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Naselle resident Charles LeRoy "Hoopy" Holm, 80, died July 4, 2012 in Longview, from complications related to Alzheimer’s. He was born in South Bend on May 22, 1932 the son of Forrest and Florence (Raemhild) Holm. Hoopy married his high school sweetheart Verna Penttila on May 5, 1951. He served during the Korean War and upon completion of his military service returned to Naselle and spent the rest of his working life as a heavy equipment logger for Penttila Logging and DeBriae Logging. During his retirement years he kept busy serving as the N...
Edwin E. Olson, 95, of Longview died on June 30, 2012, at Hospice Care Center. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., on Friday, July 6 at the 30th Avenue Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints in Longivew. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Walter D Jaspers, 78, of Puget Island, died June 8, 2012 in PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview. The youngest son of Floyd F. Jaspers and Dorothy L. Shelton Jaspers, he was born November 27, 1934 on Puget Island. In the early 1940s the Jaspers family moved to NE Portland where Walter grew up and graduated from Grant High School. He later graduated from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore. Walter and DeAnn McClaughry were married in Salem, Ore. May 25, 1957. They were the parents of four children before they divorced. Walter...
Daniel A. “Arnie” Smalley, 78, of Rosburg, passed away June 20, 2012 in Portland. Dan was born January 7, 1934 to Daniel O. Smalley and Signe Buhakka in Ilwaco. He was raised in Frankfurt and Eden Valley. Dan attended school in Rosburg and Naselle. He also attended the University of Washington and served in the U.S. Army. Dan returned to the States, where he met and married Marilynn McIntire on June 22, 1961 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They established a home in Rosburg and have been there for over 51 years. He was a member of The Church of Jes...
Artyce Quigley, 89, of Cathlamet, passed away on June 24, 2012 at Evergreen-Americana nursing home. She was born on November 5, 1922 in Veblen, South Dakota to parents, John A. and Anna C. (Brekke) Sprague. She moved from Veblen to Fairmount, N.D. at age four and graduated from Fairmount High School as Valedictorian in 1940. Artyce came from Longview to Cathlamet in 1967, and she and John Quigley were married January 27, 1967. He preceded her in death in 2004. Artyce thought she would be a teacher, but had eight children instead. She was...
Lifelong Cathlamet resident Walter D. Jaspers, 78, died June 8, 2012 at St. John Hospital in Longview. He was born November 27, 1934 and enjoyed travelling and contributing to his community. He bought and built what is now the Scarborough Building in Cathlamet. He is survived by brothers Larry and Dean, both of Oregon; sons Chris of California and Brett of Oregon and three grandchildren. A memorial service is pending. Memorial contributions may be made in his name to Wahkiakum Dollars for Scholars....
Jill F. Peters of Belfair, Ore. died June 13, 2012. A service will be held Tuesday, June 18, 2012 at Fern Hill Cemetery in Skamokawa at 2 p.m. with a memorial potluck to follow at 3 p.m....
Walter Jaspers, 78, of Puget Island, died June 8, 2012 at a local hospital. A full obituary will be published at a later date....
Naselle resident Joyce P. Magnuson, 85, died June 5, 2012 in Longview, WA. The daughter of Harry and Laura (Harris) Kimball, she was born in Badourn Township, Minnesota on December 26, 1926. Joyce resided in Minnesota until a teenager when she moved to Grays River, Washington where she grew to adulthood and lived with her grandmother Kimball. On November 17, 1945 she married Howard Magnuson in Skamokawa. Their first home was in Catardi, where Joyce worked in local salmon canneries and was a wife, mother and homemaker. She later resided in...
Brian S. Francis, 71, of Williams passed away June 10, 2012. He was born in Los Angeles, Calif. January 31, 1941 to James and Elizabeth Francis. Brian was an avid rail fan. His hobby was creating model railroad layouts HO scale. He was employed with the Grand Canyon Railway, post retirement all though he never felt it was a job… it was fun! He was a deeply loved and appreciated man. A devoted Christian as well as a dedicated husband, father and grandfather. He is survived by his wife Kathleen Francis, children Toby Francis, Laurie...
James C. Durrah, 87, of Cathlamet, died May 27, 2012 at Community Hospice in Longview with his loving wife Adeline by his side. Jimmy was born to Elmer and Nellie (Larson) Durrah on January 2, 1925 in Astoria. He lived his entire life in Wahkiakum County, graduating from Naselle High School in 1943. Jimmy owned logging companies for most of his adult life, the first one being Durrah-McCormick Logging and later Durrah-Martin Logging . Both were owned with his brother George Durrah who preceded him in death in 2006. He retired in the mid 1990s an...
Donald W. “Don” Strong Sr., 87, died at his home in Sherwood, Ore. on May 16, 2012. Born in Groveland, Calif. on June 20, 1924, he was the son of Delbert and Helen Strong. He graduated from Quincy High School. Following graduation from high school Don worked on the railroad repairing boilers. In February 1943 he joined the US Army, serving until honorably discharged in 1945. His military duty complete, he began civilian life driving log truck, then freight trucks. In late 1945 he bought an old Army truck and built a lumber truck out of it. He...
Bonnie L. Anderson, 63, of Grays River, died on May 11, 2012, in Grays River. She was born on January 5, 1949 in Molhar, Ore. in Tillamook County the daughter of Monte and June Dow Whyde. She was raised in Zanesville, Ohio and later became a cosmetologist in the early 1980s. She came to this area from Zanesville, Ohio in 1963. She was married to Dan Anderson on May 26, 1967 in Naselle. Mrs. Anderson was employed for Kelly Services at the fish hatcheries for 30 years and then for 18 years for Wahkiakum County at the KM transfer station as the...
