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Alfred Edward Tover passed away February 21, 2013, surrounded by his family at the Hospice Care Center. He was born August 11, 1934, on Puget Island to Oscar and Dagmar Tover. He grew up in Cathlamet, working on the family farm. He participated in sports at Cathlamet High School and graduated in 1952. Al served four years in the Navy, stationed in San Diego. He loved the Philippines and trips to Hawaii while serving there. Al worked at the Weyerhaeuser sawmills for 25 years and had a strong work ethic. He married Carol S...
Stanley Burns Green, 83, of Cathlamet, died February 18 at the Hospice Care Center in Longview. He was born to William Gordon Green and Carrie Marie (Burns) Green of Terre Haute, Indiana on November 10, 1929. Stanley graduated from San Diego State University in 1952. On September 1, 1963 he married Marion Francis Dring. He was employed as an Assistant Director at CBS in Los Angeles, California and retired in 1988 after 33 years. Stanley and Marion purchased a home on Puget Island in 1980. He enjoyed skiing and was a long time member of the...
Raymond Arnold Wood, 60, of Cathlamet, died February 17, 2013 at his residence. Services will be held March 16, 2 p.m. at the Heritage Bible Church on Puget Island. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Floyd Pharr, 78, of Longview, died January 31, 2013 at Vancouver, Wash. Steele Chapel at Longview Memorial Park and Crematory is in charge of arrangements....
Lifelong Puget Island resident Ardette Jacobson, 95, died February 5 in Longview. She was preceded in death by her husband Oscar in 1991 and is survived by two daughters, two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. A graveside service will be held Friday, February 8, at Greenwood Cemetery. Dowling Funeral Home is responsible for arrangements....
On December 13th, 2012, Nils Theodore Newbom finished his great hunt. Born in 1941, he was the son of Ted and Helen Newbom (Cruikshank). He grew up in Redmond, Washington and attended Redmond High School. Nils lived with his wife Carol and his beloved Labradors, Lucy Goosey and Tola Duckdog in Cathlamet Washington. He also left behind his children, Andy, Sarah and Jason in addition to 6 grandchildren. (Jacob, Aaron, Austin, Audrey, Blaze and Emme Luna) Nils was intensely proud of his children and cherished watching them grow into...
Sharon Marie Turcotte, 69, of Grays River, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013 in Portland. Mrs. Turcotte was born June 10, 1943 in Findlay, Ohio to Charles and Frederick Pugh. She moved from Camas, Washington to the Long Beach area in 2005 and then to Grays River in the summer of 2012. She is survived by her daughter Lilah Lincoln of Grays River; sons, Charles ( Skip) Miller of Plain City, Ohio, James Miller of Watford City, North Dakota, Joe Turcotte of Camas and Marco McDay of Seattle; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. A family...
J. Agnes Toste, 92, of Cathlamet, passed away on January 11th at her home. Agnes was born to Archie and Mary (McDougall) Campbell in Moosemin, Saskatchewan, Canada on November 25,1920. After her mother’s death when she was young her family moved to Peace River, Alberta where she graduated high school and in 1943 she moved to Sacramento, California, where she lived and worked until meeting Manuel Toste. She and Manuel married on July 9,1964 and she moved to Cathlamet. Agnes worked as Treasurer/Clerk for the City of Cathlamet for 15 years, r...
Einar Hendrickson passed away peacefully on November 15, 2012 in Seattle, WA. He has gone to be with our Lord and Savior. He was born June 6, 1923 on Puget Island, WA. He was a longtime Seattle resident, devoted husband, father, grandfather, community leader, urban planner, and small business owner. Einar graduated from Cathlamet High School, served as a navigator in the Armed Forces during WWII, followed by earning his BA from WSU. He was the recipient of two Masters Degrees from the University of Michigan in Urban Planning and Conservation...
