Obituaries
Donald L. Gray
Sep 10, 2014
Donald Lee Gray, 63, died September 10, 2014 in Ilwaco as a result of a heart attack. The son of Ray and Gerrie Gray, he was born in Vancouver, Washington on February 7, 1951. Don grew up in Vancouver where he attended school and Clark College. He served in the US Army for a number of years. He was employed...
David T. Curl, Jr.
Sep 8, 2014
David Terrill Curl passed away at his Naselle residence on September 8, 2014 at the age of 55. He was a surfer, welder, teacher, blacksmith, artist, draftsman and commercial fisherman. A veteran of the US Coast Guard, Dave was a lover of the water and boats. David was a spiritual warrior and student of life. A standing member of the...
Kenneth Mathison
Aug 26, 2014
Kenneth Richard Mathison, 66, of Klipsan Beach, Washington died August 26, 2014 at his residence. He was born September 9, 1947 in San Diego, CA to Donald and Phyllis (Norburg) Mathison. The family made numerous moves between California and Alaska, finally to Washington State. Ken graduated from Sammish High School. Following high school, he joined the US Navy and served...
Norman Anderson
Aug 23, 2014
Lifelong Rosburg, Washington resident Norman Elmer Anderson, 98, died in Forks, Washington on August 23, 2014, a mere four days short of his 99th birthday. Norman was born in Astoria, Oregon on August 27, 1915 after his mother took a boat across the Columbia River, staying with a friend in Astoria, awaiting his arrival. His parents were Hjalmar and Minnie...
Robert Howard
Aug 16, 2014
Ilwaco native son Robert "Bob" Howard, 98, died at the Oregon Veterans Home in The Dalles, Oregon on August 16, 2014. The son of William and Evelyn (Sargent) Howard, he was born January 17, 1916 in Ilwaco, the oldest of nine children. He attended Ilwaco grade school and Ilwaco High School prior to graduating from Lincoln High School in Portland....
Kathleen Sears
Aug 15, 2014
Kathleen Louise Sears, 62, of Ilwaco, died August 15, 2014 at home. Kathleen was born December 26, 1951 in Pasadena, CA. She has resided on the peninsula for the past eleven years. Kathleen is survived by her husband Daniel of the family home. Arrangements under the direction of Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach, WA.
Frank J. Brauner Jr.
Aug 11, 2014
Frank J. Brauner Jr., 82, a resident of Ocean Park the past 18 years, died August 11, 2014 in Ilwaco. The son of Frank and Jewell (Baker) Brauner Sr., he was born January 11, 1932 in Eugene, Oregon. After receiving his education in Eugene, Frank worked in a cannery in Salem, Oregon. In 1949 he enlisted in the US Army,...
James Morrison
Aug 9, 2014
James D. Morrison, 58, of Ocean Park, died August 9, 2014 in Ilwaco following a battle with cancer. He was born October 13, 1955 in Mankato, MN to James Thomas and Dixie Ana (Maas) Morrison. One of four children, the family moved from Mankato to Seattle when he was two months old. He graduated from West Seattle High School in...
Mike Wirkkala
Aug 1, 2014
Michael Warren Wirkkala was born in Ilwaco, Washington on September 2, 1949. He passed away at his Long Beach residence on August 1, 2014. Mike grew up in Ilwaco where he attended Ilwaco Grade and High School, graduating in 1967. Mike played basketball in grade school, through high school, and for Clark College in Vancouver, WA. Many fun years of...
Robert L. Chambers
Jul 29, 2014
Robert L. "Bob" Chambers, 87, of Seaview, WA died July 29, 2014 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 23, 1926 in Dallas Texas. He was raised in Oklahoma until the age of 9 at which time the family moved to Cordova, Alaska. There he learned to love the fishing and hunting lifestyle that he enjoyed...
John Quincy Adams Sr.
Jul 19, 2014
John Quincy Adams Sr., 85, died peacefully at his Ocean Park residence on Sat., July 19, 2014 surrounded by his family. John was born March 20, 1929 in Painsville, Ohio, the son of John Quincy and Ethel Maude Barrows Adams. He attended school in Worchester and Westborough, Massachusetts, graduating from Westborough High School and later from Westborough Trade School as...
Robert Haataja
Jul 16, 2014
Life long Wahkiakum county resident Robert A. Haataja, 91, died in Woodland, Washington on July 16, 2014. He was born in Deep River, Washington on September 4, 1922, one of twins (Mildred) born to August and Mary (Hanson) Haataja. He began working in the woods at an early age and for the better part of twenty years was a "donkey...
Dorothy M. Shackelford
Jul 11, 2014
Dorothy M. Shackelford, a 39 years resident of the Peninsula, died recently at a local care facility. Survivors include her husband Clarence. No service at her request.
David Bruce Lonergan
Jul 10, 2014
David B. Lonergan, 59, died peacefully on July 10, 2014 at his Ocean Park residence following a valiant battle with cancer. Born November 9, 1954 in Vancouver, Washington, he was the youngest of five sons born to Gerald and Geraldine (Burnham) Lonergan. His father is a Episcopal minister and the family moved frequently as the Lord needed. David graduated from...
Ralph Dwain Miller
Jul 7, 2014
Dwain Miller was born in Oakland, California, the son of Ralph and Hilda Miller. He was raised in Bend, Oregon where he graduated from high school in 1953. In 1954 he joined the US Army and served during the Korean Conflict. Returning to Bend he worked as a glazer and was part owner of Cascade Glass Co. for over 20...
Loretta Duncan
Jul 4, 2014
Loretta Duncan, 89, a resident of Ocean Park the past 28 years, died peacefully at her residence, appropriately enough on July 4, 2014. Loretta was born in Longview and was a graduate of R.A. Long High School. During World War II she served as a member of he Women's Army Air Corps for 2 years. In 1946 she married Allan...
Robert D. Stewart
Jun 18, 2014
Robert "Bob" Dallas Stewart, 73, died June 18, 2014, in Ilwaco, with his faithful and loving family around him. He was born Nov. 26, 1940, in Sewickley, Pa., the son of Dallas Stewart and Clara Meinert. In his youth the family moved to Longview where he graduated form RA Long High School in 1959. He served in the Navy as...
Vicki Gregory
Jun 6, 2014
Former Long Beach resident Viola "Vicki" Ann Gregory, 82, died June 6, 2014 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut on June 28, 1931. Throughout her life Vicki had many interests, hobbies and talents. In the late 1950's she sang along the East Coast in clubs with her husband Ray as her accompanist. Always an entrepreneur,...
Betty A. Peterson
Jun 6, 2014
Betty A. Peterson was born in Tacoma, Washington on February 10, 1918 to Johan and Sophie (Carlson) Ostrich. Sophie was the daughter of Frank Carlson the lighthouse keeper at Cape Argo, Oregon and Ade Carlson daughter of James Anderson lighthouse keeper at Cape Disappointment. Johan Ostrich was an immigrant from Trieste, which was part of Austria at the time. In...
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