Obituaries

Cynthia Ann Bruce

Cynthia Ann Bruce

Dec 23, 2012

Cynthia Ann Bruce, 48, of Ocean Park, died December 23, 2012 in Ocean Park. Arrangement by Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach.

Owen Harvey

Owen Harvey

Dec 20, 2012

Owen M. Harvey, 49, of Long Beach, died December 20, 2012 in Ilwaco. Arrangements pending at Penttila's Chapel by The Sea, Long Beach.

John Alves, Jr.

John Alves, Jr.

Dec 18, 2012

On December 18, 2012 John went home to be with the Lord. John was born on October 5, 1940 in San Francisco, California to John and Aileen Alves. He spent the early years of his life playing on the streets of San Francisco. His brother, Donald, joined the family while they still lived in California. In 1951 the family moved...

Gordon Clark

Gordon Clark

Dec 14, 2012

Ocean Park resident Gordon V. Clark, 79, died in Ilwaco on December 14, 2012. The son of Ellis and Elsie (Cox) Clark, he was born August 4, 1933 in Deer Park, Washington. Later Gordon moved to Tillamook, Oregon where he graduated from high school. Gordon served with the US Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the...

Carolyn Rose Wardell

Carolyn Rose Wardell

Nov 25, 2012

Caroyln was born August 14, 1944 in Portland, the daughter of Thomas and Atlas (O'Connor) Wear. She grew up in Portland where she graduated from high school. She and Ray Wardell were married 50 years. Carolyn was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker who placed a priority on her family. Ten years ago she and Ray moved to Chinook...

Bonnie Lorraine Spaulding

Bonnie Lorraine Spaulding

Nov 25, 2012

BONNIE LORRAINE SPAULDING Long Beach resident Bonnie L. Spaulding, 67, died peacefully November 25, 2012 in Seaside, Oregon following a battle with Alzheimer's disease. The daughter of Charles and Margaret (Stoneberg) Preston, she was born January 22, 1945 in Portland, Oregon. Bonnie was a graduate of U.S. Grant High School in Portland in 1963. She graduated from the School of...

Raymond Sopher

Raymond Sopher

Nov 15, 2012

At 2:25 in the afternoon on November 15, 2012, Raymond Eugene Sopher, 74, followed his beloved wife Cordie in eternal rest. Ray died at the hospital in Ilwaco following a one year struggle with cancer. Born January 8, 1938, Ray grew up in Skagit county, Washington and lived in Montana for a number of years. He moved to Ocean Park...

Myrtle H. Anderson

Myrtle H. Anderson

Nov 12, 2012

Rosburg, Washington resident Myrtle H. Anderson, 98, died November 12, 2012 in Raymond, Washington. The daughter of Herman and Sarah (Strausser) Oest, she was born April 7, 1914 in Napavine, Washington. The family moved to Cinebar, Washington where Myrtle attended grade school. She later lived with her sister in Napavine and graduated from Napavine High School in 1933. Myrtle was...

Jerry D. Collins

Jerry D. Collins

Nov 9, 2012

Jerry D. Collins, 72, of Seaview, died November 9, 2012 in Astoria. He was born June 14, 1940 in Olympia, Washington to William F. and Lois (Cooper) Collins, who raised him in Tacoma. In 1960, Jerry joined the National Guard. He worked on fishing boats from Puget Sound to Alaska, then was employed by the Corps of Engineers at Fort...

Robert Jenkins

Robert Jenkins

Nov 3, 2012

Vancouver, Washington resident Robert W. Jenkins, 37, died November 3, 2012 in Chinook, Washington of natural causes. The son of Martin and Janis Jenkins, he was born in Oroville, California on May 13, 1975. Robert attended school in Oroville prior to moving to Vancouver where he completed his education. He was currently employed by Jacobs Heating and Air Conditioning in...

