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Robert Patterson, 55, of Skamokawa, died March 8, 2019 at SW WA Medical Center Vancouver. A memorial service will be held on Sunday Mar 17 at 4 p.m., at Vallley Bible church in Rosburg. A full obituary will follow next week. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Lifelong resident Kay Cochran, 72, of Cathlamet, died on March 12 in a Vancouver care center. A funeral service will be held on Sunday March 17 at 1 p.m., at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Puget Island. A full obituary will follow next week. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
On February 24th, 2019, Howard Ray Nelson passed away peacefully in Longview, surrounded by his family. He was born January 11, 1931 to Eva Irene and Richard Nelson in GoldenTownship, Nebraska. He attended school there until the family moved to Roseburg, Oregon. At six years of age, Howard began carrying oil cans for his father who was cutting old growth timber. At 16, he then worked as a scaler. Howard continued working in the industry all of his life, first as a timber faller, then a truck...
Wayne Everett Cole, 77, of Cathlamet, died February 18, 2019 at home in the comfort of his wife. Wayne was born to Elmer Ira Cole and Zelma Lee Thrasher on September 2, 1941 in Ontario, Oregon. He was the fourth of five children. He graduated from Boise high school in 1960 and later attended classes at Mt. Hood Community College. In his childhood he enjoyed hunting for jackrabbits and going fishing with his family. In high school he served with the ROTC and joined the Marine Corps immediately...
Carlton Appelo, born on a fishing boat to Astoria, Ore. from Deep River, Wash. on May 12, 1922, lived in Deep River and Rosburg for 96 years and died Feb. 12, 2019, in Astoria. Naselle High's 1939 student body president, he helped run the Students' Coop (a kind of fraternity system for, and owned by, students from small towns) at the University of Washington, earning a BA in 1943. He served as a Captain on Okinawa, where he survived a fusillade of incandescent tracer bullets he never forgot,...
Loretta (Badger) Carter, 58, of Longview, died February 10, 2019 at Hospice Care Center. She was born May 24, 1960 to Raymond and Caroline (Chapman) Badger in Longview. She grew up in Wahkiakum County attending school in Rosburg and graduating from Naselle High School. She lived in Longview and Madras, Ore., returning to Longview where she was a well-loved caregiver of many local people. She is remembered by her family, friends and coworkers as a loving, compassionate woman who always went...
Fred J. Aegerter was born in Reconvilier, Switzerland on April 5, 1946 to Gottfried and Frieda (Wuhl) Aegerter. He passed away February 15, 2019 in Woodland, Washington at the age of 72. Fred’s family came to Canada in 1948 with Fred spending his second birthday aboard ship on the Atlantic. Seven years later the family moved from Quebec to the Pacific Northwest in search of a place with a milder climate. The family eventually settled on Puget Island in 1956. After Fred graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1964, he served in the U.S. Army. H...
Wayne E. Cole, 77, of Puget Island, died February 18, 2019 at home. A full obituary will follow in the next edition of The Eagle....
Donald Ray Ostling, 74, of Longview, died Februry 14, 2019 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. He was born to Anton and Bernice Ostling on September 3, 1944 in Cathlamet. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1962 where he enjoyed playing football, basketball and baseball. He joined the Army in 1965 and spent six years. In 1972 he married Barbara. He fished commercially for over 45 years on the Kenai Peninsula and the Columbia River, finishing his last season in the past summer. In 2009 Barbara preceded him in death. He was also preceded...
On February 9, 2019, we lost our beloved husband, father, granddaddy, great-granddaddy, brother, and friend, Dr. W. Boone Mora. He was born on July 16, 1931, in Alamance County, North Carolina to Leo and Lily Mora. While he was serving in the US Navy, he met Jean Langer on a long train ride from San Bernardino, CA to Chicago, IL. After he completed his service to our country, they married on August 9, 1953. After they were married, he pursued his education and received his Doctorates Degree of...
Vernon G. Olson, 91, of Cathlamet (Puget Island) died on January 28, 2019 at St. John Medical Center in Longview. He was born in Longview on September 19, 1927 to Selmar “Sam” and Hilda (Nordine) Olson. The family moved from Ryderwood to Cathlamet when he was young, living at Crown Zellerbach family camp in the Elochoman Valley, then moving to Puget Island. Vern lived in the family home on Puget Island for 75 years. In 1945 he graduated from Wahkiakum High School and attended Oregon State University. He enjoyed playing on the town baseball and...
Hobart Leroy Thacker, "Hoby" died at 95, on December 22, 2018 in Longview. He was born on October 30, 1923 in Chandler, Oklahoma to Garrett and Fannie (Leffler) Thacker. He graduated from Barnsdall, Okla. High School in 1942 and attended Community College before joining the US Navy in 1943. He met Clara Doane in Anacortes, WA while serving in the Navy there and they married in December 1944. After his discharge in 1946, they lived in various places before settling in Skamokawa in 1951. He had...
Vernon G. Olson, 91, of Puget Island, died January 28, 2019 at St. John Medical Center. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. A full obituary will follow next week....
May Florence Adair, age 90, died at home in Naselle, Washington on January 10, 2019. Services will be at the Naselle Assembly of God Church on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. Private interment will be at the Peaceful Hill Cemetery in Naselle. May was the daughter of Wilho F. and Aili Lindstrom Saari and was born at home in Naselle. She attended Naselle High School and graduated in the class of 1946. She and H. Robert "Bob" Johnson were married on August 26, 1950. They ran a Grade A dairy...