Doris R. “Dory” Hicks passed away quietly, surrounded by family and friends, in the Hospice Care Center in Longview on Jan. 8th, 2013. She was 85 years old. Dory was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on September 19, 1927 to Donald and Martha (Neeley) Bright. She grew up in the small town of Sheldon, Iowa, graduating in 1945. She attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts for two years before marrying Wesley S. Hicks on June 14, 1948 in St. Paul, Minnesota. They spent their honeymoon in a forest fire lookout on Mt. Hebo in Oregon, where the...
On December 13th, 2012, Nils Theodore Newbom finished his great hunt. Born in 1941, he was the son of Ted and Helen Newbom (Cruikshank). He grew up in Redmond, Washington and attended Redmond High School. Nils lived with his wife Carol and his beloved Labradors, Lucy Goosey and Tola Duckdog in Cathlamet Washington. He also left behind his two children, Andy and Sarah in addition to 6 grandchildren. (Jacob, Aaron, Austin, Audrey, Blaze and Emme Luna) Nils was intensely proud of his children and cherished watching them grow into famil...
Craig B. Haataia, 41, died at his Naselle, Washington residence on December 24, 2012 of natural causes. Craig was born in Longview, Washington on June 10, 1971, the son of Gilbert and Sarah (Lorton) Haataia. He was proud of his Quinault Indian and Finnish ancestry. Craig graduated from Naselle High School where he played baseball, basketball and football for the Comets. Following high school he became a heavy equipment operator and truck driver for the past 17 years. Craig was a member of the Naselle Assembly of God Church. He enjoyed all the...
Lifelong Cathlamet resident, William “Bill” Swift, 66, passed away at his home on December 3, 2012. Bill was born in Longview on April 11, 1946 to John and Verna (Malakowsky) Swift. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1964. He married Betty Jackson on October 23, 1970. Bill was employed over the years by several Logging Companies including Crown Zellerbach, Wirkkala Logging and DeBriae Logging and was well loved and known as a hard worker. He enjoyed his family time. His grandchildren were the light of his life. He lov...
William “Bill” Swift, 66, lifelong Cathlamet resident died December 3 at home. A visitation will be held at Dowling Funeral Home, 45 Broadway St., Cathlamet, on Friday, December 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. A Celebration of Life service will be held at a later date....
D. Nadine Aldinger 84, formerly of Cathlamet, passed away on Dec.1 at Hospice Care Center in Longview. Nadine was born on Nov. 5, 1928 in Winona, Missouri. Her family moved to Oregon where she graduated from Warrenton High School in 1946 and attended the University of Oregon. She married Paul Aldinger on June 10, 1972 in Vancouver,WA. She was employed at Bemis Co. in Vancouver for several years before working for Senator Patty Murray as staff assistant until she retired in 1995. After 25 years of living in Vancouver and upon retirement,...
Morris Deaton died on November 30, 2012 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He was born in Isola, Mississippi on November 19, 1939. His family moved to Cathlamet in 1949. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1958. He served in the Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He had lived in the Tri-Cities, WA, area for 45 years. He was a retired carpenter, Local 59 Carpenters Union. Morris is survived by his son, Sterling (Merrilee) Deaton, and daughter, Yevonne Deaton, three grandchildren; Lyndsay...
Frances E. Thompson Still was born June 24, 1915 to Floyd and Eva Smith in Seattle. She died peacefully November 12, 2012 at Judson Park Retirement Home, Des Moines, WA, where she lived for 24 years. She lived in Cathlamet with her husband Robert Thompson from 1968-1971 while he was branch manager at Seattle First National Bank. After Bob’s death in 1971, Frances moved to Auburn where she met and married Clayton Still. They moved to Judson Park Retirement Home in 1988 where Clayton later died. Frances was also preceded in death b...
