herself for her fam-
and Jack McCarty Jr. ily. Not only her immediate fam-
1988.
ily, but she cared for several of her
MaryAnn is survived by her
five children, several grandchildren; a nieces and nephews during times of need.
During her marriage to Jack McCarty Sr.,
brother, Don Toennis, in Fort Bragg, Cali-
fornia; and a sister, Rose (Toennis) Rancort, MaryAnn probably worked harder than any-
one, as she took care of all the customers on
in Concord, New Hampshire.
Her siblings who preceded her in death her husband’s charter boat.
MaryAnn cleaned and filleted many kinds
are: Sister Irene, Earl Shriner, Doris (Toen-
nis) Rummell, John Toennis and Agnes of fish — she was considered an expert at
(Toennis) Sharbono.
cold-smoking salmon and other fish. She did
As a young woman, after settling in Ore- commercial canning of any of the products
gon, through family connections, MaryAnn and was the best Dungeness crab cooker in
met and married Guy LaFerriere and had the Pacific Northwest!
In MaryAnn’s later years, her joy was
four children, Raymond LaFerriere, Sharon
LaFerriere, Janet (LaFerriere) Bronson and truly spending time with her son, Jack, and
Pauline LaFerriere, residing in Oregon and his wife, Rachel. Whether that time was in
person, or on the phone or FaceTime, it was
Washington.
Sometime after Guy’s death, she mar- what brought her the most happiness!
She loved being the “fur-baby sitter” for
ried Jack McCarty, and they had a son, Jack
(Junior) McCarty. After the passing of Jack their family pet dogs, and treasured that time
McCarty Sr. on Oct, 14, 2000, and with her with them. It gave her great joy to be needed
first four children now grown and out on in that capacity — she just loved giving of
their own, Jack Junior and MaryAnn became herself to others.
MaryAnn will be remembered for many,
inseparable.
They depended on each other for nearly many good works throughout her entire life.
everything. And, being the loving and sac- And, right at the top of the list, well, let’s just
rificial mother that MaryAnn was, her time say that, for this woman with such a tiny and
and love was a treasured investment in her petite physical body frame, she carried the
biggest heart you can imagine!
youngest son.
She will never be forgotten. We have so
That was obvious to all, as she bragged
about him with every event of their lives. many fond memories of her, and we will see
She, indeed, was a very proud mom! She her again! She is truly resting in peace, in the
often referred to Jack Junior, in a lov- loving hands of our Heavenly Father!
ing, candid way, as “The Kid.” Family and
A celebration of life was held with an inti-
friends never tired of hearing the successes mate group of family and friends on May 27.
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Tourism: City’s outdated resolution regarding funding is an avenue to reset
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out any participation in the
LCTC, Warrenton will lose
that ability to control the
message, to drive visitor-
ship where you want it and
how you want it,” he said.
Reid pointed to recent
city projects like a food
truck pod planned for the
lot between City Hall and
Arnie’s Cafe.
“That’s an entity that
will certainly serve Warren-
ton residents, but in order to
thrive, a full food cart pod
with the restaurants existing
in Warrenton needs some
outside money, needs some
people that are coming to
town for whatever reason,
whether that’s tourism or
other visitation to spend
some money there,” Reid
said.
“The same is true for
trails, same is true for the
‘I THINK THE CITy STILL WANTS TO REMAIN IN THE GAME WITH THE
CHAMBER, BuT IT IS My IMPRESSION FROM CONVERSATIONS THIS
COMMISSION’S HAd, IN THE BudGET COMMITTEE AS WELL, THAT IT
WOuLd LIKE TO RENEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF ITS RELATIONSHIP
WITH BOTH THE CHAMBER ANd ITS SERVICES TO THE CITy, AS WELL
AS LCTC.’
Warrenton Mayor Henry Balensifer
marina itself. So in order to
market those things in some
way, you need some kind of
marketing entity. You have
one. And you have a very
efficient one in the LCTC.
If you defund the LCTC,
remove all those funds from
there, that is an independent
committee, they’re going to
make their own decision as
to what they do.
“But when all of their
money is coming from Asto-
ria, my suspicion would be
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that they would change the
makeup of that commission
to reflect where the money
is coming from and how it’s
spent. And I really hate to
see that 30 years of effort of
building a combined brand
go away.
