Obituaries
Gloria MacNeill
Jun 28, 2015
Gloria F. McMacNeill, 89, died in Ilwaco on June 28, 2015. A native of Crescent City, California, she was born November 25, 1925, the daughter of Irving and Mabel Hendricks. As a young girl she grew up on a ranch on the Yurok Reservation, later living in Trinidad, California. A Native American and member of the Yurok Tribe of California,...
Gene Petersen
Jun 24, 2015
Gene Petersen, 73, of Ocean Park, died June 24, 2015, at home, surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by daughters Linda and Kim, brother Gerald, four grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. No formal services will be held. Arrangements by Penttila's Chapel by The Sea.
Louis (Lou) F. Place
Jun 23, 2015
Louis "Lou" Franklin Place passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, the morning of June 23, 2015. He was born in Midway City, Calif., to Homer and DoraMay (Miller) Place. He spent his early years in Long Beach, Calif. It was there he attained his Eagle Scout award and graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He entered California...
Eva Pellervo
Jun 20, 2015
Eva Pellervo, a lifelong resident of Naselle, Washington, died at her Nyberg Road home on June 20, 2015. Born on July 1, 1925, Eva was the fourteenth of the fifteen children of Finnish immigrants and early Naselle settlers Andrew and Hilda (Korpela) Wirkkala, and the second of their three daughters. Eva graduated from Naselle High School in 1944 and married...
Joyce C. Tuerck
Jun 18, 2015
Joyce C. Tuerck, 65, died at her Ocean Park residence on June 18, 2015. The daughter of Charles and Athelda Church, she was born May 18, 1950 in Vancouver, Washington. Joyce grew up in The Dalles, Oregon where she graduated from high school in 1968. Moving to Portland, Joyce was employed by Freightliner Corporation until retirement. Eight years ago she...
Judy Williams
Jun 14, 2015
Judy Elizabeth (Church) Williams, 75, passed away on June 14, 2015, in Vancouver, Washington. She was born on November 23, 1939, in Astoria, Oregon, to Cecil Lewis Church and Opal Melissa (Baker) Church. Judy grew up in Chinook, Washington. She graduated from 8th grade at the Chinook School in Chinook, Washington, and from high school at Ilwaco, Washington, in 1958....
Earle LeRoy "Bud" Adee
Jun 4, 2015
Earle LeRoy "Bud" Adee, 83, passed peacefully on June 4, 2015 at his Ocean Park residence. He was preceded by his mother Julia June Marmo, father Samuel LeRoy Adee, brother Ronald Adee, daughter and son-in-law Theresa and Ron Stillwell. A native of Puyallup, Washington, Bud served in the United States Air Force for eleven years during the Korean War. A...
Robert F. Hamley
May 24, 2015
Robert F. "Bob" Hamley, 70, died peacefully on May 24, 2015 at his Ocean Park residence. He was a four year resident of the Peninsula. Survivors include his wife Elaine. Robert's memorial service will be held Sat., June 13th, 2015, 1:00 PM at Peninsula Baptist Church in Ocean Park. His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Korine Jewel Nelson
May 24, 2015
Korine J.Nelson, 93, a lifelong resident of Chinook, died in Raymond, Washington on May 24th, 2015. The daughter of Andrew "Sig" and Olive "Liz" (Thompson) Anderson, she was born in Chinook on October 10, 1921. Korine grew up in Chinook where she attended Chinook Elementary and was a graduate of Ilwaco High School. Korine was a customer service representative for...
Signa Leah Kilponen
May 23, 2015
Signa Leah Kilponen, 97, a life long resident of Deep River and Salmon Creek, died in Astoria on May 23, 2015. The daughter of Finnish Immigrants Anton and Sofia Hanninen, she was born in Astoria on January 5, 1918. In 1920 the family moved to Deep River, Washington, settling in a 9 room house "a mile up the Deep River...
David S. "Crazy Dave" Hargrove
May 23, 2015
David Skipper Hargrove, 60, known lovingly to his friends as "Crazy Dave" died peacefully at his Long Beach residence on May 23, 2015. A native of Miami, Florida, Dave came to the Peninsula in 1992 from Sacramento, California. Dave was a veteran of service with the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict. he has been "shot down" three times...
Elizabeth Jean "Betty" Holm
May 22, 2015
Elizabeth J. Holm, "Betty", passed away on May 22, 2015 in Longview, Washington. She was born in Astoria, Oregon to Wendell and Emma (Jackson) Holm and was the oldest for four children. Betty lived on the family farm in Naselle and was Valedictorian for her graduating class from Naselle High School. After graduation she attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon...
Ella Worthington
May 21, 2015
Ella Worthington, 108, a pioneer resident of Long Beach, died at a local care facility on May 21, 2015. The ninth of ten children, she was born May 1, 1907 in Moundsville, West Virginia. Five years after her birth the family moved to the Peninsula. Ella recalls digging "hundreds of clams" before going to grade school and by ninth grade...
Leslie Endicott Wells
May 15, 2015
Leslie Endicott Wells, 73, died at his Ocean Park residence on May 15, 2015 following a lengthy illness. The only child of Francis and Alice (Haynes) Wells, he was born in Panama City, Panama on November 20, 1941. Les earned a computer science degree from a university in Virginia. During the "cold war" he served with the United States Army...
Edyth Rae Wilton
May 15, 2015
Edyth Rae Wilton, 75, one of the last genuine ladies and long time resident of Long Beach, went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 15, 2015 in Astoria. Edyth graced the world with her presence on December 1, 1939 in Ocean Park, Washington to Ray and Fannie Wilton. Ray Wilton was the owner of the Marona, the...
Lucille Kathryn Erola
May 6, 2015
Former Naselle resident Lucille Kathryn Erola, 99, died May 6, 2015 in Federal Way, Washington where she had resided the past year. The youngest of four children born to German immigrants Heinrich and Anna Verheyen, she was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 5, 1916. Lucille attended school in Cleveland and following high school was employed as a bank teller...
Elma Christner
May 5, 2015
Elma Bernice Dobbs Christner was born on January 24th of 1922 to William Dobbs and Dorris Adaire in Elma, Washington. She lived in Washougal, Washington from 1963 to 1998. In 1998 she moved to Ocean Park, Washington where she lived with her husband LaVern Christner. Elma loved to cook, camp, hunt and fish. She especially loved to garden. She had...
David Stanley Alkins
May 4, 2015
The Rev. David Stanley Alkins, D.D. Father Alkins died peacefully at his Seaview home on May 4, 2015. He was born April 20, 1922 in Bingham, Maine to Maurice and Barbara (Reynolds) Alkins. After schooling in Bingham he graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music in organ performance. While a church organist in Texas he met and married Jeanne Lorraine...
John Hannick
May 4, 2015
John Allen Hannick, 58, a 15 year resident of the Long Beach Peninsula, died at his Ilwaco, WA residence on May 4, 2015 of natural causes. The son of John and Catherine Hannick, he was born in Aberdeen, Washington on October 4, 1956. John grew up in Aberdeen where he graduated from high school and attended Grays Harbor College. For...
Adeline Kathe Schrantz
Apr 30, 2015
Long Beach resident Adeline Schrantz, 81, died April 30, 2015 in Astoria. Adeline was a 37 year resident of the Peninsula and an active and dedicated member of St. John Lutheran Church in Seaview. The daughter of German immigrants Johann and Johanna Helms, she was born in Norfolk, Nebraska on September 2, 1933. She moved to Vancouver, Washington and it...
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