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Joseph C. Minutella, 67, of Cathlamet died on February 8, 2014 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. Dowling Funeral Home....
Joan A. Barry, 76, of Seattle died on February 6, 2014. Dowling Funeral Home....
Gean E. Deege, 71, passed away, February 9, 2014, peacefully surrounded by family at home. Gean was born in McCoole, Maryland, August 10, 1942. In her teens she moved to California where she met her husband, of 49 years, Walter Deege. They lived in Thousand Oaks, California before moving to Rosburg, Washington where they settled in for the last 28 years. She was a wonderful mother to her children and she was an awesome grandmother to her six grandchildren and her two great-grandchildren. She is survived by her husband Walter Deege, daughter...
Carl Johnson passed away February 4, 2014 in Olympia, WA. after a long illness with diabetes and dementia. He was born September 17, 1938 in Portland, Oregon, to Henry and Katherine Johnson. The Johnson family moved to the Elochoman valley in 1947. Carl graduated from Wah-Ki-Hi, Lower Columbia, and Western Washington University. Mr Johnson worked as a sales rep in Spokane and a teacher in Washington DC. Returning to Spokane in 1968, Carl taught for Spokane Community College in the Spokane City/County Jail. After retiring, Carl and Kitty...
Michael V. Moody, Sr, 65, of Grays River, died January 20 in Longview. A funeral service will be held January 27 at noon, at Dowling Funeral Home, 45 Broadway Street, Cathlamet. Interment will follow at Fernhill Cemetery in Skamokawa. A viewing will be held January 27 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Dowlings. A full obituary will appear next week. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Former Puget Island resident Patricia Ann Reese died December 31, 2013 in Rockport, Tex. She was born on February 26, 1942 in Vancouver, to Harry Kerr and Beatrice Blandine Cross. Patricia graduated from Ridgefield High School in 1960 and went on to graduate from Clark Junior College. She worked in banking until she married Larry Reese in 1966 where she supported her husband in graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley. They joined the Peace Corp in 1967 to 1968 and served in North West India. Pat worked part time in banking...
Earl Bronner, 69, of Cathlamet, died December 19, 2013. He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. Survivors include his wife, Carol, at home; five children; 21 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A private family ceremony will be held. Memorial donations are suggested to Community Hospice, PO Box 2067, Longview, WA 98632....
Thea Linnaea Pyle, 66, of Grays River, Washington, died Nov. 20, 2013, at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, after 10 years' courageous and challenging co-existence with ovarian cancer. Born Thea Peterson in Seattle on September 3, 1947, she grew up and attended public schools on Mercer Island. At the University of Washington, she studied with and worked in the herbarium for the great botanist C. Leo Hitchcock, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in botany in 1969. At the UW she met and married David Reagan Hellyer in 1968. Following...
H. Robert Olsen, 84, died at his home in Cathlamet on December 14, 2013. Bob was born to Harold and Phoebe (Hansen) Olsen on February 21, 1929 in Cathlamet. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1948 and joined the Army. He was stationed in Korea during the Korean War. On February 5, 1953, Bob married Vivian Wika and followed in his father’s footsteps as a logger. He worked in logging with his son, retiring in his 70’s after over 50 years. He had a lifelong love of horses and owned many over the years. He enjoyed over 25 years of family hu...
Johnny Fritzie, 80, lifelong resident of Puget Island and Longview, died on December 13, 2013 at Hospice Care Center. Johnny was born in Portland, Ore., on July 27, 1933 to Nogi and Rae (Petersen) Fritzie. Johnny worked for the Longview School District as a groundsman for many years and eventually retired from there. He was well loved at his work and a caring, generous man to those who knew him. He rarely met a stranger. In 1999 Johnny was preceded by his wife Anne Fritzie. He is survived by four step daughters, Janet VanFossen, Susan...
Everyone who knew Chris whether as Bill, Chris, Doc, Dad, Grandpa or Great Grandpa appreciated his great sense of humor and his stories. We will all miss him immensely. Dr. William “Doc” or “Chris” Christiansondied at the age of 88 in Coupeville Washington on December 5th, 2013 following a lengthy battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Patricia, in Coupeville, Washington; their daughter Kim Christianson of Cathlamet; sons Vic in Bellingham, and Ron and his wife Vicky of Shoreline; grandchildren Kristin Iacono and her husban...
Gary L. Huber, 69, of Cathlamet, died on November 25, 2013 in Portland. Gary was born on November 2, 1944 in St. Maries, Idaho. He was a long time Cathlamet resident. Gary joined the Army and spent time in Vietnam. He was a commercial fisherman on the Columbia River and in Bristol Bay, Alaska for all of his working years. Gary also worked on projects for soil conservation for several years. On July 15, 1972 he married Betty Czarnecki and they had two daughters. He enjoyed sport fishing and was a member of the Wahkiakum Veterans of Foreign...
Thea Pyle, 66, of Grays River, died November 20 at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Her death followed 10 years of courageous and challenging coexistence with ovarian cancer. Born on Mercer Island in 1947, formerly resident in Chelan, Thea had lived since 1984 in the historic H.P. Ahlberg home by the Grays River Covered Bridge with her husband, writer Bob Pyle. She was active in Friends of Skamokawa as book buyer, volunteer, and former manager of Redmen Hall, and in other roles around the Lower Columbia. Her art, especially wildflower...
