Obituaries

Mary Luethe

Mary Luethe

Apr 26, 2008

Mary Lou Bussone-Luethe, 57, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2008 at her residence in Long Beach, Washington. Mary was born in Longview, WA on September 3, 1950. Her parents Albert and Eugenia Bussone raised her in Cathlamet, WA where she attended Julius Wendt grade school through eighth grade. She moved with her family to the Long Beach Peninsula where...

Jim McCafferty

Jim McCafferty

Apr 24, 2008

Astoria resident James W. "Jim" McCafferty, 82, died April 24, 2008 in Long Beach, WA. The son of James F. and Marion O. (Walker) McCafferty, he was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 5, 1926. Jim grew up in Cleveland where he graduated from East High School. Following high school he joined the US Army, entered officer candidate school and...

Sharon Miller

Sharon Miller

Apr 23, 2008

Ilwaco resident Sharon L. Miller, 65, died April 23, 2008 in Long Beach. The eldest of 7 children born to Wesley and Pauline (Carthart) Call, she was born in Baxter Springs, Kansas on December 8, 1942. Sharon grew up helping raise her younger siblings and working doing odd jobs around the neighborhood. Sharon attended high school in California. On July...

Jo Ann Liebig

Jo Ann Liebig

Apr 23, 2008

Ocean Park resident Jo Anna Marie Liebig, 68, died April 23, 2008 at St. John Medical Center in Longview, Washington. The daughter of Steven and Connie Barth, she was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 13, 1939. During her childhood she lived in St. Louis and attended local schools. Following high school she attended a summer of college and...

Norm Peterson

Norm Peterson

Apr 17, 2008

Norman Lee Peterson Jr., 46, was tragically taken from this life, his family and friends, on March 28, 2008, in Olympia. He born Sept. 18, 1961, the fourth and first male child, of Norman and Marie (Curtis) Peterson. He started his life at Ocean Beach Hospital in Ilwaco and continued living on the Peninsula until his mid-teens. He relocated to...

Patricia Deahl

Patricia Deahl

Apr 14, 2008

Patricia M. Deahl, 90, died April 14, 2008 in Vancouver, Washington where she had resided the past 24 years. The only child of Charles and Frances (Curtis) Williams, she was born in Wallace, Idaho on February 9, 1918. In 1936 she married Leonard C. Smith and moved to Baker, Oregon where she resided until 1958 when she moved to Portland....

William Gibson

William Gibson

Apr 12, 2008

"Final Crossing of the Bar" – Devoted husband, loving son, idolized brother, beloved dad, adored grandpa and loyal friend, William Harry Gibson, 58, of Ilwaco, WA died April 12, 2008 at his home following a brief and intense battle with cancer. Known to family and friends as "Bill", he was born august 11, 1949 in Tacoma, WA to William R....

Olive Walker

Olive Walker

Apr 10, 2008

Olive D. Walker, 86, died April 10, 2008 in Long Beach. She was born June 30, 1921 in Portland and was the youngest and last surviving child of James G. and Amy (Littlehale) Walker. The family lived in Portland and spent summers in Seaview operating Walker's Beacon Cottages until the Depression when they permanently moved to Seaview. Olive was developmentally...

Bud Lynch

Bud Lynch

Apr 10, 2008

Willard Henry "Bud" Lynch, 70, of Long Beach, WA, died April 10, 2004 at a local hospital. Bud was born May 29, 1928 at The Presidio in San Francisco to Lt. Col. Harry Lynch and Ellen Futtrup Lynch and was the Grandson of Nils Willard and Alice Gerow Futtrup (married in Chinook, Wa 1894). He was a talented aerospace engineer,...

Harry Easley Jr

Harry Easley Jr

Apr 7, 2008

L. Harry Easley Jr., 75, died April 7, 2008 at his Ocean Park residence following a lengthy battle with cancer. His family was with him at the end of his physical life. Born in Hannibal, Missouri on October 1, 1932, he was the son of Lilburn Easley and Madeline Elgin. He grew up in Hannibal where he graduated from Hannibal...

