Obituaries
Elma Saari
Dec 7, 2011
Long time Ilwaco resident Saari, 98, died at her residence on December 7, 2011. Born September 6, 1913 in Powell, Arizona, she was the daughter of Finnish immigrants Eli and Edla (Pihlajaniemi) Pitkamo. Elma came north with her parents to the Eufaula/Stella area along the banks of the Columbia River and she was a 1932 graduate of R.A. Long High...
Jackie Macy
Dec 7, 2011
Jackie C. Macy, 69, died at her Naselle, Washington residence on December 7, 2011 surrounded by her family. The daughter of James and Bessie (Stepp) Fuller, she was born August 28, 1942 in Morton, Washington. Jackie grew up in the Randle/Packwood area and was a 1961 graduate of White Pass High School. Following her marriage to Benny Macy Jackie moved...
Lester Smith
Dec 2, 2011
Ocean Park resident Lester F. Smith, 99, died December 2, 2011 at a local care center with his family at his side. The son of Willard and Sylvia (Fairbanks) Smith, he was born June 20, 1912 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The family later moved to Glide, Oregon where Lester grew up and graduated from high school. He attended Clark College...
Daniel W. Noonan
Nov 26, 2011
Danny Noonan, 85, a long time resident of Ilwaco, died November 26, 2011 in Portland. The eldest of 4 sons born to Vincent and Gertrude (Osteby) Noonan, he was born September 14, 1926 in Pasco, Washington. When Danny was five years old the family moved to Ilwaco where he grew up and received his education. The Noonan family operated Ilwaco...
Marseillaise A. Stephenson
Nov 26, 2011
Marseillaise A. Stephenson, age 93, passed away on November 26, 2011 at her residence in Ocean Park, Washington. She was born on June 26, 1918 in Carson, Washington. She and her husband Lavern lived in the Tri-Cities until they retired in Ocean Park, Washington in the mid 70's. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 54 years...
Mary Elizabeth Johnson
Nov 11, 2011
Ocean Park resident Mary E. Johnson, 90, died November 11, 2011 in Ilwaco following a valiant battle with cancer. Born August 27, 1921 in Cedar Glades, Arkansas, she was the youngest of six children born to George and Blanche (Miller) Terry. In her youth Mary moved with her family to Turner, Oregon where she attended grade school and graduated from...
Lou Ella Everett
Nov 8, 2011
Long Beach resident Lou E. Everett, 87, died November 8, 2011 in Ilwaco. The daughter of John and Lila (Clawson) Jeffries, she was born June 17, 1924 in Colby, Kansas. In 1939 she moved with her family to Chadwick, Missouri. There she met Riley Everett while attending church and they were married October 28, 1941 in Ozark, Missouri. In 1943...
Kenneth Maki
Nov 3, 2011
Port Orchard resident Kenneth W. "Kenny" Maki, 68, died in Gig Harbor, Washington on November 3, 2011. The son of William and Ellen (Saari) Maki, he was born in Ilwaco, Washington on December 17, 1942. He grew up in Naselle where he graduated from Naselle High School in 1961. Kenny established a home in Deep River, Washington in 1966. In...
Kenneth Freeman
Nov 2, 2011
Kenneth I. Freeman, 89, a 45 year resident of the Peninsula, died November 2, 2011 at his Ilwaco residence. A native of Vancouver, Washington, Ken was born there May 13, 1922. He was a high school graduate and veteran of the United States Navy during the Second World War. Ken was employed locally as a truck driver in the fish...
Margaret Hallock
Nov 2, 2011
Margaret J. Hallock, 91, went to be with her Lord on November 2, 2011 at her residence at Golden Sands in Klipsan Beach, Washington. The daughter of Clark and Clara Shelden, she was born June 8, 1920 in Opheim, Montana. Margaret was a long time resident of Opheim; Dalhart, Texas and in earlier and later years of Klipsan Beach, Washington....
Annette Marie Gilbert-Smith
Oct 31, 2011
Naselle resident Annette "Sis" Marie Gilbert-Smith, 51, died in Ilwaco, WA October 31, 2011 following a short battle with cancer. The daughter of Robert and Mabyn (Klint) Smith, she was born in Longview, Washington on April 17, 1960. She was raised in Rosburg where she attended grade school and was a graduate of Naselle High School, class of 1979. Sis...
Warren W. Kleeb
Oct 30, 2011
Warren W. Kleeb, 88, died peacefully at his Ocean Park residence on October 30, 2011. Warren was born November 5, 1922 in Vancouver, Washington. On April 30, 1955 he married Barbara Splidsboel and they were the parents of two children. Following retirement Warren and Barbara moved to Ocean Park in 1991. In 1995 Barbara preceded Warren in death. Warren enjoyed...
Sandal Banker
Oct 29, 2011
Sandal faced many adversities but couldn't overcome the final one - her battle with cancer took her life just before sunrise on October 29, 2011 in her home in Ilwaco, WA. She took her last breath in the embrace of her three children, Daniel, Kimberly and Laura, and with her sister Robin by her side. Besides her children, she leaves...
George William Power
Oct 26, 2011
Long Beach resident George W. Power, 72, died October 25, 2011 in Portland, Oregon following a sudden illness. He was born and raised in Florida and joined the US Navy the day he turned 17. He served for 23 years, first as an engineman and later as a deep sea diver and diving instructor. His service took him all over...
Christian Conger Bauge
Oct 23, 2011
Christian C. Bauge, 73, died at his Seaview residence on October 23, 2011. The son of Vernon and Cathleen (Conger) Bauge, he was born in Oregon City, Oregon on January 24, 1938. Chris spent part of his youth growing up on the Peninsula where members of his extended family resided. Throughout his life, though employed, married and raising his family,...
Wayne Curtis Ivy
Oct 22, 2011
Wayne C. Ivy passed away peacefully October 22, 2011 at his home on the Long Beach Peninsula. Wayne raised his family in California and retired from industrial construction in 1992. He re-located to the Peninsula along with his wife Linda, one dog and two cats. It was here he built his dream shop and began to make his beautiful Stickley...
Laurier "Larry" W. Ricard
Oct 3, 2011
LAURIER W. "Larry" RICARD Laurier W. "Larry" Ricard, 87, died at his Chinook, Washington residence on October 3, 2011 in the presence of his family. Born of French-Canadian ancestry on March 17, 1924 in Mearns, Alberta, Canada, Larry was the last surviving child born to Joseph and Rosanna (Houle) Ricard. Larry grew up on the family wheat farm in Mearns...
Eugenia Metra
Sep 30, 2011
EUGENIA METRA, M.D. Klipsan Beach resident Eugenia Metra died in Ilwaco on September 30, 2011 having achieved her 100th birthday while a patient in Ocean Beach Hospital. Eugenia was born in Latvia on September 21, 1911. As a child she lived through the Russian revolution and World War I. During Latvia's brief period of independence (1918-1940) she completed high school...
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