Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Sorted by date Results 526 - 550 of 1151
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...
Charles Lloyd Ostervold III, “Chip”, 53, of Longview, died on September 11, 2017 at home. He was born in Longview on December 25, 1963 to Lloyd and Jacquelyn (Greenough) Ostervold. Chip grew up in Cathlamet where he graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1982. He worked as a logger for a few years and commercial fished in Alaska with his Uncle John in the summers before he began his long career at Georgia Pacific, Wauna Mill in 1987. He loved hunting and fishing and time at the family cabin in Montana. Chip is survived by a daughter Kay...
Lorraine Lawrence, 87, of Longview, died September 17, 2017. A memorial service will be held at Steele Chapel in Longview on Saturday, September 30, 1 p.m. A full obituary will appear in next week’s edition. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Charles (Chip) Lloyd Ostervold III, 53, died September 11 at his home in Longview. A visitation will be held at Dowling Funeral Chapel in Cathlamet on Saturday, September 16, from 1-4 p.m. A funeral service will be held Sunday, September 17, 1 p.m., at St. James Church. A full obituary will appear at a later date....
A graveside service will be held for William Reed Dasch on Saturday, September 16 at 10 a.m., at Belcrest Memorial Park, 1295 Browning Avenue S., Salem, OR 97302. His obituary was published in the March 16, 2017 edition of The Eagle....
Randy Collver, 69, of Grays River, died August 24, 2017 at the Longview Hospice. He was born June 28, 1948 in Portland Oregon. He is survived by his wife Mona, his two sons and two daughters-in-law, seven grandchildren, two stepsons and a stepdaughter with their partners and four step-grandchildren. There will be a memorial service at Valley Bible Church in Rosburg, Oct. 28 from 1:00 p.m., to 4:00 p.m....
A Memorial Potluck Luncheon for Pat Potter will be held Sept. 13 at the Valley Bible Church, 4723 SR-4, Rosburg. Socializing starts at 11:00 a.m., with lunch around noon. She died June 25, 2017....
Stanley Watts Everman, 100, longtime Cathlamet resident, died in Longview on August 2, 2017. He was born in Rainier, Ore., to Lorenzo and Clara (Watts) Everman on February 21, 1917. Stan grew up in Rainier and graduated from Rainier High School in 1935. In 1939 he married Alice Bryant and she preceded him in death in 2010 after 70 years of marriage. Stan worked for Smith Tug and Barge from 1933-1953 until he started Deep River Towing Company where he was owner and Captain until 1982. He was lice...
Stanley Watts Everman, 100, longtime Cathlamet resident, died in Longview on August 2, 2017. He was born in Rainier, Ore., to Lorenzo and Clara (Watts) Everman on February 21, 1917. Stan grew up in Rainier and graduated from Rainier High School in 1935. In 1939 he married Alice Bryant and she preceded him in death in 2010 after 70 years of marriage. Stan worked for Smith Tug and Barge from 1933-1953 until he started Deep River Towing Company where he was owner and captain until 1982. He was...
