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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Oct. 9, 1934-Nov. 26, 2020 Former Puget Island resident Rick Damitio passed away on Thanksgiving Day in Olympia. It was his favorite holiday because he was surrounded by family and friends. For more information, visit the Woodlawn Funeral Home's website, https://woodlawn-funeralhome.com/obituaries/richard-james-damitio/1047/....
Everett William Hilker was born in Rising Sun, Indiana, On June 26, 1943 on a bed behind his aunt's kitchen stove. He had three older sisters. Rosalie was 15 years old, Julia was 12 years old, and Juanita was almost 8 when Everett was born. He graduated in 1961 from Rising Sun high school and married Kathy Ranel the following year. They spent a few years moving around the United States. They were in California while he was in the Air Force they were in Texas they were in Portland Oregon and...
Philip Arthur Vik was born on March 9th, 1943 in Portland, Oregon. He was the first child of Art and Margaret Vik. He attended the Puget Island Schoolhouse until it was closed and students were transferred to Cathlamet schools. Philip grew up on his parents' dairy farm and it was apparent even as a child that he was a farmer at heart. He raised chickens and sold eggs, but his real interest was in dairy cattle. He bought his first purebred Brown Swiss calf when he was in grade school and never lo...
John Gordon Oman, 87, of Puget Island, died November 2, 2020 at Canterbury Inn in Longview. Gordy was born November 21, 1932 in Clatskanie, Oregon to John Ture and Dora Mae (Laughlin) Oman. The family moved to Puget Island where Gordy attended grade school and later graduated from Wahkiakum High School, in 1951. He joined the Navy Reserves in 1950 and remained until 1964 as a reservist. In 1952 he joined the Navy and became a Seabee, serving in North Africa, Cuba and Newfoundland. On March 22, 1957 he married Vera Mae Bopp. He worked for...
A graveside service will be held for Edward Gaidrich on Saturday, November 7 at 1 p.m., at Seal River Cemetery in Rosburg. Because of Covid, there will be no inside gathering after the service. His full obituary was published in the October 22, 2020 edition of The Eagle....
Our dad climbed mountains; one foot in front of the other. No matter what he encountered in life, he tried the same approach: To him resting was an insult. After decades of severe heart and lung complications, and miraculously strong recoveries, he was genuinely bewildered as to why he felt tired and worn out at the age of 92. On Friday, September 25, 2020, Edward Gaidrich's body defied his spirit and mind. He sat in his easy chair, the day's mail in his lap, and for the final time, he did the...
Jean Louise Kenner died October 16, 2020 at home with her family close by. She was born April 2, 1928 on Puget Island to Torleif and Hazel Wika. She grew up on The Island and graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1946. She met Ralph right out of school. They were married October 6, 1946. They had three children. They moved to California in 1955. After their children graduated, they moved back to Cathlamet in 1972. Jean worked for the cannery in Cordova, Alaska for many years. After Alaska they...
Marie Elizabeth Schwarze, 84, of Cathlamet, died October 10, 2020 at Somerset Retirement Home in Longview. She was born June 26, 1936 in Schenectady, New York to William and Marie VanValkenburg. She married William (Bill) Schwarze in August 1960. Marie and her family moved to Cathlamet in 1975 when they purchased Cathlamet Building Materials. She proudly served on the school board for the Wahkiakum School District and loved the community and enjoyed participating in community events, especially the Friends of Skamokawa annual Review and loved...
Nancy Joy (Adams) Corbin, 79, of Lewis County, WA died peacefully in her home at 4:15 PM on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 surrounded by her family. Nancy was born May 28, 1941 in East LaPorte, North Carolina to Frank A. Adams and Rose Marie (Robbins) Adams. Nancy was a high achiever in High School but got married at the age of 17 to her husband Phillip Corbin in 1958 pausing completion of high school. It was in 1987 that she went to Lower Columbia College to complete the requirements to receive a...
Jane Elizabeth Keatley Harmer, a 1955 graduate of Wahkiakum High School, died at her home in Campbell, California on October 3 after a long illness. She was 83 years old. Jane Harmer was born in Astoria on February 18, 1937 and grew up in Skamokawa. She was the daughter of Robert Keatley, a dairy farmer, and Eva Keatley, a primary teacher who taught in both the former Skamokawa and Cathlamet grade schools. After high school, Ms. Harmer earned a 1959 degree in home economics at the University of Washington and a year later became a licensed...
On September 15th, 2020 Freda Carlene Jones Moore Wika passed away peacefully at age 87 in Texas. Freda was born in Cathlamet, Washington in 1933. After graduating high school she was a professional model in Florida and Portland for Jantzen, Meier and Frank and U. and I. Sugar. Later she served as director of Wendy Wards modeling school in Longview and taught at the John Robert Powers modeling school. In 1955 she married John Campbell Moore and they had four children together. After his...
1-29-1932 - 8-3-2020 Dorothy passed away peacefully at home with family by her side on 8-3-2020. She was born in Moneta, Virginia, in Bedford County to Willie O. Thomas and Myrtle (Wilks) Thomas. Her parents later divorced and Myrtle and Dorothy moved to Curlew, Wash., and then to Tekoe, Wash. Her mother married Paul Henett who raised Dorothy and her brothers. Dorothy graduated from Tekoe High School in 1949. She played piano and tap danced. Dorothy married Jim Comingo and they had a son Michael...
Catherine “Kay” Buennagel lived a beautiful, generous, and loving life for 97 years. She will be remembered as selfless, kind, and devoted by her nine children, 17 grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Kay was born on September 9, 1922 in Indianapolis, IN to Earl and Martha (Dodson) Mitchell. She graduated from Shortridge High School in 1940 and in 1944 she graduated from the St. Vincent School of Nursing in Indianapolis. She especially loved working in the OR. On November 14, 1944 she married Charlie Bue...
