Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Terry J. Bonny 79, of Cathlamet, died March 12, 2022 at his home in Cathlamet. A full obituary will follow next week. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Interment of Roger Peek's ashes will take place March 26, 2022, 1 p.m., at Greenwood Cemetery. He was born October 17, 1944 and died January 26, 2021. His obituary was published in the April 15, 2021 edition of The Eagle....
A tribute to the life of Ben Elkinton will be held Sunday March 20, 2 p.m., at the Norse Hall - 444 SR 409, on Puget Island. Refreshments and food to follow directly after the service....
Robert L. Burkhalter passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. A beloved husband, father, fisherman, farmer, teacher and veteran, he was a few days shy of his 90th birthday. Bob was born March 3, 1932 to Louis Alfred and Lena Burkhalter in Menlo, Wash. He grew up as part of a large family on a dairy farm. He attended and graduated from Valley High School, where he excelled in track, basketball and football. After graduation Bob served in the Air Force during the Korean War....
Benjamin Joseph Elkinton of Cathlamet, died February 28, 2022. He was born October 10, 1947 in Oakland, Calif., to Richard Elkinton and Elisabeth Robertson. After having lived much of his early life in California and Colorado, Ben settled in the Elochoman Valley in 2004 with his then-wife, Laurie (nee Bennett). Ben operated Lower Columbia Recycling and also maintained a small farm along the Elochoman River, raising various livestock periodically. Ben's passion for helping others was a driving...
A celebration of life for Richard Allen Kandoll will be held April 16, 2022, 1.p.m., at the Rosburg Hall in Rosburg. He was born October 6, 1957, and died November 8, 2021. People attending are invited to bring their thoughts and memories....
Obituaries July 28, 1964 – January 22, 2022 Lesa Wiborg (née Burns) was born at St. John's Hospital in Longview, Washington, on July 28, 1964, to Donna and LeRoy Burns. She grew up with her older brother, Les Burns, and her parents in Cathlamet, Washington, in the Elochoman Valley on the Elochoman River. Lesa attended Wahkiakum High School where she was a cheerleader, a gifted piano player, and a top student, eventually graduating as salutatorian in 1983. She was a woman who aspired to a wi...
Thelma Marie Miller, 80, of Deep River, died January 30 at her home of 55 years. She was born in Cathlamet September 30, 1941 to Ivan and Mildred (Lindgren) Jones. She graduated from Naselle High School in 1959 and attended Business College in Portland, Oregon. On August 27, 1961 she married Bob Miller at the Naselle Congregational Church. After raising her children she went to work at Okie’s Market in Naselle in 1980. She worked there for 20 years and loved her job as produce manager. Thelma loved Christmas, her cookie jar collection, d...
Former Cathlamet resident Cecelia Marie Barr died February 6, 2022, just days before her 104th birthday. She was born February 11, 1918 in Portland, Ore., and was one of four children born to Kolman and Clementine Nissl. Cecelia spent her early years in Gaston and Carlton, Ore. Her family eventually moved to McMinnville, Ore., and Cecelia graduated from McMinnville H.S. in 1936. After graduation, she moved to Portland, Ore., where family and friends lived. She worked at several Portland firms...
Bruce Moore, 78, affectionately known as Bubba, died on February 10th in Longview. Bruce was born on February 9, 1944 in Tulare California, the only child of LaVerne and Leota (Morris) Moore. He grew up there and graduated from Tulare High in 1962. Bruce joined the US Air Force where he spent four years. He was proud of the work he did as an Aero Medical Specialist helping rescue and save lives in Vietnam. Upon return he attended The College of the Sequoias in Visalia for two years. On July 4, 1964 he married Patricia Burnett whom he was...
Theo Ruth Ferguson was born February 28, 1928 in Moorcroft, Wyoming to her parents James G. Dickinson and Shirley Schultz Dickinson. She was the youngest of four daughters. When she was eight years old her family moved to Falls City, Oregon. She graduated from Falls City High School and a year later married Milton Chauncey Ferguson, also from Falls City. They spent their early married life there. When Milton started working for the Oregon State Park Service they lived at Humbug Mountain State...
Kenneth Kandoll A memorial service will be held for Kenneth J. Kandoll on March 5, 2022, noon, at the Naselle Assembly of God church. His full obituary appeared in the August 12, 2021 edition of The Eagle....
Christopher Luthi, 54, of Skamokawa, died February 15, 2022. Services are pending and a full obituary will appear at a later date....
7/30/1943-2/1/2022 I would like to say a few words about this man...a son, a brother, a husband, father, grandfather. He filled many roles, and I truly mean it when I say...he FILLED every role, as full as he was capable. He loved those “labels” and never minded for a moment, the work, physically and emotionally, it took to do so. He did all of the usual things, being there for special times, always guiding in the right direction, sharing the load so it wasn't so heavy...but you know what he did the very best? He loved...with everything in him...
