Dec. 13, 1965 â Nov. 14, 2020
On the morning of Nov. 14, Thor Alan Ivanoff passed away near Astoria from a suspected heart attack while elk hunting.
Thor Ivanoff was born in Astoria. He was the youngest of four children born to Willard and Susan Ivanoff. Thor graduated from Astoria High School in 1984 and from Oregon State University in 1989.
He married Janelle Gifford on April 11, 1996, in Las Vegas, Nevada. They settled in Beaverton where they raised their two daughters, Annika and Addison Ivanoff.
Thor was an avid sportsman who grew up hunting and fishing with his family. At age 12, he started going to Alaska to fish with his father, Willard Ivanoff, who was a commercial fisherman. Thor continued his lifelong love of the outdoors, spending as much time as possible hunting, fishing, kayaking and hiking.