EDITOR”S NOTE: Mike Gardner was also a Tillamook PUD Board member and a prominent Tillamook County citizen. Our condolences to his family and friends. By Jake Arnold, Oregon School Boards Assoc. Tuesday,…
Category: Obituary
IN HONOR: For greater generations
OIOpublisher By Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero, U.S. Coast Guard The U.S. Coast Guard’s radiomen school barracks in Atlantic City, New Jersey, smelled of sweet, charred marshmallows. Several students had teamed…
OBITUARY: Jacqulyn Lanna Mae Elligsen – Jan. 8, 2001 – June 20, 2021
Jacqulyn Lanna Mae Elligsen, or affectionately known as Jackie, was Clatsop County’s first baby born of the year on January 8th, 2001, to Julia and Gerry Elligsen at the Seaside Hospital. She…
OBITUARY: Former Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson Passed Away December 27th
It is with great sadness that the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the loss of one of our family. Former Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson passed away on Sunday night, December…
OBITUARIES: Laurie Ann Grasseth & Steven James Grasseth
Laurie Ann Grasseth Laurie passed away on Nov. 2 at the age of 62 of heart failure. She was married to Steven Grasseth for about 9 years, bless her heart. She is…
OBITUARY: Christina Hollandsworth – September 30, 1988 – August 27, 2020
Christina Hollandsworth, a truly unparalleled woman, died Thursday August 27th from complications of breast cancer. Tragically she was only 31 years old. Vibrant and full of joy, Christina never fit the part…
OBITUARY: Allen Harvey Johnson – Sept. 12, 1960 – August, 2020
Allen Harvey Johnson was born to Darwin and Patricia Johnson of Bewley Creek Road on September 12, 1960. He grew up on the family dairy farm, playing in the woods and the…
Thomas Guernsey Bender – September 24, 1941 – March 4, 2020
EDITOR’S NOTE: Several weeks ago, Lane deMoll sent me Tom’s obituary for publication. It was when the pandemic started to materialize in our region, and the timing – and so much content,…
OBITUARY: Lorraine Vandecoevering (Sept. 16, 1931 – Oct. 23, 2019)
Lorraine Wilhelmina Vandecoevering, 88, was born to John and Rose Kottre on September 16, 1931 in Glen Ullin, North Dakota and passed away peacefully on October 23, 2019, in Bay City, Oregon…
OBITUARY: Merrianne Garrow Hoffman – September 14, 1948 – June 16, 2019
Merrianne Garrow Hoffman, aged 70, of Gig Harbor, Washington, passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2019, following a motor vehicle accident. She spent the last weeks of her life doing her favorite…