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Cannon Beach resident
David O’Brien dies at 81
OBITUARIES
Sylvia Beatrice Kallina Goodman
June 4, 1921 — March 1, 2015
Sylvia was born June 4,
1921, in Garwood, Texas.
The middle child of John
Kallina and Anna Dornak
Kallina, she had two broth-
ers, Johnny and Buren.
Sylvia left home to at-
tend Southwest Texas State
University in San Marcos
the summer she turned 16.
Graduating with honors,
she began teaching home
economics in the Texas
public school system by the
age of 20. She met her hus-
band, Henry Harris Good-
man Jr., while boarding
at his family home during
college.
With World War II loom-
ing, Sylvia took the train to
Baltimore and married Har-
ris on Dec. 20, 1944, prior to
Harris attending mid-ship-
man’s school and receiving
his commission as Naval
lieutenant. Nine months lat-
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June, was born, followed
closely by Sharon Kay and
Virginia Adele.
After the war, the fami-
ly moved to Austin, Texas,
and Sylvia raised the three
girls while Harris complet-
ed his PhD in chemistry.
They subsequently moved
to Wilmington, Del., where
Harris was a research chem-
ist for DuPont, and their
fourth daughter, Susan Jean,
was born.
In the 1960s the family
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Mich., their home for 25
years. Sylvia became active
in the local schools, commu-
nity, and St. Owens Catholic
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Church. Here, her faith grew
and she came to know and
love Jesus personally, devel-
oping lifelong friendships in
her prayer group.
Drawn by the beautiful
scenery, Sylvia and Harris
retired and moved to Can-
non Beach. They loved the
beautiful coastal scenery
of Cannon Beach and de-
veloped many close friend-
ships at both the Commu-
nity Presbyterian Church
and St. Peter the Fisherman
Catholic Church. Sylvia
was also actively involved
in the Cannon Beach Gar-
den Club, Library Club,
Presbyterian
Women’s
group and the Seaside Hos-
pital Auxiliary.
Sylvia loved her four
daughters and their husbands,
June and Bart Blout, Sharon
and Paul Kinnison, Ginny
and Jim Chenet, and Susan
and Mark Johnson. She trea-
sured her seven grandsons,
Kyle and Matt Chenet, Kevin
Kinnison and Colin Kinni-
son, Garrett Johnson and Mi-
chael Johnson and Jonathon
Blout, and her one grand-
daughter, Kim Chenet.
A devoted wife, mother,
and grandmother, Sylvia of-
ten wrote letters to her fam-
ily. She had an innate sense
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dening, and sewing, and en-
joyed traveling with Harris.
Sylvia was independent and
strong, choosing to live by
herself for seven years in
her Cannon Beach home.
Sylvia appreciated the
many family and friends
Founder of Tryad
Ministries leaves a
legacy of love
By Erick Bengel
Cannon Beach Gazette
SYLVIA GOODMAN
who helped her maintain
her independence in Can-
non Beach. She was espe-
cially grateful to the mem-
ory care staff at Hearthstone
Murray Hill in Beaverton,
for their care and affection.
As Sylvia’s health declined,
she consistently expressed
love to her family and those
caring for her.
“Mom, you are lovely,
smart, strong, determined,
resourceful and brave. You
have a compassionate heart,
always caring for your fam-
ily and community. Thank
you for sharing your love of
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your faith with all of us. We
miss you and love you! We
are forever blessed.” ~ Your
Loving Family
A memorial service was
held April 2, at Cannon
Beach Community Church.
Remembrances may be
made to Cannon Beach
Community Church at 132
E. Washington St., P.O.
Box 37, Cannon Beach, OR
97110.
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David O’Brien, a long-time Can-
non Beach resident and the founder of
Tryad Ministries, died in his home of a
prolonged illness the morning of April
1 at age 81. He was in the presence of
his family, friends and his cat, Nala.
“David was always the joker, always
up to pulling tricks on people, and his
final trick was passing away on April
Fool’s Day,” his younger brother Mike
O’Brien said. “David would have got-
ten a kick out of that.”
Born in Portland on Dec. 27, 1933,
David O’Brien had cerebral palsy and
was often seen greeting people as he
rode around Cannon Beach in his mo-
torized scooter.
“He was always so happy to see
people,” said Marlene Laws, a Cannon
Beach resident and friend of David’s
who saw him for the last time the week-
end before he passed. “It was hard to
understand David sometimes, but, after
you got to know David, you could.”
Though David’s condition affected
his mobility, it didn’t touch his intelli-
gence, according to his younger sister,
Ellen Clibbon.
She described David’s mind with
awe. Her brother, she said, had a “fan-
tastic memory.” He had no trouble re-
membering people’s phone numbers —
“It was like a Rolodex up there” — and
performing quick mental calculations
with intimidating ease.
Though David possessed “such a
keen mind,” he will be remembered
best for “his open heart, his easy laugh,
his smile, his being so interested in
what others were doing, and caring
about them,” Laws said.
“David will be remembered because
of the way he dealt with people — and
the love he had for the people who were
around him,” Mike O’Brien said.
Cat Wollen, who knew David
through his involvement with the Can-
non Beach Community Church, said
“there was always a countenance about
him of joy ... There was something in
his demeanor that, when he left, your
day was better.”
“He was like the father I never had,”
said Jenee Pearce-Mushen, a Cannon
Beach resident who knew David for
David O’Brien
Dec. 27, 1933, to April 1, 2015
about 15 years, and whose father died
when she was less than a year and a
half old.
David’s love for his fellow travelers
found its highest expression in Tryad
Ministries, a ministry he founded in
1975 as an annual conference held at
the Cannon Beach Christian Confer-
ence Center for disabled folks and their
caregivers — a ministry which contin-
ues to this day. It now organizes an an-
nual conference in Denver, Colo., that
draws attendees from across the North-
west, Clibbon said.
“Under his leadership, Tryad Min-
istries became involved in bringing
God’s word to the handicapped in a va-
riety of ways,” Pearce-Mushen wrote.
David had been making plans to
commemorate Tryad’s 40th anniversa-
ry later this year, but “the Lord had oth-
er plans for him,” Mike O’Brien said.
“Tryad Ministries, hopefully, will
carry on,” said Laws, who sits on the
organization’s board of directors.
He was preceded in death by his
younger brother, Shaun O’Brien, and
his older sister, Carolyn Haley.
“Our community and his family will
always remember David as an individ-
ual that loved God, life and had the
tenacity to always deal with adversity
with a smile,” Pearce-Mushen wrote.
A celebration of life is schedule for
3:30 p.m. May 17 on the Christian Con-
ference Center grounds.
“I’m going to miss that man,” she
said. “I think we’re really blessed that
we had him.”
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