Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Nels Gordon Hansen died January 25, 2018, the result of a car accident. He was born July 25, 1992 in Longview to Steve and Debbie (Oman) Hansen of Incline Village, NV. Survivors include his parents, sister Annika Hansen and grandparents Gordon and Vera Oman of Cathlamet. Services are pending....
A Celebration of Life service will be held for Wesley Hansen on February 17 at 3 p.m. at the Toutle River RV Resort in Castle Rock. His full obituary was published October 26, 2017....
A life long resident of Wahkiakum county, Elizabeth (Beth) Ann Dunham, 77, died at her Grays River residence on January 18, 2018. The daughter of Leonard and Minnie (Hutton) Quigley II, she was born in Cathlamet on October 5, 1940. She grew up in Cathlamet, graduating from Cathlamet High School in 1958. On July 11, 1959 she married Rhodney Dunham (whom she met at the county fair), settling in Grays River, where they resided since, having recently celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary. Elizabeth was a wife, mother and homemaker. She was the...
Ronald D. Ozment was born to Dillon and Pearl (Kindberg) Ozment on December 14, 1938 in Cathlamet, and died January 7, 2018 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Ron and his brother, Russ, conducted a life-long dairy operation partnership in the Elochoman valley, inherited from their parents. Their milking herd was sold in 1997 and they retired from managing the farm in 2004. Ron was elected and served three terms as Wahkiakum County Commissioner and was appointed by Washington State Governor to two terms on t...
On January 9, 2018 Raymond "Ray" Ernest Poppe went home to be with his lord and savior Jesus Christ. Born on May 9, 1931 in Highbridge, Wisconsin to Ernest and Mae (Newell) Poppe, Ray lived in Highbridge until 1947. He, his dad, and youngest sister Delores "sis" moved to Molalla, Oregon after his mom died. He was 16. Ray went to school in Mellen, Wisconsin from elementary school until he was a junior in high school. He graduated from Molalla High school in 1949. Upon graduation, Ray entered the...
Eileen Vernice Free, 92, formerly of Cathlamet, died at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue on December 29, 2017. Eileen was born in Mesa, Idaho on August 13, 1925 to Charles and Elsie (Freitag) Fry. Eileen was the middle child of three girls and a boy and was the last living child. ln 1943 she graduated from high school in Council, Idaho. She worked in the shipyard at Swan Island in Portland, as a welder, during WWII. On May 3, 1945 in Corpus Christi, Texas she married Alson Free. While in Texas she...
John H. Footh, son of John and Freida Footh of Grays River died at home in Dayton, Ohio on Saturday, December 23, 2017. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date....
Audry Louise Odegaard Lynch died December 13, 2017 at Columbia Memorial Hospital, Astoria, OR. She was born July 6, 1930 in Lakeview, Oregon. She attended Oregon State College where she met her future husband, Jim Lynch, at the Newman Center. They were married September 23, 1950. They lived in Vancouver, WA, until Jim was hired by Boeing and they moved to Seattle. During Jim’s career they also lived in Cocoa Beach, FL, Santa Maria, CA, Crawley, England, and Baltimore, MD. Audry loved family, traveling, sewing, gardening and fishing. Upon r...
Donald Sigmund Vog, 84, of Springfield, Ore., died November 27, 2017 at home. He was born at Puget Island on October 24, 1933 to Sigmund and Ruth Vog. He married Sally Price on August 6, 1955 and she preceded him in death on September 15, 2017. Don is survived by daughters Sheryl Hakko of Eugene, Ore., and Sharla Jack of Custer, brother Ronald Vog of Kelso and sister Mary Cothren of Cathlamet. He is also survived by numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. A service was held earlier at Springfield. Don will be greatly missed by his...
A service will be held for Wayne Olsen on Sunday, December 17, 2 p.m., at Dowling Chapel, Cathlamet. His full obituary was published November 9, 2017....
Wilma Irene Hall, 85, of Longview, died December 5 at Longview Hospice Care Center. Wilma was born in Astoria, Ore., on July 21, 1932 to Stanley and Sylvia (Hegstad) Petersen. She went to school on Puget Island and then attended Columbia Academy in Battle Ground, where she graduated in 1950. In 1951 Wilma married Ray Bauer and they moved to Kennewick where she worked at Columbia Basin College. She was the secretary to the Dean of Students and later Manager of the bookstore. After retirement she...
T. Wade Parker, 88, of Cathlamet, died December 2, 2017 at Longview Hospice Care Center. Wade was born on March 19, 1929 in Sylva, NC.to Aaron and Pansy (Owens) Parker. He attended school in Cullowhee, NC and in 1947 he married Mildred Adams in Clayton GA. In 1957 they moved to Cathlamet and Wade worked for Crown Zellerbach as a log truck driver and equipment operator until 1985. For five years he was employed by Bornsted Logging, retiring in 1990. He enjoyed mechanic work, hunting, fishing, camping, and time with his granddaughter Erin. Wade...
Paul E. Koontz Jr., 83, most recently of Aberdeen, passed away of natural causes on November 28, 2017. He was the first born son of Paul Koontz Sr. and Anna Marie Elliott Koontz in Portland on June 27, 1934 and moved six days later to Elliott Point on the lower Columbia River where he maintains that same property as a memorial to his mother and is still a gathering place for family and friends. Paul graduated from Naselle High School in 1951 where he met the love of his life, Elsie Buskala. They were married for 62 years until her passing in...
Audrey Brady Barbera, daughter of Mary and Samuel Goldey, died November 27, 2017 at Bentley Village in Naples, Fla. She was born November 14, 1926 in New Jersey, raised and educated in both Little Falls and Montclair, New Jersey. Mrs. Barbera and her late husband moved to Naples in 1986, moving from Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Mrs. Barbera loved music, was an avid reader, played tennis, was an inveterate volunteer were it church, scouting, politics, community affairs as well as Bentley Village in...
