Obituaries

Erwin Dence

Erwin Dence

Dec 19, 2016

Chinook resident Erwin Dence, 92, died at his residence on December 19, 2016.  He was a 36 year resident of Chinook and a charter member of the Chinook Valley Gun Club.Memorial service will be Friday, January 6, 2016, 1:00 PM at the Long Beach Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2707 Pacific Ave. (across from the golf course).  His complete obituary is published...

Norm Grier

Norm Grier

Dec 12, 2016

Norman R. Grier, 88, a life long resident of the Peninsula, died at his Seaview residence on December 12, 2016 surrounded by family.A native of Portland, Norm was born there on February 18, 1928.  He and his family shortly thereafter came to the local area.  He was a dedicated and faithful member of Occident Lodge #99 F.&A.M. of Ilwaco.Norm was...

Derald Mainwaring

Derald Mainwaring

Dec 3, 2016

A twenty nine year resident of the Peninsula, Derald Mainwaring died in Astoria on his 80th birthday, December 3, 2016.His complete life story is available from The Chinook Observer. 

Sherry Sue Ahlers

Sherry Sue Ahlers

Dec 2, 2016

Sherry Sue Ahlers, 68, a 18 year resident of the Peninsula, died in Vancouver on December 2, 2016.  Graveside service will be Friday, December 9th, 2016, 2:00 PM at Lone Fir Cemetery, Long Beach.  Friends are welcome.Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.

Dixie A. Morrison

Dixie A. Morrison

Nov 23, 2016

A 32 year resident of the Peninsula, Dixie A. Morrison, 95, died November 23, 2016 in Raymond, Washington. She was 95. She was born November 17, 1921 in Seattle, WA to parents Charles and Teresa Maas. She graduated at High Line high school in Seattle, WA.  She worked in several jobs while living in Seattle area, she married James T....

Roy A. Hamilton

Roy A. Hamilton

Nov 22, 2016

Roy Alvin Hamilton, 64, died in Long Beach on November 22, 2016 of myotonic muscular dystrophy. The son of Gerald and Virginia (Orr) Hamilton, he was born in Fort Bragg, California on July 25, 1952. Roy grew up and attended elementary school and special education classes in Vallejo and Benica, California. In 2000 he moved to Ocean Park from Vallejo.

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Frances Marie Clark

Frances Marie Clark

Oct 25, 2016

Frances Marie Clark was the daughter of LeRoy Jones Mulwee and Bertha Vestine Townsend Mulwee.  She was born in Eureka, Montana on July 11, 1932.  She passed away in hospice care at Alder House in Astoria, OR on October 25, 2016 after a very brief battle with cancer.   As the youngest of nine children, her older siblings insisted that she...

Curtis Denmark

Curtis Denmark

Oct 21, 2016

Curtis Denmark's life story as related in 1999:



Curt was born in Leakesville, Mississippi on May 2, 1923, the son of Webb and Carrie (Smith) Denmark. He grew up in Mississippi and at age 14 came west with his family to Port Angeles, Washington. In 1942 at the age of 19 he joined the US Navy. Curt served aboard...

Cynthia Rae Gray

Cynthia Rae Gray

Oct 17, 2016

Cynthia Rae Gray, 65, a resident of Ocean Park the past 25 years, died in Portland on October 17, 2016. The daughter of William and Betty Simpson, she was born in Everett, Washington on November 11, 1950. Cynthia grew up in Everett and graduated from high school there.



For 22 years she lived in Anchorage, Alaska. There she was...

Walter Kato

Walter Kato

Oct 15, 2016

    Walter W. Kato was born in Astoria, Oregon, on December 2, 1925 and died of natural causes on October 15, 2016 in his home in Deep River, Washington.  Walter was a life-long resident of Deep River, growing up on the farm, attending school, and learning the skills of farming and fishing from his father.  Walter’s parents, Gust and Jennie...

Cuba Warra

Cuba Warra

Oct 14, 2016

Cuba Marcella Warra, 57, a 27 year resident of Naselle, died in Boise, Idaho while returning from a visit to family.  The daughter of Ray and Savana Horsley, she was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 26, 1959.  She grew up and received her education in Missouri and near by Arkansas.



In the early 1980s Cuba came west,...

Helen Marie Brenenstahl

Helen Marie Brenenstahl

Oct 14, 2016

Helen Marie Brenenstahl, 81, of Long Beach, died October 14, 2016 in Raymond. She was born May 28, 1935 in Wayne County, Missouri to Claude and Laura (Barks) McCalister. Growing up in Missouri, one of her favorite things was fishing with her mom, where they would have to swim across a small stream to their favorite fishing spot. Otherwise they...

Leif S. Walker

Leif S. Walker

Oct 10, 2016

Ocean Park resident Leif S. Walker, 58, died of natural causes at his Ocean Park residence om October 10, 2016. He was born July 4, 1958 in Seattle and grew up in Mountlake Terrace with his parents Gloria and Henry and sisters Casey and Dana. His material grandmother Anna Husby, whom he loved dearly, spent time raising him as a...

Brianna Lynn Conrow

Brianna Lynn Conrow

Oct 3, 2016

Brianna passed peacefully on October 3rd at her Long Beach residence.No formal service is planned.Please share a memory, light a candle, and remember her.

Margo Simmons Rose

Margo Simmons Rose

Sep 30, 2016

Margo was born on Oct. 10, 1926 in Guatemala to the parents of Dr.Benjamin and Carmen (Cheney) Zavaleta. She passed away peacefully on September 30, 2016, just shy of her 90th birthday. Her father was the first orthodontist in Central America.  She and her family moved by ship to San Francisco in 1938.  She graduated from Galileo High School. In...

Larry Bellack

Larry Bellack

Sep 27, 2016

Lawrence G. “Larry” Bellack, 87, died at his Ocean Park residence on September 27, 2016. The son of George and Alma Bellack, he was born in Enumclaw, Washington on July 18, 1929. Larry grew up in the Enumclaw-Boulevard Park area and received his education there.



For over 30 years Larry operated his own home delivery milk route in King...

June L. Lauzon

June L. Lauzon

Sep 26, 2016

Jane L. Lauzon, a resident of Ocean Park since 1978, died September 26, 2016 in Long Beach.  Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.

Edwin E. Hurd

Edwin E. Hurd

Sep 25, 2016

Edwin E. Hurd, 87, a 15 year resident of Ocean Park, died at his residence on September 25, 2016.  Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Nancy; and seven children.His guestbook is avilable at www.penttilaschapel.com.

Martha Jean Haskin

Martha Jean Haskin

Sep 8, 2016

Martha J. Haskin, 83, died in Hillsboro, Oregon on September 8, 2016.  Martha was born in Ripley, Tennessee on November 29, 1936 and was a 25 year resident of the Peninsula.Celebration of her life will be Sat., October 1, 2016 at Peninsula Baptist Church in Ocean Park.Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.

Earl C. Brisbin Jr.

Earl C. Brisbin Jr.

Aug 24, 2016

Earl C. Brisbin Jr., 73, died in Portland on August 24, 2016. The son of Earl Sr. and Jean (Hurlbut) Brisbin, he was born in Portland on October 9, 1942. He grew up in Beaverton where he worked as a youth on his parents nursery and graduated from Beaverton High School.



Earl was a 25 year resident of Naselle....