Mount St. Helens Photo Archive

The Oregonian

A Terrible Beauty

October 27, 1980

The Victims

Ronald Lee Conner, 43

Tacoma, Washington

A port engineer for Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Inc. Born August 7, 1936, in Muncie, Indiana. Died May 18, 1980, of asphyxiation by volcanic ash near an outhouse on the east side of Ryan Lake, 12.5 miles northeast of Mount St. Helens.

Read about Ryan Conner's great gobbler season in his outdoor column, "Nassau Outdoors" in the April 22nd edition of The Nassau News.

Conner helping to dry the car off after going through the car wash.

Enjoying the sunset from the bench above Dusty Lake.

-----

Watch video of the hike.

Conner looking through the shelving from the living room.

Conner being Conner.

Conner trying to figure out what he can touch next.

Conner shows off his books he received for his birthday.

Jordan Conner's Senior Photos.

My friend Connor at the park!

I love how this new lens just blurs the background so well :)

Canon T1i

1/250

ISO 100

f/5.6

135mm

New Year's Day

Conner

conner

A picture of Conner taken at his daycare.

The huge mesa formation of Mount Conner rises from the the Central Australian scrub near Lake Amadeus in the south-west corner of the Northern Territory, Australia.

Zoom Backgrounds - Dallas ISD Exteriors

These swim diapers feel weird!

Best viewed Large.

Conner wants the Aquabats back!

Just just hanging out at the daycare.

Conner Prairie 1981

Easy on the eyes

Two of Tea's gorgeous dolls...just wow!!!

Conner's 3rd grade portrait

Jordan Conner's Senior Photos.

We have a small cake for Conner's official birthday. A bigger party is planned with family in New England.

Conner showing off his cake smeared face.

Conner Youngblood opening for Morcheeba at Irving Plaza, May 17, 2014

Concert Portfolio | Tumblr

Jordan Conner's Senior Photos.

Conner looking all grown up.

LIMA, PERU – APRIL 29, 2023: Conner Godsey of the United States hits his tee shot on No. 10 during the third round of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica’s Diners Club Peru Open at Los Inkas Golf Club. (Gregory Villalobos/PGA TOUR)

La Conner, Washington

Canon AE-1 j

Conner looking all grown up.

from the show

Mr. Conner was one of the last survivors of the Bay Area Beat era art scene that included Jay DeFeo (1929-1989), Wallace Berman (1926-1976), and Wally Hedrick (1928-2003).

Background courtesy h.koppdelaney.