Obituaries
Curtis Priebe
Sep 28, 2008
Curtis E. Priebe, 42, of Seaview, WA died September 28, 2008 at home of a tragic accident. His wife of 12 months, Rochelle, also perished. He was born June 29, 1966 in Seattle to Russell and Mille (Walton) Priebe. The family moved to Astoria then Curtis was a child. Curtis attended school in Astoria. When he was just 16, he...
Rochelle Irene (Whitehead) Priebe
Sep 28, 2008
A tragic accident at her Seaview residence on September 28, 2008 claimed the life of Rochelle I. Priebe, 41. Her husband Curtis perished in the same accident. The daughter of Claude and Lois (Capitani) Johnson, she was born in Vancouver, Washington on February 24, 1967. Rochelle grew up in Vancouver where she received her education. Rochelle moved to the Peninsula...
Charles Edward Relyea
Sep 26, 2008
Ocean Park resident Charles E. "Chuck" Relyea, 67, died in Long Beach on September 26, 2008. A native of Sioux City, Iowa, he was born October 2, 1940, the son of Chester and Leda (Thorten) Relyea. Charles grew up in San Diego, California where he graduated from high school. During the Vietnam Conflict in served with the US Navy aboard...
Joanne Pfeifer
Sep 25, 2008
Joanne Pfeifer, 73, died September 25, 2008 at her Long Beach residence. Born in Burley, Idaho on June 30, 2008, she was one of eight children born to Austin and Bernice (Biggs) Harwood. The family came west to Vancouver where Joanne attended Hazel Dell elementary and graduated from Fort Vancouver High School. Joanne became a wife, mother and homemaker while...
Ethel Gertrude Uhri
Sep 25, 2008
A resident of the Peninsula since 1985, Ethel G. Uhri, 87, died September 25, 2008 in Long Beach. The daughter of John and Annie (Miles) Hillman, she was born October 24, 1920 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. At an early age she moved with her family to Portland, Oregon and soon thereafter to Longview. She was a graduate of R.A....
Lilly Mathews
Sep 24, 2008
An Ocean Park icon, Lilly M. Mathews, 91, died September 24, 2008 in Vancouver, Washington. Lilly, the daughter of Ole and Nellie (Jasperson) Moen, was born in Bemidji, Minnesota on May 2, 1917. The family included her brother Emil and sister Jennie. When she was 8 years old the family came west and traveled down the Deschutes River canyon on...
Raymond Louis Gardner, Jr
Sep 19, 2008
Ocean Park resident Raymond L. Gardner Jr., 87, died September 19, 2008 in Ilwaco. The son of Raymond L. Gardner Sr. and wife Louise Offutt, Ray was born in Kent, Washington on July 11, 1921. The family later moved to Yakima, Washington where Ray graduated from Yakima High School in 1940. Eleven days after his 19th birthday, Ray enlisted in...
Virginia Jensen
Sep 14, 2008
Long Beach resident Virginia L. Jensen, 81, died September 13, 2008 in Portland, Oregon. The daughter of Edwin and Winifred (Stubbs) Evander, she was born June 12, 1927 in Wheaton, Minnesota. During the Depression years the family moved to Walla Walla, Washington where Virginia completed high school. Virginia's brother introduced her to Dean Jensen and they married in 1949. Dean...
John Delfs
Sep 11, 2008
John J. Delfs, 75, died September 11, 2008 at his Long Beach residence. A native of New York City, John was born November 22, 1932, the son of Arnod and Nellie (Benson) Delfs. John's early years were in New York and nearby New Jersey. In 1951, when he was 19, John began service in the United States Air Force. He...
Jeff Davis
Sep 8, 2008
Jeff Davis, 47, a resident of Grays River, Washington, died September 8, 2008 in Grays River. He was born November 11, 1960 in Bend, Oregon, the son of Robert and Lillian Davis. He grew up in Warrenton, Oregon, graduating with the class of 1979. One of his greatest achievements in high school was going to the Oregon state wrestling competition....
Cullen Baker
Sep 7, 2008
Cullen Y. Baker Jr., 70, died peacefully on Sunday, September 7, 2008 in Portland, Oregon where he had resided the past 8 years. The son of Lucille Moffit and Cullen Baker Sr., he was born in Longview, WA on June 16, 1938. His grandparents were long time Peninsula residents, C. R. "Bub" and Alice Yeaton Baker, both of pioneer area...
Ina Ravena Duncan
Sep 7, 2008
Ina Ravena Duncan, 96, of Ocean Park, WA, died passed peacefully in her sleep of September 7, 2008 in Long Beach, WA. She was born July 19, 1912 in Portland, OR to Charles and Ina (Williams) Cotty. She was raised in the Portland area and attended school there. She studied for her doctorial degree at Oregon State University and later...
Rusty Lindberg
Aug 20, 2008
Charles "Rusty" Lindberg, 62, of Naselle, WA, died suddenly August 20, 2008 in Naselle. He was born March 24, 1946 in Clatskanie, OR to Floyd and Jeannetta (Gardner) Lindberg. He grew up in Clatskanie and graduated from Clatskanie High School. Rusty was a career police officer, serving for 24 years with the St. Helens OR Police Department until retirement on...
Shirley Grabenhorst
Aug 20, 2008
Shirley M. Grabenhorst, 84, of Naselle, WA died August 20, 2008 as the result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Naselle, WA. She was born July 7, 1924 in Tacoma, WA, one of three children to Hugh and Ann (Cameron) McGee. The family lived in Lewis County where Shirley attended school, graduating from Onalaska, WA High School....
Toni Rae Blackledge
Aug 12, 2008
Toni Rae Blackledge, 48, of Ocean Park, WA died August 12, 2008 at home. She was born September 16, 1959 to Ralph and Evelyn (Volden) Watson in McMinnville, OR. No public services are to be held. Arrangements entrusted to Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach, WA.
Juanita M. Knopski
Aug 10, 2008
Long Beach resident Juanita M. Knopski, 95, died August 10, 2008 in a local care facility. The daughter of Orlo and Edith (Dennison) Moore, she was born in Portland, Oregon on December 5, 1912. Juanita grew up in the Orchards area of what was then rural Clark County, Washington. She attended and graduated from Fort Vancouver High School on Vancouver....
Linda Lynn Whitehead
Aug 3, 2008
Linda L. Whitehead, 66, of Chinook, died suddenly August 3, 2008 at home. Linda was born April 24, 1942 in Clinton, Iowa to Edgar and Beatrice (Sager) Whitehead. The family moved to Enterprise, Alabama and that is where she grew and attended school. Time found her in Portland, OR where she owned and operated several businesses and was later appointed...
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