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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...
Richard C. Backman, 82, of Cathlamet, died November 7, 2018 at the Community Hospice in Longview. He was born on Puget Island on March 31, 1936 to George and Geneva (McCoy) Backman. He was raised in Cathlamet and graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1955. In August of 1959 he joined the Army National Guard and was discharged in 1965. He married Roberta Mitchell on March 25, 1961 in Centralia. He and Roberta lived in West Seattle where Dick worked for Boeing for several years. After that he began building homes and duplexes which he did...
Dale “Dee” Satterfield, 82, formerly of Riverside, CA and Cathlamet, died Monday, November 26, 2018 in Arkansas. The daughter of Dale and Pearl (Nixon) Rose was born May 1, 1936 in Los Angeles, California. Dee is survived by three of her six children, 12 grandchildren, several great grandchildren and her brother. Arrangements by Coffman Funeral Home of Harrison, AR. On-line condolences may be left at www.coffmanfh.com....
Kerry Dean Grohs was born in Chehalis, Wa. on, Apr. 17th, 1962 and taken into the hands of the lord on, Nov. 24th 2018 at 4:20pm, (shortly after he asked what time it was). He is preceded in death by his father, Larry E. Grohs, and brother, David Allen Grohs. After a year and a half battle with lung cancer, Kerry succumbed to the illness and crossed into the spirit world surrounded by his loving family, at Rick Hickey Hospice house in Vancouver Wa. Kerry was the youngest of 3 children born to Shirley May Grohs (Toney) and Larry E. Grohs. He...
Coral Eva Linquist, 97, of Cathlamet, died November 26 in Castle Rock. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, December 2, at Dowling Funeral Chapel in Cathlamet at 1 p.m....
Esther Rose (Rosie) Sturm of Cathlamet, age 95, died November 18, 2018 at St. John Medical Center in Longview....
On November 11, 2018, Lenore Madeline Sorenson died peacefully surrounded by family. Lenore was born to Theodore and Litta (Knifong) Swanson on May 10, 1918, in Rosburg, Washington with five sisters and two brothers. She was part of a musical family and she loved to sing and play piano with her sisters while her dad played the fiddle. Later in life she sang with a local quartet of friends. In her early years, Lenore and her sisters rowed a boat up Seal River to attend grade school. She...
Marian "Jean" Lockwood Finely, of Olympia, died October 18, 2018. She was born in July of 1929 to John and Clara Lockwood in Rainier, Ore. She was a graduate of Wahkiakum High School in Cathlamet, Class of 1947. She graduated from University of Washington and University of Washington School of Libraries. She taught school in Seattle and was a librarian in the Olympia school district until her retirement. After retirement Jean volunteered with SHIBA and Friends of the Olympia Library. She was...
Beverly Ann Hopkins Ferdina, 63, of Puget Island, died October 27, 2018 in Longview. She was born July 6, 1955 in Portland, Ore., the third child of John Alt Hopkins and DeLorys Mae Larison Hopkins. Beverly was an active child who spent time in the out-of-doors with her parents and cousins enjoying the freedom and beauty of picnics and fishing trips along the Clackamas River. She married the love of her life, Thomas Reed Ferdina, March 17, 1978 in Vancouver, Wash. They had two children, Laura...
Randy A. Nakonsky, 64, of Cathlamet, died October 20, 2018 at the Longview Hospice Center. He was born March 3, 1954 in Lebanon, Ore., to William and Nora (Donovan) Nakonsky. He graduated from Lebanon High School and earned an AA degree in Computer Science. He was a computer technician for the Longview School District for 26 years and a Maintenance Supervisor at Wahkiakum High School. He moved to Longview in 1981 and to Cathlamet in 2006. He and Patty Nakonsky were married October 8, 1983 and they celebrated their 35th anniversary recently. He...
Marie Fauver of Grays River, Washington died October 4, 2018, at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Oregon at age 87. Marie was born in Astoria, Oregon on September 15, 1931. She was the daughter of Hjalmar and Mabyn (Shane) Klint. She enjoyed growing up in the family farm in Grays River where she lived her entire life. Marie received her education at Rosburg Grade School and Naselle High School where she graduated in 1950. Marie and James H. Fauver were married in 1950. Marie had several different occupations, including running the family...
