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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Gladys V. Spooner, 91, lifelong Wahkiakum resident, died April 7, 2018 at the Hospice Care Center in Longview. She was born November 28, 1926 on Puget Island to Lindor and Albertina (Svenson) Wegdahl. She is the last of four children. Gladys attended school on Puget Island and at Wahkiakum High School. She married John H. Wright and they had four children, later divorcing. On June 22, 1967 Gladys and David Spooner were married and they celebrated 50 years of marriage. Together they managed the Columbia River Apartments for many years. Gladys...
Steven Harris, age 64, died at home on April 8. A full obituary will be published next week....
Verena "Frana" Nepsund, 94, longtime Cathlamet resident, died March 15, 2018 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. Frana was born to Hans and Hilda Fluckiger on January 23, 1924 in Hustisford, WI. In 1937 at age 13, her family moved to Puget Island. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1942. On February 4, 1945 she married Norman Nepsund and he preceded her in 1961. She delivered papers for the Daily News for over 40 years, retiring in 2006. During that time she enjoyed the help of her gran...
Verena "Frana" Nepsund, 94, longtime Cathlamet resident, died March 15, 2018 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. Frana was born to Hans and Hilda Fluckiger on January 23, 1924 in Hustisford, WI. In 1937, at age 13, her family moved to Puget Island. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1942. On February 4, 1945 she married Norman Nepsund and he preceded her in 1961. She delivered papers for the Daily News for over 40 years, retiring in 2006. During that time she enjoyed the help of her gra...
Veronica Gilbertson, 46, of Cathlamet died March 23, 2018. She was born June 13, 1972 in Longview to William and Betty (Jackson) Swift. She married Rex Gilbertson in July of 2013. They moved to Portland for a while, then returned to Cathlamet to live in Rex’s family home. Veronica was dedicated to her family and friends. She is survived by a daughter, Brittany Jean Brumbaugh in Oregon; a son, Rafael Ramos of Longview; two grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. A service will be held April 14 at 2 p.m., at Dowling Funeral Home in C...
On Saturday, March 17, Helen Marie (Simukka) Rangila, 85, long time Deep River resident, peacefully departed to finally meet Jesus whom she loved and worshipped her entire life. Born on September 18, 1932 at the Naselle home of her parents Matt and Ester Simukka, Helen attended school in Naselle and graduated from Naselle High School. She grew up attending the Naselle Assembly of God Church. The church was a big part of her life until health issues prevented her attendance. Helen was a woman of great faith. She loved the Lord with all her...
Beverly J. Seaberg, 90, died March 11, 2018 at her home in Longview. She was born February 18, 1928 in Astoria, Ore., to Leonard and Mary (Aldred) Jacobson. She was raised on Puget Island and lived most of her life there. After graduating high school she married Carl Seaberg in 1946. She and Carl lived on Puget Island and raised their sons there. They enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and family time. Bev was an astute business woman, she started the first real estate office, Beverly Realty, in Cathlamet. She worked for Congresswoman Julia...
Lorena Fay Biem, 73, formerly of Skamokawa, died March 7, 2018 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. She was born January 2, 1945 to Ralph and Nettie Galbraith in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. She graduated from Bonners Ferry High School and attended Eastern Washington University. She received her LPN degree and started her nursing career at Eastern WA State Hospital. After moving her four daughters to Skamokawa in 1982 she began her work at Columbia View Care Center in Cathlamet. She was an active member at United Methodist Church in Skamokawa and a...
Former Skamokawa resident Dennis J. Montgomery, of Vader, died at his home on March 9, 2018. A service will be held Friday, March 16, 1 p.m., at Bethel Church in Chehalis....
Word has been received of the death of former Skamokawa resident Harold Almer, 87, of Woodland. He was born April 16, 1930 in Denhoff, North Dakota, to Henry and Elizabeth Almer. He died at home March 4, 2018. He was a Korean Veteran, lifetime logger with Durrah and Martin Logging; he loved to fish and do wood working in his shop. Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Laurie at home; daughter Debbie (Kelly) Melton of Cathlamet, sons Dwaine Almer of Skamokawa and David (Mykel) Almer of...
Richard Bernhard Wirkkala, 91, of Longview, died on February 5, 2018 at Hospice Care Center. Richard was born on March 28, 1926 in Deep River, Washington to Henry and Martha (Juselius) Wirkkala. He was one of 11 children and the last remaining. He attended school in Deep River before he joined the Army in 1944. During WWII, he was stationed in the South Pacific and after the war, he spent 3 years in the Army Reserves. On September 25, 1953 he married Putt, in Kelso, and she preceded him in...
Cecelia Jean Cooper, 84, of Cathlamet, died February 16, 2018 at the Longview Hospice Center. She was born January 29, 1934 in Los Angeles, Calif., to Paul and Leota Brennan, the oldest of three children. Together we acknowledge and share our joy in the gift that her life was to us and her beloved friends, and the pain that her passing brings. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were her main reason for life itself. She is a wonderful legacy and a shining example for all of us to follow. Survivors include her four children,...
Preston Daniel Torppa died suddenly and unexpectedly on February 3, 2018, due to a rare keloid cyst in his brain. Preston was born in Naselle to Donald and Teresa Torppa on April 18, 1987. He was raised in Naselle and graduated from Naselle High School in 2006. He was an avid car lover, loved quad racing, stereo electronics, was very mechanically inclined and was always seeking more knowledge on any subject that came up. He is survived by his father, Donald Torppa of Bay City, Ore.; mother Teresa Torppa of Seattle; grandmother Mary Haase of...
Former Cathlamet resident Cindy Shantz, 65, died January 16, 2018. She was born October 3, 1952 in Dallas, Tex., to Peter and Edith Apostolou. She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include her mother; brother Jeff Apostolou; and children Alex and Aileen Shantz. A celebration of life ceremony was held January 28....
Richard Wirkkala, 91, of Longview, died at Hospice Care Center on February 5, 2018. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Beryl Eugene Curtis 79, of Cathlamet, died January 24, 2018 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. Beryl was born to Noble and Mary (Mobley) Curtis on January 17, 1939 in Los Angeles CA. He was a self educated man of many interests. Most recently and beloved to him was his time spent as the minister of the United Methodist Church in Skamokawa. He was active in the church since 1993 and served the people there well. Beryl and his wife of 32 years, Randi, moved to Skamokawa in 1992. They moved to Cathlamet in 2000 and he has worked at updating...
Michael L. Savant, 68 of Cathlamet, died January 28, 2018 at his home. Mike was born to Leland and Kathleen (Snyder) Savant on September 7, 1949 in Florence, CA. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Donna; his children Shawn (Jeff) Ramsay, Miella (Matthew) Lopez, Michael (Iris) Savant, Leslie (Casey) White, Romeo (Lisa) Savant, Natasha (Travis) Savant, Klaus (Margaret) Sorenson, Jesus (Kylie) Crawford and Alejandro Crawford; 19 grandchildren, whom he loved wholeheartedly; brother Pat Savant (Brenda Moreau); and numerous foster children whom...
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...
