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A Celebration of Life service for Inez Danielsen will be held January 24, 2015, 1 p.m., at the Norse Hall on Puget Island. Inez died December 1, 2014 and her full obituary was published December 11, 2014....
A Celebration of Life service for Mike Prever will be held Sunday, January 18, 2 p.m., at Father’s House in Longview. Mike died November 23, 2014 and his full obituary was published December 4, 2014....
June Sophia (Long) Bergquist, 88, died at her Naselle residence on Christmas evening surrounded by her family. The daughter of Fanny and William Long, she was born in Astoria on July 9, 1926. She was raised in Rosburg and graduated from Naselle High School with the class of 1944. In 1946 she married John Bergquist and in November of 2014 they celebrated their 68th anniversary together. June was a wife, mother and homemaker. She worked at the Naselle Post Office and later as a bookkeeper for Naselle Auto Body and also for her husband's business...
Lydia Esther Secreta Fauver, 86, died in St. Helens, Ore., on December 30, 2014. The daughter of Johanes and Aune (Uitos) Kehus, she was born in Runeberg Township, Minnesota on April 29, 1928. In 1936 she moved with her family to Seal River, Washington in a model A Ford. Lydia was valedictorian of the 1946 graduating class at Naselle High School. Lydia turned down a scholarship to marry. On September 1, 1946 she married John Burdette Fauver and they settled in Grays River, operating a dairy...
Joyce Mary O'Neal (McClellan) died on December 31, 2014 at St. Peter's Hospital in Olympia. Joyce was born on March 29, 1930 in Olympia to Earl and Marion McClellan. She was raised in Bremerton and graduated from West High. She attended Central Washington State College where she met Larry O'Neal. They married in 1951 and settled in the Seattle area. They had four children and eventually moved to Des Moines, where they lived for 28 years. Joyce was an active member of the PTA and the Federated Women's Club of Tacoma. She worked as a veterinary...
Tillie Louise Kehrli, 87, of Cathlamet died on December 16, 2014 at St. John Medical Center in Longview. She was born in Pomeroy WA to Jack and Bertha (Parr) More on September 26, 1927.She moved to Cathlamet in1943 and in 1946 graduated from Wahkiakum High School. On Feb 15, 1948 Tillie married Casper Kehrli and he preceded her in 1999. From 1968-1979 Tillie was a clerk at Wahkiakum PUD. She and Casper farmed on Puget Island for many years and they owned Kehrli’s Market on Puget Island from1969-1984. Tillie was a devoted mom, grandma and f...
Roger Burgoyne Bowman, formerly of Westport, Ore., and lately of Astoria, died December 24, 2014. He was born July 14, 1932 in Portland. Services will be held Tuesday, December 30 at 11 a.m. at the Westport Community Church, Highway 30 in Westport, Ore. Visitation is set for Monday, December 29 from 2-5 p.m., at Groulx Family Mortuary, 25381 Wonderly Rd., Rainier, Ore. Groulx Family Mortuary is in charge of arrangements....
Geraldine Quigley Lifelong Cathlamet resident Geraldine “Jerry” Quigley, 86, died on December 17, 2014 at St. John Medical Center in Longview. She was born in Cathamet on September 8, 1928 to Bert and Violet (Peterman) Witham. In 1946 Jerry graduated from Wahkiakum High School and September 3, 1948 she married Kenneth Quigley, Sr. Jerry enjoyed homemaking, taking care of her family, raising cucumbers on their farm and commercial fishing on the Columbia River. She loved travel and especially liked cruises. Jerry was a talented seamstress and enj...
Tracy Jerome Schoeffler, 59 Tracy was born on August 30, 1955, to Franklin and Dolores Schoeffler in Moscow, Idaho. He lost his battle with bladder cancer on December 3, 2014. Tracy joined the United States Air Force in 1974, after graduating from Moscow High School that same year. He married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Burns, on April 18, 1975, two days after completing basic training. They traveled to his military assignment with the 6511th Test Squadron in El Centro, Calif., where Tra...
Violet Jane “Vi” Centers of Cathlamet passed away at home on November 27, 2014. She was born on September 1, 1932 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to Walter and Jane Anderson and was one of six children. She moved to Washington in 1974. She is survived by daughters Terry Goble and Paula Griffith, sons Al Essen, Bob Kinler, Jim Kinler, and Kenny Essen, brothers Howard Anderson, Don Anderson, John Anderson, and Thomas Anderson. She had many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceeded in death by son Ray Essen, daughter Sheila McCoy, and...
Roland Ray "Rolly" Armstrong, 74, passed away on November 29, 2014 at SW Medical Center in Vancouver, WA. He was preceded in death on August 8, 2013 by Ginny, his beloved wife of 48 years. Also preceding him were his parents, James and Ruth Armstrong and brothers, Fred and Jim. He is survived by sons Steven Armstrong and Mark (Amy) Armstrong, daughters Beth Corcoran and Kirsten (Marty Dick) Gunderson, grandchildren Kaitlin (Elias) Scarborough, Michael (Rachel) Corcoran, Dean Corcoran, Kenzie...
Dean Russell Elliott died December 8, 2014 at home in Longview. He is survived by his daughter Vanessa Leigh (Tony), a grandson and granddaughter of Virginia; brothers Ken Elliott (Mahala) of Grays River, Jay Elliott (Janet) of Ketttle Falls; sisters Kathleen Elliott of Skamokawa, Carol Blyth (Ralph) of Roschester, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father Ralph, mother Margaret and brother Ralph Elliott. Dean grew up in the Altoona Pillar Rock area of Wahkiakum County. He was an outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and...
