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T he C olumbia P ress December 21, 2018 Obituaries planned at a future date. Caldwell’s Luce Layton Mor- tuary is in charge of arrange- ments. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made in Mrs. Tinner’s honor to the Astoria Scandinavian Heri- tage Park fund, P.O. Box 34, Astoria OR 97103. s hiRley a nn t inneR Astoria Shirley Ann Tinner of Asto- ria, who was instrumental in founding the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival in 1968, died Dec. 13 in Astoria. She was 82. Family members said she remained active with the fes- tival throughout its 51-year history and was named hon- orary grand marshal in 2017. She worked as a judicial as- sistant to Circuit Court Judge Thomas Edison for 23 years, retiring in 1993. Tinner was born in Astoria in 1936 to Frans and Hilja Fransen and grew up in Asto- ria’s Uniontown. She was ex- tremely proud of her Finnish heritage and learned to speak Finnish at an early age. She married Carvel Tin- ner in 1954 and they had a daughter, Kim. Mrs. Tinner was a member of the Finnish Brotherhood, Columbia River Maritime Museum and the Clatsop County Historical Society, where she often worked as a volunteer. She is survived by her daughter, Kim Supple of Astoria; two sisters, Helen Mack of Palm Desert, Calif., and Audrey Brown of San Francisco; and one grandson. A celebration of life is P atRiCia a nn m aize Warrenton Ann Maize, whose family ran Warrenton’s downtown grocery store for decades, died unexpected Dec. 5, with her family at her side. She was 82. She was born Patricia Ann Davis in 1936 to Ruby and Russell Davis in Astoria. She attended Warrenton schools and was a cheerlead- er at Warrenton High School, where she met her future hus- band, Richard Maize, who played football and basket- ball. They married in June 1956 and moved to Forest Grove, where her husband had a bas- ketball scholarship, and then to Oregon State University and, eventually, Sacramento State University. Ann Maize worked at Pacif- ic Bell Telephone and Tele- graph. They returned to Warren- ton in 1959, where Dick and, eventually, Ann, joined the family grocery business, Maize’s Market on Main Av- enue. The couple had three children and lived across the street from the store in down- town Warrenton before mov- ing to Smith Lake in 1969. She was an avid gardener and golfer. She served as pres- ident of the women’s group at Astoria Golf and Country Club and was a deacon at her church. The family had grocery stores in Warrenton, Gear- hart and Clatsop Plains. After her husband suffered a stroke in 1998, she served as his caregiver until his death in 2004. Maize is survived by sons Steve of Phoenix and Russell of Long Beach, Wash.; daugh- ter Julie of Portland; a sister, Bonnie “Beanie” Johnsen of Sweet Home; eight grandchil- dren and four great-grand- children. Services were held Dec 15 at Warrenton Methodist Church. The family suggests do- nation be made in her hon- or to Warrenton Methodist Church, P.O. Box 296, War- renton, OR 97146. Club forming for youth interested in livestock The Barnyard and Com- pany 4-H Club in Seaside is looking for new members. The group is for anyone who has ever wanted to raise an animal and take it to the fair. Members will focus on the care and feeding of animals, industry standards, animal products for retail, nutrition- al value, breeds identification and more. The club is for those age 9 to 19 with animals in the swine and sheep species. For more information or to sign up, call Jennifer Bi- amont at 503-440-2730 or Sandra Carlson at 503-325- 8573. 11
