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OBITUARIES
Walter Vernon Palmrose
Muriel S. Lewis
Seaside
March 13, 1934 — Dec. 28, 2021
Tolovana Park
Sept. 1, 1931 – Nov. 18. 2021
A lifetime North Coast
resident, Walter “Wally” Ver-
non Palmrose, 87, of Ava-
mere at Seaside, where he
had been a resident for the
last couple of years, died on
Dec. 28, 2021.
Wally was born in Asto-
ria, and was the son of Wal-
ter and Verna Palmrose of
Knappa. He graduated from
Knappa High School.
On Sept. 24, 1954, in
Knappa, he married Mary E.
Makela.
Wally was an Oregon
National Guardsman, a mem-
ber of the Astoria Assembly of
God Church and a John Day
Diking District board member.
Wally enjoyed hunting,
camping, farming and spend-
ing time with family and
friends.
Wally became a journey-
man auto body and fender
mechanic after serving an
apprenticeship with Johnson
Motors in 1965.
In 1968, in the John Day
area of Astoria, he started
Wally’s Auto Repair business
in conjunction with owning
a Mobil service station. He
later became a shareholder of
the Astoria Plywood Corp.
In addition to his wife,
he is survived by four sons,
Vernon, of Clatskanie, Alan,
of Astoria, David, of Aloha,
and Leroy, of Seaside; two
sisters, Florence Peugh, of
Svensen, and Hazel Bar-
endse, of Wilsonville; one
brother, Robert Palmrose, of
Salem; five grandchildren;
and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will
be announced in the future.
Memorial donations have
been suggested to Lower
Columbia Hospice, 2158
Exchange St., Astoria, OR.,
97103.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary in Astoria is
in charge of the cremation
arrangements.
Julie Owens
Seaside
Jan. 19, 1962 — Dec. 16, 2021
Julie Owens, age 59, of
Seaside, passed away on
Dec. 16, 2021.
Julie was born on Jan.
19, 1962, to Susan and Dave
Ponting, in Lodi, Ohio.
After she graduated from
Wadsworth High School,
she went on to study phar-
macy sciences at Ohio
Northern University, then
continued her studies, earn-
ing a doctorate of pharmacy
at the Ohio State University.
After graduating, she
moved to Portland for a job
at Providence Portland Med-
ical Center working as a
pharmacist on the Metabolic
Support Team.
She moved to Seaside
in 2011 to work for Provi-
dence Seaside Hospital as
an anticoagulation pharma-
cist, then, following com-
pletion of a master’s of sci-
ence degree in pharmacy
medication therapy manage-
ment, she transitioned to the
pharmacy manager of Prov-
idence North Coast in 2013.
More recently, she had
been a leader for her com-
munity during the COVID-
19 pandemic in opening and
managing COVID vaccina-
tion and monoclonal anti-
body clinics.
In her free time she
enjoyed walks along the
coastline, baking cakes for
her loved ones, building
bonfires on the beach, car-
ing for animals and spend-
ing time with her family.
She
was
preceded
in death by her brother,
Michael Ponting, and her
aunt, Cynthia Caron.
She is survived by her two
daughters, Kelly Purvine
and Sarah Owens; son-in-
law Morgon Purvine; her
mother, Susan McKnight;
her father, Dave Ponting;
and her sister and brother-in-
law, Janice and Jim Marsh,
among many other close and
loving family members.
Services will be held on
Saturday, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m.
While the capacity for the
event has reached its limit,
we would welcome all those
who loved her to join virtu-
ally via the following link:
bit.ly/JulieOwens
Condolences may be sent
to her family at: P.O. Box
516, Corbett, OR 97019
Our dear friends have
started a GoFundMe, bit.
ly/gofundmeJO, to finance
costs of her funeral. Any
remaining funds will be
donated to mental health ser-
vices nationwide.
Alternatively, you may
make donations in Julie’s
name directly to Suicide Pre-
vention Services of America
(spsamerica.org).
DEATH NOTICES
Bud Clinton Painter
Benedine Mary Cram
Jan. 3, 2022
PAINTER, Bud Clinton, of Hamlet,
died in Hamlet. Ocean View Funeral &
Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
CRAM, Benedine Mary, 77, of Seaside,
died Dec. 29, 2021, in Seaside. Ocean View
Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is
in charge of the arrangements.
Muriel Lewis, of Tolo-
vana Park, passed with ease
and grace on Nov. 18, 2021,
from complications of Alz-
heimer’s disease.
Born to Mary and Lee
Shanks in Kane, Illinois,
Muriel’s humble beginnings
included farm life and attend-
ing a one-room schoolhouse,
where her mother was the
teacher.
She met her husband,
Alden (Lew) Lewis, when
she was working at the PX at
Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After a
stop in Utah, they moved to
Portland, where all six kids
grew up.
In 1990, Muriel replaced
the family getaway cabin in
Cannon Beach with a huge
house that was perfect for
family gatherings, weddings,
reunions and the bed and
breakfast she ran for more
than a decade. A fantastic
cook, she welcomed every-
one to her table.
