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Marilyn Kay Wilt, former Cathlamet resident, died December 17, 2021 in Longview. She was born December 20, 1951. She was raised in Skamokawa and attended school in Skamokawa and Cathlamet. She married Ron Wilt in 1974. She commercial fished with her family in Bristol Bay, Alaska for many years. She also worked as a caregiver and in several retail stores in Longview. In later years she helped as a caregiver for her sister, Margaret. Marilyn enjoyed her family and doing ceramics, tending her hummingbirds and gardening. She and Ron were avid...
Robert "Bob" James Burdick March 6, 1947 - November 20, 2021 Bob Burdick was born in Longview, WA to Donald and Claire (Jackson) Burdick. He grew up in the nearby logging town of Cathlamet, WA. Bob was the youngest of three rambunctious boys, and he loved sports. He competed in baseball, football, basketball and track, but Bob really excelled at golf and saw a future there. After he graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1965, Bob studied Business at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, WA and...
Mary Bernice Cothren, lovingly known as Babe, 77, a lifelong Cathlamet resident, died December 8, 2021 at her home in Cathlamet. Mary was born in Cathlamet on October 3, 1944 to Sigvard and Ruth (Olson) Vog. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1962. After her first marriage, she divorced and married Kenith Cothren on December 20, 1983; he preceded her in 2006. She was a well known and loved waitress at several restaurants in the local community ending her career at the Duck Inn in 1994. From 1986 to 1989 Mary and Kenny lived in...
Juanita Rodahl, longtime Cathlamet resident, died at her home on December 7, 2021. Juanita was born in Joaquin, Texas to Thomas and Lillian (McBride) Settle on March 27,1933. She graduated from Tenaha Texas High School in 1950. She worked as a telephone operator for 10 years and in 1960 she married Ralph. She and Ralph opened the Skyline Golf Course in 1966. They loved the golf course and their golfers. Everyone who played there enjoyed Ralph and Juanita from the out of town tournament golfers...
David Zimmerman, 83, of Cathlamet, died December 8, 2021, after a month long stay at a Longview nursing home. He was born January 30, 1938, in Moberly, Missouri to Sylvia and Alfred Zimmerman. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri with his five siblings, there was much mischief and humor to fill their days, qualities they carried into adulthood. Though the six eventually lived far apart, they laughed when they were together, and were ever loyal to each other. David joined the Navy at the age of 17 and...
Randy Willard Wirkkala, 68, of Rosburg, WA died November 24, 2021 at home in Eden Valley surrounded by his family after a short battle with multiple cancers. Randy was born on June 27, 1953 to Willard and Mae Wirkkala. He graduated from Naselle High School in 1972, then started his career at Naselle Rock and Asphalt, where he worked for over 40 years. He married Vickie Jolly on May 9, 1975 and they had four children. Randy was a master mechanic and enjoyed tinkering on projects with friends....
Diana M. Weber, Olympia, died November 19, 2021 after a long illness. She was born May 5, 1956 in Salida, Colorado to Dwight and Shirley Williams. They lived in Climax, Colorado until the town was moved to Leadville. She attended the Lake County schools where she graduated at the top of her class in 1974. Diana attended The University of Colorado and received a BS in Journalism with Honors in 1978. In Leadville she was the Editor and General Manager of The Lake County Citizen Newspaper and then the Manager of the Chamber of Commerce. While in...
Jacquey Ostervold, 86, passed away on the evening of Saturday, November 6th, surrounded by family at her home. She was born in Kellogg, Idaho, on May 15, 1935, to Jackson and Louise Keppner Greenough. A graduate of Butte High School, she attended college at the Montana School of Mines in Butte Montana, and earned her teaching credentials from the University of Montana in Missoula. She continued her studies with graduate work at the University of Washington. Shortly after Jacquey was born, her...
Longtime Cathlamet resident Lois Nelson, 94, died Oct. 3 in Longview from a covid-19 viral infection. The daughter of Sheldon (Chuck) Pride and Vera Marie Nutting, she was born May 22, 1927, in Rupert, ID. As a child, she lived in Rupert and Los Angeles. She graduated from Rupert High School, attended business college in Los Angeles, and began working as a clerk in the Minidoka County Sheriff's Office. There she met a young reporter, Bob Nelson, and they were married in January, 1948. They had t...
Maxine Theresa McCormack Robeson, 91, former resident of Cathlamet and member of St Catherine Catholic Church, died September 9, 2021 at St. Joseph's Long Term Care Center in Spokane. Maxine was born October 11, 1929 in Colville to Patrick Francis and Marguerite (Reeder) McCormack of Chewelah. She was christened on October 30, 1929 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Chewelah. At age 91, Maxine was the last surviving child of Frank and Marguerite, her brother Joseph Francis McCormack and sister...
Tara Lynn Roseberry, 47, of Cathlamet, died September 12, 2021 at home on Puget Island. Tara was born April 13, 1974 in Longview to Robert and Linda (Davis) Roseberry. Tara graduated from RA Long High School in 1994. She lived most of her life in Wahkiakum County except for a few years spent in Portland. She was a ray of sunshine for her family and friends, a loyal friend, loving daughter, mom and grandma. She loved music, singing and was always up for an adventure! She especially enjoyed the...
Ronald Harvey Vog died September 4, 2021 in Vancouver at the age of 89. He was born on Puget Island December 13, 1931 where he lived most of his life. His passion was being a commercial fisherman on the Columbia River, fishing the Dandy F/V and also fishing in Kodiak, AK on the Terry Rae F/V for many years. Ron graduated from Wahkiakum High School, class of 1951. After that he served in the Navy for four years where he was stationed on the USS Buck. He was always proud to be able to serve his...
