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Obituaries
Laura E. Smith
Nov 13, 2008
OBITUARY OF LAURA ELLEN SMITH Ocean Park resident Laura E. Smith, 76, died November 13, 2008 in Ilwaco. The daughter of Edgar and Elsie Mae (Collins) Boyer, she was born May 19, 1932 at home in Goldendale, Washington. Laura was a 1949 graduate of Columbia High School in White Salmon, Washington. She married Donn B. Smith on September 9, 1956....
Iria Helen Large
Nov 13, 2008
Iria Helen Large Resident of San Leandro 1913- 2008 Iria was born December 25, 1913 in Lovisa, Finland and passed away November 13, 2008 in Castro Valley, CA. Preceded in death by her husband Stanley A. Large, her parents Amanda and Henry Toikko, her sisters Ella Randall, Annie Shade and Vieno Hillo. She is survived by her daughter Lyn and...
Rose Nickila
Nov 11, 2008
Rose Nickila, 90, of Long Beach, died on Tuesday November 11, 2008, in Long Beach. Rose was born January 31, 1918 of Dan and Barbara Begich in Virginia, Minnesota. Born of immigrant parents from Croatia, Rose grew up in Northern Minnesota along with nine siblings. Rose married Ivan Nickila, her husband of 60 plus years just before World War Two....
Roy L. Swensen
Nov 4, 2008
Long Beach resident Roy L. Swensen, 91, died November 4, 2008 in Clackamas, Oregon. Born in Grygla, Minnesota on May 21, 1917, he was the son of a Norwegian father and Swedish mother, Sofus and Hulda (Larsen) Swensen. Roy's early years were in Minnesota where he developed a strong work ethic. In his late teens he hopped a freight train...
Cindy Quaintance
Oct 23, 2008
Althea Margaret "Cindy" Quaintance, 69, of Ocean Park, WA died October 23, 2008 at her home. She was born June 10, 1939 to Oliver and Althea (Vessey) Garrett in Boston, MA. At a young age the family moved to Ramona, CA were Cindy attended school, graduating from Ramona High School. Moving to Washougal, WA she worked with disabled children and...
Harold Kenneth Hughes
Oct 19, 2008
Ocean Park resident Harold K. Hughes, 86, died October 19, 2008 in Ilwaco following a lengthy illness. Born January 24, 1922 in Eugene, Oregon, he was the son of Fred and Margaret (Smith) Hughes. His mother was a member of a pioneer Eugene area family. Harold received his elementary education at schools in Peoria, Oakville, St. Helens and West Linn,...
Hazel Althea Driscoll
Oct 18, 2008
Former Peninsula resident Hazel A. Driscoll, 97, died October 18, 2008 in Astoria. The daughter of Thomas and Anah (Bacon) Heron, she was born in Los Angeles, California on August 18, 1911. Her father died three months before her birth and Hazel was raised by her mother and step-father. When she was a little girl the family moved to Portland,...
Peggy Ellen Ward
Oct 17, 2008
Peggy Ellen Ward, 61, of Ocean Park, passed away October 17, 2008 at a local care facility. She was born February 17, 1947 in Centralia, WA to John and Margaret (Orloski) Perona. She attended school there and graduated from Adna High School. She married Marvin England and together they raised three children. Later she married Bob Ward. They were married...
Donald L. Buhman
Oct 16, 2008
Donald L. Buhman, 69, of Ocean Park, WA died at a Portland hospital on October 16, 2008. He was born in Camas, WA to Leonard and Eula (Wardlow) Buhman on January 9, 1939. At a early age the family moved to the Long Beach peninsula where Don attended school, graduating from Ilwaco High School. Don had a varied and fascinating...
Gene Lee Sellman
Oct 3, 2008
Gene L. Sellman, 78, died at his Ocean Park residence on October 3, 2008. A native of Yacolt, Washington, Gene was born there on July 5, 1930, the son of George and Marie (Hamilton) Sellman. Gene grew up in nearby Vancouver where he graduated from Fort Vancouver high school and then attended Clark College for a year. For 14 years...
Glenrose Hedlund
Sep 30, 2008
Glenrose Marie Hedlund passed away September 30, 2008 in Cathlamet, WA at the age of 87. She was born on December 23, 1920 to Emil and Lillian (Johnson) Lindgren of Deep River. She attended elementary school in Deep River and graduated from Naselle High School in 1939. Glenrose married Clarence Hedlund on February 23, 1940 and they were married for...
Rochelle Irene (Whitehead) Priebe
Sep 28, 2008
A tragic accident at her Seaview residence on September 28, 2008 claimed the life of Rochelle I. Priebe, 41. Her husband Curtis perished in the same accident. The daughter of Claude and Lois (Capitani) Johnson, she was born in Vancouver, Washington on February 24, 1967. Rochelle grew up in Vancouver where she received her education. Rochelle moved to the Peninsula...
Curtis Priebe
Sep 28, 2008
Curtis E. Priebe, 42, of Seaview, WA died September 28, 2008 at home of a tragic accident. His wife of 12 months, Rochelle, also perished. He was born June 29, 1966 in Seattle to Russell and Mille (Walton) Priebe. The family moved to Astoria then Curtis was a child. Curtis attended school in Astoria. When he was just 16, he...
Charles Edward Relyea
Sep 26, 2008
Ocean Park resident Charles E. "Chuck" Relyea, 67, died in Long Beach on September 26, 2008. A native of Sioux City, Iowa, he was born October 2, 1940, the son of Chester and Leda (Thorten) Relyea. Charles grew up in San Diego, California where he graduated from high school. During the Vietnam Conflict in served with the US Navy aboard...
Joanne Pfeifer
Sep 25, 2008
Joanne Pfeifer, 73, died September 25, 2008 at her Long Beach residence. Born in Burley, Idaho on June 30, 2008, she was one of eight children born to Austin and Bernice (Biggs) Harwood. The family came west to Vancouver where Joanne attended Hazel Dell elementary and graduated from Fort Vancouver High School. Joanne became a wife, mother and homemaker while...
Ethel Gertrude Uhri
Sep 25, 2008
A resident of the Peninsula since 1985, Ethel G. Uhri, 87, died September 25, 2008 in Long Beach. The daughter of John and Annie (Miles) Hillman, she was born October 24, 1920 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. At an early age she moved with her family to Portland, Oregon and soon thereafter to Longview. She was a graduate of R.A....
Lilly Mathews
Sep 24, 2008
An Ocean Park icon, Lilly M. Mathews, 91, died September 24, 2008 in Vancouver, Washington. Lilly, the daughter of Ole and Nellie (Jasperson) Moen, was born in Bemidji, Minnesota on May 2, 1917. The family included her brother Emil and sister Jennie. When she was 8 years old the family came west and traveled down the Deschutes River canyon on...
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