Susan Eileen Sullivan, 63, of Kelso passed away Nov. 8, 2013, at the Hospice Care Center. She was born to Victor and Audrey (Moonen) Anderson at Cowlitz General Hospital in Longview April 12, 1950. Victor and Audrey brought “Susie” home to Skamokawa, Wash., where she was raised in the village of her family and friends. Susie attended Skamokawa Grade School, a beautiful, wood-framed four-room school house built in 1926 on the banks of the Columbia River. Her uncles, aunts and cousins also attended school there. She became a member of Ska...
Sarah Ann Wika was born on October 5, 1984 in Longview, Washington. She was born to a New Life at the age of 28 on July 21, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sarah is survived by the love of her life, her 3 year old daughter Ava Wattoo of Las Vegas, Nevada, her father Jeffory Wika of Longview, Washington, her mother Minette Taylor of Las Vegas, Nevada, four brothers, Justin, Cody, Cole and Jesse, her grandmother Phyllis Wika, her grandparents Pierre and Claire Pype. Sarah is survived by 24 aunts and uncles and numerous cousins. Sarah was preceded in d...
Gerald Chapman Knowles, 85, of Cathlamet, passed away Oct. 26, 2013, after a long battle with breast cancer. A funeral service was held Nov. 1 at Dowling Funeral Home in Cathlamet. Pastor Matt Stacey officiated with guest speaker and longtime family friend Tom Kandoll. The burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery with military honors. Jerry was born to Lamoine Chapman Knowles and Bertha Van Leuven Dec. 18, 1927, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he grew up. He served in the Navy as a Seabee and was stationed in Okinawa during World War II. He was...
Judy Maria Ostling of Puget Island died October 17, 2013 at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver. She was a lifelong Puget Island resident and was born in Longview, August 6, 1952, to Anton and Bernice (Smith) Ostling. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1970. She commercial fished at Bristol Bay, Alaska for many years, before her illness forced her to retire. She enjoyed clam digging, sport fishing, canning, reading and crocheting. She is survived by her brother Don Ostling of Cathlamet and sister Toni Sue Ostling of...
Deep River resident George E. Klint, 78, passed away October 31, 2013 in Astoria, Oregon. George was born on November 20, 1934 in Portland, Oregon, the son of Mabyn Shane Klint and Swedish immigrant Hjalmar Hansen Klint. He grew up on the family farm at the bottom of KM Mountain in Grays River with his sisters Marie and Kathleen. George lost his father at the age of six so he and his sisters had to help out their mother at a young age to make their small dairy farm survive. George went to school at the Rosburg school and at the age of 15 he...
Earl Oinila, 83, died October 15 in Portland after a short illness. He lived in the Crown Zellerbach Family Camp and graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1949. Mr. Oinila designed both new construction and modernization of chemical plants for Penn Walt Corporation. The plans were used in this country and Europe. After retirement he lived in an assisted living facility....
Marcella B. Norris, 71, of Longview, died October 27, 2013, in Longview, while in hospice care. She had been battling a variety of medical issues for some time. Marcy was born in Bantry, ND on October 29, 1941. She moved to Puyallup when she was 11, and grew up there. She lived in Rosburg from 1983-2003 with husband, Alvin E. Norris, who preceded her in death in 2003. She then moved to Cathlamet where she lived for several years, finally moving to Longview in June 2012. Marcy enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, family, friends,...
Retired Naselle teacher, principal and coach Lyle R. Patterson passed away Oct. 19, 2013, after a long illness. He was the son of Joseph and Florence Patterson, born Jan. 11, 1929, in a log cabin north of Spokane. Both of his parents died while he was young, and Lyle was raised by an aunt and an older brother. He graduated from South Haven High School in South Haven, Mich., in 1947. Lyle joined the military in 1947 and served in the occupation of Japan. During the Korean War he flew 31 combat missions and received the Air Medal and the...
Kathleen Hogan, of Cathlamet, died October 28, 2013 in Longview. A funeral service will be held Saturday, November 2, 12-noon at the LDS church, 35 Messinger Hill Drive, Cathlamet, with interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. A full obituary will follow at a later date....
Longtime Cathlamet resident Gerald Knowles, 85, died October 26 at St. John Medical Center in Longview. A funeral service will be held Friday, November 1 at Dowling Chapel in Cathlamet at 1 p.m. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery with military honors. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. A full obituary will follow at a later date....
Robert W. “Bobby” Olsen, 57, of Cathlamet, died in Craig, Colorado on October 17th. Bobby died doing what he loved, hunting with his family, on an annual trip they have taken together for 25 years. He was born to Robert and Vivian (Wika) Olsen in Portland on April 6, 1956. He lived his entire life in Cathlamet graduating from Wahkiakum High School in 1974. He married Donna Giddings on December 21, 1985. Bobby was the owner of Robert Olsen Logging since 1985, enjoying his work and working alongside his son. Bobby was passionate about the out...
Judy Ostling, 61, of Puget Island died on October 17 in Vancouver, WA. A memorial service will be held on November 9 at 2 p.m. at JA Wendt Elementary School. A full obituary will follow....