Rosburg, Washington resident Myrtle H. Anderson, 98, died November 12, 2012 in Raymond. The daughter of Herman and Sarah (Strausser) Oest, she was born April 7, 1914 in Napavine. The family moved to Cinebar where Myrtle attended grade school. She later lived with her sister in Napavine and graduated from Napavine High School in 1933. Myrtle was married to Manson Miller and they were parents of four sons. Manson died as a result of a hunting accident in 1947. In 1951 she married Norman Anderson and they made their home in Rosburg. Myrtle was act...
Grant Lowell Jensen, 80, of Cathlamet passed away November17, 2012 at his home where he was taken care of by his son, Lance and daughter-in-law Desiree. He was born April 20, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and had lived in Nevada, Oregon and Washington. He was in the Navy and the Navy Air Force. He was one of 11 children. He leaves behind his three sons, Grant Jensen of Medford, Oregon; Lance Jensen of Cathlamet, Washington; and Scott Jensen of Medford, Oregon., nine grandchildren and two sisters, Margaret Boynton of Utah and Joyce Ennis of...
August 21, 1921 – November 14, 2012 One of the last WWII B17 flyers has left on his final flight. Arnold Andersen—known as Arnie—was born August 21, 1921 to the Rev. Hans Ernst and Ingeborg Andersen. He grew up with his two sisters and two brothers (both deceased) in the South Kitsap County community of Fragaria. After graduation from South Kitsap High School he entered the University of Washington. Because the US was at war he left his studies to enroll in the US Army. He trained as a flyer. As First Lieutenant, Andersen, ass...
Naselle resident Phillip L. Raistakka, 77, died November 3, 2012 in Astoria. The son of Leo and Sylvia (Nasi) Raistakka, he was born in Astoria on March 24, 1935. Phil was valedictorian of the Naselle-Grays River Valley High School class of 1953. He earned his BA degree in education from the University of Puget Sound where he belonged to the Sigma Nu fraternity. In 1965 Phil was one of 20 people from across the United States to be awarded a competitive National Defense Act Fellowship for a full year of study to earn a master’s degree in s...
Virginia Myrl Holm Estoos, 96, of Brownsmead, Ore. died Friday, November 2, 2012 in Brownsmead. Virginia Myrl Holm Estoos’ mother came by boat to Astoria from Naselle for her birth on July 28, 1916. Her parents were Captain Ivan Holm and his wife Dora Haslam Holm. She spent a happy childhood in Naselle, graduating at 16 with the Class of 1933. She was the granddaughter of Cathlamet residents Eliakum and Nellie Haslam and the great niece of Lettie Warren. The Great Depression was on so her advanced education was postponed until her mother o...
Kathleen Inez Zilmer, 67 years of age and a lifetime resident of Altoona died on Monday, October 22, 2012 at St. John’s Medical Center in Longview. She was born November 21, 1944 in Astoria to Harold Heiner and Bernice (Lawson) Heiner. She was raised in Altoona and attended school in Rosburg. Kathy married Don Zilmer on January 16, 1976 in South Dakota. Like her Indian predecessors, the Chinook and Quinaults, the river was her life. She loved to watch ships, tug boats and barges pass her riverside home, determined to live out her life there, a...
Jonathan Lee Dearmore was born in Little Rock, Ark., and raised in Mountain Home, Ark., where he still has numerous family members who remember and love him. At the time of his death, he was 50 years old and living in Grays River. He had lived in Arkansas, Maryland and California, but when he met his wife and fell in love, he moved to Washington and never looked back. From a very early age, he wanted to be in law enforcement. Jon graduated from Clayton Valley High School in Concord, Calif., and subsequently worked for several banks before...
Frank Leo Schubert peacefully left this world in the arms of his loving son Mark on October 26, 2012 after a courageous eight year battle with cancer. Frank was born in Spokane on September 6, 1940 to Leo and Elinor Schubert. He graduated from North Central High School in Spokane in 1958 and the University of Washington in 1976. Frank was proud to serve his country in the Army from 1959 to 1963 and was an active member of the VFW Post 5297. Frank's passionate advocacy for those in need was inspired by his daughter Nichole's lifelong struggle...