Alex James “Jim” Allenback, 82, of Cathlamet, died October 19, 2017 at the Longview Hospice. Jim was born December 12, 1934 in Montpelier, Idaho to Alex W. and Flora (Jakeman) Allenback. He is survived by his wife Gladys at home, a daughter Vicki Allenback of Skamokawa, a son Alex Allenback, Jr. of Willow Creek, Calif., and a sister, Penny Andrada of Los Angeles, Calif., many nieces and nephews and extended family. Jim was a veteran of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. He spent 33 years working as a construction superintendent, building bri...
Charles “Wayne” Olsen, 68, lifelong Cathlamet resident, died November 2, 2017 at SWWA Medical Center in Vancouver. He was born January 18, 1949 in Longview to Mervin and Myrtle (Bennett) Olsen. After graduating from Wahkiakum High School in 1967, he joined the Army and was a Vietnam Veteran. He worked at Crown Zellerback after returning from the military and spent many years fishing on the Columbia River for several local fishermen. He also enjoyed many years fishing for halibut and salmon at Cooks Inlet in Alaska. He had a big heart and was a...
Bill R. Munson, 67, of Cathlamet, died October 18, 2017 at home. He was born August 9, 1950 in Longview, to Roger Munson and Marjory (Troth) Munson. Bill grew up and attended school in Cathlamet, served in the army at Fort Benning, Ga., and was a member of the Color Guard in San Diego, Calif. After his military service he was a self-employed logger and truck driver. He was known for his sense of humor and loving heart, often giving his last dollar to someone in need. His favorite pastimes were...
Angela Reneé McNally, 37, died October 26, 2017 from complications of pneumonia. She was born February 1, 1980, the daughter of Lorraine and Michael McNally. Angie was preceded in death by her father in 1997. Survivors include her mother, Lorraine McNally, a brother Bobby McNally and her 10-year old daughter Peytunn Rose of Skamokawa. A celebration of life ceremony will be held on Sunday, November 5 at 2 p.m., at the Skamokawa Grange Hall. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Dowling Funeral Home in Cathlamet to help with...
Former Puget Island resident Wesley Hansen, 99, passed away Oct. 13, 2017, at the Hospice Care Center in Longview. Wesley was born in Buena, WA, on Feb. 18, 1918. He was preceded in death by his seven siblings. Wes was a gifted storyteller and his family loved hearing his tales of growing up in the Yakima Valley. Wes attended Central Washington University until he enlisted in the military in 1941. It was in the Army Air Corp he became a fighter pilot and instructor. After the war ended in 1945,...
Virginia Wendelin, 93, a lifelong Grays River resident, died October 11, 2017 in Longview. She was born April 17, 1924 in Astoria, Ore., to John and Helen (Cook) King and grew up on a farm in Grays River. Virginia graduated from Naselle High School in 1942. In the mid 1940s Virginia married Ernest Wendelin and together they farmed in Grays River. For several years she was also the Post Master in Grays River. Virginia was an active member of the Naselle Assembly of God Church and a devout Christian. She loved the farm and her family, especially...
Former Cathlamet resident Stanley Wayne Storer, of Corpus Christi, Texas died October 1, 2017 at his residence after a lengthy illness of liver and pancreatic cancer. Stan was born on September 7, 1952 to Benjamin Franklin Storer, M.D. and Roberta Kyar Storer. He had a serious love for the Lord Jesus and leading others in the study of His word. Stan also owned a beautiful sailboat and charted the waters of Lake Erie, Indian Lake, Grand Lake St. Marys, the Pacific Ocean, the Columbia River, the...
William H (Bill) Wiester, 91, of Chehalis, WA., passed away at Centralia Providence Hospital September 21, 2017. He was born January 9, 1926 living in Morton. He was born a Boren, but was adopted at age 2 1/2 by Howard and Elma Wiester from Skamokawa. He was raised on the Wiester Sunrise Dairy Farm with his biological brother Bob. He was a Boy Scout. He graduated from Cathlamet in 1944. He was a four year letterman for the "Mules." Bill loved baseball and even wrote a letter to the Cleveland...
Marilyn Jeanne (Hays) Irving, (known by most as "Terry" after renaming herself at the age of 10) passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at the age of 86. Terry was born to Cletus T. and Hazel V. (Conlee) Hays in Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 8, 1931. She spent the first half of her childhood in Red Oak, IA where her father was the town dentist and her mother owned a knitting store. For a part of this time she lived with her family on the turkey farm her father ran. When Terry...
Mildred (Millie) D. McCullough, of Las Vegas, passed away September 24, 2017 after a courageous, 18-month battle with cancer. Born in Longview, WA on January 19, 1958 and raised in Cathlamet, WA, Millie was a dedicated and enthusiastic employee of the Clark County School District and 7th-grade History teacher at Molasky Middle School where she retired in December 2016. Millie was a loving and truly caring wife, mother, daughter, sister, and grandmother. She will be sorely missed by her husband and their families, and her “peeps” and kids at...
Lorraine Mayme Lawrence, 87, of Longview, died September 17, 2017 at St. John Medical Center. She was born to Henry and Martha (Juselius) Wirkkala on September 8, 1930 in Astoria, Ore., and was raised in Deep River. She married Ray Lawrence on June 4, 1948. She and Ray lived in various places including Pendleton, Ore., Chehalis, Skamokawa and Cathlamet. She loved to travel and collected spoons from all over the world. She is survived by a daughter Patti Bond and three sons Keith, Mike and Jim Lawrence, a brother Richard Wirkkala, 10...
