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.
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