Obituaries
Betty Rae Manning
Jan 13, 2017
Betty Rae Manning
Betty Rae Manning (Moore) passed peacefully on Friday, January 13th, 2017 having lived a full and blessed life.
Betty was born January 23, 1929 to Bert and Dorothy Moore in Bozeman, Montana. An only child, Betty grew up embracing life and her Montana roots with pride and boundless energy...and becoming a bit of a...
Howard Wirkkala Jr.
Jan 10, 2017
Howard Wirkkala, Jr. passed away peacefully at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Oregon on January 10, 2017. He was born on February 4th, 1935. Howard was 81 years old. He was the second of two children born to Howard Wirkkala, Sr. and Georgina Wirkkala (nee Culbertson). He and his sister Arlene grew up in Naselle, Washington among numerous uncles, aunts,...
Nancy H. Butterfield
Jan 6, 2017
CHINOOK — Nancy H. Butterfield, 78, a long-time resident of the Astoria area, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 at her home in Chinook, Washington. Born June 16, 1938, having lived in Portland and Cannon Beach, Nancy spent most of her life in Astoria, Oregon, retiring in Chinook, Washington. She raised three boys single-handedly and we turned out just fine. Nancy...
Mary Kathleen Osborne
Jan 5, 2017
Mary Kay Osborne, age 56, passed away January 5, 2017 at her residence in Chinook. She was born at the Ilwaco hospital to Wallace “Buddy” and Mary Lou (Howard) Osborne. She was a lifelong resident of Chinook and graduated from Ilwaco High School in 1978.
Mary Kay worked on fish processing ships in Alaska and at the Chinook Packing Company...
Larry Price
Jan 3, 2017
Larry L. Price, 63, passed away on January 3, 2017 at his residence in Ocean Park, Washington. He was born in Longview, Washington to John and Shirley (Fremming) Price on April 16, 1953.
He graduated from Kelso High School and served in the US Army. He married Barbara Warzecha in 1987 and was employed as a manager in the...
Raymond "Ricky" Becker
Jan 2, 2017
Raymond "Ricky" Becker died January 2, 2017 at his Ocean Park residence of natural causes.Anyone knowing of family of Ricky are asked to contact Penttila's Chapel at 642-8885.
Mary Ann Wirkkala
Jan 2, 2017
Mary Ann Wirkkala, 86 a resident of Longview the past 15 years, died in Longview on January 2, 2017. The only child of Otto and Tekla (Silvola) Keiski, she was born in Raymond, WA on September 21, 1930. As a youth, she moved with her parents to Naselle where she graduated from Naselle High School as valedictorian. Shortly after graduation...
Carlo Facchini
Dec 26, 2016
SPCO Carlo H. Facchini, 90, passed away, with his wife by his side, at his Ocean Park residence on December 26, 2016.Carlo was born July 6, 1926 in Portland, Oregon. After joining the United States Navy, Carlo rose through the ranks to Senior Chief Petty Officer and after retiring from active duty became an investigator for he US Civil Service. ...
Beulah Lena Munday
Dec 23, 2016
Beulah Munday passed away on Nov. 28, 2016, at her Ocean Park home at the age of 103. She was born Oct. 23, 1913 in Four Lakes, Wash. She is survived by her daughter, Patsy Schultis; five grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands Mark Koontz and Howard Munday, and her son, Bill Koontz....
Erwin Dence
Dec 19, 2016
Chinook resident Erwin Dence, 92, died at his residence on December 19, 2016. He was a 36 year resident of Chinook and a charter member of the Chinook Valley Gun Club.Memorial service will be Friday, January 6, 2016, 1:00 PM at the Long Beach Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2707 Pacific Ave. (across from the golf course). His complete obituary is published...
Norm Grier
Dec 12, 2016
Norman R. Grier, 88, a life long resident of the Peninsula, died at his Seaview residence on December 12, 2016 surrounded by family.A native of Portland, Norm was born there on February 18, 1928. He and his family shortly thereafter came to the local area. He was a dedicated and faithful member of Occident Lodge #99 F.&A.M. of Ilwaco.Norm was...
Derald Mainwaring
Dec 3, 2016
A twenty nine year resident of the Peninsula, Derald Mainwaring died in Astoria on his 80th birthday, December 3, 2016.His complete life story is available from The Chinook Observer.
Sherry Sue Ahlers
Dec 2, 2016
Sherry Sue Ahlers, 68, a 18 year resident of the Peninsula, died in Vancouver on December 2, 2016. Graveside service will be Friday, December 9th, 2016, 2:00 PM at Lone Fir Cemetery, Long Beach. Friends are welcome.Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Dixie A. Morrison
Nov 23, 2016
A 32 year resident of the Peninsula, Dixie A. Morrison, 95, died November 23, 2016 in Raymond, Washington. She was 95. She was born November 17, 1921 in Seattle, WA to parents Charles and Teresa Maas. She graduated at High Line high school in Seattle, WA. She worked in several jobs while living in Seattle area, she married James T....
Roy A. Hamilton
Nov 22, 2016
Roy Alvin Hamilton, 64, died in Long Beach on November 22, 2016 of myotonic muscular dystrophy. The son of Gerald and Virginia (Orr) Hamilton, he was born in Fort Bragg, California on July 25, 1952. Roy grew up and attended elementary school and special education classes in Vallejo and Benica, California. In 2000 he moved to Ocean Park from Vallejo.
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Frances Marie Clark
Oct 25, 2016
Frances Marie Clark was the daughter of LeRoy Jones Mulwee and Bertha Vestine Townsend Mulwee. She was born in Eureka, Montana on July 11, 1932. She passed away in hospice care at Alder House in Astoria, OR on October 25, 2016 after a very brief battle with cancer. As the youngest of nine children, her older siblings insisted that she...
Curtis Denmark
Oct 21, 2016
Curtis Denmark's life story as related in 1999:
Curt was born in Leakesville, Mississippi on May 2, 1923, the son of Webb and Carrie (Smith) Denmark. He grew up in Mississippi and at age 14 came west with his family to Port Angeles, Washington. In 1942 at the age of 19 he joined the US Navy. Curt served aboard...
Cynthia Rae Gray
Oct 17, 2016
Cynthia Rae Gray, 65, a resident of Ocean Park the past 25 years, died in Portland on October 17, 2016. The daughter of William and Betty Simpson, she was born in Everett, Washington on November 11, 1950. Cynthia grew up in Everett and graduated from high school there.
For 22 years she lived in Anchorage, Alaska. There she was...
Walter Kato
Oct 15, 2016
Walter W. Kato was born in Astoria, Oregon, on December 2, 1925 and died of natural causes on October 15, 2016 in his home in Deep River, Washington. Walter was a life-long resident of Deep River, growing up on the farm, attending school, and learning the skills of farming and fishing from his father. Walter’s parents, Gust and Jennie...
Cuba Warra
Oct 14, 2016
Cuba Marcella Warra, 57, a 27 year resident of Naselle, died in Boise, Idaho while returning from a visit to family. The daughter of Ray and Savana Horsley, she was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 26, 1959. She grew up and received her education in Missouri and near by Arkansas.
In the early 1980s Cuba came west,...
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