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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...
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...
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...
Myrtle Louise Kary
Apr 30, 2015
Ilwaco resident Myrtle Louise Kary, 85, died in Ilwaco on April 30, 2015. The daughter of Robert and Stella Tillbrook, she was born in Burns, Oregon on January 30, 1930. Following a childhood in Burns she moved with her family to Vancouver, Washington. There she graduated from Ogden Meadows High School in 1948, the same year as the infamous Vanport...
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...
Ardith Irene Woodham
Apr 25, 2015
Ardith Irene Woodham, daughter of Robert Lewis Hinkle and Irene Anne (Kaino) Hinkle passed away peacefully on April 25, 2015. Ardith was born on July 21, 1933 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her father, who was in the Navy, was stationed in Hawaii at the time of her birth. The Navy life was something that young Ardith enjoyed. Following a brief couple...
Berneice Rose Tienhaara
Apr 24, 2015
Naselle resident Berneice Rose Tienhaara, 92, died in Longview April 24, 2015. The daughter of Sam and Blanche (Treibley) Benson, she was born in Polson, Montana on March 31, 1923. There she grew up and graduated from high school. During the war years she moved to Portland, Oregon and it was there she met Reino Tienhaara, a recent veteran of...
Timothy Edward Kary
Apr 20, 2015
Chinook resident Timothy Edward Kary, 62, died of natural causes on April 20, 2015 in Ilwaco. The son of Edward "Bud" and Myrtle "Mert" Kary, Tim was born December 23, 1952 in Ilwaco. Tim grew up in Ilwaco and at an early age developed his life-long love of the outdoors. He and his good buddy David Maki often paddled over...
Steven M. Thomas
Apr 20, 2015
Steven Melvin Thomas was born in Seattle on 12/9/1946, the son of Don and Clara Thomas. Steven passed away on April 20, 2015, in Ilwaco, WA, surrounded by loved ones. He was raised in Seattle except for a few years he lived in Leavenworth. He graduated from Ballard High in 1965, then joined the Marine Corps. He was honorably discharged...
Randy L. Augg
Apr 18, 2015
Randy L. Augg, 66, a 25 year resident of the Peninsula, died at his Ocean Park residence on April 18, 2015. A native of Tacoma, he was a self-employed automotive technician. No service is planned. His guestbook is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Donald M. Hagert
Apr 18, 2015
Donald M. Hagert passed away April 18, 2015 at his Ocean Park residence at the age of 76. Don was an avid outdoorsman who loved fishing and hunting. He was born May 23, 1938 in Wobasso, Minnesota, the son of Nicholas and Rosella (Lange) Hagert. He graduated from Sunnyside (Washington) High School in 1956 and joined the United States Air...
Richard C. Reese
Apr 15, 2015
Richard Charles Reese, 80, died peacefully at his McGowan residence on April 15, 2015. The son of Richard and Ruth (Turner) Reese, he was born in Tacoma on May 15, 1934. Richard joined the United States Air Force following graduation from Lincoln High School in Tacoma with the class of 1952. Upon completion of Cadet Training he became a pilot....
Albert "Al" Haar
Apr 9, 2015
Albert E Haar Long Beach resident Albert E. Haar Jr. died April 9, 2015 at a local care facility. Al was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 4th, 1919. He spent his early years in Michigan. The family moved Seattle, Washington about the time he became a teen-ager. There he graduated from Lincoln High School in Seattle in 1938. He...
Nancy Wilson-Hastings
Apr 4, 2015
Former Peninsula resident Nancy Wilson-Hastings, 76, died in Lacey, Washington on April 4, 2015. A native of Ilwaco, she was born there February 2, 1939. As a child during World War II Nancy sang for the departing troops. Nancy graduated from Ilwaco High School in 1957. Though she travelled and lived in other locations, she always considered the Peninsula home....
Marjorie L. Mancini
Apr 1, 2015
Marjorie Lue Mancini, 79, a resident of Long Beach for the past 26 years, died in Portland on April 1, 2015. Marjorie was born in Denver, Colorado on September 1, 1935. As a child, she moved to the Spokane Valley in eastern Washington where she grew up with her best friend Jerre Jo Farrar McDaneld. In her younger years, Marj...
Phillip D. Mansker
Mar 24, 2015
Phillip Phill' Dwayne Mansker died in peace at his home with his wife, sister and four legged 14 year companion Mac' by his side on March 24, 2015. He was a proud man who lived and died on his own terms after persevering years of many debilitating diseases - NEVER accepting that his strong will and determination would not win...
Sandra Starling
Mar 12, 2015
Sandra Starling, 57, was born January 21, 1958 in Vancouver, Washington and she died as a result of complications from cancer at home in Long Beach, Washington on March 12, 2015. Sandy was a loving person, a born again Christian who devoted her life to spreading the gospel of the Lord. She took time to speak to every person she...
Brian E. Faley
Mar 7, 2015
Brian Eugene Faley, 54, of Long Beach, passed away March 7, 2015 at home, surrounded by his loving family, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Vancouver, January 19, 1961 to Arnie & Sharon (Cooper) Faley. He grew up in the Clark County area, attending local schools there. Brian's first job was landscaping at Janzen Beach Mall. He moved...
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