Louise “Tillie” Kehrli, 87, of Cathlamet died on December 16, 2014 in Longview. A graveside service will be held Saturday December 20, 1 p.m., at Greenwood Cemetery in Cathlamet and a luncheon will follow at Our Saviour‘s Lutheran Church on Puget Island. Dowling Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Full obituary will be published next week....
Geraldine Quigley of Cathlamet, died December 17, 2014 in Longview at age 86. Service arrangements are to be announced. Dowling Funeral home is in charge of arrangements....
David “Roy” Campsall, 91, a former Cathlamet resident, died in Duncan, British Columbia on Vancouver Island on November 23, 2014. Roy was born in Edmonton, Alberta on September 22, 1923. As a child his family moved to Vancouver, B.C. He met Delice in Vancouver and they married in 1953. He moved his young family to Cathlamet in 1964 where he worked for Crown Zellerbach until 1977 when he was transferred to the Seaside operation. In 1972 Delice preceded him in death. In 1994 he returned to Canada to be near his family. Roy was a veteran of the...
Violet (Vi) Jane Centers, of Cathlamet, died November 27, 2014, at home, at the age of 82. She was born one of 13 children on September 1, 1932 in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Walter and Jane (Fox) Anderson and moved to Washington in 1974. Vi worked as a CNA at a care center and loved to make pies, crochet and bowl. She enjoyed watching football and was a member of the Fair Board. She was preceded in death by two children. She is survived by sons Al Essen, Kenny Essen, Bob Kinler and Jim Kinler; daughters Paula Griffith and Terry Goble; brothers...
Longtime Cathlamet resident Inez A. Danielsen died on December 1, 2014. She was born on January 23, 1919 to George and Esther Ohrberg in Hoboken, New Jersey. The family moved west in the thirties and Inez graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1937. She married Arnet Danielsen in 1938. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2009 and by her brothers Walter, Carl and George Ohrberg. She is survived by daughter, Virginia Ostling and son, Ray Danielsen, as well as her brother, Robert Ohrberg, all of Cathlamet. She had four grandchildren,...
Violet Jane Centers of Cathlamet died November 27, 2014 at home at the age of 82. A Celebration of Life service is pending. Her full obituary will appear in next week’s edition....
M.E. “Mike” Prever, of Cathlamet, died November 23, in Longview, at the age of 82. He was born December 23, 1931, in Floris, Iowa, to Charles and Myrtle (Harris) Prever. Mike graduated from Fowler High School in Colorado in 1949 and Colorado State University in 1960 as an electrical engineer. He worked for several utility districts, Boeing, and on control systems for missile launch systems in several locations. He attended Fathers House in Longview. Mike loved gardening with spread sheets, tracking his best plants for future gardens. He was...
Naselle resident William J. “Bill” Pratt, 82, died in Astoria on November 2, 2014. A native of Govan, Saskatchewan, Canada, he was born there on November 10, 1931, the son of James and Vera Pratt. Bill grew up in Canada where he received his education. In 1961 Bill came to the U.S. as a permanent resident. He worked construction throughout the western U.S. as an electrical lineman. In 1975 he met Diane Heiner in Naselle and they soon became a couple. They married September 11, 1982 and were seldom apart thereafter. Bill continued working as...
Sarah Ellen Pfeifer, 91, of Henderson, NV formerly of Cathlamet, WA. died on Nov 22, 2014 at her home in Nevada. A graveside service will be held on Monday, Dec 1, 2014 at 10 a.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in Cathlamet. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Cathlamet resident Michael (Mike) Lee Howell, 51, lost his life riding as a passenger involved in a tragic automobile accident on WA State Route 4 west of Longview, WA on September 23, 2014. Mike was born to Michael and Elaine (Schuller) Howell on February 16, 1963 in Lancaster, California. As a young boy, his family moved to Washington State eventually settling in the Maple Valley/Kent area. Mike married his high school sweetheart, Stephanie Pope on December 22, 1984. Together they had four children. They divorced on December 23, 1999. Mike...
Kevin Michael Murphy, 65 of Puget Island, passed away on Sunday November 9, 2014 at home. Kevin was born on March 5, 1949 to Michael J. and Luella (Koth) Murphy in Seattle. He graduated from Mountlake Terrrace High School and attended Lewis and Clark College before moving to Bellingham where he graduated from WWU in 1971. On August 28, 1971 he married Cathy Johannes and in 1972 they moved to Cathlamet. He graduated from the LCC Nursing Program in 1976 and worked as an RN at St. John Medical Center for 20 years. In 1980 he and Cathy moved to...
Marilyn Alice Gudmundsen, 83, of Rosburg, died on October 30, 2014 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. Marilyn was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Walter and Alice (Schmidt) Forster on July 27, 1931. She graduated high school in 1949 and received her degree in nursing in 1952. She moved to Santa Monica, Calif., where she was employed at St. John's Hospital for several years. She and her friend Robbie enjoyed vacationing on merchant ships where she met Georg Gudmundsen, whom she married on June 20,...
Orval Runkle passed away October 22, 2014, from a long bout with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born to Lona and Claude Runkle in 1927 in Colorado. Ray lived most of his life in Danville, Calif. He joined the Navy when he was 17 and was on a minesweeper in WWII. He later joined the Army, so he was an excellent salesman and also worked with the hydroplanes. He was a very friendly person. He loved playing golf and playing cards with family and friends and telling stories of his very colorful and active life. He leaves his loving wife, Sonja, of 6...
