SAMUEL ALEXANDER WIRKKALA Born in Baldi, Washington, on August 30, 1921, and entered into rest on September 16, 2004, in Fremont, California, at the age of 83. He is survived by his loving wife of 54 ...

You may already be familiar with the work of legendary Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, if only because of the bottle he designed in 1969 for Finlandia vodka -- the one that looks as if it is carved ...

Her favorite: “How the heck did you come up with that?” The Laguna Niguel resident is a familiar face at Art-A-Faire at Huntington Beach’s Pier Plaza, thanks to the toilet she never leaves home ...

REDMOND — Prosecutor Kristen Hoffmeyer demonstrated Tuesday why defendants rarely take the stand in their own defense, pelting accused murderer Luke Wirkkala with tough leading questions and pressing ...

Over a 40-year career, Tapio Wirkkala (1915–1985) designed everything from Finland’s banknotes to laminated plywood sculptures, including drinking vessels for Iittala that resembled cracked ice, ...

REDMOND — The retrial of Luke Anton Wirkkala, which entered its third day Tuesday, offered familiar evidence, with numerous witnesses careful to repeat their exact testimony from the original murder ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – COVID-19 issues have prompted another, four-month delay in Tuesday’s planned retrial of a Bend man whose murder conviction in the 2013 shooting death of a house guest was ...

Luke Wirkkala was in only one fight in prison, sometime in early 2016, when he was two years into a life sentence for killing a man in Bend. He was attacked by his cellmate, a violent and unstable man ...

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, local artisans are carefully constructing beautiful handmade creations to meet the demand for thoughtful gifts. For crafter Vicky Wirkkala of Vancouver, ...

a lifelong resident of Gardner; 94 GARDNER — Dorothy (Collins) Bjurling Wirkkala, 94, a lifelong resident of Gardner and former Secretary of Smith Funeral Home in Gardner from 1963 until her ...