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Obituaries
Kermit Bishop
Feb 19, 2007
Kermit J. Bishop, 74, passed away February 19, 2007 at his Ocean Park, Washington residence where he had been residing with his wife Annette. Death was due to prostate cancer. Kermit was born December 26, 1932 in Scobey, Montana to Grace and Raymond Bishop and moved to Tacoma, WA when he was very young. Kermit was the youngest of 9...
Samie Starr
Feb 17, 2007
Shirley Lee "Samie" Starr, 59, of Nahcotta, died February 17, 2007 in Ilwaco, WA. Samie was born May 21, 1947 in Tacoma WA to Leon and Audrey (Chambers) Aegerter. She was raised in Tacoma and attended school there, graduating in 1965. Samie and James Starr were married in Ellensburg, WA on December 5, 1980. They moved to Nahcotta in 1998....
Ethel Starheim
Feb 16, 2007
Ocean Park resident Ethel H. Starheim, 72, died February 16, 2007 in Long Beach. The daughter of John and Katie (Kline) Jones, she was born November 5, 1934 in North Dakota. She grew up on the family farm and remembered climbing out a second story window onto a snow drift at her home during a particularly severe winter storm. When...
Ethyl "Jean" Bighill
Feb 15, 2007
Naselle, Washington resident Jean Bighill, 71, died February 15, 2007 in Astoria. The daughter of Alonzo and Gertrude (Gragg) Clay, she was born December 11, 1935 in Delano, California. She lived in Delano until she was age 10 when her family moved to Portland. She resided there for several years until moved to the Eden Valley area east of Rosburg,...
Mary Ann Markman
Feb 14, 2007
Mary Ann Markham, 90, died February 14, 2007 at her Ilwaco, Washington residence. One of five children born to Carlton and Mary (Doerner) Fuller, she was born January 16, 1917 in Isabel, South Dakota where her father operated the local hardware store. Mary Ann grew up in Isabel and had many wonderful memories of those years. After she graduated from...
Lena Weseman
Feb 13, 2007
Lena A. "Lucky" Weseman, 87, died February 13, 2007 at her Long Beach residence. Born September 11, 1919 in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada, she was one of eight children born to Emil and Louise Laurin. At an early age she moved to Kelso, WA where she attended Catholic elementary school and graduated from Kelso High School. Like her brothers, Lucky went...
Keith Johnson
Feb 9, 2007
Seaview resident Keith H. Johnson, 76, died February 9, 2007 in Longview, WA. The son of Hilmar and Lorna (Swayze) Johnson, he was born January 25, 1931 in Rapid City, South Dakota, his parents being of Norwegian ancestry. Keith lived in nearby Summit, South Dakota until he was in the fourth grade. The family then moved to Modoc Point, Oregon...
Franklin Rockwell
Feb 5, 2007
Franklin "Rocky" D. Rockwell, 89, the only child of Hazel (Garrett) and Jay Smith Rockwell, died Feb. 5, 2007. He was born Dec. 21, 1917, in Spokane. Mr. Rockwell attended elementary and high school in Endicott. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Idaho and earned a degree in education. He made many trips to the Peninsula...
Robert Davis
Jan 27, 2007
OBITUARY OF ROBERT MORAN "Bob" DAVIS Naselle, Washington resident Robert M. "Bob" Davis, 90, died January 27, 2007 in Astoria, Oregon. The only child of Arthur and Mary (Berry) Davis, he was born November 15, 1916 in Portland. His paternal grandparents were Finnish immigrants who settled in the Salmon Creek area east of Naselle in 1879. His father had moved...
Rodney Cofer
Jan 27, 2007
Rodney Ain Cofer, 45, long time resident of Ocean Park, WA died suddenly on January 27, 2007 at his residence. The son of George and Anna (Boyd) Cofer, he was born September 12, 1961 in Vancouver, WA. He spent his formative years in the Vancouver area and attended school there. He moved to the Long Beach Peninsula in 1981 after...
Barbara Barstad
Jan 25, 2007
Ocean Park resident Barbara E. Barstad, 81, died January 25, 2007 in Long Beach. One of five children born to John and Ada (Peel) Lozier, Barb was born in Medford, Oregon on April 9, 1925. Her father was a truck driver and the family lived wherever he found work throughout Oregon. Eventually the family settled in Portland where Barb graduated...
Clara Emery
Jan 21, 2007
Clara H. Emery, 96, died January 21, 2007 in Federal Way, Washington where she had resided the past 30 years. The daughter of Herman and Anna (Matta) Hyrkas, she was born August 23, 1910 in Centerville, Washington. When she was age two she moved with her parents to a farm in Salmon Creek, east of Naselle. Clara attended the Lower...
Ruby Hendricks
Jan 10, 2007
Ruby Jean Hendricks, 73, of Klipsan Beach, WA, died peacefully January 10, 2007 at her home surrounded by her loving husband, family and friends at her side. Ruby was born December 20.1933 in Bradleysville, Missouri to Hiram and Alta (Smith) Lewis. She was the youngest of four children. As a child, the family moved to a large strawberry farm near...
Beulah Raemhild
Jan 9, 2007
Naselle resident Beulah I. Raemhild, 84, died January 9, 2007 at Meridian Park Hospital in Tualatin, Oregon. The daughter of Andrew and Laura Golden, she was born August 2, 1922 in Culbertson, Montana. Beulah married Naselle native Wallace "Wally" Raemhild on January 20, 1945 in Walla Walla, Washington. Following her husbands discharge from the US Army at the end of...
Virginia Jo Dietrich
Jan 6, 2007
Virginia Jo Dietrich, 61, of Ocean Park, WA, former resident of Vancouver, WA, passed away January 6, 2007 with her family and friends at her side. Jo fought a valiant battle with cancer. She was born July 13, 1945 in Fallon, NV to her beloved parents Sid and Ruth (Ferebee) Hessey. Jo's father preceded her in death in 2005. Jo...
Pearl Mainwaring
Jan 5, 2007
OBITUARY OF PEARL LOUISE MAINWARING Long Beach resident Pearl L. Mainwaring, 68, died January 5, 2007 in Long Beach. Born August 28, 1938 in Chewelah, Washington, she was the daughter of Peter and Isabelle (Moore) Deschand. Pearl grew up in rural Stevens County where she participated in 4-H livestock activities and also enjoyed fishing and band. During her freshman year...
Alyce Kjar
Jan 2, 2007
Alyce T. Kjar, 85, a resident of Long Beach, Washington the past 25 years, died January 2, 2007 in Ilwaco, Washington. Born November 26, 1921 in Kamloops, B. C., Canada, Alyce immigrated to the United States as a teenager, settling in the San Francisco Bay area. Following her marriage to Norm Kjar, she settled in Fresno, California. She resided there...
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