Obituaries
Danya Schweigel
May 28, 2016
Ilwaco resident Danya C. Schweigel, 26, died at her residence on May 28, 2016. The daughter of Dan and Dawn (Davis) Schweigel, she was born in Vancouver, Washington on May 17, 1990. At age 5 she came to the Peninsula with her parents. She attended Long Beach Elementary and graduated from Ilwaco High School.Danya was employed as a waitress at...
Duane W. Fugleberg
May 26, 2016
Duane Wilmar Fugleberg was born in New Rockford, N.D. and worked all over the world in pulp and paper for 45 years. Duane served with the United States Army, 334th Armed Helicopter Company. He was an engineering genius and could draw the layout and dimensions of most anything more quickly, accurately and decisively than any computer-aided designers. He...
Daniela Garcia-Comacho
May 22, 2016
Daniela passed from this life as the result of an accidental drowning near Klipsan Beach on May 22nd.There will be a funeral service and viewing Friday, May 27, 2016 3:00 PM at the Calvary Assembly of God, 1365 S, Main St., Warrenton, Oregon.
Sandra Spaulding Gibbons
May 18, 2016
Sandra Gibbons, 62, died May 18, 2016 at her Ocean Park residence with husband Tom by her side. Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Richard E. "Dick" Beller
May 6, 2016
Richard Eugene Beller, 69, died in his wife's arms at his Chinook residence on May 6, 2015 following a lingering illness. The son of Raymond and Thelma (Jack) Beller, he was born April 11, 1947 in Seattle. He graduated from high school in Seattle in 1965 and his family spent summers fishing in Chinook. Following high school he joined the...
Eileen Ann Prozialeck
Apr 30, 2016
Eileen Ann Prozialeck 67, a life long resident of Ocean Park passed away on April 30th, 2016 Eileen is proceeded in death by both of her parents Charles and Muriel Zitsch and two grandchildren Michael Weidner and Felicia Weidner and a nephew Richard Lentz. She is survived by her husband Tom Prozialeck of Ocean Park, five children;...
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Apr 29, 2016
Elizabeth Emily (Miller) Zimmerman, known to all as Elizabeth, passed from this life on April 29, 2016 at her Grays River, Washington residence. The daughter of Glenn and Emily (Boyer) Miller, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 24, 1924. As a student she was active in 4-H, later becoming a leader, and was an accomplished seamstress.
Elizabeth...
Laurence W. Stephens
Apr 20, 2016
Laurence W. Stephens, 76, a 12 year resident of the Peninsula, died at his Ocean Park home on April 20, 2016 with his family at his side.His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Donald E. "Doctor Don" Howell
Apr 13, 2016
Donald Eugene “Doctor Don” Howell, left for his final homecoming on April 13, 2016 at his Ocean Park residence. Don was born September 21, 1933 in Evansville, Indiana, the son of Eugene Debs and Helen (Neimier) Howell Caudle. He was raised by his Grandmother Davidson in Evansville where he attended school, later moving to Longview, Washington.
Don joined the...
Geneva Rose Lindsley
Apr 10, 2016
Geneva R. Lindsley, 79, a 38 year resident of the Peninsula, died in Long Beach on April 10, 2016. She was born in Mateo, South Dakota on October 8, 1936. Later she moved to Colorado where she grew up, received her education, and drove mail truck for a number of years. In 1966 she came to the Peninsula where she...
Carol J. Ross
Mar 28, 2016
Carol J. Ross passed away peacefully at Canterbury Gardens in Longview on March 28, 2016, after suffering from Alzheimer’s for several years.
She was born Feb. 16, 1931, in Astoria, to Gladys and Arvid Magnuson. She was their only child. She lived most of her life in Naselle and attended Naselle schools.
Carol married Melvin Ross July 23, 1948, and...
Harold "Skip" Kotek
Mar 19, 2016
Harold A. Kotek, 75, a 50 year resident of the Peninsula, died at his Long Beach residence on March 19, 2015. Known to most as "Skip" he operated Skipper's Horse Rentals in Long Beach for many years. Please join our family as we celebrate the life of Skip Kotek We hope many of those who knew him will come and...
Beverly J. Gilpin
Mar 17, 2016
Beverly Jayne Gilpin died March 17, 2016. Beverly was born in Spokane Washington in 1931, where she graduated from Lewis and Clark High School, followed by Kinmen Business School. She married Eldred Gilpin in 1954. The couple made their first home in Nespelem WA where she worked at the post office and Colville Indian Agency. Later the couple moved to...
Hal E. Gardner
Mar 16, 2016
Obituary for Hal Gardner
Born in Tacoma, Washington: January 17, 1917
Died in Ocean Park, Washington: March 16, 2016
Mother: Nettie Gardner
Father: Reverend Harry Gardner
Hal Gardner passed away on March 16, 2016 at the age of 99, shortly after suffering a massive heart attack. Being a minister’s son, the family moved many times throughout his childhood....
Ila Louise Lorenz
Mar 14, 2016
Ila Louise Lorenz, age 91, peacefully passed away on March 11th 2016 at her Ocean Park residence.
The daughter of Henry and Della Frahm, she was born on May 11th, 1924 in Danvers, Illinois. The third of five children, Ila spent a happy childhood in Illinois, graduating from Stanford H.S. in 1942. She met and married James Lorenz in 1950....
Beatrice M. Jones
Mar 12, 2016
Beatrice M. Jones, 79, a 16 year resident of the Peninsula, died at her Ocean Park residence on March 12, 2016.No service at her request. Her guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Gayl L. West
Mar 10, 2016
ASTORIA — Described by many as a wonderful lady, Gayl L. West, Ocean Park, passed away on March 10, 2016, in Astoria. She was born in Colfax, Washington on Aug. 4, 1940, and lived her early life in Anchorage; Hooper, Washington; and the Seattle area, where she graduated from Highline High School in 1958. Gayl attended Central Washington University,...
Marie Damron
Mar 9, 2016
On March 9, 2016, Marie Teresa Soller Damron embarked on her last great adventure after many years of struggle with illness.
Despite her quiet beginnings in Cambridge, Ohio on August 20, 1954, Marie always sought out new opportunities and experiences. After living in multiple states along the East Coast, Marie came to Cary, North Carolina at the age of 18...
John C. Caudle
Mar 5, 2016
John C. Caudle, 80, died at his Long Beach residence on March 5, 2016 with his family at his side. The son of Marion and Ophelia (Wilson) Caudle, he was born in Mauldin, Arkansas on February 22, 1936. Following high school he joined the United States Air Force.
Returning stateside he attended the University of Arkansas where he graduated...
Marshall C. Tate
Mar 1, 2016
Obit for Marshall
Marshall was born on March 21, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. He studied at Michigan State and obtained his degree in biology from Wayne State University in Detroit. Although he moved away to Oregon in the early ‘70s, he maintained contact up until his passing with some of the friends that he started out with in kindergarten...