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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...
James Lynch James (Jim) Niels Lynch, of Cathlamet, died October 9 at hospice. He was born November 25, 1922 in Manila, Philippine Island. He was the son of Army Captain Harry and Ellen Marie (Futtrup) Lynch. He served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II. When he was 18 he took his motorized dugout canoe from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and back to the Pacific Ocean. He bragged that he took the smallest motor ship through the Panama Canal. After graduating from Oregon State College he married Audry Louise Odegaard in...
Donald Jay Wolcott of Cathlamet, Washington, passed away in the loving arms of his son on September 24, 2014 as the result of injuries incurred while falling timber in Columbia County, Oregon near Vernonia. He was born June 18th, 1953 on the Wolcott ranch on Lyons Creek south of White Bird in Idaho County, Idaho to Calvin W. Wolcott and Bernace L. Gillett Wolcott. He moved with his parents from the ranch to Lucille then to Riggins, Idaho where he attended grade school and began high school, excelling in track and football. He and his parents...
Mary Grant Cameron was born in Glenlivet, Scotland, 93 years ago. She traveled from the moors of Scotland to the Pacific Northwest in 1947 to marry Walter Kandoll. Walt and Mary settled in Deep River, Washington, where she remained for over 60 years. After the tradition of naming cottages in Scotland, Mary chose the name Millcroft for her Deep River home. At Millcroft, Mary loved to invite friends in for a cup of tea, Scottish shortbread, and a game of Scrabble. Mary and Walt raised a family of...
Phillip L. Wirkkala, 66, of Naselle, died at home October 1, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Nancy. Graveside funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Peaceful Hill Cemetery in Naselle. Penttila’s Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach, is in charge of arrangements....
Loving mother, grandmother and aunt, Eugenia (Jean) Bussone passed away at the Americana Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Longview on Sept. 15, 2014, with her family at her bedside. She was 94. Eugenia Maude Irving was born in Cathlamet on March 28, 1920, to Robert and Maude (Jones) Irving. She grew up on the family farm in the Elochoman Valley in Cathlamet, learning early in life the value of hard work and family love. Jean took part in the labors of the farm along with her two brothers and two sisters, rode horses and raised a pet pig she...
Elna Vivian Browning, of Longview, died September 23, 2014, the day after her 96th birthday. She was born in Naselle on September 22, 1918 to Henry and Martha Wirkkala. She grew up in the Deep River area along with her 10 siblings. She started cleaning houses at an early age and later worked at the oyster cannery. She was married twice, the first union producing two children, Dennis and Marilyn. She later married Hubert Browning and lived in Raymond. Elna had a passion for crocheting, crossword puzzles, traveling and fishing. She is survived...
Roger G. Munson, 85, of Cathlamet, died September 19, 2014. He was born August 26, 1929 to John D. Munson and Jane Cline Munson and spent his entire 85 years as a resident of Cathlamet. He retired from the City of Longview and was employed by Crown Zellerbach in his earlier years. In March, 1948, he married Marjory E. Troth. They later divorced. Survivors include sons Bill R. Munson, Longview, and Al Munson of Anchorage; daughters Gail (Rick) Steigleman of Vancouver and Elaine (Philip) Rolf of Rainier, OR; nine grandchildren, 14...
Merrill Dee “Mel” Dominique, 82, died at Hospice Care Center in Longview on September 17, 2014. He was born October 29, 1931 in Chillicothe, MO to Charles and Gretchen (Butt) Dominique. After high school he attended nursing school in Port Angeles, WA before finishing college at Portland State University. Mel worked in the nursing field as a registered nurse, ending his career at retirement as an Operating room tech in 1998. In 1978 he moved to Cathlamet where he met and married Mary Spitzer. Their life together was filled with travel, golf and...
Lifelong Rosburg resident Norman Elmer Anderson, 98, died in Forks, Wash., Aug. 23, 2014, a mere four days short of his 99th birthday. Norman was born in Astoria, Aug. 27, 1915, after his mother took a boat across the Columbia River, staying with a friend in Astoria, awaiting his arrival. His parents were Hjalmar and Minnie (Peterson) Anderson. Norman attended the Seal River school in Rosburg, traveling there by row boat through the sixth grade. Seventh and eight grades were at Riverside Grade and Norman was a 1932 graduate of Naselle High...
Jean Marcelle Heagy, of Cathlamet, died September 11, 2014 at the age of 94. She was born in Seattle on September 10, 1920 to Chris and Bertha (Provencel) Campbell. She graduated from Lincoln High School in Seattle in 1938 and moved from Vancouver to Cathlamet in 1948. Mrs. Heagy was a devoted wife, homemaker, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She enjoyed working on varied crafts, playing cards, fishing and gambling and she was a devoted Seahawks fan. Jean was a fun-loving, energetic firecracker who never met a stranger. She was a...
David Terrill Curl died at his Naselle residence on September 8, 2014 at the age of 55. He was a surfer, welder, teacher, blacksmith, artist, draftsman and commercial fisherman. A veteran of the US Coast Guard, Dave was a lover of the water and boats. David was a spiritual warrior and student of life. A standing member of the Northwest Blacksmith Association, he died loving his work. Dave touched so many lives in a postive manner. Survivors include his wife Karen Caspers-Curl; siblings Shelley, Dotty, Jeff, Vicki and Jenny; and his mother Pat...
Michael Arthur Simms, 77, peacefully passed away at his home in Grays River, WA, August 8th, while surrounded by family and friends. Born March 29, 1937 in Los Angeles to Lee and Margaret Lawrence-Simms, Michael grew up on the lots of MGM and Columbia Studios where he performed bit parts with Spencer Tracy in the Academy-Award winning movie "Edison, the Man." He also appeared in the popular "Blondie" series with his brother, child actor Larry Simms. Mike loved the water and sailing. At 17 he enlisted in the Navy and served his country from...
Death Notice Jean Bussone Former Cathlamet resident Jean Bussone died September 15, 2014 in Longview. A full obituary will appear in next week’s edition. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Brandi Rachelle (Knowles) Thomas, 37, of Longview, Wa. passed away Friday, Sept 5th, 2014 at St. Johns Medical Center. Brandi was born on May 8th, 1977 to Jerry and Jonnie (Lawson)Knowles of Cathlamet. She was raised in Cathlamet and graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1995. Brandi received her Certified Nursing Assistant license in 2009 and was passionate about her job at St. Johns Medical Center where she loved her duties and her co-workers on the medical floor. Throughout all of Brandi's...
