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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2021
OBITUARIES
Joseph Orlo Hayward
Warrenton
July 17, 1927 — Dec. 14, 2021
Joseph Orlo Hayward passed away Dec.
14, 2021, quietly at home, with family and
his caregiver at his side.
Joseph (Big Joe) Hayward was born July
17, 1927, in Florence, the fi rst child of Orlo
Edward Hayward and Estella Dolleanna
(Woodard) Hayward.
Joe’s father was a lighthouse keeper, and
the family resided at various lighthouse sta-
tions on the Oregon and Washington coast.
When Joe reached school age, his father was
transferred to Cape Blanco to be the head
keeper.
Joe attended school there until the family
moved to Friday Harbor, Washington, where
Joe graduated from high school at the age of
17. Upon graduation in 1944, Joe joined the
U.S. Navy.
After basic training, he was assigned to
the n aval a ir s tation in San Diego as an avi-
ation storekeeper. He was always good with
numbers, and was a master of inventory con-
trol and management. He was honorably dis-
charged in 1945 at the close of World War II.
He met his wife, Hellen L. Demetraki-
kes, on a blind date. They fell in love and
were married on Nov. 12, 1948. They had
two sons together, Richard and Christopher.
They were married for 59 years, until Hellen
passed away in 2008.
From an early age, Joe loved automo-
biles. Living in isolation at lighthouse sta-
tions, he learned to drive at the age of 8. At
the age of 12, he traded his nearly-new bicy-
cle for a 1929 Buick that ran so poorly he
barely got it home.
His father was not happy, and told him
he made a foolish purchase. Joe was deter-
mined to prove his father wrong. There was
a machine shop at the lighthouse station, and
Joe put the Buick in the shop, and tore down
the straight-eight engine and completely
rebuilt it. When he fi nished, the car ran like
new.
After his discharge from the Navy, he
returned to the family home in Milwaukie.
He set out to fi nd a job in the automobile
business, and was hired by Miller Motors, a
Studebaker dealership, in Oregon City, as a
parts clerk.
In the 1990s the family began looking for They enjoyed traveling in their motor home,
He excelled, and moved through the a second dealership to grow the company. In visiting national parks in the western U.S.
ranks, becoming the parts manager, then the 1997 Joe, Rich and Chris purchased Ocean and Canada with friends from the yacht club.
service manager. He migrated to
Joe was well known for his card-playing
Crest Chevrolet Cadillac Buick
the sales fl oor, where he had great
Oldsmobile in Astoria. They kept skills. He said he learned to play the diff erent
success, and moved up to eventu-
the name Ocean Crest with the card games at the lighthouse station, play-
ally become the general manager.
lighthouse logo, due to Joe’s light- ing with the adults who needed an extra per-
After 16 years with Miller
son for a game. He had a regular poker game
house experiences growing up.
Motors, he took a job in sales at
In 2004 the dealership was every week with several of his friends in
Frank Chevrolet in Portland. He
moved to its current location in Dallas. He and Hellen were also avid bridge
went from there to Carmichael
Warrenton. Oldsmobile was dis- players, and played in several bridge groups.
Oldsmobile in Beaverton, where
Joe is survived by his sisters, Phyllis Fitch
continued by General Motors in
he was the used car manager. After
2000, and they were able to pick and Jean Wilkinson, both of Prineville; son,
a short stint as the general sales
up GMC in 2013. Joe retired from Richard, of Salem; son and daughter-in-law,
Joseph Hayward
manager at Fredricks Chevrolet
the business in 2015, when he sold Chris and Jeannette Hayward, of Warren-
in McMinnville, he accepted the
the Ford dealership after 42 years ton; grandchildren, Nicholas Hayward, of
position of general sales manager
Corvallis, Lindsay (Derek) Wielkapolski,
in business.
at Carr Chevrolet in Beaverton.
Joe’s hobbies included hunting, of Portland, Matthew (Brenna) Hayward, of
He remained there until 1973,
fi shing, boating and traveling in Duvall, Washington, Amber (Anthony) Hill,
when he founded Joe Hayward
his motor home. Every year, after of Warrenton, and LesleAnn (Christopher)
Ford in Dallas . When Joe arrived
the Fourth of July, he would bring Story, of Portland; and great-grandchildren,
in Dallas, he immediately got
his boat down river from its berth Olivia, Isla and Theo Wielkapolski, Calla
involved in the community.
at the Columbia River Yacht Club and Orlo Hayward and Antionette and Lin-
He sponsored and helped promote and to Hammond for salmon fi shing. He really coln Hill.
A viewing was held Dec. 22 at Caldwell’s
operate the area’s March of Dimes walk- enjoyed taking family and friends out over
athon in 1974. He was active in the Dallas the bar for a day of fi shing. He taught all of Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria.
