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Obituaries
Gertrude (McKay) Sharp
Barbara F. Shaw
Sept. 20, 1920 — Sept. 24, 2015
Oct. 25, 1929 — Sept. 23, 2015
Barbara F. Shaw, 85, of
Arch Cape, passed unexpect-
edly Sept. 23, 2015. She was
born to the late Ralph and
Lucy Forbes, Oct 25, 1929,
in Seattle, Washington. Bar-
bara and family often vaca-
tioned to Arch Cape, Ore-
gon, and eventually acquired
property there as the family
getaway.
She graduated from
Queen Ann High School and
went on to received her B.A.
in art from Lewis and Clark
College in 1951. After grad-
uation, she married James
R. Shaw June 9, 1951, and
raised two sons in California
until coming home to Arch
Cape, as she put it, in 1978.
Barbara was very passion-
ate about helping women get
and further education, and
joined the NY PEO (Philan-
thropic Education Organiza-
tion) 60 years ago in Red-
ding, California. To continue
this desire, Barbara helped
charter the FB PEO Cannon
Beach, Oregon chapter, and
is the last of 13 original char-
ter members.
Barbara was constantly
Barbara Shaw
doing for others. Many of
us have been exposed to her
resilience and strength in
this community, always at
the right place, right time, to
solve the problem or just be a
great friend. For 85 years her
life’s passions never slowed,
from the everyday walks on
the beach, to running her bed
and breakfast for 35 years in
Arch Cape, maintaining her
vegetable garden, playing
the organ at the First Church
of Christian Science in Gear-
hart, going to the garden
club, to the book club, and
babysitting her granddaugh-
ter from time to time. This
kind of fortitude, and giving,
has left all her friends and
family knowing how much
she loved us all.
Barbara is survived by
her husband, James R. Shaw
of Arch Cape, Oregon; two
sons, James R. Shaw III of
Pleasant Hill, California, and
Robert S. Shaw of Manzani-
ta, Oregon; and two grand-
children, Benjamin D. Shaw
of Humboldt, California, and
Emma M. Shaw of Manzani-
ta, Oregon.
Memorial contributions
can be made to Chapter FB
Cannon Beach PEO, award-
ed in her name: Women
Seeking Advancement, c/o
Janet Kenny, P.O. Box 2118,
Gearhart, OR 97138-2218.
A celebration of Barbara
will be held on Sunday, Oct.
25, between 2 and 5 p.m., at
the new Arch Cape Fire Sta-
tion, 79279 U.S. Highway
101, located just after the
Cannon Beach wayside pull-
out on the east, coming from
the north on Highway 101;
from the south, just after the
Castle Rock Estates.
Gertrude (McKay) Sharp,
95, of Seaside, passed away
in her sleep on Sept. 24. Born
Sept. 20, 1920, the ¿fth of
eight children of Will and
Nina McKay of Duluth, Min-
nesota, Gertrude grew up on
the family estate along the
shore of Lake Superior.
In 1942, Gertrude earned
her nursing degree at St.
Luke’s, and was commis-
sioned in the U.S. Army. She
served during World War II
in London, England, where
she married Dr. Edward
Sharp in 1945. After the war,
the couple settled in his home
town, Philadelphia, to estab-
lish their medical practice,
and raised a family of three
sons. As the boys grew up,
Gertrude also worked as a
registered nurse in the Phil-
adelphia school system, and
volunteered in local scouting
activities. A sketch artist from
youth, she contributed to
publications and displays by
regional and national medical
associations.
Following the death of her
husband, Gertrude moved
¿rst to the Seattle area, to
Gertrude Sharp
assist her own long-lived
mother. In 1977 Gertrude
chose Seaside as her perma-
nent home, with its rocky
beaches and limitless horizon
of water, reminiscent of her
original Great Lakes envi-
ronment. She enjoyed beach
combing and gardening, as
well as biking on the Prom
or around town. Cards and
letters to friends and family
would continue to include
pen and ink sketches, well
into her 90s. But in a genera-
tional leap-frog, she also em-
braced computers and email,
and enjoyed reading classical
literature on her Kindle.
Gertrude is survived by
her three sons, Robert, Don-
ald, and Edward; her grand-
children, Nathaniel and Ben-
jamin; great-grandchildren,
Christian and Andrea, niece,
Dr. Deborah McKay; and
extended family. A private
family service was held, with
interment at Willamette Na-
tional Cemetery.
Remembrances in Ger-
trude’s honor may be made
by any good deed or caring
act, in the spirit she lived her
life, and of her favorite verse,
Romans 8:28.
Esther Cochran
Bonita Louise Stone DeGandi
May 16, 1927 — Oct. 4, 2015
Sept. 25, 1933 — Sept. 27, 2015
Esther Catherine Cochran
passed away in West Linn,
Oregon, on Oct. 4, 2015, at the
age of 88. Esther was born on
May 16, 1927, in her grand-
mother’s home in Los Ange-
les, California, to Everett and
Margaret (Coupland) Curnow.
She was the third of seven
children.
