Obituaries
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...
Peggy Herman
Oct 28, 2009
Margaret "Peggy" Herman, 90, died October 28, 2009 at her Long Beach residence. The daughter of Joseph and Amanda (Taylor) Hamilton, she was born July 26, 1919 in Astoria. Peggy married William "Bill" Herman Sr. of Portland, Oregon on December 13, 1947. Two years later they settled in Megler, Washington where Bill was employed by the Oregon State Highway Department...
Thelma Bales
Oct 26, 2009
Thelma Bales, 85, a 60 year resident of the Peninsula, died October 26, 2009 in Long Beach. Born in Crane, Missouri on July 29, 1924, she was the daughter of Roy and Iva Whitten. At age 5 she moved with her family to St. Joseph, Missouri where she received her education and graduated from high school. Following graduation from William...
Sam A. Quillin
Oct 23, 2009
Ilwaco resident Samuel A. "Sam" Quillin, 65, died October 23, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. The son of Carl A. and Alline (McBride) Quillin, he was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma on January 2, 1944. Four years after his birth he moved with his family to Coos Bay, Oregon in a taxi cab as that was his father's occupation at the time....
Betty Johnson
Oct 23, 2009
Elizabeth Eden Smith Johnson, 83, of Oysterville, died October 23, 2009 in Ilwaco. Betty was born November 7, 1925 in Edinburgh Scotland. She is survived locally by her husband of 55 years Cyrus Johnson. Internment will take place in Seattle. Arrangements by Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach.
Alice Buck
Oct 23, 2009
Alice J. Buck, 84, died October 23, 2009 in Vancouver, Washington. She was born July 20, 1925 in Conrad, Montana. Alice resided 55 years in the same home in Spokane prior to moving to the Peninsula 3 years ago to be near family. In doing so she fulfilled her life long dream to reside by the ocean. She was a...
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