Obituaries
Virginia Rose Couch
Oct 8, 2014
Virginia Rose Deccio Patterson Couch, 87, died peacefully at her Chinook residence on October 8, 2014. Born July 15, 1927 in Seaview, she was the middle of three daughters born to Rose and Maney Deccio. Virginia received her education in Ilwaco. At age 14 she was sent to Catholic boarding school in Seattle. Upon her graduation from Holy Names Catholic...
Beverly Johnson
Oct 5, 2014
Beverly Kay (Driscoll) Johnson, 76, died October 5, 2014 in Tacoma, Washington. The daughter of Thomas and Hazel Driscoll, she was born in Portland, Oregon on August 27, 1938. Her parents worked in the Portland shipyards during the war years. The conflict over, they moved to Ocean Park. Bev attended Ocean Park elementary and was a 1956 graduate of Ilwaco...
Phillip L. Wirkkala
Oct 1, 2014
Phillip L. Wirkkala, 66, died peacefully on October 1, 2014 at his Naselle residence. Born March 2, 1948 in Ilwaco, he was the son of Naselle pioneer residents Lauri and Martha (Keiski) Wirkkala. Phillip attended Naselle grade school and was a 1966 graduate of Naselle High School. He played varsity golf and football for the Comets and was captain of...
John Romero
Sep 29, 2014
John Clarence Romero, 78, passed away on September 30, 2014 at his home in Ocean Park, WA. He was born on June 28, 1936 in Antonito, CO to Louis J. and Maria Antonia Rafaela (Martinez) Romero. John grew up in Salt Lake City, UT. He graduated from Jordan High School in Sandy, UT in 1954. John married Barbara Yvonne McGrath...
Mary G. Kandoll
Sep 29, 2014
Mary Grant Cameron was born in Glenlivet, Scotland, 93 years ago. She traveled from the moors of Scotland to the Pacific Northwest in 1947 to marry Walter Kandoll. Walt and Mary settled in Deep River, Washington, where she remained for over 60 years. After the tradition of naming cottages in Scotland, Mary chose the name Millcroft for her Deep River...
Tracey Marie Warren
Sep 17, 2014
Tracey Marie (Grieve) Warren, 48, died in her Long Beach, WA home on September 17, 2014. Tracey was on born March 29, 1966 in Portland, Oregon to Eugene Richard Grieve and Jean Theo (Graue) Underwood. Tracey spent her younger years in the Milwaukie area with her parents. Later moved to the Battleground area where she attended and graduated from Battleground...
Harry Allen Noonan
Sep 17, 2014
Harry Allen Noonan, 79, a beloved husband, dad and granddad, died in Longview on September 17, 2014. The son of pioneer Ilwaco residents Vincent and Gertie (Osteby) Noonan, he was born in Astoria on May 31, 1935. Harry grew up in Ilwaco where his parents operated a bakery. He graduated from Ilwaco High School with the class of 1953. He...
Rolande C. Chesebro
Sep 15, 2014
Rolande Chesebro By David Campiche Rolande Chesebro was born on Sept. 26, 1954, in Los Angeles, Calif. On Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, as the sun rose over Willapa Bay, she passed peacefully away. She had diligently fought cancer over the last three years. A few days after being diagnosed with the cancer in 2011, Rolande suffered major paralysis. To the...
Jack D. Buchheim
Sep 11, 2014
Jack D. Buchheim, 83, died at his Ocean Park residence on September 11, 2014. A native of Scranton, Kansas, he was born there on August 9, 1931, the son of John and Anna Buchheim. In 1949 he graduated from high school in Carbondale, Kansas and was a graduate of Kansas State University with a bachelors degree in engineering. Jack made...
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...
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