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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Patricia Sonya Peters Talbott, a woman of many talents, an artist/"Bear Lady", gardener, teacher, business owner, wife and a wonderful mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away 10/19/2015. Pat, a Washington native grew up in Tukwila through high school. While attending college in Ellensburg she met her husband, William Earl Talbott. When Patty met Bill there was a bond that lasted almost 55 years. Pat and Bill went on to have four children, raised in Woodinville, WA., five...
Rodney Kenneth Prestegard 74, died on November 17th at home on Puget Island surrounded by family. He was born in Cathlamet on June 17, 1941 to Kenneth and Thelma (Jacobsen) Prestegard. He attended school on Puget Island and Cathlamet. In 1959 Rod joined the Navy and was stationed aboard the USS Bridget. In 1962 after his discharge he came home to Cathlamet. He loved his commercial fishing years on the Columbia River, Bristol Bay and Cordova, Alaska where he fished for 25 years. He married Judy on April 12, 1986 and she survives him at home. Rod...
Life long Cathlamet resident Rodney K. Prestegard, 74, died November 17 at home. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 5 at noon at J.A. Wendt Elementary. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. A full obituary will appear next week....
Bruce Ray Wesner, age 60 of Yankton, SD passed away peacefully at his home Friday morning November 06, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services were held Monday, November 9, 2015 at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Chapel, Yankton with Rev. Dave Gunderson officiating. On-line condolences may be sent at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com. Bruce was born May 29, 1955 to Dean and Meriallis (Jones) Wesner at the U.S. Naval Station in Coronado, CA. Living in Washington state most of his...
Richard “Dick” Snyder, 90, of Cathlamet died on October 31, 2015 in Skamokawa. He was born to Joseph and Ivanna (Cvar) Snyder in Longview, on September 15, 1925. Dick was raised in Klamath Falls, Ore., and graduated from Klamath Falls Union High in 1944. He lived all of his working life in that area where he married Bonnie Ward Snyder on March 4, 1952. They raised their three children there. Dick joined the army and was in Korea during the Korean War. He worked as an engineer for Oregon, California and Eastern Railway for 42 years retiring in 1...
Longtime Cathlamet resident Dennis W. Havens passed away on October 13, 2015 in Cathlamet, WA. He was born April 27, 1949 to Lillian (Petersen) Havens and David H. Havens, in Longview, WA. Dennis was a lifelong commercial fisherman on the Columbia River and in Alaska. He played football throughout high school and college and was an avid Seahawks fan. Dennis is survived by his wife Jill; son Brian (Misty); grandchildren Austin and Bailey Havens of Gig Harbor, WA; his daughter Shanna Havens who is attending Central Washington University; stepchil...
The Eagle has been notified that a memorial service for the late Bob Matthias will be held October 17, 2 p.m., at the Grays River Valley Center, Johnson Park, in Rosburg....
Carol Ann Brown, 85, of Skamokawa died September 22, 2015. She was born September 22, 1930 to Oreon and Wendolyn Rowe in Farmington, N. Mex. She grew up in N. Mex., Colo., Utah and Nev. Her father was a contract miner and they moved often for the work. She married Earl H. Brown on August 2, 1948. She and her family moved to Wahkiakum County originally in 1950 and permanently in 1959. She was a member of the Congregational Church for several years. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and her husband. She is survived by sons Kerry...
Luci Moody, 67, of Grays River, died September 24 in Longview. A celebration of her life will be held at Dowling Funeral Home on Monday, October 5, at 2 p.m. A full obituary will be published at a later date....
Jane Anderson Younger, 88 of Eugene, passed away on September 17, 2015. She was born in Skamokawa, Washington to Albert and Della (Lytsell) Anderson on June 18, 1927. Jane received her education in the Washington school system and was a 1945 graduate of Wahkiakum High School in Cathlamet. In 1952 Jane left for a four year stay in Wisconsin, she moved to Eugene in 1956 and became a lifetime resident. She met Jack J. Younger and on October 18, 1959 they married. The union was to last 43 years unti...
William Dean Potter was born November 6, 1941, in Paris, Missouri, and passed away September 13, 2015, at home in Grays River, Washington. William, known to most as simply “Potter,” was in the United States Army and National Guard for 20 years. While in the National Guard, he was top recruiter for eight years. Potter taught cooking for over 25 years and helped do food preparation for the Rosburg Senior Lunch program, which his wife runs. Potter and his wife, Pat, bought the second oldest house in Grays River, Washington, and Potter enjoyed rem...
Carol Ann Brown was born January 20, 1930 and died September 22, 2015. A memorial service will be held Sunday, October 4 at the Norse Hall on Puget Island. A full obituary will appear at a later date. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Longtime resident Carol Ann Brown died Tuesday in Longview. She was boarn January 20, 1930. A date for a memorial service will be announced....
Thomas W. Bond died May 20, 2014 at his home in Cathlamet. A Celebration of Life for family and friends will be held on Sept. 27, at 1:00 p.m. at Vista Park in the Picnic Pavilion....
A Memorial Service for “Foot” Steven King will be held at Toutle RV Park on Saturday, September 19 with a potluck set for 3:30 or so. For more information call Sue 360-430-4821....
