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Seaside

Sept. 15, 1943 — May 8, 2024

In loving memory, we are saddened to announce the death of our father, grandfather, former husband and business owner, Michael Anton Josephson, on May 8. He died of natural causes at age 80.

Michael is survived by his former wife and business partner, Linda Josephson, and his daughter, Greta Josephson, both of Portland; his son, Greg Josephson, and daughter-in-law, Erika, and granddaughters, Isabella and Jordan, all of Seaside; and a sister, Sherry Lorentzen, and her family, of Lakewood, Washington.

Michael was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Avis, of Astoria; and his sister, Jacquelyn Rexrode, of San Francisco.

Known as Mike, he graduated from Astoria High School in 1961; attended Oregon State University, majoring in industrial engineering; and enlisted in the U.S. Navy for four years, specializing in data processing.

Mike married Linda Anderson from Bremerton, Washington, while stationed at Bangor Trident Base, Washington, in 1968. Transferred to Hawaii, Mike served in the offices of the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor during the Vietnam War. He also graduated from University of Hawaii in 1971, with degrees in math and engineering.

Returning to Astoria to help his folks with the family fish business, Mike also worked for Astoria’s Clatsop County Assessor’s Office, developing a new joint county-city data processing center.

Mike and his father, Cecil, built Josephson’s Fish-Receiving Station at the foot of 11th Street in Astoria, where for over a decade Mike bought fish for commercial smoking until the river closed to commercial fishing in the 1980s.

Mike has processed nationally renowned specialty smoked seafood at Josephson’s Smokehouse for over 50 years. He passed the 104-year family business to the fourth generation, his daughter, Greta, and his son, Greg Josephson.

Mike’s passion was the continuation of the historic (since 1920) family smoked fish business, Josephson’s Smokehouse. His latest project was a future reconstructed smokehouse foundation system.

For information, go to everloved.com/life-of/michael-josephson.