Obituaries
Kathryn Bunker
Dec 13, 2009
Kathryn A. Bunker, 88, died at her Long Beach residence on December 13, 2009. Born in South Bend, Washington on September 10, 1921 she was one of three children, and the only daughter, born to Thomas D. and Bertha Lewis. The family included sons Thomas Lewis and Charles Lewis. The Lewis family was an instrumental part of the lumber industry...
Leona Beth Pasko
Dec 4, 2009
Long Beach resident Leona B. Pasko, 65, died in Ilwaco on December 4, 2009 following a short illness. Born in Olympia, Washington on September 20, 1944 she was the daughter of Walter and Elizabeth (Sanders) VanCampen. Leona grew up in the Seaside, Oregon area where she attended area schools and graduated from Clark College in Vancouver, Washington with an associate...
Steven Lee Neva
Dec 3, 2009
On December 3, 2009 the Pacific Ocean claimed the life of Steven Lee Neva, 33, of Ilwaco, WA. He died doing what he loved, fishing at sea. Steve was born February 28, 1976 in Astoria to Ronald and Terri (Orrell) Neva. He grew up in Seaside and graduated from Warrenton High School. Steve was first and foremost a commercial fisherman,...
Joan Alice Whitman
Dec 1, 2009
Long Beach resident Joan Whitman, 70, died December 1, 2009 at her residence following a battle with lung cancer. She was born August 1, 1939 in Astoria, Oregon, the daughter of Lewis and Evelyn Nichols. Joan grew up in Madras, Oregon where she graduated from high school and there, too, she met and married her sweetheart, Cecil Whitman. Following retirement...
Beth McQueen
Nov 29, 2009
Beth McQueen, 66, died following a courageous battle with ovarian cancer at her Ocean Park residence on November 29, 2009 with her family at her side. Beth was born in Vancouver, Washington on May 31, 1943, the daughter of Wayne and Bonita Knable. She attended Providence Academy and St. Joseph grade schools in Vancouver and was a 1961 graduate of...
Starrlette Lee Gatens
Nov 28, 2009
Starrlette Lee Gatens, 65 of Naselle, died Saturday, November 28th, 2009 in Portland Oregon after a valiant fight against diabetes for 47 years. Born July 20th, 1944 in Seattle, Washington, she was the daughter of Walter and Hazel Smith. She spent her childhood years growing up in Altoona, Washington and loved to share stories with her family and friends about...
Jacob Joseph Schell
Nov 27, 2009
One of the "Greatest Generation" Jacob J. Schell, 91, died November 27, 2009 at his Ocean Park, Washington residence surrounded by the family he loved. He was the son of John and Catherine Schell, immigrants from Eastern Russia, and was born March 3, 1918 in Rupert, Idaho. His parents were sponsored by Utah & Idaho Sugar Company who brought them...
Emma Krager
Nov 26, 2009
Emma L. Krager, 92, died at her Chinook residence on Thanksgiving morning. She was a strong, determined, independent woman who had a fierce love for her family. Her father Raider Sather died when she was a young girl and this was to be a pivotal event in her life. She was a "daddy's girl" and Louise forever left this loss....
Belva Mae Ellenwood
Nov 26, 2009
Belva Mae Ellenwood, 96, of Ocean Park died November 26, 2009 at home. Funeral arrangements pending. Contributions to Harbors Home Health and Hospice. A complete obituary to follow next week. Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach.
Linda Leotta Gibson
Nov 24, 2009
Ilwaco resident Linda L. Gibson, 61, died November 24, 2009 in Ilwaco following a brief battle with respiratory illness. Linda was born in Burley, Idaho on November 17, 1948, the daughter of Aldon and Lena Cooper. She grew up in Burley before moving to Redding, California where she graduated from Enterprise High School. Linda resided in Tacoma before moving to...
Wilma Dolly Humason
Nov 17, 2009
Wilma D. Humason, 93, died at her Long Beach residence on November 17, 2009 surrounded by family. One of 10 children born to Henry and Myrtle (Green) Madorin, she was born in Kirksville, Missouri on June 11, 1916. She grew up in Kirksville where she received her education. In 1932 she married William "Bill" Humason and they resided in Missouri...
Connie Hendrickson
Nov 16, 2009
Klipsan Beach resident Connie Hendrickson, 65, died November 16, 2009 in Portland following a short illness. Born May 6, 1944 in Quincy, Illinois she was the daughter of Gordon and Zada (Mathews) Pelton. When she was 12 years old she moved with her parents to California where she graduated from high school. When Connie was 22 she moved to Washington...
Jaakko M. Varila
Nov 15, 2009
Jaakko M. Varila, 57, died November 15, 2009 at his Naselle residence following a brief battle with cancer. Born April 29, 1952 in Kaustinen, Finland to Matti and Tynne Ansa Varila he emigrated from his native Finland to America on May 18,1963 and soon thereafter settled in Naselle. There he attended school and even though not knowing any English, he...
Sara Morris
Nov 13, 2009
Sara Kathryn Morris, 20, of Long Beach, WA died November 13, 2009 in Seaview. She is survived by mother Kelly Morris of Long Beach and father Morgan Morris of Henderson, NV. Arrangement pending at Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach.
Rosie Johnson
Nov 13, 2009
Naselle, Washington resident Rose E. "Rosie" Johnson, 82, died in Astoria, Oregon on November 13, 2009. Born in Astoria on September 5, 1927, she was one of three children born to August and Lempi (Rinell) Nelson. Rosie grew up on the family farm in the Deep River area east of Naselle where her chores included milking cows, picking apples and...
Paul Allen Osborn
Nov 8, 2009
Paul Allen Osborn, 66, of Ocean Park died November 8, 2009 at home following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 21, 1943 in Vancouver to Chester and Hilda (Ahrens) Osborn. He was raised in Vancouver and attended school there. Following high school, he joined the Air Force, service of which he was proud of. He own and...
Yvonne Simmons
Nov 7, 2009
Yvonne "Bonnie" Doris Simmons passed away Nov. 7, 2009, at her Klipsan Beach residence. The daughter of Domingo Pilaria of Los Angeles, Calif., and Pilar Bedegain Pilaria, of Urepel, France, she was born in Los Angeles on March 21, 1926. Graduating a year early from high school, she began a fast-rising career at the Culver City Bank of America. Shortly...
Norman Heupel
Nov 4, 2009
Norman R. Heupel, 82, a 16 year resident of Ocean Park, died in Ilwaco on November 4, 2009. The son of August and Ava (Moser) Heupel, he was born December 8, 1926 in Medina, North Dakota. Norm grew up in Medina , received his education there and was a graduate of Medina High School. At the outset of World War...
Royal Harshman
Nov 4, 2009
Royal Dell Harshman, 61, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at his home in Long Beach, Washington after a courageous two-year struggle against colon cancer. In his final months of life he showed incredible strength and will for life while maintaining his great sense of humor, and was surrounded by loved ones until the very end. His life began in...
Carla Karczewski
Oct 31, 2009
Carla Ann Karczewski, 57, died of natural causes at her Ilwaco residence on October 31, 2009. Born in Albany, Oregon on February 26, 1952 she was the daughter of Preston and Delores (Christof) Dickey. Carla grew up in Albany, graduated from Albany Union High School and attended Southern Oregon State College in Ashland, Oregon. As a child she loved going...
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