Obituaries
Mitzi J. Fraley
Apr 15, 2018
Mitzi Fraley, 55, died at her Long Beach residence on April 15, 2018 following a courageous battle with cancer. Survivors include her husband Charles.A celebration of her life will be held later. Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Donna Wray
Apr 14, 2018
Donna Jean Wray
Beloved mother and grandmother, Donna Jean Wray, born March 24th, 1950 in Ilwaco, Washington to the late Dorothy Howell and late Douglas Wray, passed away at age 68 on April 13th, 2018 in her home in Ilwaco.
Previous marriages include John Wirkkala, Greg Schaeffer, and Stephen Early prior to finding her surviving partner, Earl Soule. Her love...
Betty J. Bledsoe
Apr 13, 2018
Betty J. Bledsoe, 90, passed peacefully on April 13, 2018 at her residence in Troutdale, Oregon. The daughter of Elmer and Eunice (Ham) Winkler, she was born in Salem, Oregon on November 12, 1927. Betty grew up in Southern California where she enjoyed the sun, beach and family. She attended El Monte and Monrovia high schools and following graduation studied...
Kathleen Patricia Back
Apr 9, 2018
Kathleen P. Back, 69, a two year resident of the Peninsula, died at her Klipsan Beach residence on April 9, 2018. A celebration of her life is pending in Vancouver.Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Rhea K. Davis
Apr 6, 2018
Rhea Davis was born in Portland, Oregon on July 27, 1916. She was the youngest of three children in a humble, working class family. Her father made a living as a carpenter.
Rhea grew up in the Mount Scott area of Portland until her father built the family home in Milwaukie. During the two year construction of that home...
Michael Scott Harley
Apr 5, 2018
Michael S. Harley passed away unexpectedly on April 5th, 2018 at his home in Cathlamet, Washington. He was born in 1956 in Loma Linda California to Ted Harley and Margaret Simmons. While young, he and his family moved between California and Washington State, until he graduated from Helix High School in 1974, when he permanently moved back to Washington. He...
Marlene Kay Bowlby
Mar 31, 2018
Ocean Park resident Marlene K. Bowlby, 74, died in Portland on March 31, 2018. She was an 11 year area resident.Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Helen Marie Rangila
Mar 17, 2018
Helen Marie Rangila
On Saturday, March 17, Helen Marie (Simukka) Rangila, 85, long time Deep River resident, peacefully departed to finally meet Jesus whom she loved and worshiped her entire life.
Born on September 18, 1932 at the Naselle home of her parents Matt and Ester Simukka, Helen attended school in Naselle and graduated from Naselle High School. She grew...
Deborah Ann Haugsten
Mar 10, 2018
Deborah Ann Haugsten, 64, died at her Long Beach residence on March 10th following a battle with cancer.Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Robert D. "Bob" Preuss Jr.
Mar 10, 2018
ILWACO — Robert “Bob” Preuss Jr., 71, died in Ilwaco on March 10, 2018. A native of Seattle, he was a 20-year Peninsula resident. Bob was a Navy veteran. He served as Postmaster for the Seaview post office. He was born Sept. 26, 1946, in Seattle. He said: “I wrote my own obituary to save others from being bored and...
Jimmie W. Ritchie
Mar 7, 2018
Jimmie Ritchie, 79, a resident of the Peninsula the past 15years, died in Ilwaco on March 7, 2018.His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Albert A. Carrasco
Mar 7, 2018
Albert Andrew Carrasco was born Aug. 15, 1922 in Kelso, Washington to Juana and Andres Carrasco, immigrants from Spain. He died March 7, 2018. He was the youngest of seven children, three of whom were born in Spain.
Al grew up on a farm in Rose Valley, working hard from the time he was a small boy. His best childhood...
Lynda K. Littau
Mar 5, 2018
Lynda K. Littau, 65, died at her Naselle residence on March 5, 2018 of natural causes.The family may be announcing final arrangements at a later date. Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Richard Gale Bullis
Feb 28, 2018
Richard G. Bullis, 79, a resident of the Peninsula the past 23 years, died in Ilwaco on February 28, 2018. The son of William and Mary Bullis, he was born in Los Angeles, California on May 13, 1938. Richard grew up in nearby Compton where he graduated from high school.
Richard served his country as a cook in the...
Anchen Jones
Feb 25, 2018
Anchen White Jones of Long Beach, Washington passed away peacefully in her sleep at home February 25, 2018. She was 82-years old.
Anchen is survived by her loving Daughter Dolly, Son-in-law Todd, Grandchildren Nickolas, Ryan, Christopher, Cassandra, Courtney, Grant, and Steve, plus Great Grandchildren Tyler, Keraline, Charolette, Oak, Jack, Jason, Mikayla, and Cassidy. Anchen was preceded in passing by...
Raymond Scott Kangas
Feb 25, 2018
Raymond “Scott” Kangas, 51, died at his Ocean Park residence on February 25, 2018 of natural causes. The son of Marvin and Nancy (Flagar) Kangas, he was born in Vancouver, Washington on May 14, 1966. Scott grew up in Vancouver where he graduated from the Washington State School for the Deaf. Moving to Ocean Park with his parents, he attended...
Donna K. Freese
Feb 24, 2018
Donna Kay (Cole) Freese was born in McConnell, Illinois at the home of her grandparents Frank & Emma Cole on her Aunt Hazel Shippy’s birthday – September 4, 1935, the second daughter of Curt and Oresta (Stabenow) Cole.
She spent her youth in Stephenson County in northern Illinois going to small country schools where her father taught. She graduated...
Orlean M. Timmen
Feb 23, 2018
Orlean Timmen, 89 (and a half), most recently of Ilwaco, (but who always considered Chinook home) passed away in the early morning of February 23, 2018 in Raymond, Washington. Orlean was the youngest daughter born to Jacob and Magdalena Remmich in Streeter, North Dakoka. She was preceded in death by her parents and her 16 siblings.
She is survived...
Elizabeth Dalton
Feb 16, 2018
Elizabeth Manke Dalton, 46, went to her heavenly home on Friday, February 16, 2018, after a snorkeling accident in Oahu, Hawaii.
She was born in Tacoma, Washington to Donald & Rebecca Manke, then baptized and confirmed at Central Lutheran Church. Elizabeth graduated from Stadium High School and Western Washington University with a B.A. in Education. She met her husband...
Chester Wesley Taylor
Feb 10, 2018
OCEAN PARK — Chester Wesley Taylor, motorcycle rider, pilot, metals technician, jewelry artist, and loving husband and father passed away in his wife’s arms, on the night of Feb. 10, 2017, in Ocean Park. He was born in 1942 in Columbus Ohio. He married Helen LeVitt Taylor in June 1971. Besides his wife, Helen, he leaves behind a loving family...
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