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OBITUARIES
New officers welcomed
Jan Markstaller Donnelly
Lake Oswego
Oct. 18, 1936 — Oct. 29, 2018
Former Rose Festival Queen Jan Mark- cales. While in Monaco in the 1960s, she met
staller Donnelly was born Oct. 18, 1936 to Princess Grace, who accompanied the group
Hilda Robinson Markstaller and Edward on visits to hospitals and nursing homes in
Markstaller in Portland. She died peacefully the principality.
Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 at
Jan was always active
her home in Lake Oswe-
in her community, and
go, surrounded by family
led the successful cam-
paign to “Save Glendo-
and loved ones.
veer” Golf Course from
Raised in Portland
by her mother, Hilda, a
development in the early
real estate broker and in-
1970s. She was a den
vestor, Jan developed a
mother, PTA member
strong yet gracious com-
and general Super Mom
petitive drive. Through
for her very active chil-
dren.
her mother’s leadership
PHOTO BY LAURIE LOMAX
Her hobbies included
in the Chin Up Club, a
Jan Donnelly
gardening, loving a mul-
group that helped home-
titude of dear pets over
bound disabled people
get out to festive events several times a year, the years, and long walks on Cannon Beach,
she also developed a solid moral compass, as her favorite vacation retreat. She took great
well as a desire to make a positive difference pride in her beautiful yards, creating an out-
door landscape at her Lake Oswego home
in the world.
As a young girl Jan, along with her broth- that eventually won Garden of the Year hon-
er, Gary, became a top competitive roller ors.
As her children were growing up, the
skater. Together they went on to become
Oregon state champions in the Junior Dance Donnelly home became known as the place
category. She was signed as a model by the to take lost or hurt animals, whether a stray
Maria Easterly Agency at the age of 13, and dog, an injured bird or anything in between.
Jan received expert veterinary advice from
modeled steadily through her early 20s.
During her senior year at Washington her dear friend Matthew Maberry, head vet-
High School, Jan was elected as the Rose erinarian at the Portland Zoo, for many years.
Festival princess for her school, and was sub- She even tolerated her son Mark bringing
sequently chosen as Queen Jan of Rosaria in tadpoles home and turning her back yard
1954. Legendary TV host Ed Sullivan was fountains into frog ponds.
the grand marshal, and among her many civ-
After her children were grown, she em-
ic duties, she knighted him Sir Ed Sullivan, barked upon new business endeavors. The
Knight of the Rose. She continued to have a first was a luxury home furnishings bou-
strong presence in the Rose Festival, holding tique in Lake Oswego called Hollyhocks
and Roses with her daughter, JillXan. After
various positions over the next 60 years.
Jan went to Oregon State University for a successful run through the 1990s, she and
two years, and then transferred to Brigham JillXan started CareerExposure. This ongo-
Young University, where she graduated with ing network of job sites helps Fortune 500
a business degree in fashion merchandising. companies and people connect, and has won
While at Oregon State, she met her future multiple national awards as a woman-owned
husband, Bob Donnelly, who was a top golf- business. Upon her husband Bob’s death in
er, and president of the Varsity Letterman’s 1999, she assumed the role of chairwoman of
Club.
Contact Lumber Company until the company
After college she moved to the Westwood was sold in 2003.
area of Los Angeles, and continued her suc-
Jan was preceded in death by her husband,
cessful modeling career, before moving back Robert L. Donnelly; her mother, Hilda Mark-
to Portland. Jan and Bob married Oct. 28, staller; and her son, Devin Donnelly. She
1961, and had three children, Mark, JillXan is survived by her son, Mark Donnelly; her
daughter, JillXan Donnelly; and her brother,
and Devin.
Jan and her brother Gary became mem- Gary Markstaller.
bers of the New Oregon Singers, a popular
In her coronation speech as Rose Festival
globetrotting singing group led by Bruce Queen in 1954, Jan shared that to her, the pet-
Kelly. During her decade with the group they als of a rose represent her core values: love,
recorded two albums and traveled to festivals virtue, humility, charity, integrity and faith.
and performances in Austria, Switzerland Values she lived to her last breath.
Services have been held.
and Monaco, among other international lo-
CANNON BEACH POLICE LOG
Oct. 26
Nov. 1
Nov. 4
1:25 a.m., Hemlock and Sunset: A
visitor to the community in need of
a lift is given a courtesy ride home.
1:41 p.m., Second Street: A vehicle
is tagged as abandoned.
9:24 p.m. Gower: Dog reported
on Highway 101. Dog is taken to
kennel and shortly after reunited
with its owner.
7:08 p.m., Haystack bus stop: A rowdy,
possibly intoxicated group of young
males waiting for bus to Tillamook
are warned to keep the noise down.
Nov. 2
Oct. 27
10:30 a.m. 300 block N. Chinook:
Police conduct a welfare check on an
individual reported to possibly need
assistance; the subject says they are
fine. No further action taken.
9:59 p.m., Police headquarters: Police
are notified someone lost their phone
and their glasses in the surf.
3:23 p.m., Hemlock and Adams: Po-
lice respond to a report of a dog left
to bark inside a rental house. When
BRENNA VISSER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Christian Salinas and Joshua Utley were sworn in as Cannon Beach’s newest police officers
Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the City Council meeting. Utley, a former serviceman from the Air
Force, will be sent to the police academy in December. Salinas, a retired serviceman from
the U.S. Coast Guard, will be serving as a reserve officer.
County to test alert system
ble improvement, familiarize
citizens with the system and
help distinguish it among oth-
er alert systems.
To receive alerts register at
www.co.clatsop.or.us.
Cannon Beach Gazette
Clatsop County Emergen-
cy Management will conduct
a countywide test of the Clat-
sopALERTS! emergency no-
tification system on Friday,
Nov. 30.
The test will occur be-
tween noon and 3 p.m., and
will go out to all residential
and business landline phones,
as well as to all cell phones
and email addresses whose
users have registered for Clat-
sopALERTS!
ClatsopALERTS! is de-
signed to provide local citi-
zens with immediate infor-
mation and warnings about
storms, floods and tsunamis,
water contamination alerts,
missing persons reports, road
closures and other events.
In the event of these or
other scenarios, ClatsopAL-
ERTS! will send out record-
ed voice or text messages to
home phones, cell phones,
pagers and email addresses,
alerting them to the emergen-
cy and providing important
response information.
The Nov. 30 test is intend-
ed to identify areas for possi-
Coast Radio board
More than 100 members
of Coast Community Radio
celebrated KMUN during the
annual meeting and breakfast
held Nov. 3 at the First Pres-
byterian Fellowship Hall in
Astoria.
New board members were
elected and volunteers re-
ceived yearly awards.
Elected to the board were
Victoria Stoppiello, Lisa
Smith, Sarah Lu Heath and
Josh Marquis.
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Nov. 5
Two instances of overnight camp-
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Oct. 29
12:42 a.m., Cannon Beach Welcome
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12:22 a.m., Seaside Providence Hos-
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1:22 a.m., Avenue G and Downing:
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