Obituaries
Rickey Houston
Sep 21, 2011
RICKEY LOUIS HOUSTON SR. Ocean Park resident Rickey L. "Rick" Houston Sr., 59, died in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday September 21, 2011 following a valiant battle with cancer. The son of Richard and Frances (Barrios) Houston, he was born in Enumclaw, Washington on June 6, 1952. Rick grew up In Tacoma where he received his education and graduated from high...
Raymond J. Provo
Sep 19, 2011
Raymond J. Provo, 82, died September 19, 2011 in Ilwaco. Ray was born in South Bend on January 17, 1929, the son of Raymond John and Jessie (Rankine) Provo. He spent his formative years in the logging camps of his father in Pacific and Grays Harbor counties. Ray married Jeanette Arlene Paulsen on January 17, 1950 in Des Moines, Iowa....
Timothy Blaylock
Sep 16, 2011
TIMOTHY MAXIM BLAYLOCK Timothy M. "Tim" Blaylock, 19, died at his Naselle, Washington residence on September 16, 2011. The son of Lorne and JoAnn (Allmon) Blaylock, he was born in Astoria on October 15, 1991. Tim grew up on the Long Beach Peninsula and graduated from Naselle High School in June of 2010. He was a student at Portland State...
Nancy Owens Prechel
Sep 13, 2011
Ocean Park resident Nancy O. Owens, 75, died peacefully at her residence on September 13, 2001. Born June 10, 1936 in Houston, Texas, she was the second of two daughters born to Kyle and Inez Owens. The Owens family relocated to Los Angeles, California in 1939 where Nancy attended public schools. She met Norbert H. Prechel on a blind date...
Phillip Nagy
Sep 11, 2011
Phillip F. "Phil" Nagy, 66, died Sept. 11, 2011, at his home in Chinook. The son of Betty Day Nagy and Frank Nagy, he was born Sept. 8, 1945, in Long Beach, Calif. He grew up and attended schools in Oxnard, Calif., graduating from Oxnard Union High School in 1963. Then from 1963 to 1967 he served in the U.S....
Mary Elizabeth Tufts
Sep 6, 2011
MARY ELIZABETH TUFTS Mary E. Tufts, 74, died at her Nahcotta residence on September 6, 2011. The daughter of Qufis and Josephine (Norton) McMullen, she was born in Wenatchee, Washington on September 8, 1936. Mary was raised by her maternal grandmother Ada Brown and later adopted by her maternal aunt and uncle Nina and William Eash. She attended grade school...
Morris Albert O'Connor
Sep 1, 2011
Morris Albert O'Connor, 664, native of Chinook, died at home in Chinook on September 1, 2011. He was born on February 8, 1947 in Astoria to Max and Mary Jane (Nelson) O'Connor. He attended local schools, graduating from Ilwaco High School in 1965.In 1966 he was inducted into the Army, serving with the 9th Infantry Division in Vietman. Upon seperation...
Phillip Rice Jackson
Aug 27, 2011
Phillip Rice Jackson, 63, of Ocean Park died August 27, 2011 at home. He was born September 25, 1947 to Harold and Marion (Rice) Jackson in LOs Angeles/Hollywood where his parents were in the entertainment production industry. He attended school there and in 1969 moved to Washington State. He married Debbie Galster in 1979 and conceived their first born Kelli....
Karin Dee Smith
Aug 25, 2011
Karin Smith, born Karin Gunderson May 16, 1945, to Dale (deceased) and Dena Gunderson, of Arizona, died August 25, 2011, peacefully in her sleep from heart failure. Her capacity for love and the exuberance of her life exceeded the ability of her heart. Karin was born in Aberdeen, WA. She attended Weatherwax High School in Aberdeen, WA, and she achieved...
Marilynn May Robertson
Aug 20, 2011
MARILYNN MAY ROBERTSON Marilynn M. Robertson, 76, a 16 year resident of the Peninsula, died at her Long Beach residence on August 20, 2011. Marilynn was born November 4, 1935 and attended grade school in Centerville, Washington before attending high school in Goldendale, Washington. In 1952 she moved to Vancouver, Washington where a year later she graduated from Vancouver High...
Martha Murfin
Aug 16, 2011
In preparing for this day, a few years back we asked Mom to help write her obituary. She thought about it and then explained to us that it didn't need to list everything she'd done or those things with which she had been involved. She said, "If people want to know those things, they can go to the Observer and...
Ronald LeRoy Ross
Aug 16, 2011
Ronald "Ron" Ross76, of Long Beach, died August 16, 2011 in Ilwaco. He was born May 10, 1935 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Erwin J. and Anne M. (Olson) Ross. The family moved to Seattle where Ron grew up and graduated from Lincoln High School. He then served in the military. Ron moved to the Peninsula in 1968. On April 21,...
Eleanor Elliott
Aug 2, 2011
Eleanor R. Elliott, 93, a resident of Wahkiakum county the past 73 years, died in Cathlamet, Washington on August 2, 2011. The daughter of Robert and Ethel (Collins) Tomlinson, she was born February 20, 1918 in Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada. Eleanor was a graduate of the Bellingham, Washington Normal School (now Western Washington University) where she earned her teaching certificate...
Jeanne Zubal
Jul 26, 2011
Ocean Park, Washington resident Jeanne V. Zubal, 86, died in Ilwaco on July 26, 2011. The daughter of Dan and Irene Dugan, she was born January 8, 1925 in Salem, Oregon. As a child she moved with her parents to Seattle where she grew up, graduating from Cleveland High School. In 1947 she married Frank Zubal and became a wife,...
Peter George Lopetich
Jul 18, 2011
Peter George Lopetich, 80, of Long Beach, adored husband, father, grandfather, and friend passed away on July 18th, 2011 in Portland. He was born the third of six children to George and Rosa Lopetich on March 22,1931 in the small village of Kraljevo, Serbia, in the former Yugoslavia. He immigrated to the United States in 1961 and was a longtime...
Larry Wirkkala
Jul 18, 2011
Larry W. Wirkkala, 63, a lifelong resident of Ilwaco, died in Longview, Washington on July 18, 2011. The son of Warner and Grace ((Tyacke) Wirkkala he was born September 21, 1947 in Astoria. Larry grew up in Ilwaco and was a graduate of Ilwaco High School. At age 4 Larry began working with his father learning the mechanic trade. By...
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