Loretta King

Loretta King

Apr 6, 2008

Long Beach resident Loretta E. King, 73, died April 6, 2008 in Ilwaco, WA. Born in Fisher, Arkansas on September 29, 1934, she was the oldest child born to Sanford and Neva (Sanders) Furrow. She was born at the height of the Depression years and times were difficult for her parents, necessitating her mother to work outside the home. By...

Jeane Leback

Jeane Leback

Apr 6, 2008

Jeane G. Leback, 57 died April 6, 2008 at her Vancouver residence following a valiant battle with cancer. Born February 7, 1951 in Astoria, she was the daughter of Melvin and Lucille (Snyder) Leback, residents of Chinook, Washington. Jeane attended Chinook grade school and graduated from Ilwaco High School in 1969. Jeane was a graduate of Pacific University in Forest...

Thelma Strange

Thelma Strange

Apr 3, 2008

Klipsan Beach resident Thelma M. Strange, 86, died April 3, 2008 in Portland. The daughter of Henry and Martha (Wirkkala) Kemppi, she was born Mat 23, 1921 in Deep River, Washington. As a young girl she overcame polio, attended local schools and graduated from Naselle High School in 1939. In the fall of 1939 she entered the nursing program at...

Cecil Carathers

Cecil Carathers

Apr 2, 2008

OBITUARY OF CECIL FREEMAN CARATHERS Cecil F. Carathers, 85, died April 2, 2008 in Vancouver where he had resided the past 28 years. The son of Marion and Fannie (Howerton) Carathers, he was born in Ennis, Kentucky on May 21, 1922. Cecil grew up in the Ennis area, attended local schools and worked doing odd jobs to help support his...

Alice Sund

Alice Sund

Mar 28, 2008

Alice J. Sund, Ph.D., died March 28, 2008, in Rohnert Park, Calif., where she had resided for the past 21 years. She was born on June 11, 1943, in Ilwaco to Adolph and Helene Sund She graduated from Ilwaco High School as valedictorian of her class and went on to graduate from the University of Washington in 1965 with a...

Robert Schaefer

Robert Schaefer

Mar 22, 2008

Robert L. Schaefer, 67, died March 22, 2008 in Ilwaco where he had resided the past 6 years. The son of Gerald and Bernice Schaefer, he was born October 25, 1940 in Tacoma. When he was 6 years old he moved with his family to Juneau, Alaska. There he completed his education and soon learned the fishing trade from his...

William Bredfield

William Bredfield

Mar 21, 2008

William F. "Bill" Bredfield, 71, passed away March 21, 2008 at St. Peter Medical Center in Olympia following a lengthy battle with diabetes. He was a former Long Beach resident who had until the time of his death been residing in Nemah. The son of Fred and Silvia (Reinhardt) Bredfield, he was born March 29, 1936 on the family dairy...

Gladys Kilian

Gladys Kilian

Mar 21, 2008

Former Chinook resident Gladys A. Kilian, 93, died March 21, 2008 in a Longview care center. The daughter of Frank and Bertha (Dablo) Stenberg, she was born March 28, 1914 at home in Hamburg, North Dakota. Gladys graduated from high school and on March 15, 1941 married Oscar H. Kilian in Boise, Idaho. The couple later moved to Portland where...

Frances Nelson

Frances Nelson

Mar 19, 2008

Long Beach resident Frances N. Nelson, 71, died March 19, 2008 in a local care center. Born July 13, 1936 in Chehalis, Washington, she was the daughter of Carl and Elsie (Butler) Thompson. Childhood years were in Chehalis and later Longview where she graduated from R. A. Long High School. In 1953 she married Lawrence Holgate who was then serving...

Roberta Cole

Roberta Cole

Mar 16, 2008

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