Robert Lee Swift, 62, of Longview died April 24, 2012 at St. John Medical Center. He was born April 2, 1950 in Longview to John Donald and Verna (Malakowsy) Swift. He attended Cathlamet Grade School and graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1968. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Dean "Joe". He is survived by daughter Keri Dutra of Stockton, Calif.; brothers David of Winlock, William and Ken both of Cathlamet, and Mike of Rose Valley; sister Barbara Raubuch of Longview and three granddaughters. No service is...
Our loving wife and mother Donna Irene Gatens Klint went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at her home in Deep River, as the result of cancer. She was 72 years old. Donna was born November 21, 1939 in Nemah, the daughter of Lucy “Nettie” Slater and James Francis “Frank” Gatens. The doctor had to come by boat out to Twin Point on the Willapa Bay for her delivery. Donna was raised with four brothers and as a child loved rowing out on the Bay against the tide. She attended elementary school in Naselle and graduated from Naselle...
Katherine (Sophos) York, 65, former resident of Cathlamet, passed away at Fairhaven Healthcare Center in Lowell, MA on April 10, 2012. She was born in Lowell on May 26, 1946, the daughter of Christopher and Mildred Sophos. She graduated from Chelmsford (MA) High School in 1964, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1969. Katherine moved to Seattle in 1973. She earned her certificate in Practical Nursing from Seattle Central Community College in 1975, and a Master of Education in Vocational...
Judith Frances Bright, certified nurse mid-wife, advanced nurse practitioner, and public health administrator, died on April 3, 2012 from complications related to peritoneal cancer. She was born in Columbia, SC., on June 12, 1949, to C.O. "Rock" Bright and Frances Crout Bright. She graduated from Columbia's Dreher High School in 1967 and attended the University of South Carolina, obtaining her nursing degree from Charleston Southern University in 1971, a certificate in nurse midwifery from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1975, and...
Alvina Mary Schalock was born June 26, 1927, in Waukon, to Gilbert and Bernice Schalock and went to meet her Lord and Savior April 7, 2012, at her home in Cathlamet. She attended grade school and high school in Edwall. After graduation, she married her hometown sweetheart, Robert "Bob" Simpson October 7, 1945. Bob and Alvina lived on a ranch in Edwall for 44 years, raising grain and cattle. They also raised five children, Robert Jr. (Judy) of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Steven (Susan) of Spokane, Colleen (Mike) Schmidt of Medical Lake, Wash., Mary (T...
A Celebration of Life for Gail Reynolds will be held on April 9 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Cathlamet Fire Hall....
Robert Sigurd Pedersen, 74, of Bountiful, Utah, passed away peacefully March 18, 2012. Born February 20, 1938 to Peder and Marlene Pedersen, in Kalispel, Mont., he grew up on Puget Island, and attended school in Wahkiakum, where he was active in football, FFA and 4-H. He worked for Bob Hendrickson, Brusco Tug and Barge and was the Captain of the Puget Island Ferry. Robert moved to Utah where he resided with his niece and nephew, Dave and Robyn Livingston. He was grateful for having the opportunity of working at Green's Concrete and then later...
Jax Kamden Wyatt, born December 25, 2011, died March 16, 2012. He is survived by his mother Melissa Spatz and father Dustin Wyatt, siblings Austin and Sophie at home; paternal grandmother Kendra Wyatt and maternal grandmother Tami Gunnels. A funeral service will be held March 24 at 3 p.m. at Columbia Funeral Services in Longview....
Gale Allen Stephens, 47, of Puget Island, passed away on March 19 at home. He was born to Gale and Elizabeth (Short) Stephens in Redmond, Ore., on November 30, 1964. Gale was raised in Scappoose, Ore. During that time, as part of the Class of 1983, he was a state wrestling champion. He enjoyed his work as a farrier, taking care of challenging cases with horses which could have had a poor outcome if not for his expertise. He was well respected in his work as a Certified Farrier. He enjoyed the year he travelled the rodeo circuit with his...
Lois D. Rodal, 91, of Longview passed away on March 10, 2012 at home. She was born on April 11, 1920 in Coquille, Ore. to parents John and Georgia (Gilkey) Auer. She graduated from Riverton High School in the Rogue River area. In 1938 she moved to Cathlamet. She and Roy Rodal were married on September 7, 1940 in Cathlamet. In 2005 the couple moved to Longview to be near their daughter. They had a wonderful devotion to each other; he preceded her in death on March 15, 2010. Lois loved cooking and gardening and she was an avid quilter. She and...
Sharon Ann Nimmo Watson, 63, of Boring, Ore. died March 2, 2012. She was born July 19, 1948 to Richard and Maxine Nimmo. She attended Wahkiakum High School and married Arvid Blix in 1965. The couple had two children, Angela and Troy. She later married Greg Watson in 1975 and had a daughter LeeAnn. She is survived by her husband Greg Watson of Boring; son Troy Blix of Cathlamet; daughters Angela Blix of Boring and LeeAnn Chalberg of Portland; 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. No services are planned....
James Frank Wishon , 68, of Cathlamet, passed away Feb. 22, 2012 at the Hospice Care Center in Longview. Jim was born on August 22, 1943 in Portland, Ore. to Hugh and Eva (Waldron) Wishon. Jim grew up in Missouri graduating from Princeton High School in 1961. He joined the U.S. Navy after graduation and spent 23 years serving his country. Jim was stationed in Viet Nam and on Guam. He was on several air craft carriers and ended his career as Master Chief Aviation Ordnance Man, retiring in 1984. After moving to Cathlamet, Jim managed the Nassa Po...