Obituaries
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...
Robert Floyd Whitten
Jun 4, 2014
Robert "Bob" Floyd Whitten, 92, of Ocean Park, Washington died peacefully on Wednesday, June 4th, 2014. Born to Mark and Bessie Whitten in Aurora, Missouri on April 24, 1922, the family quickly made their home in Long Beach, Washington. As a boy, Bob enjoyed exploring and racing on his horse "Peaches." As a teen, he worked seining salmon from the...
Robert L. Harrington
May 25, 2014
Robert Harrington, 91, a resident of Ocean Park, died May 25, 2014 in Ilwaco. He was the last surviving child born to Elmurion Sylvester and Opha Mae Harrington on February 28 , 1923 in Spokane, Washington. Following high school he attended Gonzaga University in Spokane and graduated from Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Robert was a veteran of service with...
Winifred A. Martin
May 23, 2014
Ocean Park resident Winifred A. Martin, 89, died May 23, 2014 in Ilwaco. Arrangements are pending with Penttila's Chapel by The Sea. Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Louise (Holm) Hunter
May 15, 2014
Beloved wife to one, mother of two, friend and caregiver to many, Louise H. Hunter passed away May 15, 2014 in Astoria, Oregon. The daughter of Wendell and Emma (Jackson) Holm, she was born November 8, 1923 in Astoria. Louise lived on the family farm in Naselle and graduated from Naselle High School. She entered the nursing program at the...
Betty L. Nelson
Apr 27, 2014
Betty L. Nelson, 92, an 11 year resident of Chinook, died April 27, 2014 in Long Beach. The daughter of George and Flossie Williams, she was born in Mineral, Washington on January 10, 1922. Betty was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Tacoma. During her lifetime Betty was employed as a bartender, waitress, in a dry cleaners and as...
Neoma L. Ryba
Apr 25, 2014
Neoma Lee Ryba, 83, died of cancer at her Seaview residence on April 25, 2014. The youngest of six children of Albert and Clara Meininger, she was born in Vici, Oklahoma on July 31 1930. When she was just a very small child the family was forced to leave Oklahoma due to the Dust Bowl. They relocated to Monte Vista...
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