“I do understand that
there’s a sentiment that the
interests of Warrenton are
not represented. I disagree.
I think we’ve made an
extraordinary effort to make
sure that we are as balanced
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MONDAY
as we can possibly be. But
there is an avenue for doing
that. And that’s why there
are Warrenton representa-
tives voting on that commit-
tee so that we get that input.
“All of that is built into
the marketing and the func-
tion of the LCTC.”
Mayor Henry Balen-
sifer said part of the issue
is that Warrenton has strug-
gled to keep its seats filled
on the committee. He said
there has always been a dis-
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connect, leaving the city
unsure about what it is get-
ting from its investment in
the committee.
He said the city’s out-
dated resolution regarding
funding is an avenue to reset
and have more discussion.
“I think the city still
wants to remain in the game
with the chamber, but it is
my impression from conver-
sations this commission’s
had, in the budget commit-
tee as well, that it would like
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Seattle
62 50
A morning
shower
61 51
69 57
66 55
67 53
Cloudy with a
Warmer; rain at
Clouds and sun
Periods of rain
shower
night
65 52
64 51
Chance of a
shower
A shower
possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
63/51
65/51
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
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TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Tuesday
Tonight’s Sky: New moon
(Thursday at 3:54 a.m.).
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 61/43
Normal high/low .................. 63/49
Record high .................. 82 in 1932
Record low .................... 39 in 1933
Precipitation
Tuesday ................................... 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 0.81”
Normal month to date ......... 0.82”
Year to date .......................... 36.17”
Normal year to date ........... 34.18”
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Time
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1:15 a.m.
2:59 p.m.
8.2 8:35 a.m. -0.7
6.6 8:14 p.m. 3.3
Cape Disappointment
12:55 a.m. 8.2 7:40 a.m. -0.6
2:36 p.m. 6.4 7:22 p.m. 3.5
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 5:24 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 9:06 p.m.
Moonrise today .............. 5:28 a.m.
Moonset today .............. 9:47 p.m.
New
First
Full
Last
1:04 a.m.
2:48 p.m.
Warrenton
1:10 a.m.
2:54 p.m.
Knappa
1:52 a.m.
3:36 p.m.
Depoe Bay
June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1
8.5 8:00 a.m. -0.9
6.7 7:44 p.m. 3.3
8.6 8:19 a.m. -0.6
7.0 7:58 p.m. 3.4
8.5 9:36 a.m. -0.6
6.9 9:15 p.m. 2.8
12:06 a.m. 8.2 7:11 a.m. -1.0
1:54 p.m. 6.4 6:51 p.m. 3.5
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
84/71/t
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92/76/pc
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
64/42
Kennewick Walla Walla
71/51 Lewiston
78/52
73/50
Hermiston
The Dalles 76/48
Enterprise
Pendleton 63/42
71/46
73/54
La Grande
67/45
70/51
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Pullman
73/51
65/51
Salem
68/47
Yakima 78/50
Longview
62/50 Portland
69/54
Spokane
71/51
65/48
65/48
Astoria
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to renegotiate the terms of
its relationship with both the
chamber and its services to
the city, as well as LCTC,”
Balensifer said.
“And so I think perhaps
if we were to continue, and
I can’t speak for the whole
commission because I know
there’s been a recommenda-
tion at the budget commit-
tee already, but if we were
to stay with LCTC there
would probably be a need
for a direct input from com-
mission, not just a represen-
tative of the commission,
to make sure everybody is
on board with what’s that
direction set for that year.
“That’s
a
different
arrangement than what they
have on the Astoria side of
that, but I think consider-
ing the history that would
be the most prudent choice
if we were to move forward
in that direction.”
Corvallis
69/47
Albany
70/50
John Day
Eugene
Bend
70/49
66/40
65/43
Ontario
67/50
Caldwell
Burns
64/40
64/50
Medford
72/52
Klamath Falls
65/41
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
65/41/pc
58/50/pc
61/51/pc
69/50/pc
58/49/c
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
70/42/c
56/53/r
61/53/r
66/51/sh
56/50/r
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
63/52/c
72/51/c
63/49/pc
71/49/c
68/54/pc
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
64/54/r
69/54/sh
62/49/r
72/53/sh
66/53/sh