A true Renaissance
woman, Muriel was an
expert seamstress; she mined
for gold and cooked in a fish
camp in Alaska; did estate
sales; and bought and sold
antiques and collectibles.
She dug clams, canned tuna
and could put a gourmet din-
ner on the table for 25 or 30
people with little notice.
Her life gave her many
opportunities for travel,
whether it was to Belize,
China, New York, Hawaii,
Paris, Alaska or Iowa,
and her bags were always
packed so she could go at a
moment’s notice.
She loved art, and her
house was full of works from
well-known artists, just as
her garage and yard were
strewn with boogie boards,
sand toys and everything
that a big-hearted grandma
would have so her grand-
kids would always want to
be there.
Muriel’s large family and
friends came from all walks
of life, and were drawn to her
warmth, generosity and hos-
pitality. Her children, grand-
children, great-grandkids,
nieces and nephews … all
wanted to spend time with
her, and hang out with her
at the beach, eat her famous
sourdough pancakes and just
BE, with one of the most
influential people in their
lives.
She could take a nap in the
midst of family rowdiness
and chaos, and she modeled
unconditional love for her
kids and grandkids, always
managing to make each one
feel like “the favorite.”
The essence of Muriel
was expressed by her friend,
Gail McNally: “The only dis-
agreement we had through
the many estate sales we did
over the years was because
Muriel always wanted to
give me too much money for
my share. I had to threaten to
stop working with her if she
kept trying to give me too
large a share of the proceeds
— we laughed about it many
times. Her warmth and gen-
erosity bathed everyone she
met in a blanket of love.”
Muriel was preceded
in death by her daughter,
Annette Gately, who passed
away in January 2020. Her
son-in-law, John Gately, of
Medford, survives.
She is also survived by
her remaining children and
their spouses: April Lewis
and Carol French, of Port-
land; Cliff and Janis Lewis,
of Cannon Beach; Teresa
Cottet, of Portland; Tom
Lewis, of Seaside; and Mark
and Beth Lewis, of Hillsboro.
She was devoted to
her 13 grandchildren (and
their spouses): Eddie and
Eric; Anisha; Jordan, Wal-
ter, Ecola and Ceara; Gabe;
Jake, Kaitlin and Michael;
and Jonathan and Jillian.
And 15 great-grandchildren:
Jason, Morgan and Rudy;
Skyler, Aurora and Jude;
Maven and Cannon; Joel and
Liam; Kali, Elijah, Joshua
and Amelia; and Ruby.
Deep gratitude to Dan
Torrence and his exceptional
staff at Welcome Home
Communities for their lov-
ing care of Muriel. Addi-
tional thanks to the amazing
hospice team from Housecall
Providers and Deborah from
Threadgill’s Memorial Ser-
vices. Mom was cared about,
and cared for, by all of these
amazing providers who were
committed to helping her fin-
ish a life well-lived.
There will be a celebra-
tion of her life this spring
(date to be determined) at the
beach. If you knew Muriel
and loved her like we do,
please consider yourself
invited.
If you wish to make a
donation in her honor, please
contribute to either house-
callproviders.org: “Gifts In
Memory of Muriel Lewis”;
or donate to one of Muriel’s
favorite kid charities on the
coast, the Mudd Nick Foun-
dation, P.O. Box 250, Man-
zanita, OR., 97130.
Family friend Lisa Wright
said, “She didn’t take up
much space in the world, but
she held space for everyone.”
She was also a complete
optimist, as demonstrated by
her favorite saying: “It will
all work out.” Her life stands
as a shining example of gen-
erosity and grace, and her
bright light will continue to
radiate through her family.
She leaves an unfillable
hole in the universe of her
family and friends. We now
have to figure out how to be
in this world without her. She
would remind us to be gener-
ous, be kind and to remem-
ber her other favorite saying:
“I could eat.”
Flooding, high waves
from rain and king tides
Seaside Signal
Seaside’s Department of
Public Works closed some
streets in downtown Sea-
side as a result of flooding,
and blocked off the Avenue
A bridge as water remained
dangerously high Monday
afternoon.
Neighborhoods through-
out the community reported
high water levels.
“It’s pretty high and
we’re not quite at high tide,”
Public Works Director Dale
McDowell said. “We’ve had
quite a bit of debris come up
against the Avenue A bridge
here. We went ahead and
shut the bridge down as a
precautionary measure.”
Now hiring
R.J. Marx
High water by the Seaside Civic and Convention Center after
heavy rains and high tides Monday.
There’s no place for the
water to go until the tide
changes, McDowell said.
“And we’ve had we’ve
obviously got some snow
melt involved with it and all
the rain we’ve had.”
At the Cove, pub-
lic works employees also
closed off portions of Sun-
set Boulevard for traffic as
waves of more than 11 feet
crossed the roadway at high
tide.
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A Warrenton man was
charged after a single-vehicle
crash last Thursday night. The
crash, reported at 9:16 p.m.,
caused property damage to
the city boardwalk area on
the south side of First Avenue
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