Obituaries
Gayle Veith
Feb 21, 2008
Gayle A. Veith, 60, died February 21, 2008 at her Long Beach residence surrounded by the family she loved, of complications from Parkinson's disease. The eldest of 8 children born to James and Ida (Dedmore) Strickland, she was born in Seaside, Oregon on June 30, 1947. She grew-up and was raised in Vancouver, Washington where she graduated from high school....
Paul Pine
Feb 12, 2008
South Bend resident Paul E. Pine Jr., 70, died February 12, 2008 in Long Beach. Born April 8, 1937 in Oregon City, Oregon, he was the eldest child born to Paul and Jean (Boyer) Pine Sr. Paul's early years were spent in Oregon City before moving with his family to Bay Center, Washington as a teenager. In 1954 at age...
Robert Burns
Feb 11, 2008
Robert R. Burns, 86, of Long Beach passed away February 11, 2008 in Long Beach following a brief illness. Bob was born Sept 25, 1921 in Ellensburg, WA to Chester and Margaret (Williams) Burns. He grew up in Ellensburg, attending school there and after a year in college he joined the Army serving as a radio operator in the Asia...
Luke Barrett
Feb 11, 2008
Obituary of Lucas Robert Barrett Lucas Robert Barrett, 18, of Ilwaco died suddenly at OSHU in Portland. He was born August 13, 1989 in Seaside to Michael and Shari (Zakrzewski) Barrett. Luke spent his entire life on the Peninsula, attending school in Ilwaco. A self described "contrarian," Luke was a leader with his friends and well liked by everyone. A...
David Fritts
Feb 6, 2008
David L. Fritts, 59, died February 6, 2008 at his Ilwaco residence of natural causes. The son of Gerald and Lula (Skeen) Fritts, he was born in Ontario, Oregon on August 18, 1948. He grew up in the Ontario-Fruitland area before moving to Boise, Idaho. There he graduated from Boise High School and obtained a degree in horticulture from Boise...
Mel Bowdish
Jan 25, 2008
Ocean Park resident Leslie "Mel" Bowdish, 78, died January 25, 2008 in Ilwaco. One of 11 children born to Homer and Beulah (Rains) Bowdish, he was born July 18, 1929 in Pierre, South Dakota. Mel grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation with his parents where he obtained his education. Mel served as a corporal with the United States Army...
Lorna Holeman
Jan 24, 2008
Lorna Holeman died in Ocean Park of breast cancer at age 88 after having beaten the disease twice in the 1980's. Mrs. Holeman was born to Walter and Mable Chellis in Calipatria, CA and moved to Ocean Park with her family 5 years later where she grew up with her siblings Walt, Ed, Allen, Fran, Betty, Jo and Mary. She...
Byron Cochrane
Jan 15, 2008
Byron Cochrane, 81, a retired architect, died Jan. 15 at his home in Nahcotta after an extended illness. A memorial service was held Saturday at the Ocean Park Methodist Church. Born December 10, 1925, Byron's parents homesteaded in southwest Idaho and he graduated from high school in Homedale where his father was school superintendent. He enlisted in officer candidate school...
Jill Dougherty
Jan 10, 2008
Jill Dougherty, 69, passed away January 10, 2008 in the comfort of her Klipsan Beach residence. Jill was the eldest of five children born to Hannah Mary and William Martin Quigley on April 17, 1938 in London, England. As a teenager going to school she apprenticed in a beauty salon until meeting her husband Frank Dougherty of the United States...
Jim Howerton
Jan 9, 2008
Jim Howerton Sr., 65, a lifelong resident of Ilwaco, died January 9, 2008 in Astoria. Born August 19, 1942 in Ilwaco, he was the son of Raymond Howerton and Eleanor Williams-Howerton-Bacon, both descendents of pioneer Peninsula families. Jim attended Ilwaco grade school and graduated from Ilwaco High School in 1960. Jim's father and uncle were the founders of the Ilwaco...
Harry Dunlap
Jan 3, 2008
Ilwaco resident Harry B. Dunlap, 81, died January 3, 2008 in Ilwaco. Harry was born October 18, 1926 in Wardner, Idaho, the son of Jim and Maud Wilcox. At the time it was thought that his mother would die soon after his birth so he was adopted by his midwife and her husband, Nellie and Harry V. Dunlap who raised...
Hugh Wood
Jan 1, 2008
Hugh Wood, 85, died January 1, 2008 in a local care home. One of four sons born to Lester and Hazel (Duggan) Wood, he was born in Vancouver, Washington on January 12, 1922. His father was Clark county sheriff and he was killed in the line of duty when Hugh as 4 years old. Hugh attended Vancouver schools, graduated from...
Gordon Boslar
Jan 1, 2008
Gordon A. Boslar, 55, went home to be with Jesus on January 1, 2008 in Portland. The son of Malcolm and Virginia (Ellenburg) Boslar, he was born February 8, 1952 in Portland. Gordon graduated from Reynolds High School in 1970 and was employed by the Benson Hotel, ESCO Corporation and most recently the Multnomah Education Service District where he was...
Steve Morevec
Dec 28, 2007
Steven D. Moravec, 51, a life long resident of the Peninsula, died December 28, 2007 in Long Beach after a three year battle with a brain tumor. Born December 7, 1956 in Ilwaco, he was the son of Warren and Elsie (Hollinger) Moravec. He attended local schools and Ilwaco High School. Steve commercial fished all his working life. He operated...
Antone Rook
Dec 24, 2007
Antone Rook went to be with the Lord December 24, 2007 in Long Beach. He was born in Portland, Oregon May 21, 1906, the first of five children born to Michael and Thresesa (Ernst) Rook. Antone went to work for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1925, working at various positions including electrician and air conditioning mechanic on the original streamliner...
Judy Fero
Dec 23, 2007
Judy Faye Fero, 61, passed away December 23, 2007 at her home in Oysterville, WA surrounded by her husband and children She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Paul Fero, 66, her son Eric Fero, 36, and her daughter Jennifer, 33. Diagnosed with terminal Glio-blastoma brain cancer in April of 2006, Judy fought the odds, extending her quality...
Lois Kitts
Dec 22, 2007
Elmira, Oregon resident Lois E. Kitts, 95, died peacefully December 22, 2007 in Eugene. The daughter of pioneer Clackamas county residents James Wesley and Emma Theresa (Wilehart) Hylton, she was born in Oregon City on February 3, 1912. The family initially resided on a farm in the New Era area before moving to a farm on the outskirts of Canby....
Robin Holmes
Dec 22, 2007
Robin J. Holmes, 62, died December 22, 2007 at her Ocean Park residence following a courageous battle with cancer. Born June 10, 1945 in Lincoln, Nebraska, she was the daughter of John and Arletta (Robinson) Arnson. Robin grew up in Lincoln where she graduated from high school and went on the graduate from college with several degrees. Robin lived in...
Janet Henson
Dec 15, 2007
Janet Henson, 86, of Ocean Park, WA died December 15, 2007 at a care facility in Olympia, WA. Arrangements pending at Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach, WA.
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