Obituaries
Rose S. Siemroth
Jun 26, 2018
Rose S. Siemroth, 86, died at her Ilwaco residence on June 26, 2018 with her family at her side. Born April 19, 1932 in Watkins Glen, New York, she was the second of five children born to Mario and Vera (Brown) Saraceni. Her father was an Italian immigrant and her mother was one of thirteen children born of Scottish-Irish parentage....
Terry J. Hanke
Jun 23, 2018
Terry Hanke, 71, a 23 year resident of the Peninsula, died at her Ocean Park residence on June 23, 2018. Survivors include her husband John, and other family members.Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Peggy Sue Thompson
Jun 23, 2018
Peggy Sue Thompson, 77, died at her Klipsan Beach residence on June 23, 2018 surrounded by her family. The daughter of Charles and Dona (Fanning) Neal, she was born in Alhambra, California on July 30, 1940. She grew up in Alhambra and received her education there.
On November 25, 1964 she married Ronald Thompson in Las Vegas. She became...
Howard Cole
Jun 13, 2018
Former Ocean Park resident Howard Cole, 95, died in Astoria on June 13, 2018. Howard served our country as a member of both the US Marine Corps and Army National Guard and for such duty will be interred at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Robert T. Maag
Jun 9, 2018
Robert T. Maag, passed away June 9, 2018 peacefully at home in Seattle. He was born June 1, 1925 in Portland, OR, but as a child lived primarily in the Finnish community of Naselle, WA, where he developed his life-long passion for hunting and fishing. After high school graduation, Bob enlisted in the Marine Corp and served in the South...
Brian Lee Nichols
Jun 7, 2018
Brian L. Nichols, 59, died at his Ocean Park residence on June 7, 2018. He was a 25 year Peninsula resident.His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Perry Gene Miller
Jun 5, 2018
Perry “Gene” Miller, 79, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully in hospice June 5, 2018. The first son of a peanut farmer, Gene was born in Eakley, Oklahoma to Ennis Woodrow and Marsaleete “Pat” Miller on September 27, 1939. The family, along with Gene’s younger brothers Daryl and Larry Joe, moved to Washington State when Gene was 4....
Brett J. Finlay
Jun 4, 2018
Brett James Finlay 1967 - 2018 Brett Finlay, 51, passed away June 4, 2018, at his home in Shelton, Washington. Brett grew up on the Long Beach peninsula, the youngest of six children. After high school, he received his machinist certification from Lower Columbia College and worked for several years as a machinist before starting his own construction company. He...
Lois E. Cox-Sampson
Jun 4, 2018
Lois E. Cox-Sampson, 65, died in Portland on June 4, 2018. The daughter of Frank and Erna (Hunnicut) Preston, she was born in Forks, Washington on March 29, 1953. At age two she moved to Ocean Park with her parents and siblings. There her mother ran the Shake Shack, known to many locals. Lois attended Ocean Park Elementary and graduated...
Jerry Teague
Jun 1, 2018
Long Beach resident Jerry A. Teague, 79, died in Long Beach on June 1, 2018. His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Henry "Hank" Pellervo
May 27, 2018
J. Henry Pellervo died in Naselle on May 27, 2018, in the home he built on the banks of the South Fork of the Naselle River. He was 94. The fifth of six children of H. V. and Laina Pellervo, Henry was born on August 30, 1923, at his family's home on the South Fork.Henry graduated from Naselle High School...
Greg A. Gillette
May 22, 2018
Greg A. Gillette, 62, a resident of the Peninsula the past 40 years, died in Portland on May 22, 2018. The eldest of four children child born to Donald and Betty (Dalgarno) Gillette, he was born in Longview, Washington on August 27, 1955. Greg grew up in Longview. Here he graduated from Mark Morris High School, where he was a...
James W. Corder
May 20, 2018
Long Beach resident James W. Corder, 90, died in Ilwaco on May 20, 2018. His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Sharon L. Johnson
May 19, 2018
Sharon L. Johnson, 64, died at her Long Beach residence on May 19, 2018. Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Kevin Soule
May 19, 2018
Kevin E. Soule, 39, a lifelong resident of the Peninsula, died May 19, 2018 while fishing on his beloved Willapa Bay. The eldest of two sons born to Ernest and Yvonna “Bonnie” Soule, Kevin was born in South Bend on July 19, 1978. He grew up in Nahcotta, attended Ocean Park elementary school and at an early age began helping...
Aaron Max Jones
May 17, 2018
Ocean Park resident Aaron Max Jones, 74, died in Raymond, Washington on May 17, 2018. He was born in Fresno, California on January 12, 1944, the son of Sidney and Elma Jones.
Max was a merchant marine seaman and electrician until he retired in 2001 after 30 plus years. He resided on the Peninsula the past 15 years
Max first...
Lorraine L. Watson
May 14, 2018
Lorraine Lucille Watson, 89, a resident of the Peninsula the past 40 years, died at her Long Beach residence on May 14, 2018 surrounded by her family. The daughter of George and Mary (Crawford) Davis, she was born February 24, 1929 in Vancouver, Washington. It was the Depression Years, and Lorraine's up-bringing was meager and simple, her family which included...
Florence Marie Lovelace
May 13, 2018
Florence Marie Lovelace, 93, a resident of Ocean Park the past 57 years, died in Longview on May 13, 2018. Born in Junction City, Oregon, she was the first of three children born to Danish immigrants Thomas and Anna Miller. Florence was proud to be a first generation American and throughout her life proud of her Scandinavian heritage.
Her...
Vaughn Hayden
May 13, 2018
LONG BEACH — Long Beach, Washington resident since 2001, George Hayden passed on May 13, 2018, in Long Beach with his wife, Mary, close friends and neighbors at his side. He was born Dec. 3, 1936, in Floresville, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Hayden; daughter, Cathleen Marie (Dan); son Gregory Hayward Hayden (Patricia), their children, Paige and Piper,...
Elaine A Kettwig
May 9, 2018
Elaine Alyce Kettwig, age 85, Long Beach, WA, formerly of Clark, SD passed away at home surrounded by her family on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 after an extended battle with Parkinson’s disease and cancer. Elaine was born on October 5, 1932 in Clark, SD to Gilbert and Hulda Kruthoff. She attended grade school at both Willow Lake Township and Fordham...
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