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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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A Celebration of Life service will be held for Darin Dow on Saturday, May 14 at Hunters Inn in Naselle at 2 p.m....
A Celebration of Life service will be held for Jacquey Ostervold on Sunday, May 15 at 1 p.m., at St. James Episcopal Church in Cathlamet. A reception will follow at St. James Family Center....
Vivian Luella Olsen, 89, of Cathlamet, died April 15, 2022 at her home. A graveside service will be held at Greenwood Cemetery Mausoleum on Saturday, April 23 at 11:00 a.m., with a Celebration of Life following at Linda and Jerry DeBriae's home at 32 Monroe Acres Drive, Cathlamet. A full obituary will follow next week. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Carol Wood Cole, 80, of Cathlamet, passed away April 1, 2022. Carol was born to John and Lillian Reynolds on July 30, 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Carol met her husband, Wayne, at a party in March of 1968 and he proposed to her on their second date. They were married June 14, 1968. She is survived by their loving children Spencer and Elizabeth Cole. Carol spent her career as a Registered Nurse. She graduated from University of Cincinnati with a BSN and later in life completed her Master of Public H...
Quin Don Bassi, 72 of Skamokawa, died April 6, 2022 at his home. He was born March 10, 1950 in Puyallup to Henry and Mary (Ryden) Bassi. He graduated from Puyallup High School in 1968 and began commercial fishing and working on charter boats. He fished in Alaska until 2007. After high school he was a bucking bronco rider in rodeos for several years. He also logged in Larson Bay and Kodiak, Alaska. On October 2, 2004 he married his wife, Connie. He enjoyed trips to Mexico and Jamaica. He loved his family and especially enjoyed time with his...
Theodore Willard Swanson was born on May 30th, 1929 in Rosburg, Washington to Theodore Swante Swanson and Litta Sadie (Knifong) Swanson. He passed away on March 21st, 2022 at his home in Naselle, Washington. The youngest son of 8 children, Teddy was the delight of his mom and six sisters; Lillian Whitten, Olive Johnson, Lenore Sorenson, Florence Cutsforth, Wilma Clark Bond and Gloria Friddle Clark. His brother Willard died before Teddy’s birth. Teddy was raised on the Grays River at the J...
Longtime resident and beloved teacher, Terry Joe Bonny died on March 12, 2022 at his home in Cathlamet. Terry was 79 years old, born on August 6, 1942 in Sunnyside Wa to Lyle and Lois (Rathbun) Bonny. He grew up in the small Yakima Valley town of Sunnyside and graduated from high school there in 1960. He played freshman football at the University of Oregon, continuing his education at Eastern Washington University, graduating in 1965 and later earning his Masters degree. That same year he moved...
Richard A. Swart passed away on March 31, 2022 at St. John's Hospital, as a result of natural causes. He was born in Long Beach, CA. in 1942, and raised in the northeast Los Angeles area. After graduation from Eagle Rock High School in 1959, Richard attended Occidental College, eventually transfering to Stanford University, from which he received his Bachelor's in History and Political Science, and Master of Arts degree in Education. After a stint in the U.S. Naval Reserve, Richard entered a...
Marshall Thomas Thomson's final train came into the station on Monday, March 28th. He died at home in Cathlamet after suffering a cardiac incident. He was 77. Marshall was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1944 and grew up in Stevenson, Washington. He went off to study logging engineering at University of Washington. He married Moira Waters in 1967 and earned his degree in 1968. Marshall went to work for Boise Cascade right out of college and took an assignment in Borneo. It was the first of...
Gordon R. Simmons (87) passed away peacefully Sunday March 27, 2022, at his home in Skamokawa. He was being cared for by Irene, his loving wife of 66 years and most recently was receiving hospice care for a heart condition. He is proceeded in death by his parents, Day and Ellen (Bacon Simmons, his brother Gerald Simmons, and sisters Bonita Simmons and Marilyn (Simmons) Durham. He was proud of his family, sons Gordon Jr., Doug, and Steven Simmons and daughters Dianna Johnson and Shelly Russell,...
A Celebration of Life event will be held for Canine Officer Dakota on Wednesday, April 20, from 4-6 p.m., at the Multi-Purpose Room at J.A. Wendt Elementary School in Cathlamet. K-9 Dakota dedicated her life to public service. This event is open to the public. Attendees are asked to bring memories, stories and photos to share....
Randal Ralph "Randy" Rodahl, 59, of Longview, was born January 17, 1963 to Ralph and Juanita (Settle) Rodahl and he passed away March 15, 2022 in Longview. Randy was raised in Cathlamet and graduated from Wahkiakum HS in 1981. He was an athlete, active in FFA and band. His band played at the state level and he was privileged to play for the LCC honors band. He received his Associates Degree in Arts and Sciences from LCC where he played on the golf team. Prior to his 32 year career at Longview...
b. May 1, 1938, d. March 14, 2022 Donald Melvin Coates ("Don") passed away March 14, 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska after a brief illness. His family notes that this was "Pi Day," particularly appropriate since Don loved pie (lemon meringue was his favorite). He was born in Cathlamet, Washington on May 1, 1938 to Ora Wright Coates (later Snyder) and Melvin Coates, the third of three children and only son. Growing up in Cathlamet, he loved horses, teasing his big sisters Ora Loraine and Shirley, and...
Former Cathlamet resident Randal Ralph Rodahl, 59, of Longview, died March 15, 2022. A full obituary will appear next week. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
The service for Juanita Rodahl originally planned for March 27 has been postponed to May 7, 2022, place to be determined. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
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...