A celebration of life is planned for the
Lions Club for many years. He also often his kids and grandkids how to fi sh.
was a judge of classic cars at the Dallas
He and Hellen were active members of spring , with details to follow on the Ocean
Rotary Breakfast in the Park car show. For the yacht club, and enjoyed the cruises and Crest Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac Face-
many years he drove his classic 1962 Cadil- social events up and down the Columbia. book page.
lac Coupe Deville convertible in the Dallas
Krazy Dayz parade.
Joe sponsored many local sports teams,
and was a season ticket holder for Dallas
High School football for many years. He and
A Court Appointed Special Advocate is a community volunteer who advocates
the Hayward family were among the inau-
for a child who has been abused or neglected. CASA volunteers work hard
gural inductees of the Dallas High Athletics
to ensure that children in foster care in Clatsop County will have a safe and
Hall of Fame.
nurturing permanent home as soon as possible.
The Ford dealership was a family opera-
This year, 40 CASA volunteers donated 4,000+ hours serving 115 children in
tion from the beginning. Joe was the dealer/
Clatsop County.
general manager, and Hellen was the offi ce
Please consider Clatsop CASA Program in your giving this season and help us
manager. Rich and Chris both worked in the
strengthen our mission into 2022!
dealership in various roles, and the dealer-
ship prospered.
Checks can be mailed to: PO Box 514, Astoria, OR 97103 or give to CASA’s
Holiday Campaign at: www.clatsopcasa.org
Joe was well respected in the business,
especially his knowledge of the used car
market. He was a weekly fi xture at the Port-
land Auto Auction, buying and selling cars
for the dealership.
Give the gift of hope this holiday season!
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
45 38
A couple of
showers
45 35
42 34
Rain
A bit of snow
and rain
38 29
35 27
Rain
Ice to rain
possible
35 22
30 21
Rain and snow Sunny and very
showers
cold
Aberdeen
Olympia
44/40
44/37
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
44/35
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Tuesday
Tonight’s Sky: Orion’s Belt stands
almost straight up from the
horizon.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 51/38
Normal high/low .................. 48/37
Record high .................. 60 in 1980
Record low ...................... 6 in 1990
Precipitation
Tuesday ................................... 0.15”
Month to date ........................ 9.35”
Normal month to date ......... 7.19”
Year to date .......................... 73.68”
Normal year to date ........... 66.77”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Time
4:19 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
7.2 9:40 a.m. 3.8
8.2 10:11 p.m. 0.1
Cape Disappointment
3:56 a.m.
2:43 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 7:56 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 4:33 p.m.
Moonrise today ............. 8:59 p.m.
Moonset today ............ 11:16 a.m.
Last
New
First
Full
4:09 a.m.
2:56 p.m.
Warrenton
4:14 a.m.
2:55 p.m.
Knappa
4:56 a.m.
3:37 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Dec 26 Jan 2
Jan 9 Jan 17
3:14 a.m.
1:53 p.m.
7.1 8:48 a.m.
7.9 9:30 p.m.
4.3
0.2
7.4 9:11 a.m.
8.3 9:48 p.m.
4.1
0.1
7.6 9:24 a.m.
8.6 9:55 p.m.
3.9
0.2
7.5 10:41 a.m. 3.3
8.4 11:12 p.m. 0.1
7.2 8:17 a.m.
8.2 9:00 p.m.
4.3
0.0
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
58/37/s
33/27/s
43/35/pc
72/60/pc
63/42/c
79/70/c
76/63/pc
57/55/r
75/61/s
40/35/s
73/55/c
58/49/r
44/37/pc
62/54/pc
37/30/c
50/42/c
81/64/pc
63/36/pc
80/68/sh
82/66/s
59/47/r
77/62/s
45/40/pc
66/54/sh
54/47/c
52/46/pc
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
41/34
Hermiston
The Dalles 47/37
Enterprise
Pendleton 39/23
43/34
44/36
La Grande
41/29
47/39
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
36/28
Kennewick Walla Walla
44/34 Lewiston
48/38
45/39
Salem
Pullman
44/27
Longview
45/38 Portland
46/39
38/28
Yakima 42/32
44/36
Astoria
Spokane
37/24
Corvallis
45/36
Albany
46/38
John Day
Eugene
Bend
47/38
41/29
43/30
Ontario
43/34
Caldwell
Burns
42/26
47/34
Medford
45/37
Klamath Falls
41/26
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
40/26/sn
47/40/sh
44/41/sh
45/38/sh
45/39/sh
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
34/24/sn
45/38/r
44/36/r
43/35/r
45/36/r
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
48/41/sh
48/40/sh
45/39/sh
45/37/sh
45/38/sh
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
47/39/r
44/37/r
43/34/r
42/36/r
44/36/r