Obituaries
Don Salley
Mar 30, 2013
Donald J. Salley, 80, of Ocean Park, died March 30, 2013 in Long Beach, following a very long illness. Don was born in Stroud, Oklahoma on July 27, 1932. He served four years in the Navy and for most of his working life was spent as a carpenter. He enjoyed helping others, loved his pets and traveling. He is survived...
Ken Tetz, Sr.
Mar 29, 2013
Kenneth V. Tetz Sr., 94, died March 29, 2013 in a local care facility. The son of William and Laura (Bottemiller) Tetz, he was born October 15, 1918 in Ridgefield, Washington. In 1934 Ken moved to Ilwaco with his parents. Entering Ilwaco High School as a junior he excelled in both football and basketball, graduating in 1936. Following high school...
Janice Sehestedt
Mar 17, 2013
Janice A. Sehestedt, 88, of Klipsan Beach, died March 17, 2013 in Ilwaco, WA. At her request, no services are planned . Arrangements by Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach, WA.
Allen Frans Johnson
Mar 15, 2013
Allen F. Johnson, 81, died March 15, 2013 at his Chinook, Washington residence. The son of Frans and Pearl (Taylor) Johnson, he was born in Chinook on October 26, 1931. He attended Chinook grade school and graduated from Ilwaco high school with the class of 1949. As a youth he was a Boy Scout, participating in scouting activities under the...
JC Cothren
Feb 24, 2013
Ocean Park resident J.C. Cothren, 72, died in Ilwaco on February 24, 2013. The son of Charles and Emma (Allison) Cothren, he was born July 11, 1940 in Clay County, North Carolina. J.C. grew up in Georgia where he received his education and helped his family work farms at various locations where they raised chickens and turkeys. The family moved...
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...