Crystal Ann Clark died January 5, 2022, in Longview. She was born at Cowlitz General Hospital in Longview on October 26, 1969, to Robert and Linda Clark. She grew up in Cathlamet, spending her time at Marie’s where her Grandma Wendell cooked, at her grandparents house by the marina, on the island at the beach, and hanging out with her friends. She enjoyed spending summers at the county fair, the coast, camping with her family, and holidays in Toledo with her Grandma Rosalie and extended family. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1...
Fred Valero Bennett Senior died January 20, 2022. Born September 6, 1935, in Grace, Idaho, Fred attended Idaho State University after graduating from Grace High School. He worked as a horseback Park Ranger in Yellowstone National Park during the summers while at college. He moved to Washington state in 1957. A year later, while bear hunting, he was introduced to his blue eyed soul mate, LaRita Lucille White. They married December 6, 1958 and added four more children to the four LaRita had from...
Maxine Eloise Ondricek died December 27, 2021 at home in Cathlamet. She was born in Yerrington, Nevada on March 4,1935. She is survived by a daughter, Lyda Ondricek. A private burial will take place at Greenwood Cemetery in Cathlamet with Dowling Funeral Home in charge of arrangements....
Patricia “Trish” Shroyer, 65, died December 13, 2021 at her home in Cathlamet, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Long Beach, California on March 7,1956, Trish graduated from Hudson’s Bay High School in Vancouver Wa in 1974, where her family had relocated. She attended Clark College and lived in several places over the years following. In June of 1995 she married the love of her life, Randy Shroyer, in Vancouver. She enjoyed her work as an Estate Sale Handler and the time she and Randy spent in White Salmon. They owned a Bed and B...
Marilyn Kay Wilt, former Cathlamet resident, died December 17, 2021 in Longview. She was born December 20, 1951. She was raised in Skamokawa and attended school in Skamokawa and Cathlamet. She married Ron Wilt in 1974. She commercial fished with her family in Bristol Bay, Alaska for many years. She also worked as a caregiver and in several retail stores in Longview. In later years she helped as a caregiver for her sister, Margaret. Marilyn enjoyed her family and doing ceramics, tending her hummingbirds and gardening. She and Ron were avid...
Robert "Bob" James Burdick March 6, 1947 - November 20, 2021 Bob Burdick was born in Longview, WA to Donald and Claire (Jackson) Burdick. He grew up in the nearby logging town of Cathlamet, WA. Bob was the youngest of three rambunctious boys, and he loved sports. He competed in baseball, football, basketball and track, but Bob really excelled at golf and saw a future there. After he graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1965, Bob studied Business at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, WA and...
Mary Bernice Cothren, lovingly known as Babe, 77, a lifelong Cathlamet resident, died December 8, 2021 at her home in Cathlamet. Mary was born in Cathlamet on October 3, 1944 to Sigvard and Ruth (Olson) Vog. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1962. After her first marriage, she divorced and married Kenith Cothren on December 20, 1983; he preceded her in 2006. She was a well known and loved waitress at several restaurants in the local community ending her career at the Duck Inn in 1994. From 1986 to 1989 Mary and Kenny lived in...
Juanita Rodahl, longtime Cathlamet resident, died at her home on December 7, 2021. Juanita was born in Joaquin, Texas to Thomas and Lillian (McBride) Settle on March 27,1933. She graduated from Tenaha Texas High School in 1950. She worked as a telephone operator for 10 years and in 1960 she married Ralph. She and Ralph opened the Skyline Golf Course in 1966. They loved the golf course and their golfers. Everyone who played there enjoyed Ralph and Juanita from the out of town tournament golfers...
David Zimmerman, 83, of Cathlamet, died December 8, 2021, after a month long stay at a Longview nursing home. He was born January 30, 1938, in Moberly, Missouri to Sylvia and Alfred Zimmerman. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri with his five siblings, there was much mischief and humor to fill their days, qualities they carried into adulthood. Though the six eventually lived far apart, they laughed when they were together, and were ever loyal to each other. David joined the Navy at the age of 17 and...
Randy Willard Wirkkala, 68, of Rosburg, WA died November 24, 2021 at home in Eden Valley surrounded by his family after a short battle with multiple cancers. Randy was born on June 27, 1953 to Willard and Mae Wirkkala. He graduated from Naselle High School in 1972, then started his career at Naselle Rock and Asphalt, where he worked for over 40 years. He married Vickie Jolly on May 9, 1975 and they had four children. Randy was a master mechanic and enjoyed tinkering on projects with friends....
Diana M. Weber, Olympia, died November 19, 2021 after a long illness. She was born May 5, 1956 in Salida, Colorado to Dwight and Shirley Williams. They lived in Climax, Colorado until the town was moved to Leadville. She attended the Lake County schools where she graduated at the top of her class in 1974. Diana attended The University of Colorado and received a BS in Journalism with Honors in 1978. In Leadville she was the Editor and General Manager of The Lake County Citizen Newspaper and then the Manager of the Chamber of Commerce. While in...
