Obituaries
Franklin Rockwell
Feb 5, 2007
Franklin "Rocky" D. Rockwell, 89, the only child of Hazel (Garrett) and Jay Smith Rockwell, died Feb. 5, 2007. He was born Dec. 21, 1917, in Spokane. Mr. Rockwell attended elementary and high school in Endicott. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Idaho and earned a degree in education. He made many trips to the Peninsula...
Robert Davis
Jan 27, 2007
OBITUARY OF ROBERT MORAN "Bob" DAVIS Naselle, Washington resident Robert M. "Bob" Davis, 90, died January 27, 2007 in Astoria, Oregon. The only child of Arthur and Mary (Berry) Davis, he was born November 15, 1916 in Portland. His paternal grandparents were Finnish immigrants who settled in the Salmon Creek area east of Naselle in 1879. His father had moved...
Rodney Cofer
Jan 27, 2007
Rodney Ain Cofer, 45, long time resident of Ocean Park, WA died suddenly on January 27, 2007 at his residence. The son of George and Anna (Boyd) Cofer, he was born September 12, 1961 in Vancouver, WA. He spent his formative years in the Vancouver area and attended school there. He moved to the Long Beach Peninsula in 1981 after...
Barbara Barstad
Jan 25, 2007
Ocean Park resident Barbara E. Barstad, 81, died January 25, 2007 in Long Beach. One of five children born to John and Ada (Peel) Lozier, Barb was born in Medford, Oregon on April 9, 1925. Her father was a truck driver and the family lived wherever he found work throughout Oregon. Eventually the family settled in Portland where Barb graduated...
Clara Emery
Jan 21, 2007
Clara H. Emery, 96, died January 21, 2007 in Federal Way, Washington where she had resided the past 30 years. The daughter of Herman and Anna (Matta) Hyrkas, she was born August 23, 1910 in Centerville, Washington. When she was age two she moved with her parents to a farm in Salmon Creek, east of Naselle. Clara attended the Lower...
Ruby Hendricks
Jan 10, 2007
Ruby Jean Hendricks, 73, of Klipsan Beach, WA, died peacefully January 10, 2007 at her home surrounded by her loving husband, family and friends at her side. Ruby was born December 20.1933 in Bradleysville, Missouri to Hiram and Alta (Smith) Lewis. She was the youngest of four children. As a child, the family moved to a large strawberry farm near...
Beulah Raemhild
Jan 9, 2007
Naselle resident Beulah I. Raemhild, 84, died January 9, 2007 at Meridian Park Hospital in Tualatin, Oregon. The daughter of Andrew and Laura Golden, she was born August 2, 1922 in Culbertson, Montana. Beulah married Naselle native Wallace "Wally" Raemhild on January 20, 1945 in Walla Walla, Washington. Following her husbands discharge from the US Army at the end of...
Virginia Jo Dietrich
Jan 6, 2007
Virginia Jo Dietrich, 61, of Ocean Park, WA, former resident of Vancouver, WA, passed away January 6, 2007 with her family and friends at her side. Jo fought a valiant battle with cancer. She was born July 13, 1945 in Fallon, NV to her beloved parents Sid and Ruth (Ferebee) Hessey. Jo's father preceded her in death in 2005. Jo...
Pearl Mainwaring
Jan 5, 2007
OBITUARY OF PEARL LOUISE MAINWARING Long Beach resident Pearl L. Mainwaring, 68, died January 5, 2007 in Long Beach. Born August 28, 1938 in Chewelah, Washington, she was the daughter of Peter and Isabelle (Moore) Deschand. Pearl grew up in rural Stevens County where she participated in 4-H livestock activities and also enjoyed fishing and band. During her freshman year...
Alyce Kjar
Jan 2, 2007
Alyce T. Kjar, 85, a resident of Long Beach, Washington the past 25 years, died January 2, 2007 in Ilwaco, Washington. Born November 26, 1921 in Kamloops, B. C., Canada, Alyce immigrated to the United States as a teenager, settling in the San Francisco Bay area. Following her marriage to Norm Kjar, she settled in Fresno, California. She resided there...
Mary Jones
Dec 29, 2006
A long time resident of the Long Beach Peninsula, Mary 'Irene' Jones died in Kirkland, WA on December 29, 2006. She was 80 years old. Mary Irene LaBreche was born January 19, 1926 in Hartford, Connecticut. She was raised in Connecticut by her parents Mary Haveron LaBreche and Basil E. LaBreche. Irene leaves her two sisters and a brother, Margaret...
Blanche Dickson
Dec 25, 2006
Blanche Amelia Dickson, also known as Rita Moser, 94, a 30 years resident of the Long Beach Peninsula, died December 25, 2006 in Long Beach, WA. The daughter of Will and Katy (Pavelka) Lundak, she was born July 18, 1912 in Niobrara, Nebraska. She worked as a supervisor in the garment industry until retirement. She recently was baptized at the...
Mary Jo Strope
Dec 21, 2006
Ocean Park resident Mary Jo Strope, 71, died December 21, 2006 in Portland, Oregon. Mary Jo was born Aplin, Arkansas on September 14, 1935, to a family of nine children born to William E. and Millie (Carruthers) Carter. She grew up in the Aplin area located on the Ozark Mountains. During her teen years she moved to Wichita, Kansas where...
Claude Wren, Jr.
Dec 19, 2006
Ocean Park resident Claude Allen. Wren, Jr., age 62, died December 19, 2006 after a battle with cancer. The son of Claude and Dorothy (Somers) Wren, he was born Feb. 4, 1944 in Vancouver, WA. Claude grew up in Vancouver and attended Evergreen High School. At the age of 17 he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served during the...
Stan Allen
Dec 19, 2006
Stanley T. Allen, 74, of Ocean Park, WA died December 19, 2006 at Ocean Beach Hospital. Born October 18, 1932 in Oakland, CA, he was the son of James and Jessie (Nolan) Allen. The family lived in Alameda, Ca and he graduated from Alameda High School in 1950. When he was sixteen he met a lovely young lady, Lorry Montross,...
Lee Wiegardt
Dec 17, 2006
Leeland J. "Lee" Wiegardt, 79, died December 17, 2006 in Seaside, Oregon where he had resided the past 2 years. The son of pioneer Peninsula residents Frederic and Anna "Winnie" (Arvin) Wiegardt, he was born in Ogden, Utah on February 12, 1927. Lee grew up in Ocean Park and attended local schools. He attended Whitworth College and the University of...
Pat Butterworth
Dec 16, 2006
Patricia "Pat" Butterworth, 74, died December 16 2006 at her Long Beach, Washington residence. The daughter of John Parker and Helen (McConville) Lawrie, she was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 28, 1932. She received her education at the Royal Mile Primary School in Edinburgh. At age 21 Pat immigrated to the United States, settling in Greenwich, Connecticut. She was...
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