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Mike Neal
Sep 15, 2007
Michael H. Neal, 60, died September 15, 2007 at his Ocean Park residence. Born July 23, 1947 in Anaheim, California, he was the son of Charles and Dona (Fanning) Neal. After graduating from high school Mike served in the US Navy and then served with the merchant marine. Mike moved to the Peninsula 25 years ago from Vancouver, Washington. He...
John Cass
Sep 15, 2007
John T. Cass, 81, died September 15, 2007 in Portland. The son of John and Helen (Smith) Cass, he was born March 19, 1926 in Los Angeles, CA. At an early age he moved to Juneau, Alaska where he graduated from high school in 1944. John served with the United States Army during World War II in the Aleutian Islands....
Urho Wirkkala
Sep 11, 2007
Urho M. Wirkkala, 84, died September 11, 2007 in Vancouver, Washington from complications of advanced Alzheimer's disease. Born June 10, 1923 in Naselle, Washington, he was the thirteenth of fifteen children born to Andrew and Hilda Wirkkala, and the 12th son. He grew up in Naselle where he recieved his schooling. Urho was a veteran of the Second World War,...
Irene Branstetter
Sep 9, 2007
Obituary of Irene Branstetter Irene S. Barnstetter, 88, of Ocean Park, WA died September 9, 2007 at a Long Beach Convalescent Hospital. She was born on May 7, 1919 in Eureka, Kansas to Harry and Lily (Creason) Lazzers. She grew up in Eureka and attended school there. On April 27, 1936 she married Carl C. Branstetter in Eureka. He proceeded...
Doug Rogers
Sep 6, 2007
Naselle, Washington resident Douglas A. Rogers, 79, died September 6, 2007 in Portland, Oregon. The son of Charles and Helen (Rupp) Rogers, he was born December 22, 1927 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He graduated from Waukesha High School and attended the University of Wisconsin. Doug played varsity basketball and was team captain for the Badgers. He received his BS degree in...
Doris Maffit
Sep 6, 2007
Doris Elaine Maffit, 90, passed away on September 6, 2007 in Long Beach, Washington. Born in Albany on January 12, 1917 to Anna and Warren Burton she was an Oregon resident until four years ago. E.H. Maffit, her husband of 31 years, her son Floyd, and granddaughter Monique, preceded her in death. Her daughters, Arlene Janssens and Tamara Pearson, son-in-law...
Shirley Chance
Sep 2, 2007
Ocean Park resident Shirley Ann Chance, 73, died September 2, 2007 in Ilwaco. Born August 2, 1934 in Portland, Oregon, she was the daughter of Fred and Molly (Sell) Netzer. She grew up in Portland and graduated from Grant High School. Shirley worked in the office for Chrysler Motors in Portland for a number of years. Later she and her...
Tilman Albert
Aug 27, 2007
Tilmon J. Albert, 75, died August 27, 2007 at his Long Beach residence. He was born November 7, 1931 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of Xavier and Alice (Leblanc) Albert. He grew up on the family farm where at an early age learned the value of hard work. At age 16 he left the farm and moved to...
Duane Penttila
Aug 27, 2007
Duane Penttila, 57, died August 27, 2007 in Seattle of natural causes. The son of Richard and Patricia (Anderson) Penttila, he was born May 19, 1950 in Ilwaco. He grew up in Naselle where he graduated from Naselle High School in 1968. Following high school Duane attended the University of Washington for two years. He then returned to Naselle where...
Larry Walsh
Aug 25, 2007
Lawrence Edward Walsh, 45, died August 25, 2007 at his Long Beach residence following a valiant battle with cancer. The son of James and Juanita (Garrett) Walsh, he was born December 16, 1961 in Seattle and his sister Loretta, who is two years older, completed the family. Larry grew up in nearby Bellevue where he also received his education. Larry...
Evelyn Greene
Aug 16, 2007
Evelyn C. Greene, 93, died August 16, 2007 at her Klipsan Beach residence. The daughter of Edwin and Hulda (Andersson) Rohlinger, she was born in Evanston, Illinois on November 8, 1913. When she was two years old she came west with her parents to Kent, Washington. There her father operated a general store and Evelyn attended grade school. At age...
Mike Herman
Aug 15, 2007
Michael W. (Mike) Herman, 58, lifelong resident of the Long Beach Peninsula, died suddenly August 15, 2007 at our local hospital. Mike was born November 10, 1948 in Portland, OR to William and Margaret (Hamilton) Herman Sr. One of nine children, he attended Chinook Grade School and Ilwaco High School where he played football. The family lived near Megler by...
Robert McNeil
Aug 13, 2007
Seaview resident Robert P. McNeil, 86, died August 13, 2007 in a local care center. Born January 3, 1921 in Moscow, Idaho, he was the son of William and Elda (Schuh) McNeil. He grew up in Bremerton, Washington on the shores of Kitsap Lake. Bob was a graduate of Bremerton High School. Following high school Bob worked at the Bremerton...
Carla Smith
Aug 13, 2007
Ilwaco resident Carla M. Smith, 55, died August 13, 2007 in Long beach as a result of lung cancer. The daughter of Haven and Joyce (Flower) Mackie, she was born February 23, 1952 in Yakima, Washington. Carla attended grade school in Portland and was a student at Marshall High School in southeast Portland. She met and married Jim Meeks and...
Marshall Doupe'
Aug 9, 2007
Marshall A. Doupe', a resident of Sun City West, Arizona and formerly of Ilwaco, Washington, died August 9, 2007 in Sun City West. He was born November 15, 1920 in Ilwaco, the son of Joseph and Margaret (Rogers) Doupe'. He graduated from Ilwaco High School in 1939 and attended the University of Washington where he was a member of Sigma...
Randall Swenson
Aug 7, 2007
Randall K. Swenson, 38, died August 7, 2007 at his Seaview residence of a brain tumor. The son of Keith and Georgene (Moskovita) Swenson, he was born June 5, 1969 in Great Falls, Montana. As a child he lived in Great Falls and later in Seattle, Bellingham and Littleton (Centennial) Colorado. Randy graduated from Arapahoe High School in Littleton, CO...
Harry Snider
Aug 7, 2007
Harry J. Snider, 80, of Ilwaco, WA died peacefully on August 7, 2007 at a local hospital. Harry was born June 19, 1927 in Ladysmith, BC to James R. & Jenny (Murphy) Sterling. His early life was spent in Vail, WA and he attended Tolt High School and spent a year at the University of Washington. Harry joined the Air...
John Stedman
Aug 2, 2007
John L. Stedman, 65, of Long Beach, died August 2, 2007 at his home following a long battle with cancer. He was one of three children born in Seattle, WA on September 4, 1941 to Manzel and Darlene (Dorian) Stedman. He grew up in Seattle and graduated from Lincoln High School. John married Linda Rosburg in 1987. John and Linda...
Carl Stucki
Aug 2, 2007
Carl Wilbur Stucki passed from this life on August 2, 2007, in Portland, Oregon. He was born Otto Ruegger on March 17, 1923, on a family homestead on Parrot Mountain in Newberg, Ore. His father, a merchant seaman, disappeared and the seven children (Carl was the second youngest) were placed in the Boys and Girls Aid Society in Portland. In...
Merikay Hall
Jul 24, 2007
Merikay Hall, 59, of Los Angeles, CA, passed away at Cedar Sinai Hospital on July 24, 2007 following a three year struggle with cancer. She was born August 26, 1947 in Astoria, the daughter of Merle and Mary Ann Hall. She attended Naselle High School, graduating in 1965. Merikay was employed as a flight attendant for TWA and America Airlines...
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