Phillip Raistakka

Phillip Raistakka

Nov 3, 2012

Naselle, Washington resident Phillip L. Raistakka, 77, died November 3, 2012 in Astoria. The son of Leo and Sylvia (Nasi) Raistakka, he was born in Astoria on March 24, 1935. Phil was valedictorian of the Naselle-Grays River Valley High School class of 1953. He earned his BA degree in education from the University of Puget Sound where he belonged to...

Jack Young

Jack Young

Oct 31, 2012

Jack Young, 68, of Seaview, died October 31, 2012 in Ilwaco, WA. He was born November 23, 1943 In Ashland, OR. He is survived by his wife of 38 years Carol; two sons; seven grandchildren and two brothers. A Celebration of his life will take place 2:00 PM November 14, 2012 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Long Beach....

Rex Dreyer

Rex Dreyer

Oct 31, 2012

Rex Dreyer, 77, a 36 year resident of the Peninsula, died October 31, 2012 at his Seaview residence. The son of Harold and Blanche (Profitt) Dreyer, he was born in Tacoma, WA on April 11, 1935. He was raised and educated in Centralia, WA and served with the US Navy during the Korean Conflict. Rex met and married Lorraine Horrigan...

Ruth Jeanette Lentz

Ruth Jeanette Lentz

Oct 26, 2012

Ruth Jeanette Lentz Ruth J. Lentz, 90, died at her Ilwaco residence on October 26, 2012 with her family at her side. Ruth was born June 9, 1922 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and Nell Heagy. During the ensuing years of the Great Depression, Ruth moved with her family to Oregon. On August 10, 1939 she married...

Jon Dearmore

Jon Dearmore

Oct 23, 2012

Jon was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and raised in Mountain Home, Arkansas, where he still has numerous family members who remember and love him. At the time of his death, he was 50 years old and living in Grays River, Washington. He had lived in Arkansas, Maryland and California, but when he met his wife Lori and fell in...

Betty J. Winters

Betty J. Winters

Oct 19, 2012

Ocean Park resident Betty J. Winters, 85, died in Ilwaco on October 19, 2012. Betty was born October 15, 1927 in Covina, California, the daughter of Frank and Irene (Headley) Finley. Her parents had met in Sterling, Colorado before moving to California. Betty's family were employed as migrant farm workers and the family moved from California to Colorado before settling...

Brian "Charlie Brown" Anderson

Brian "Charlie Brown" Anderson

Oct 18, 2012

Brian William Anderson, 51, also known as Charlie Brown, died in Ilwaco on October 18, 2012 of natural causes with his daughter Ashley at his side. Charlie was born in Ilwaco on December 24, 1960 and lived all his life between Grays River and Long Beach. He graduated from Naselle High School in 1979. Charlie loved the outdoors and was...

Sid Snyder

Sid Snyder

Oct 14, 2012

Sidney R. (Sid) Snyder, age 86, passed away on October 14, 2012 at his home in Long Beach. He was born in Kelso, Washington on July 30, 1926 to Adahlena Beeman Snyder and Edwin Alfonso Snyder and was the youngest of four sons. He was a graduate of Kelso High School, served briefly in the Army Air Corps during World...

Mary Alice Neale

Mary Alice Neale

Oct 10, 2012

Seaview, WA resident Mary Alice Neale, 86, died October 10, 2012 at a local care center. She was born May 25, 96 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Mathew and Jamie (Roebeck) Smith. Mary Alice had moved to Seaview upon retirement in 1992. Her late husband's family had maintained a summer home in Seaview since 1925. The residence was historic in that...

Pastor John Brandt

Pastor John Brandt

Sep 21, 2012

Pastor JB Brandt, 77, died August 21, 2012 at his residence in Ilwaco. JB was born in Astoria on November 14, 1935, the son of John Birger and Jessie (Thorson) Brandt Sr. He graduated from Astoria High School in 1953, graduated from the University of Oregon and attended an additional year of law chool there as well. Following that he...

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