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Ruth Fields
Mar 29, 2007
Ruth M. Fields, 85, a resident of Bellevue, Washington, died March 29, 2007 in Issaquah, Washington. The daughter of Finnish immigrants Sanfred and Hanna (Savukoski) Wiitala, she was born February 20, 1922 in Naselle, WA. Her parents operated the Wiitala family dairy farm and Ruth attended Naselle elementary and graduated from Naselle High School. Ruth moved to Bellevue in 1953...
Vallee Crowston
Mar 28, 2007
Val Crowston, 69, died March 28, 2007 at his Ocean Park residence. The son of Victor and Runa (Johnson) Crowston, he was born March 25, 1938 in the small faming community of Walhalla, North Dakota. When he was 6 years old he came west with his family, settling in what was then the rural town of Federal Way, Washington. There...
Carolyn Gilbertson
Mar 23, 2007
Carolyn Maxine Gilbertson, 67, of Long Beach, passed away March 23, 2007 at a local hospital. She was born March 26, 1939 in Centralia, WA to Warren and Tela (Collings) Stiltner. Early in her life, she moved to Raymond and graduated from Raymond High School. Following that, she attended Green River Community College in Auburn where she obtained her nursing...
Donald Chance
Mar 15, 2007
Ocean Park resident, Donald B. Chance, 75, died March 15, 2007 in Klipsan Beach. He was born November 3, 1931 in Paso Robles, CA to Ridley and Merle (Noyes) Chance. Early on, the family moved to Forest Grove, OR and he graduated from high school there. Mr. Chance joined the Navy in 1951 and served until 1955. He was an...
Roxie Archer
Mar 13, 2007
Mary Ann "Roxie" Archer, 91, of Surfside died peacefully at her home on March 13, 2007. Roxie was born December 26, 1915 in Brookfield, Mo., one of three girls, one brother. In early 1940's she moved to Tri-Cities, WA where in 1949 she married Bob Archer, to whom she was married until his death in 1997. In 1981 Roxie and...
Emma Johnson
Mar 10, 2007
Ocean Park resident, Emma Louise Johnson, died March 10, 2007 at the age of 81 after a short illness. The oldest of 8 children of John C. And Iris (Hutchinson) Watson, Emma was born November 6, 1925 in Clare, Michigan. She attended school in Michigan and after graduating from high school she moved to Alabama where she worked at a...
Allene Edmondson
Mar 5, 2007
Allene Marie (Williams) Edmondson passed away in her home in Naselle, WA on Monday, March 5. Allene was born in Puyallup, WA on December 30, 1941 to Allison and Ethel Williams. She spent her childhood in the Sumner area. Allene had a MA degree in education and retired from teaching after 25 years. Allene had a love for horses her...
Juanita Winn
Mar 3, 2007
Long Beach resident Juanita Winn, 90, died March 3, 2007 in Ilwaco. The daughter of David and Katherine (Ackerman) Pohl, she was delivered by a midwife in the small community of Crooked Stick, Saskatchewan, Canada. Her parents lived just over the border in North Dakota and that is where she lived until the family moved to College Place, Washington. There...
Donna Lee Bashore
Mar 2, 2007
Donna L. Bashore, 59, died March 2, 2007 in Long Beach where she had resided the past three years. The daughter of George and Marion (Jacobs) Bashore, she was born July 22, 1947 in Pontiac, Illinois. Donna lived in Pontiac and then in California during her early years before settling in the Seattle-Tacoma area where she resided until moving to...
Evelyn Ruckman
Feb 27, 2007
Evelyn K. Ruckman, 90, died February 27, 2007 at her Klipsan Beach, Washington residence. The daughter of William and Dolly (Elvy) LeValley, she was born in Waverly, Washington on August 1, 1916. She grew up on Sandpoint, Idaho and her school years were in Lewiston, Idaho where she graduated from high school in 1934. She attended Lewiston Normal School, now...
Oscar Kilian
Feb 23, 2007
Oscar H. Kilian, 91, of Chinook, WA died February 23, 2007 at the family home. He was born February 16, 1916 in Elk, WA (which is outside of Spokane) to William and Frieda (Wunderlick) Killian. Both of Oscar's parents were from Germany. His dad was in the textile business in Germany and New York. Oscar lived in Portland from 1936...
Honor Seed
Feb 22, 2007
Obituary of Honor Seed Ocean Park, WA resident Honor Seed, 53, died February 22, 2007 at his home following a long battle with cancer. He was born Daniel T. Brown on April 10, 1953 in Brookline, MA to Walter E. and JennieV (Prindle) Brown. Early on, the family moved to the La Canada/Flintridge area of Los Angeles where he attended...
Kenneth Crumbaugh
Feb 20, 2007
Ocean Park resident Kenneth L. Crubaugh, 82, died February 20, 2007 in Long Beach. The son of William and Daisy (Ward) Crubaugh, he was born on Patch Grove, Wisconsin on January 2, 1925. Ken grew up on the family farm, attended local schools, and early on developed his work ethic. Ken was a farmer. He lived and worked in Wisconsin...
Kermit Bishop
Feb 19, 2007
Kermit J. Bishop, 74, passed away February 19, 2007 at his Ocean Park, Washington residence where he had been residing with his wife Annette. Death was due to prostate cancer. Kermit was born December 26, 1932 in Scobey, Montana to Grace and Raymond Bishop and moved to Tacoma, WA when he was very young. Kermit was the youngest of 9...
Samie Starr
Feb 17, 2007
Shirley Lee "Samie" Starr, 59, of Nahcotta, died February 17, 2007 in Ilwaco, WA. Samie was born May 21, 1947 in Tacoma WA to Leon and Audrey (Chambers) Aegerter. She was raised in Tacoma and attended school there, graduating in 1965. Samie and James Starr were married in Ellensburg, WA on December 5, 1980. They moved to Nahcotta in 1998....
Ethel Starheim
Feb 16, 2007
Ocean Park resident Ethel H. Starheim, 72, died February 16, 2007 in Long Beach. The daughter of John and Katie (Kline) Jones, she was born November 5, 1934 in North Dakota. She grew up on the family farm and remembered climbing out a second story window onto a snow drift at her home during a particularly severe winter storm. When...
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