Esther grew up in Ham-
mond, Oregon, and lived in
the Warrenton-Hammond area
until 2011, when she relocat-
ed to West Linn. She attended
Hammond Grade School and
Warrenton High School.
After graduating from high
school in 1945, she went to
work at the Point Adams ¿sh
packing cannery in Hammond.
She was proud of her ability to
operate and troubleshoot the
machinery where she was as-
signed to work. She told of lift-
ing the 100-pound bags of salt
used at the cannery, and how
her boss switched to ordering
50-pound bags when her job
was reassigned because the
other workers couldn’t carry
the larger bags like she could.
She met Sam Cochran at
a community dance in Ham-
mond and they were married
on June 11, 1954. Together
they raised four children. Es-
ther enjoyed working along-
side Sam in many capacities,
including building houses and
taking care of the grounds and
maintenance at Clatsop Plains
Pioneer Presbyterian Church,
where they were members
for many years. She and Sam
obtained real estate licenses
and sold homes for a time in
Esther Cochran
the mid-1970s. Upon Sam’s
retirement, they became ac-
tive in the Warrenton Senior
Citizens’ meals program and
activities.
As a young woman, Esther
enjoyed playing shufÀeboard
with friends at the Buoy 9
Tavern in Hammond, and she
bowled on league teams in
Astoria. She later took up golf,
and often beat out the wom-
en and men in her party in
their long drive distances. She
loved to watch sports of any
kind, and was an enthusiastic
supporter of Warrenton High
School teams. She brought a
cowbell to the home football
games and would ring it loud-
ly to celebrate the Warrenton
team’s touchdowns.
Esther encouraged her chil-
dren to learn to play musical
instruments, and sat through
many hours of piano lessons
as all four children took their
turns with the instructor. She
had taken accordion lessons
when she was young, and
would on occasion play the
waltzes that she had learned
years ago. She loved to go
clam digging, take family
camping trips when her chil-
dren were young, and never
passed up a good crab feed.
Esther’s husband, Sam,
passed away in December
2012. They had been married
58 years. She is survived by
her children, Wanda of Port-
land, Sam Jr. of Yucca Valley,
California, Casey of Warren-
ton, and Colleen of Vancou-
ver, Washington; grandchil-
dren, Will Cochran, Melissa
Cochran, Amanda Cochran,
Madison May and Emily Wat-
son; great-granddaughter, Isla
May; sister, Merna Lamprecht
of Centralia, Washington; and
many nieces and nephews.
Her three brothers, William,
James and Ralph, and two sis-
ters, Viola Childers and Mary
Lou Broberg, predeceased her.
A memorial service will be
held Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015,
at 1 p.m. at Clatsop Plains
Pioneer Presbyterian Church,
33324 Patriot Way, Warrenton,
Oregon.
Remembrances can be
posted on the Crown Memo-
rial Centers website, www.
anewtradition.com
For those who wish to make
a memorial remembrance, the
family suggests Warrenton Se-
nior Citizens, P.O. Box 192,
Warrenton, OR 97146.
Bonita Louise “Bonnie”
DeGandi passed away Sun-
day, Sept. 27, at Suzanne
Elise Assisted Living in
Seaside. Bonnie was born
on Sept. 25, 1933, in Cath-
lamet, Washington, to El-
mer and Carrie (Hampson)
Stone.
Bonnie graduated with
honors from Milwaukie
High School in 1951, and
Oregon College of Educa-
tion in 1955 with a bache-
lor’s degree in elementary
education. She was presi-
dent of her fraternity, Kappa
Pi, and vice president of her
senior class.
Bonnie married Leslie
Allen DeGandi on Sept. 3,
1955, and entered her teach-
ing career until they started
a family. After her family
got older, she returned to
teaching and most notably
taught ¿rst grade at Cannon
Beach Elementary. She al-
ways fondly remembered
her former students and
staff at Cannon Beach. She
teased that even though Les
was principal at Cannon
Beach, she was the boss at
home.
She loved to share her
teaching stories. Bonnie
was an avid reader, loved
arts and crafts, traveling,
spending time with family,
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Bonita DeGandi
socializing with friends, and
adored her cat, Olé.
After 52 years of mar-
riage, Les passed away in
2008. Bonnie is survived by
three sons and daughters-in-
law: Timothy and Lori De-
Gandi of Warrenton, Thom-
as and Susan DeGandi of
Bend, and Tracy and Patricia
DeGandi of Seaside. Grand-
children are: Christine,
Timmy, Alicia (husband
Garrett), Brittany (husband
Ben), Tiffany, Cody, Katie,
Mitchal, Nicholas, Benja-
min, and Lori. Bonnie also
had 12 great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will
be held at Evergreen Cem-
etery on Beerman Creek
Road, west entrance (same
road where Bonnie and Les
used to live), at noon on
Sunday, Oct. 11.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Friends
of the Seaside Public Library,
in care of Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary and Crematory,
220 N. Holladay Drive, Sea-
side, OR 97138
Hughes-Ransom Mor-
tuary is in charge of the ar-
rangements. An online guest
book may be signed at www.
hughes-ransom.com.
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