Molly's last ride: An Oregon brother's promise, kept nearly 70 years later

ASTORIA, Ore. — It's a car that drives forward, backward — and straight into the heart of one Oregon family's history.

The rusty 1948 stretch Chrysler is an original Astoria clown car, its peeling layers of paint revealing pieces of its past.

But when Jeff Daly pulled it out of a quiet garage in Astoria, Oregon, this summer, it carried more than history — it carried two special passengers.

Inside were the ashes of Jeff's father, Jack, and h...