Obituaries

Jul 27, 2017

Charles L Mitchell, a resident of Long Beach passed away on July 27, 2017 in Long Beach, WA. He was 70.A celebration of life with a potluck and barbecue will be held on August 12, 2017 from 1 to 3 PM at the family home 7408 V Place in Long Beach, WAHis guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.

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Jul 20, 2017

Stuart John Freese was born in the small Midwestern town of Pecatonica, Illinois in early winter of 1931, December 11, the third of six children to John and Ethelyn (Hanna) Freese. Stu passed away July 20, 2017 in Astoria.

He spent his youth in rural northern Illinois, and married Donna Kay Cole on March 7, 1954. He and Donna spent...

Jul 19, 2017

Marian Elizabeth O’Meara died in Seattle on July 19, 2017,  94 years and 4 months to the day from when she was born in Grand Forks North Dakota on March 19, 1923.     This middle class daughter of a skilled carpenter recalled using road tar for chewing gum in the blistering summers while winters saw ice on her bedside drinking glass....

Jul 17, 2017

LONGVIEW – Robert Frank Hill, 81, died July 17, 2017, at St. John’s Hospital in Longview. He was born Feb. 6, 1936, to Robert Sterling Hill and Mary Frances Hunsaker in White Salmon, Washington. “Don’t grieve for me for I am free!”

He attended grade school in White Salmon and graduated from Ilwaco High School. After high school he entered...

Jul 15, 2017

Monty Melton a resident of Ilwaco passed away in Ilwaco July 15, 2017. He was 63. No services will be held at this time.

Jul 4, 2017

Walter Bussard passed away on July 4th, following a battle with cancer, with his loving wife, Pam, and his youngest son, Michael, by his side. Walt, or Wally as his friends affectionately called him, was born in Cortez, Colorado to Ray and Esther Bussard. He lived the majority of his life in Utah where he retired from the Tooele Army...

Jun 26, 2017

Margaret Anne Rogers, a resident of Long beach passed away in Long beach on June 26, 2017.  She was 65. Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.

Jun 25, 2017

A celebration of life will be held on saturday July 8th, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Assembly of God and Family Worship Center in Ocean Park. Allen Lee Prater, 85, a devoted husband of 54 years, passed away at home in Long Beach with family near him, knowing that the Lord had his room ready.



Allen was a...

Jun 18, 2017

Gail C. Williams, a long-time resident of Long Beach and better known to her loved ones as “Grama at the Beach”, passed away peacefully Sunday, June 18th in Longview, with family at her side.

Born on the 4th of July, 1942, she always loved that so many people celebrated on her birthday! She would have been 75 this year....

Jun 8, 2017

Ilwaco resident Jim Hemmingsen, 67, died in Long Beach on June 8, 2017.Jim was a veteran of the US Navy.  A twenty six year resident of the Peninsula, he worked in various capacities locally.   His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.

Jun 6, 2017

A thirteen year resident of the Peninsula, Jeremy Periman, 38, died of natural causes in Ilwaco on June 6, 2017.A complete life sketch will appear later.  His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.

Jun 3, 2017

Douglas S. Hagin, born September 17, 1947, passed away June 3 2017. He was 69.Doug enjoyed life. He liked to cook, dine out, bicycle, play bridge, tennis, golf and pickleball. He enjoyed helping out at the PSAC. He cherished his friends. He loved to dance, especially foxtrot and swing. His biggest accomplishment was sticking with the same wife for 47...

Jun 3, 2017

Karl Schulz, 80, a ten year resident of Surfside, died at his residence on June 3, 2017 surrounded by family.Family service will be held at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland on June 17th.   His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.

May 29, 2017

 Ronald Oscar Nordstrom was born December 17, 1935 in Clatskanie, Oregon, the son of Francis and Helen Nordstrom of Birkenfeld.   Ron attended school at Jewell school and Oregon State College in Corvallis, Oregon, graduating in 1958 with a bachelors degree in electrical engineering.  He later achieved a masters degree in nuclear engineering in California.  

As a boy on the...

May 28, 2017

Ted Wallace Holland, a resident of Long Beach passed away on May 28, 2017 in Ilwaco, WA, at the age of 70. He was born in Roswell, New Mexico on January 16, 1947 and was the son of Wilford and Miriam (Wallace) Holland.

Ted was an Air Force brat whose father moved around, while serving in the Air Force, before...

May 26, 2017

Myrtle C. Richmond, 86, passed away at the family home in Klipsan Beach on May 26, 2017.She was born in Sylvana, WA Jan. 6, 1932 to Olaf and Martha Remmen and grew up Seattle.  She attended schools in Sylvana and Broadway High School in Seattle. She worked for many years at Associated Groceries in Seattle in the frozen food department.On...

May 22, 2017

Edison “Ed” Sparks, 92, died in Long Beach on May 22, 2017, surrounded by those who he loved and they loved him. The second of eight children born to John and Minnie (Cox) Sparks, he was born in Mitchell, North Carolina on January 30, 1925. Early on, Ed learned the values which shaped his life: family, hard work, faith and...

May 22, 2017

Charles Malcolm Jones a resident of Vancouver,WA passed away on May 22, 2017 in Vancouver, WA. A gravesdie service will be Saturday 1:00 PM, May 27, 2017 at Peaceful Hill Cemetery in Naselle. A reception will follow at Nancy and Roy's residence in Naselle.

May 16, 2017

Deep River resident Edna S. Jarvi, 97, died in Astoria on May 16, 2017.  The daughter of Joseph and Sandra (Hendrickson) Kurtti, she was a life long resident of the Deep River area.  She married Arnie Jarvi on September 1, 1942 and they were married 65 years until his death in 2008.Edna was a wife, mother and homemaker.  In past...

May 10, 2017

Gary L. Rasmussen, 75, died in Longview on May 10, 2017.  A native of South Bend, WA, he was the son of Marion and Milja (Penttila) Rasmussen.  Gary grew up in Naselle.Graveside service will be held Thursday, May 18, 2017, 11:00 AM at Peaceful Hill Cemetery in Naselle.His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.