Lorenzo Dow (LD) Mahoney, 84, of Cathlamet, WA passed away at Baylor Medical Center in Irving, TX, with family by his side, on Friday, 28th of August, 2015 from West Nile Virus. He was in Irving doing what he loved, being a caregiver to his only living brother out of eight siblings. He was born on the 19th of December, 1930 in Tuskahoma, OK to Frederick A. Mahoney and Sarah (Drummond) Mahoney. He was the youngest of four brothers and three sisters. The family moved to their homestead in...
Nova Ilene McNally, 80, a lifelong Cathlamet resident, passed away on August 20, 2015 at The Hospice Care Center in Longview. She was born to Amandus and Inga (Johnsen) Olsen on Puget Island. Nova attended Wahkiakum Schools and the Lutheran Church on Welcome Slough. On June 10, 1951 she married Kenneth R. McNally on Puget Island and he preceded her in 1988. They raised their four children in Skamokawa and Cathlamet and owned KR McNally Construction. Nova enjoyed golf, bowling, dancing, travel, family and friends. Nova was a member of Skamokawa...
Delores Mary Quigley Cochran was born November 1st, 1925. She met her husband James Cochran in Cathlamet Washington in 1939, and the two were married in 1941. Throughout their 73 years together they were blessed with four natural children, James W., Jr.., Wayne, Mildred and Ed. They became parents to Theresa and Steven later. Delores became mom to all her children's spouses. This beautiful mother and grandmother joined her husband in heaven on August 23, 2015. In addition to her children she is survived by 12 grandchildren, and numerous great g...
Elsie Fay (Buskala) Koontz was born to Alfred Nikolai and Gertrude Salena (Smalley) Buskala on December 29, 1934 in Astoria, Oregon. She passed away August 23, 2015 in Aberdeen. She was raised in Eden Valley, WA on the family dairy farm where she gained her love of gardening. She attended school in Rosburg and graduated from Naselle High School in 1953. She later attended LCC, Portland State and UW. She eloped with Paul Koontz to Lewiston, Idaho and married June 15, 1953. They lived in the Valley and she worked in Western Wahkiakum County as...
Patricia Doumit, 91, passed away peacefully in Olympia, Washington, on August 11, 2015, surrounded by her loving family. She was the tenth of eleven children, born to Daniel and Margaret Lawton of Lismore, Waterford County, Ireland on March 6, 1924. Patricia worked as a nurse in England during World War II for five years before meeting Eli Doumit of Cathlamet, Washington, on V.E. Day. Eli was serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps, and stationed in Warrington, England. She and Eli married on June 26, 1947, and enjoyed 51 years of a happy and...
Arthur Otto Boldt, Jr. of Longview, Washington was born on January 7, 1948 in Astoria Oregon to Katherine Anna Tarabochia Boldt and Arthur Otto Boldt Sr. Art is preceded in death by his parents and his brother John Edward Boldt. Art is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Shelley and Bill Olsen, Patti and Pete LaBerge and Alicia Boldt. Art was survived by six incredible grandchildren, Cody Olsen, Madison LaBerge, Brieanna Olsen, Kennedi LaBerge, Baylee Olsen and Logan LaBerge. Art is survived by his sisters Linda Larsen, Phyllis...
Anthony Sylvester Setera, Jr. Born in Oregon City, Oregon February 7, 1933, went to be with his Savior on May 20, 2015. The eldest son of Anthony Stanley Setera, Sr. and Mary Theresa Setera (Belecz). Tony, as many called him was raised in Oregon City, OR and started his life with his wife Lois Anne Setera (Givens). They were married for 41 years when she passed in 1993. He worked for Willamette Western for many years and then moved his family to Deer Island, OR on a farm then to Cathlamet, WA where he worked for Brusco Tug until the seas of...
Robert "Bob" Box was born May 2, 1939 to Aina Meiier Box. He died August 13, 2015. He grew up in the Cathlamet, WA and Puget Island areas. After graduating from Wahkiakum High School he went on to further his education by attending Lower Columbia College and Portland Community College. Robert was skilled in all areas of commercial painting, woodworking, and electrical. As an active member of the IBEW Local 48 Bob enjoyed educating friends and family in the finer nuances of being an electrician. Gardening was also his passion and he generously...
Arnold E. Wirkkala, 87, of Cathlamet, died August 8, 2015 at home. He was born in Deep River on June 15, 1928 to Henry and Martha (Juselius) Wirkkala. He was a lifelong Wahkiakum resident, attending school in Deep River and Naselle. He married Carol Carnes on March 24, 1954 and she preceded him in 2005. Arnold joined the Army and was stationed in Korea during the Korean War. After returning home Arnold worked as a logger all of his working life. He was employed by Ray Burton Logging from 1959-1981 and Willapa Logging for 10 years prior to...
Richard Roald Kandoll, formally of Deep River died June 15, 2015 in Vancouver, Washington. He was born November 10, 1926 in Astoria, Oregon to Emil Mathias and Johanna Magdalena (Amundsen) Kandoll. He graduated from Naselle High School in 1946. He served in the Korean War from 1950 to 1952. He leaves behind three children Richard A. Kandoll of Naselle, Tammera R. (Kandoll) McGill of Vancouver and Victoria Kandoll of Long Beach and a sister Mabel (Kandoll) Herold of Yelm, WA. His parents and brothers Walter and Ernest Kandoll proceeded him in...