Louise A. Arness, 90, formerly of Cathlamet, died August 23, 2020 at a Shelton care center. She was born June 25, 1930 in Hatfield, PA to Clinton and Alice Ott. The family moved to Washington where Louise attended school in Cathlamet. She married Ole Arness who preceded her in death. She moved to Seattle and worked in the insurance business for many years before returning to Longview to be near family. Louise loved to go dancing and spend time with family and friends. She is survived by sons Steve, Philip and Brian Arness, eight grandchildren,...
Joan Foster Leonard was born on September 8, 1926 in Chehalis, Washington to J. Bryan Foster and Theresa Maine Running Foster. She attended schools in Oregon and graduated from Milwaukie Union High School in 1944 and Oregon State College in 1948. In 1949, she received a degree in Elementary Education from Southern Oregon College and in 1970 she completed her Masters degree in School Administration at University of Puget Sound. In November 1950, Joan married Ray Leonard. Joan and Ray had six...
Mary Ellen (Simukka) Saari, 85, of Naselle, WA, died peacefully on August 18, 2020, in Longview, WA. She was born on February 13, 1935, to Matt and Ester Simukka and was a life-long resident of, in her words, “good-ole Naselle.” She loved her Lord, family, friends, hometown, and her Finnish heritage. While in high school, she played the clarinet in the band as well as in the Naselle Assembly of God orchestra. She also played the piano and sang duets with her sister Helen in church. She graduated from Naselle High School in 1954 and wed the lov...
Collan C. Riley, age 26, of Vancouver, WA, died on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 as a passenger in a single car accident in Yacolt, WA. He was born an identical twin on February 19, 1994 in Portland, OR to Michael and Marie Riley. He was a 2012 graduate from Wahkiakum High School. Collan served in the Army as an Intelligence Analyst from July 2012 to January 2016, stationed in Fort Wainwright, AK, followed by service in the Army Reserves until July 2018. He worked as an armed security officer for...
Stanley Rangila, age 83, died peacefully at his home in Deep River on August 3, to be reunited with his wife Helen, who predeceased him in 2018, and his Lord Jesus. Born on February 12, 1937, Stanley was the only son of Eino and Martha Rangila and a lifelong resident of Deep River. He was both a farmer and a logger, loved doing both and took immense pride in having worked as a logger when logging was king. He had an inquisitive mind and a wicked sense of humor. He derived great pleasure in...
A celebration of life service will be held for Robert “Bob” Brons on Saturday, August 15 at 2 p.m., at the Elochoman Marina in Cathlamet. His full obituary was published March 5, 2020 in The Eagle....
Fred Cantrell, 81- A Life Well Lived Enthusiastic, friendly and intelligent would be the first three things new friends would take note of when meeting Fred Cantrell. Fred was a man of many interests that ranged from travel to hunting to gemology and who whole-heartedly embarked on each new adventure life presented to him. Fred was born June 29th, 1939 to Fred Herbert Cantell Sr. and Shirley Sawtell Cantrell in Pueblo, Colorado. He graduated high school from Clackamas High School in 1957. He ser...
Lloyd David “Buzz” Benjamin died July 24, 2020 at the age of 73. He was born in Cass Lake, Minnesota to Ernest Edmund Benjamin, and Margaret Helen Benjamin. He graduated from Cass Lake High School and then joined the United States Air Force. In the Air Force he served for nine years at which time he was sent to the Vietnam War. He married Nancy and from this union Jodi was born. Lloyd received his Bachelors degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. He dedicated over 50 years of his life to the field of Cosmetology, even becoming the direc...
Merle A. Brockway, 84, of Longview, died July 25, 2020 at his home. He was born in Oronoco, Minnesota on September 18, 1935 to Lloyd and Elsie (Roslach) Brockway. He was one of eight children. His family moved to Cathlamet where he was raised and attended school before he started his long logging career. In the mid fifties he married Darlene, his first wife and they had two children, Phillip and Beverlee and later divorced. He married Joanne Cook on June 5, 1965. He and Joanne lived in Skamokawa from 1965 until 1994 when they moved to...
Donald Nels Marsyla, known to many as "Soupy," 71, died at his home on Puget Island on July 25, 2020. Don was born to Mike and Elna (Nelson) Marsyla in Centralia on January 19, 1949. They moved to Skamokawa where Don was raised and attended his early schooling. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1967. He was well known for his love of classic cars and trucks over his lifetime but his greatest pride and joy was his son, Chad. They shared such good times and joy filled moments. He was...
Katherine Lee Rostad, at 66 years old, died on July 18, 2020, of a 12-year battle against cancer. She was the loving wife of Bjarne Rostad. They spent 42 wonderful years together. Born in Longview, Washington, on March 17, 1954, she was the beautiful daughter of Oral and Thelma Thompson. She graduated from Columbia River High School, and Lewis and Clark College. She worked as a teacher and substitute teacher until becoming a full-time wife and mother. She was a devoted Seventh-day Adventist,...
Michele Hattrick Eaves died June 18, 2020 at OHSU in Portland following a massive stroke. She was born to Jack and Delores Hattrick on August 11, 1959 in Longview, and resided with her family in Cathlamet until she graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1977. She married Bob Eaves and raised their two children Christopher Eaves and Jayme Eaves in Kelso where she worked for the Kelso School District for the past 25 years. At the time of her death Michele was Secretary at Wallace Elementary...
