Obituaries
Cecil Carathers
Apr 2, 2008
OBITUARY OF CECIL FREEMAN CARATHERS Cecil F. Carathers, 85, died April 2, 2008 in Vancouver where he had resided the past 28 years. The son of Marion and Fannie (Howerton) Carathers, he was born in Ennis, Kentucky on May 21, 1922. Cecil grew up in the Ennis area, attended local schools and worked doing odd jobs to help support his...
Alice Sund
Mar 28, 2008
Alice J. Sund, Ph.D., died March 28, 2008, in Rohnert Park, Calif., where she had resided for the past 21 years. She was born on June 11, 1943, in Ilwaco to Adolph and Helene Sund She graduated from Ilwaco High School as valedictorian of her class and went on to graduate from the University of Washington in 1965 with a...
Robert Schaefer
Mar 22, 2008
Robert L. Schaefer, 67, died March 22, 2008 in Ilwaco where he had resided the past 6 years. The son of Gerald and Bernice Schaefer, he was born October 25, 1940 in Tacoma. When he was 6 years old he moved with his family to Juneau, Alaska. There he completed his education and soon learned the fishing trade from his...
William Bredfield
Mar 21, 2008
William F. "Bill" Bredfield, 71, passed away March 21, 2008 at St. Peter Medical Center in Olympia following a lengthy battle with diabetes. He was a former Long Beach resident who had until the time of his death been residing in Nemah. The son of Fred and Silvia (Reinhardt) Bredfield, he was born March 29, 1936 on the family dairy...
Gladys Kilian
Mar 21, 2008
Former Chinook resident Gladys A. Kilian, 93, died March 21, 2008 in a Longview care center. The daughter of Frank and Bertha (Dablo) Stenberg, she was born March 28, 1914 at home in Hamburg, North Dakota. Gladys graduated from high school and on March 15, 1941 married Oscar H. Kilian in Boise, Idaho. The couple later moved to Portland where...
Frances Nelson
Mar 19, 2008
Long Beach resident Frances N. Nelson, 71, died March 19, 2008 in a local care center. Born July 13, 1936 in Chehalis, Washington, she was the daughter of Carl and Elsie (Butler) Thompson. Childhood years were in Chehalis and later Longview where she graduated from R. A. Long High School. In 1953 she married Lawrence Holgate who was then serving...
Harte Penttila
Mar 16, 2008
Montesano, Washington resident Harte E. Penttila, 85, died March 16, 2008 in Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Aberdeen, WA, from complications following an extended illness. Harte was born August 20, 1922, the ninth of twelve children of Frank and Helga (Riipa) Penttila of Naselle, Washington. He spoke only Finnish until learning English in the first grade, graduating from Naselle High School...
Nick Patee III
Mar 15, 2008
OBITUARY OF HAROLD W. "Nick" PATEE III Harold "Nick' Patee, 65, died March 15, 2008 in a local care center. The son of Harold and Eunice (Rogers) Patee, he was born in Ridgefield, Washington on May 28, 1942. Growing up in Ridgefield he attended local schools and graduated from Ridgefield High School where he played in the school band and...
Miles "Buzzy" Matthews
Mar 14, 2008
Miles D. "Buzzy" Matthews, 64, died March 14, 2008 at his Klipsan Beach residence. The son of pioneer Peninsula residents Thedford and Eleanor (Talbot) Matthews, he was born in Ilwaco on September 22, 1943. Miles attended Ocean Park elementary and graduated from Ilwaco High School. Following high school Miles enlisted in the United States Navy where he served for a...
Wayne Capps
Mar 12, 2008
Wayne DeVaney Capps, 37, Of Ocean Park, WA died suddenly in Vancouver, WA on March 12, 2008. Wayne was born October 12, 1970 in Portland, OR to Donald and Linda (DeVaney) Capps. He grew up in Milwaukie, OR and graduated from Putnam High School and attended Clackamas Community College. Wayne a a stone mason by trade and talent, and was...
Dick Olson
Mar 10, 2008
Dick Alan Olson, 54, of Seaview, WA, died peacefully at home, March 10, 2008; following a courageous battle with cancer, and less than eight months from the death of his beloved twin brother Don. Dick was born June 2, 1953, to Adrian and Gladys Olson in Vancouver, WA. Working on the family plot picking raspberries, money was earned for school...
Alexander Sheridan
Mar 6, 2008
A full and rich life, filled with adventure, dedication and family, ended when Bud Sheridan died March 6, 2008 at his Ocean Park residence surrounded by family. The second of three children born to William B. and Margaret (Cole) Sheridan, he was born in Omemee, North Dakota on February 25, 1928. Bud grew up in rural North Dakota where he...
Michael Nichols
Mar 5, 2008
Michael G. "Mike" Nichols, 70, died March 5, 2008 at his Long Beach residence following a lengthy battle with cancer. The son of Marcus and Victoria (Nelson) Nichols, he was born June 9, 1937 in Astoria, Oregon. He attended grammar school in Washington state and high school in California. Shortly after high school graduation he returned to Washington state and...
Cheryl Rose
Mar 2, 2008
Cheryl A. Rose, 61, died at her Ocean Park residence on March 2, 2008. The daughter of Emery and Elizabeth (New) Day, she was born in Fairhope, Alabama on February 3, 1947. Cheryl grew up in Mobile, Alabama where she graduated from high school. Immediately following graduation she joined the U.S. Army where she served for two years in the...
Pauline Haavisto
Feb 29, 2008
Pauline Curry Haavisto, 97, died February 29, 2008 in Long Beach with family at her side. The eldest of seven children born to Rochus and Helena (Dietrich) Steiner, she was born March 18, 1910 in Saint Joseph's, North Dakota, a small community near Glen Ullin. Pauline grew up on the family farm south of Richadton, moving to Bismarck at age...
Frank Dumich
Feb 27, 2008
Former Seaview, Washington resident Frank A. Dumich, 84, died February 27, 2008 in Longview, Washington where he had resided the past three years. Frank was born July 17, 1923 in Astoria, Oregon, the son of John Anton and Marija (Naterlin) Dumich, each of whom had immigrated to America from their native Croatia. The couple married and settled near the Hudson...
Josefine Gerkens
Feb 26, 2008
Josefine Gerkens, 62, of Ocean Park, WA, passed away February 26, 2008 in Tucson, AZ while on vacation. She was born July 8, 1945 in Langenfeld, Germany to Theodore and Anna (Gombler) Terhuven. She grew up in Germany but at sixteen moved to Wisconson with her aunt & uncle and graduated from high school there. After high school she returned...
Arnie Jarvi
Feb 23, 2008
Arnie W. Jarvi, 90, died February 23, 2008 at his Deep River, Washington residence. One of 9 children born to Arvid and Selma (Haataia) Jarvi, he was born on Mayger, Oregon on April 2, 1917. His parents were of Finnish ancestry and his father worked in a nearby mill. Arnie received his education in Mayger and as a teenager began...
Dennis Denton
Feb 22, 2008
Dennis G. Denton, 55, died on Feb. 22, 2008, at his home in Ocean Park. He was born to Gereld and Mary Alice (Mitchell) Denton on April 4, 1952, in Twin Falls, Idaho. He attended schools in Portland and Sandy, Ore., and served in the U.S. Army. On June 7, 1970, he married Debbie Ann Ruple. They divorced. On Jan....
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