Obituaries
Julie Briggs
May 21, 2008
Julie L. Briggs, 64, of Ocean Park, WA, who as a teacher, friend, and family member leaves a legacy of love, friendship, and dedication to others, died of natural causes on May 21, 2008. Julie was born June 19, 1942, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, to Harry and Phyllis Osterman. Her childhood was filled with family, friends and adventures in the...
Donna Oman
May 19, 2008
Donna M. Oman, 86, died peacefully at her Long Beach residence on May 19, 2008. Born July 25, 1921 in Warrenton, Oregon, she was the youngest child of Leonard and Sue (Manely) Gabriel. When Donna was 1 year old her father moved the family to Tatoosh Island, Washington where he was a lighthouse keeper for a year. He was then...
Jerry Leyerle
May 9, 2008
Jerry Alan Leyerle, 47, of Long Beach died May 9, 2008 at a local hospital. He was born December 10, 2008 to Edward Ellis and Margaret Pearl (Carpenter) Layerle in Longview, WA. He was a lifelong resident of Pacific County. He is survived by a daughter, Crystal Dana of Bay City, OR as well as a brother and several neices...
Patricia Wagler
May 7, 2008
Patricia Ann Raistakka Wagler of Forest Grove, Or. and Naselle, Wa. died Tuesday evening, May 7th in her family home in Forest Grove, Or. after a prolonged illness. Pat was born to Leo and Sylvia Raistakka of Naselle, Wa. on July 25, 1931. She attended grade and high school in Naselle and was a student of journalism at Lower Columbia...
Judy Suvak
Apr 27, 2008
Judith Willson Suvak, 73, died on April 27, 2008 at her residence in Ilwaco, Washington of natural causes. The only child of John Willson and Francis Wolfe she was born February 19, 1935 in Denver, Colorado. Raised by her maternal grandparents, Judy graduated from North Denver High School at the age of 17 and attended college at the University of...
Anthony Stoddard
Apr 27, 2008
Anthony R. Stoddard, 67, died April 27, 2008 at his Ocean Park residence following a lengthy illness. The son of Henry and Elise (Gies) Stoddard, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut on November 20, 1940. He grew up in nearby Woodbridge, Connecticut where he graduated from high school. He later attended Milford Academy and received a degree from Otterbein...
Mary Luethe
Apr 26, 2008
Mary Lou Bussone-Luethe, 57, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2008 at her residence in Long Beach, Washington. Mary was born in Longview, WA on September 3, 1950. Her parents Albert and Eugenia Bussone raised her in Cathlamet, WA where she attended Julius Wendt grade school through eighth grade. She moved with her family to the Long Beach Peninsula where...
Jim McCafferty
Apr 24, 2008
Astoria resident James W. "Jim" McCafferty, 82, died April 24, 2008 in Long Beach, WA. The son of James F. and Marion O. (Walker) McCafferty, he was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 5, 1926. Jim grew up in Cleveland where he graduated from East High School. Following high school he joined the US Army, entered officer candidate school and...
Jo Ann Liebig
Apr 23, 2008
Ocean Park resident Jo Anna Marie Liebig, 68, died April 23, 2008 at St. John Medical Center in Longview, Washington. The daughter of Steven and Connie Barth, she was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 13, 1939. During her childhood she lived in St. Louis and attended local schools. Following high school she attended a summer of college and...
Sharon Miller
Apr 23, 2008
Ilwaco resident Sharon L. Miller, 65, died April 23, 2008 in Long Beach. The eldest of 7 children born to Wesley and Pauline (Carthart) Call, she was born in Baxter Springs, Kansas on December 8, 1942. Sharon grew up helping raise her younger siblings and working doing odd jobs around the neighborhood. Sharon attended high school in California. On July...
Norm Peterson
Apr 17, 2008
Norman Lee Peterson Jr., 46, was tragically taken from this life, his family and friends, on March 28, 2008, in Olympia. He born Sept. 18, 1961, the fourth and first male child, of Norman and Marie (Curtis) Peterson. He started his life at Ocean Beach Hospital in Ilwaco and continued living on the Peninsula until his mid-teens. He relocated to...
Patricia Deahl
Apr 14, 2008
Patricia M. Deahl, 90, died April 14, 2008 in Vancouver, Washington where she had resided the past 24 years. The only child of Charles and Frances (Curtis) Williams, she was born in Wallace, Idaho on February 9, 1918. In 1936 she married Leonard C. Smith and moved to Baker, Oregon where she resided until 1958 when she moved to Portland....
William Gibson
Apr 12, 2008
"Final Crossing of the Bar" – Devoted husband, loving son, idolized brother, beloved dad, adored grandpa and loyal friend, William Harry Gibson, 58, of Ilwaco, WA died April 12, 2008 at his home following a brief and intense battle with cancer. Known to family and friends as "Bill", he was born august 11, 1949 in Tacoma, WA to William R....
Bud Lynch
Apr 10, 2008
Willard Henry "Bud" Lynch, 70, of Long Beach, WA, died April 10, 2004 at a local hospital. Bud was born May 29, 1928 at The Presidio in San Francisco to Lt. Col. Harry Lynch and Ellen Futtrup Lynch and was the Grandson of Nils Willard and Alice Gerow Futtrup (married in Chinook, Wa 1894). He was a talented aerospace engineer,...
Olive Walker
Apr 10, 2008
Olive D. Walker, 86, died April 10, 2008 in Long Beach. She was born June 30, 1921 in Portland and was the youngest and last surviving child of James G. and Amy (Littlehale) Walker. The family lived in Portland and spent summers in Seaview operating Walker's Beacon Cottages until the Depression when they permanently moved to Seaview. Olive was developmentally...
Harry Easley Jr
Apr 7, 2008
L. Harry Easley Jr., 75, died April 7, 2008 at his Ocean Park residence following a lengthy battle with cancer. His family was with him at the end of his physical life. Born in Hannibal, Missouri on October 1, 1932, he was the son of Lilburn Easley and Madeline Elgin. He grew up in Hannibal where he graduated from Hannibal...
Jeane Leback
Apr 6, 2008
Jeane G. Leback, 57 died April 6, 2008 at her Vancouver residence following a valiant battle with cancer. Born February 7, 1951 in Astoria, she was the daughter of Melvin and Lucille (Snyder) Leback, residents of Chinook, Washington. Jeane attended Chinook grade school and graduated from Ilwaco High School in 1969. Jeane was a graduate of Pacific University in Forest...
Loretta King
Apr 6, 2008
Long Beach resident Loretta E. King, 73, died April 6, 2008 in Ilwaco, WA. Born in Fisher, Arkansas on September 29, 1934, she was the oldest child born to Sanford and Neva (Sanders) Furrow. She was born at the height of the Depression years and times were difficult for her parents, necessitating her mother to work outside the home. By...
Thelma Strange
Apr 3, 2008
Klipsan Beach resident Thelma M. Strange, 86, died April 3, 2008 in Portland. The daughter of Henry and Martha (Wirkkala) Kemppi, she was born Mat 23, 1921 in Deep River, Washington. As a young girl she overcame polio, attended local schools and graduated from Naselle High School in 1939. In the fall of 1939 she entered the nursing program at...
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