July 8, 2016 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 3A
Friends, neighbors seeks to cover
funeral expenses of Ann Knoxx
Transient resident loved
animals, nature
By Eve Marx
Seaside Signal
Ann Knoxx was fond of
Doogers in Warrenton where
she often got a sandwich. She
was a regular at Les Schwab
Tire Center in Seaside. They
knew her at Providence Sea-
side Hospital where she some-
times posted she was “feeling
pained.” Rain, even torrential
rain, didn’t faze her and she
said she preferred the cool
summer climate of the north
Oregon coast over California
heat.
“She was drawn to the
coast because she loved the
ocean,” her friend Donna Sue
McGuire said. “The sea was
her thing.”
Last week a small contin-
gent of friends of Ann Knoxx
learned of her death. Knoxx,
a regular at the By The Way
Café and Gift Shop in Gear-
hart, died in Thousand Trails,
Washington, her favorite
campground. She was 67
years old. A Gofundme cam-
paign aims to raise $1,000 to
send her cremains back to her
native California.
Knoxx, who lived a tran-
sient lifestyle in the South
County, traveled with her dog,
Renee, from campground to
campground. Last year she
and the dog lived in a tent Lin-
da Goldfarb, the owner of By
The Way, purchased for her.
“I am sad to hear about
Ann,” Goldfarb wrote on
Facebook within hours of
learning of Ann’s death. “She
and I became friends about
two years ago while she was
staying in Gearhart. Just a
month of so ago she helped
me plant lowers and paint
some things at my shop. She
always had a smile and she
had a heart of gold.”
“She was going to teach me
how to make butternut squash
ravioli,” said Bobbi Pigeon, a
regular at the cafe. “One day
when we were all sitting here
having coffee, I mentioned
some wonderful pre-made
pasta they used to carry at
Freddy’s that they haven’t had
in stock for months. I said I
needed to learn how to make it
from scratch. Ann said it was
easy and offered to make it for
me, but said she would have
to wait until it wasn’t raining.
I said ‘You don’t make pasta
in the rain?’ That’s when she
said she couldn’t make pasta
inside her tent.”
Knoxx was from Chico,
California, and graduated
from Chico High School.
Soon after she left Chico, she
set out to explore the world.
She worked as a longshore-
man. She rode bulls in rodeo.
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Bert Little, Melvin Jasmin, Bill Logdson and front, Pearl
Harbor survivor Spurgeon Keeth at Suzanne Elise.
Veterans at Suzanne
Elise are honored
Suzanne Elise Assisted
Living Community Center
and the Veterans Speaker Bu-
reau within Clatsop County
honored military veterans at
the center June 6 by award-
ing certiicates of apprecia-
tion for their time in service.
In addition, other Clatsop
County veterans received
certiicates for their military
service. Commander of Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars Fort
Stevens Post 10580 gave a
certiicate of appreciation to
the Suzanne Elise Communi-
ty Center, accepted by Direc-
tor Jeanne Devitt.
The Veterans Speaker
Bureau also honored the two
survivors of Pearl Harbor
who reside in Clatsop Coun-
ty, William (Bill) Thomas
and Spurgeon D Keeth.
Bridgette Malone wins
$1,000 PEO scholarship
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Ann Knoxx’s beloved dog Renee is featured on the cover of a gofundme page on her behalf.
She was employed as a driver
for many years for the Cali-
fornia outit Jackson RV trans-
porters. She was a member of
the California Labor Union.
McGuire, who owned the
company, said she met Ann in
the early 1990s and they be-
came close friends.
“She had driven a truck
prior to when we hired her,”
McGuire said. “She worked
for us for quite a few years.
We developed a great friend-
ship. We had an ofice in Riv-
erside and she had an RV. She
parked it at my cabin in Para-
dise and helped me out there.
She lived there for about a
year and a half.”
McGuire said Knoxx died
of complications from diabe-
tes. “She had no money and
couldn’t pay for her med-
icine,” McGuire said. “So
many people say they would
give you the shirt off their
back. Ann would do anything
for you. She was that kind of
person.”
McGuire said Knoxx had
lots of female friends. “She
loved classical music. She
loved opera. She loved hard
work and she loved the out-
doors and she loved RV-ing.
She loved to scuba dive. She
loved riding motorcycles. She
loved art. She loved a cold
beer. Most of all she loved an-
imals and the ocean. She was
very connected to the natural
world.”
McGuire said that Knoxx
often said besides her Ger-
man shepherd, Renee, she felt
alone in the world.
“Her parents were dead,”
McGuire said. “She had no
siblings or cousins. She called
me every week but when I
didn’t hear from her, I became
worried.” Knoxx was found
deceased by a park ranger in
the RV McGuire sold to her
last winter. At the time of her
death she was camping in
Thousand Trails, Washington.
Her dog, Renee, was tempo-
rarily homed with the ranger.
“They say you pick your
family and Ann had family
in California,” McGuire said.
“She had a lot of friends here.
She might show up at ive
houses for Thanksgiving. Her
California friends Judi Loren
and Dave Peck and Brenda
Baureis posted their remem-
brances on Facebook.
“Ann was my faithful cli-
ent for over 20 years,” Judi
Loren, a hairstylist, wrote.
“Her long brown hair was her
crowning glory. We shared
many laughs and talks. She
was larger than life and I will
always be grateful for her
help, trust, and friendship.”
“You will be in my heart
forever, rest in peace, dear
friend,” Baureis posted.
Knoxx was larger than life.
She was lean, rangy and had a
striking face and was lean and
rangy. She was described as
resembling the singer-song-
writer-poet Patti Smith. Born
male, she lived for as long as
anyone could remember as a
woman.
If Knoxx had anyone in her
life who seemed like a daughter,
that would be Cheyenne Bart of
Richville, California, McGuire
said. Bart opened a GoFundMe
page to pay for Knoxx’s crema-
tion and to bring her home to
her friends and adopted family
in California.
“Our beloved friend has
passed away in Washington
state and we are trying to raise
money to cover the cost of the
cremation so another friend
can bring her back down to
Butte County, California,”
Bart said on the GoFundMe
page.
The target amount needed
is $1,000. So far several hun-
dred dollars have been raised.
To contribute to the fund, go
to gofundme.com.
“Her birthday would be
July 7,” McGuire said. “She
touched the hearts of so
many.” When asked if there
were any photographs of Ann,
McGuire said, “She really did
not want her picture taken.
But she loved any and all pic-
tures of Renee.”
The
Seaside
high
school winner of a PEO
$1,000 scholarship went to
Bridgette Malone. Malone’s
activities include track and
ield, directing and produc-
ing school plays. She is a
member of the National
Honor Society and sym-
phonic band. Malone plans
to attend Central Oregon
Community College in
Bend, majoring in general
studies with an interest in
business management and
architecture.
PEO, an international
philanthropic educational
organization, provides a
variety of scholarships and
loans to women of all ages.
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Scholarship recipient
Bridgette Malone
Seaside Chapter CR was es-
tablished in 1953.
Pump Track opening celebration set
Celebrate opening day of
the Cartwright Park Pump
Track from noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday, July 16. The pump
track features bumps, berms
and curves for mountain
bikes, without a lot of ele-
vation.
There will be music, a
“pump off” for most consec-
utive laps and a rafle draw-
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ing. Bring the bikes and the
entire family for a day of
fun.
The pump track is located
behind the Seaside School
District ofice at 1801 S.
Franklin St. near Avenue
S in Seaside. The event is
hosted by the North Coast
Trail Alliance, a sub-chapter
of Northwest Trail Alliance.
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