Obituaries
Clinton John Smith
Feb 21, 2013
Jack Smith 76, passed away peacefully in his Naselle residence on February 21, 2013. He was born in Scappoose, Oregon on November 23, 1936. Jack grew up in Skamokawa on a dairy farm which later led to owning his own dairy, later becoming a long-time local resident. Jack attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland where he played baseball, basketball...
Don Maxson
Feb 20, 2013
Don Maxson, 70, died February 21, 2013 at his Long Beach residence. The son of LaVern and Lucille (Chapman) Maxson, he was born in Walla Walla, Washington on August 4, 1942. He grew up in Walla Walla where he received his education and worked in his father's grocery store, Maxson's Market. He graduated from Central Washington University in Ellensburg with...
Steve Dimitri Gann
Feb 15, 2013
Steve Dimitri Gann passed away at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital Friday morning, February, 15, 2013 after suffering a stroke. Steve was born April 17, 1927, in Portland to Jim and Anna Gann. Both of his parents were Greek immigrants and only spoke Greek with Steve at home. He learned English as a second language while playing with his friends. He...
Sally Whetstone
Feb 11, 2013
Sally Whetstone, 69, of Long Beach, died February 11, 2013 at home. Arrangements pending at Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach.
Mildred Malchow
Feb 9, 2013
Mildred Malchow of Chinook, died February 9 in Lacey, Washington. The daughter of Ed and Nyda Kary, she was born in Aberdeen, Washington, August 18, 1925. She grew up in Ilwaco where she graduated from Ilwaco High School. While working at the Ilwaco Theater she met many of the soldiers who were stationed in the area to guard our shores...
Patricia Trimble
Feb 9, 2013
Patricia A. Trimble, 69, of Long Beach died February 9, 2013 at home. Arrangements pending at Penttila's Chapel by The Sea.
Laveeda Dedericks
Feb 8, 2013
Laveeda M. Dederichs, 88, twenty year resident of Ocean Park, died February 8, 2013 in Raymond. Survived by daughter Jana Scherer of Tolavana Park, OR. At Laveeda's request, no formal services will be held. Arrangements by Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach.
Jack Reinertsen
Feb 8, 2013
JACK LARRY REINERTSEN Former Naselle, Washington resident Jack L. Reinertsen, 91, died February 8, 2013 in Lacey, Washington. The son of Ingvold and Nellie (LaFlombroise) Reinertsen, he was born in Astoria, Oregon on March 1, 1921. His father was a Norwegian immigrant and his mother half native Chinook Indian. Jack grew up in Hammond, Oregon where he received his education....
Margaret Wittmayer
Feb 2, 2013
Margaret (Halverson) Wittmayer, 94, passed peacefully at home in Ocean Park, Washington on February 2, 2013. Margaret was born October 21, 1918 in Montevideo, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred and Hazel (Runchey) Halverson. Margaret was the youngest child with three older brothers: Quinn, Ward, and Vance Halverson. The family relocated to Aurora, Colorado where Margaret's mother died of tuberculosis in...
Helen Cadonau
Feb 1, 2013
Former Ocean Park resident Helen M. Larson Cadonau, 88, died February 1, 2013 in Vancouver, Washington. One of three daughters born to Reuben and Olga Larson, Helen was born in Seattle on December 13, 1924. Helen married Richard Cadonau in 1946 and in 1948 the couple settled in Ocean Park. There they owned and operated the Drift Inn Restaurant and...
Theodore Talvitie
Jan 31, 2013
Theodore Talvitie, 60, of Seaview died January 31, 2013 in Seaview. Arrangements pending at Penttila's Cahpel by The Sea, Long Beach.
James Dunn
Jan 14, 2013
James E. Dunn, 76, died at his Seaview, Washington residence on January 7, 2013. The son of Helen and Gene Dunn, he was born in Seattle, Washington on July 12, 1934. As a child he moved with his family to Portland, Oregon where he attended Robert Gray elementary school and Lincoln high school. Jim enlisted in the US Army where...
Dolan Gardner
Jan 14, 2013
Dolan R. Gardner, 64, a resident of Ocean Park, died in Portland, Oregon on January 14, 2013. The son of Raymond and Helen (May) Gardner, he was born in Sunnyside, Washington on July 27, 1948. In years past Dolan was employed as a milkman. He then became a central office installer of telephone systems which necessitated his moving throughout the...
Patricia Alice Hammond
Jan 5, 2013
Nahcotta resident Patricia Hammond, 83, died at her residence on January 5, 2013. The daughter of Gene and Irene (Neblett) Dalton, she was born March 11, 1929 in Joplin, Missouri. In the mid 1930s the family moved west, settling in Oysterville where Pat attended the historic one-room schoolhouse. She graduated from Ilwaco High School in 1947. In 1951 she married...
Sandra Jean Ryder
Jan 3, 2013
Sandra J. Ryder, 64, a resident of the Long Beach Peninsula the past year, died January 3, 2013 in Ilwaco, Washington. The daughter of Darrel and Betty (Gibson) Bourland, she was born May 5, 1948 in The Dalles, Oregon. As a young girl she loved to ride horses unless a cow was around. Later she moved to Vancouver, Washington where...
Edith Ilona Gessler
Jan 2, 2013
Edith Ilona Debreczeni Gessler, 69, died January 2, 2013, at her home in Seaview. She was born in Budapest, Hungary on September 26, 1942 during World War II. Life in was very difficult in Budapest during this time. Edith was too young to take to the bomb shelters, so her mother, Margit Somogyi Debreczeni and father Janos Debreczeni, sent her...
Craig Boyd Haataia
Dec 24, 2012
Craig B. Haataia, 41, died at his Naselle, Washington residence on December 24, 2012 of natural causes. Craig was born in Longview, Washington on June 10, 1971, the son of Gilbert and Sarah (Lorton) Haataia. He was proud of his Quinault Indian and Finnish ancestry. Craig graduated from Naselle High School where he played baseball, basketball and football for the...
Cynthia Ann Bruce
Dec 23, 2012
Cynthia Ann Bruce, 48, of Ocean Park, died December 23, 2012 in Ocean Park. Arrangement by Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach.
Owen Harvey
Dec 20, 2012
Owen M. Harvey, 49, of Long Beach, died December 20, 2012 in Ilwaco. Arrangements pending at Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach.
John Alves, Jr.
Dec 18, 2012
On December 18, 2012 John went home to be with the Lord. John was born on October 5, 1940 in San Francisco, California to John and Aileen Alves. He spent the early years of his life playing on the streets of San Francisco. His brother, Donald, joined the family while they still lived in California. In 1951 the family moved...
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