Longtime Cathlamet resident Thomas "Tommy" Irving passed to his eternal home in the early evening hours of September 8, 2021. He was the grandson of early Pioneers, the Irvings and the Gells who homesteaded in the Elochoman Valley when Washington was still a territory. He was born on the family farm on January 11, 1923, to parents James Russell and Gertrude Florence (Gell) Irving. He grew up on the family farm and attended local schools. He was active in sports and student government at...
John Dennis Nelson died on August 15, 2021, in Longview at the age of 70. John was born in Longview, on November 30, 1950. He graduated from Kelso High School and went on to Lower Community College to earn a degree in auto painting. He then married his wife, Sandra, and moved to a farm on Puget Island where they would raise their two daughters. John worked at Cascade Pole and Piling, Reynolds Aluminum, and Elochoman Millwork, but his real love was farming. He was also an avid hunter, fisherman, and gardener and could fix just about anything....
Garland Donald Budd, 79, of Cathlamet, died August 24, 2021 at his home in Cathlamet. In 1988 he and his wife Ida, who survives him, bought property on Puget Island and moved to Wahkiakum County in 1992 from Cedar Mills, OR. Garland was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Arnold and Ruby (Erickson) Budd on January 18,1942. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis in 1960. He joined the US Army in 1960 and served until 1966 with three years in the reserves. Garland attended Minneapolis Vocational and St Paul VOTech. On October 12, 19...
July 3, 1951-August 20, 2021 Throughout his life, Gary had a tremendous capacity to enjoy himself wherever he was and with whomever he was sharing that moment. Born under the sign of Cancer, he loved all things relating to water: swimming, boating, waterskiing, cruising to Alaska or through the Panama Canal. He especially enjoyed spending time at the family property overlooking Lake Merwin. He had a rare gift for friendship, making friends wherever he went and then keeping them throughout his...
A celebration of life service for John Gordon Oman will be held Saturday, August 28, 2 p.m., at the Norse Hall on Puget Island. Lunch will follow and masks will be available. Gordy’s full obituary was published in the November 5, 2020 edition of The Eagle....
Our beloved Lisa Louise Gonzales of Cathlamet, WA, passed away peacefully of Covid pneumonia on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at PeaceHealth Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, WA. Lisa’s long-held beliefs prevented her from getting the Covid vaccine even after breast cancer surgery and the beginnings of chemotherapy. Lisa was born on January 31st, 1973, in Hayward, California to Greg Taylor, Sr. and Sharon (Trocha Taylor) Dexter. Lisa lived in Northern California most of her life where she helped raise siblings, spent a few years as t...
October 29, 1925-June 29, 2021 Elizabeth (Liz) Sears died peacefully at home in Edmonds, WA on June 29, 2021, after a long and inspiring life of teaching, mentoring, and giving to others, always striving to improve this world. Born in Eatonville, WA to Robert and Jane Goodfellow, at the age of three she moved to Cathlamet, WA where her father set up the first pharmacy in Wahkiakum County. While attending Wahkiakum High School, she played the glockenspiel in the school band, edited the newspaper...
Charles “Chuck” Parker, 81, longtime Skamokawa resident, died in Colorado Springs, CO on August 7, 2021. Chuck was born in Cathlamet on February 18, 1940 to Sid and Mary (Powers) Parker. He was active in 4-H while in school in Skamokawa. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1958 and joined the Air Force in 1959. He spent 21 years in the military. He married Sheran Kelley on September 24, 1960 and they were stationed in many places where they had their family before returning to Skamokawa. After the military Chuck went to LCC in Lon...
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 Kenneth James Kandoll passed peacefully on July 19, 2021, at the home of his son, Cameron, and daughter-in-law, Catherine, after a five year diagnosis of progressive neuromuscular palsy. With loving and attentive care from them both, he met the physical and emotional challenges of this debilitating disease with the fortitude of his Scottish, Norwegian, Finnish...
Sharrel Yvonne Mooers, 79, of Cathlamet, died July 26, 2001 in Longview. She was born July 13, 1942 to Gerald and Nadine (Bowman) Thompson in Weiser, Idaho. She was raised in Ontario, Oregon and graduated from Ontario High School in 1960. In 1964 she graduated from Eastern Oregon State University and went back for her Masters degree. She taught school in St. Helens Ore, Woodland and Kalama before she married Maury Mooers on June 30, 1973 and moved to Skamokawa. She taught Special Ed and grade...
A celebration of life service for Gary and Martha Backman will be held at JA Wendt Elementary School on Thursday, August 12 at 11 a.m., with a graveside service to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at The Norse Hall on Puget Island after the cemetery service. Their full obituaries were published in the July 22, 2021 edition of The Eagle. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Carol Dean Baker Penttila, 70, died at her Naselle residence on July 16, 202l surrounded by her family. Carol fought a valiant battle with cancer for 15 years. Born May 23,1951in Meridian, Mississippi, she was the daughter of Allen and Willie Mae Baker. She grew up in a military family and came to Washington state when her father was transferred to Fort Lewis. Carol later lived in the local area where she graduated from Naselle High School with the class of 1970. She graduated from beauty school and thereafter worked with her sister-in-law...
A graveside service will be held Saturday, July 31 at Fernhill Cemetery in Skamokawa at 11 a.m., for John and Arlene Luthi. A luncheon will follow in the picnic area at the fairgrounds....