Robert Wegdahl, 91, of Longview, was born in Vega, Norway, to August and Hilda (Pedersen) Wegdahl. He died in Longview on December 23, 2018. Robert attended Cathlamet schools. He served in the Army during World War 11, and retired as a commercial fisherman in 1995. Robert was a member of the American Legion and the Elks. He was a Husky and Mariner fan but cheered loudest at his granchildren’s sporting events. Robert enjoyed fishing at Willow Grove and Puget Island, going to casinos, golfing, d...
Betty Jane Koziel, 85, of Skamokawa died January 12, 2019 in Vancouver. She was born in Pompeys Pillar, Montana on May 19, 1933 to Henry and Elizabeth (Klundt) Almer. She was raised in Vancouver, later moving to Ridgefield where she raised her children and in 1979 she moved to Skamokawa and married Jim Koziel. He preceded her in August 2018. She owned and operated the Oasis Tavern in Skamokaws for many years and was well loved by her patrons. She loved their home in Skamokawa where she was an...
Jayne Poppe went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on December 25, 2018. She was born July 13, 1932 in Colton, Oregon to Sam and Dessel (Crawford) Gray. Jayne went to school in Colton, first grade to high school graduation. Her home was across from the school so she was involved in many activities there. When she wasn't in school, she was very involved with 4-H. Jayne graduated from Colton High School in 1950. After graduation, Jayne had a couple of odd jobs. Then she began to work for Kapler Lumber Company in Mulino, Oregon. After...
Marilyn (Lynn) H. Wilson nee House died January 1, 2019 at the age of 86 in Coronado, Calif., from colon cancer. Lynn was born August 30, 1932 to Millard B. House and Hildur C. House. She grew up in St. Paul, Minn., and married her first husband Thomas P. Rose. They built a home on the St. Croix River in St. Mary's Point, Minn. She owned and operated a chain of women's dress stores, Lynn Rose Fashions, for 26 years in the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin. During that time she was married to Robert T. Wilson. They retired initially to...
Nancy C. Owen, 84, of Castle Rock, died January 2, 2019 at Community Hospice. She was born in Wolf Creek, N. Carolina on August 27, 1934 to John and Etta Shelton. She received a basic education in a one-room schoolhouse and was raised in the Baptist Church. She married Bill Owen on October 11, 1952. In 1961 they moved to Cathlamet where they lived until 1992. While living in Cathlamet, Nancy was a caregiver for many local children and is lovingly remembered by them as a great cook and baker who...
John Arthur Boldt, age 33, died December 31, 2018 in Nuevo, Calif, at home, of complications from diabetes. He was born to Brenda Lee Wika and John Edward Boldt on October 24, 1985 in Astoria, Ore. John worked as a glazier in the union and traveled, working and visiting many places. He enjoyed racing cars, mechanic work and riding motorcycles, and loved family time. John is survived by his mother Brenda and stepdad John Beatty; sisters Hayley and Seana Boldt and Jillian Boldt-Doss (Jeff);...
Hobart Leroy Thacker, "Hoby" died at 95, on December 22, 2018 in Longview. He was born on October 30, 1923 in Chandler, Oklahoma to Garrett and Fannie (Leffler) Thacker. He graduated from Barnsdall, Okla. High School in 1942 and attended Community College before joining the US Navy in 1943. He met Clara Doane in Anacortes, WA while serving in the Navy there and they married in December 1944. After his discharge in 1946, they lived in various places before settling in Skamokawa in 1951. He had...
Donald Theodore Zilmer of Aberdeen passed away Saturday, December 1st, 2018 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. He was 85. Donald was born on March 9, 1933 to Otto and Lydia Zilmer in Belgrade, MN where he grew up. He met his wife Kathy at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN as both were recovering from surgery. Kathy and Donald married on January 16, 1976 in South Dakota. In Minnesota Donald attended school in Belgrade and Brooten and was a member of the Evangelical Church where he was confirmed...
Dolores Nadine Nelson, 87, of Rosburg, died December 6, 2018 at Canterbury Gardens in Longview. She was born December 31, 1930 to Rudolph and Ellen (Keranen) Larson. She was a lifelong Wahkiakum County resident attending Naselle-Grays River Valley schools. She married Roy Nelson on May 8, 1948 and they raised their children in Rosburg, where she worked at Appelo's Store as a clerk for many years. Dolores was an avid Comets fan and never missed a school event or ball game. She enjoyed playing...
Coral Eva Linquist 1920-2018 Longtime beloved Cathlamet resident Coral Eva Linquist, 97, passed away November 26, 2018 at The Villager Inn Retirement Center. She was born December 25, 1920 to Avery Swink and Coral Jennings. Her mom died when she was just a few days old and she was raised by her mom's sister Kate Jennings and Joe Jennings in Skamokawa WA. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1940. She married Jack Linquist May 25, 1940. Mrs. Linquist did her part in World War II working...
Richard (Rick) Carlsen died on September 21, 2018 at his home in Sunnyvale, California, aged 82. Rick was born in 1936 to John Carlsen and Helen Weber Carlsen. He grew up on the floathouse in West Birnie Slough on Puget Island. He went to the grade school on the Island and he graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1953. In 1954 Rick's father took the family for a year to his hometown in Norway, so that Rick and his siblings Rodney and Kayrene would be exposed to the Norwegian way of life. During Rick's 3 1/2 years of military service in...
