Obituaries
Elizabeth Hjelm
Feb 22, 2009
Elizabeth L. Hjelm, 60, died at her Ocean Park residence on February 22, 2009. The daughter of Bernard and Helen (Joyce) Raff, she was born in Ilwaco on August 1, 1948. Elizabeth was one of 8 children and she and her siblings grew up in Naselle and on the Peninsula where she graduated from Ilwaco High School in 1966. Liz...
Ossie Steiner
Feb 18, 2009
Oswald "Ossie" Steiner, 79, died peacefully February 18, 2009 at his Ocean Park residence. The son of Oswald Wihelm and Minna Gretchen (Peters) Steiner, he was born in Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany on June 1, 1929. He completed his furniture making apprenticeship in Germany following World War II and immigrated to the United States in 1953. He received his citizenship in...
Derek Stanley John Leonard
Feb 15, 2009
Derek Leonard, 77, died at his Nahcotta residence on February 15, 2009. The son of Derek and Helen (Kipry) Leonard, he was born in Victoria, B.C., Canada on November 12, 1931. In 1972 Derek married Julia Kratz. He was employed as a ship builder and designer and was a professional bowler. He enjoyed collecting baseball cards, coins and stamps, and...
Emily Bailey
Feb 11, 2009
Emily Rosemary Bailey, 93, a resident of the Peninsula the past 9 years, died in Raymond, Washington on February 11, 2009. Survivors include her husband Raymond of Long Beach; daughter Pat Cook of Long Beach; and son Al Bailey. A family service and inurment is scheduled in Seattle. The guestbook
Carol Adele Meader
Feb 9, 2009
Carol A. Meader, 68, died at her Ilwaco, Washington residence on February 9, 2009. Born in Glendive, Montana on October 28, 1940 she was the daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Remillard) Tallent. She grew up in Hamilton, Montana until the family moved to Burbank, Washington. There she graduated from Two Rivers High School. Having often visited the Peninsula on vacations...
Pauline Lee Eatton
Feb 5, 2009
Pauline L. Eatton, 55, passed from this life peacefully on February 5, 2009 at her Long Beach residence. Pauline was born in Vallejo, California on September 23, 1953. She lived there for three years with her father James L. Hampton and mother Pearl Jewell Denton. The family moved to Denver, Colorado where she was joined by sisters Micaela Gray and...
Mary Ellen Gramps
Feb 1, 2009
Mary E. Gramps, 100, a resident of the Peninsula the past twenty years, died February 1, 2009 in Long Beach. The daughter of Allen and Lelia (Newland) Simpson, she was born in Victoria, B.C., Canada on October 6, 1908. Mary emigrated from Canada at an early age with her parents and settled in Portland, Oregon. At age 10 Mary contacted...
Paul Penttila, Jr.
Jan 23, 2009
Paul E. Penttila Jr. died January 23, 2009 at his residence, in Grayland, Washington. He was born December 28, 1945 in Astoria, Oregon. Paul traveled to Alaska soon after graduating from Naselle High School to work at various jobs in the woods. He later moved back to southwest Washington to continue woods work as a timber faller and truck driver...
Patricia Rutter
Jan 19, 2009
Ocean Park resident Patricia F. Rutter, 68, died January 19, 2009 in a Long Beach care center. The daughter of Jack and Barbara (Nelson) Hinkley, she was born in Ogden, Utah on April 4, 1940. At an early age she moved with her parents to Hermiston, Oregon where she grew up and graduated from high school. Pat was married May...
David Jones
Jan 18, 2009
Ocean Park resident David Jones, 47, died in Ilwaco on January 18, 2009 following a 6 month battle with cancer. The son of James and Patricia (Farrell) Jones, he was born August 28, 1961 in Morocco where his father was serving with the United States Air Force at the time. His father's military career took the family to south Texas...
Betty Fitzpatrick
Jan 14, 2009
Betty Louise Hale-Fitzpatrick died Jan. 14th, 2009, at the age of 80, surrounded by her loved ones at home in Ilwaco, WA . Betty was born April 30, 1928 in Des Moines, IA. At the age of 6 her family moved to Camas, WA. Betty married Omer Hale at the First Baptist Church in Camas, WA. on June 1, 1946....
David Lee Thornton
Jan 13, 2009
Ocean Park resident David L. Thornton, 47, died at his residence of heart disease on January 13, 2009. Born December 31, 1962 in San Bernardino, California, he was the son of David and Aloma Thornton. As a child he loved to play baseball and spend time with his grandfather. David lived in Vancouver, Washington prior to moving to the Peninsula...
Robert Hinde
Jan 11, 2009
Robert K. Hinde, 49, died January 11, 2009 at his Ocean Park residence as a result of cancer. The son of Robert T. and Joyce (Price) Hinde, he was born in Orange, California on October 29, 1959. In his youth he moved with his family to the Sacramento area where he graduated from high school and later attended college. Robert...
William Ray Young
Jan 7, 2009
William R. Young, 62, died at his Ocean Park residence on January 7, 2009. The son of Sy and Lillie (Pulse) Young, he was born in Kerman, California on October 28, 1946. Following his father's death, Bill was raised by his grandparents Walt and Stella Covington. Initially they resided in Tranquility, California before moving to Port Orford, Oregon. Bill graduated...
Bette Jane Anderson
Jan 2, 2009
Bette Jane Anderson, 86, of Kelso, died Jan. 2, 2009 peacefully at her home in Kelso. She was born on May 2, 1922, in Seaview, Washington to Claude and Elvira Woodham. Bette graduated from Ilwaco High School, attended business school, then worked at Long Fibre as a secretary prior to marrying Arthur Emil Anderson in 1949. They were members of...
Jaclyn Neal Gehrke
Dec 26, 2008
Jaclyn was born in Onawa, Iowa in 1952 to Jack and Nina Bouslaugh. She is survived by her husband Ray Gehrke of Long Beach, Washington; son Keith Manske and wife Rachelle of Lake Stevens, Washington; step-son Jeremy Gehrke of Bismarck, North Dakota; brothers Donald Bouslaugh of Des Moines, Iowa and Richard Smith of Knox, Indiana; sisters Carole Bouslaugh of Edmonds,...
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