Obituaries
Marlene Bay
Jan 20, 2018
Marlene K. Bay 70, a long time Aberdeen resident died Saturday, January 20, at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. Ms. Bay was born February 25, 1947 to John and Fannie (Westerback) Bay. Ms. Bay retired from the Warm Company where she worked assembling products. She also worked Cleaning at Juvenile Facilities Grays Harbor for 18 years. She enjoyed watching cooking shows,...
Lorene Lorton
Jan 14, 2018
Lorene Wilma Lorton, age 52 of Bay Center, Wash. passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2018 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She is survived by her husband Ralph Lorton and children Ashley Wise (Adam), grandson Declan James due in May 2018, Justin (Stacy) Lorton, grandchildren Reese Bae, Eli Crew and Emmett Grant, Joshua (Kendra) Lorton, grandchildren Tate Boyd...
Robert Johnson
Jan 8, 2018
Robert Michael Johnson, lifetime Raymond resident, died Monday, January 8, 2018 at his home; he was 75. He was born to Michael and Betty Johnson at Riverview Hospital in Raymond March 7, 1942. Bob graduated from Raymond High School in 1960 and Grays Harbor college in 1970. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Karen, son Rob, daughter...
Janet Watts
Jan 7, 2018
On Sunday, Jan. 7, Janet LaRayne Watts of Raymond, Washington, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away to join her husband Jim Watts in the afterlife. LaRayne was born June 24, 1936, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and spent most of her childhood there. Her mother, Dicksey Freeman, worked as a butcher and her father, Raymond Weed, flew the Hump in...
Blake Brown
Dec 23, 2017
Blake Edward Brown, known to many as Blakester, Blakely and Big Teddy Bear started his life on Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada. He was born in the small town of Comox, B.C. just before 11:00 New Year’s Eve of 1989. After almost 2 years he moved with his family south of the border to Raymond, WA where he started his American...
Alduina Kauzlarich
Dec 21, 2017
Alduina Kauzlarich, a South Bend resident died Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Alder House Assisted Living in South Bend; she was 96. Alduina was born January 17, 1921 in Genoa, Italy to Valintino and Ausintina (Pistorrisi) Donati. A private family memorial will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements were in care of Stoller’s Mortuary in Raymond. To...
June Webber
Dec 12, 2017
On December 12, 2017 June Lavon Webber, 86, sadly passed away after complications from her recent surgery. She was surrounded by her loving family at the time of her passing. June was born and raised in Huntington, Indiana where she met and married her husband Marvin Webber. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Raymond, WA where they raised their...
Donna Baydek
Dec 11, 2017
Donna Lee (Petty) Baydek, a resident of Buckley, WA died Monday, December 11, 2017 at the Grace House in Auburn, WA; she was 81. Donna was born February 23, 1936 in Mill Creek, WA to Wayne and Evelyn (MacKenzie) Petty. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 15, 2017 at the Fern HIll Cemetery in Menlo, WA....
Louis Wiss
Dec 8, 2017
Louis H. (Butch) Wiss passed away at his home in Nemah, Washington Friday, December 8, 2017. Butch was born December 20, 1944 in Raymond, WA to Louie G. Wiss and Edna Rose Nissell Wiss. Butch was raised in the Willapa Valley until 1960, then moved to Nemah and attended Naselle High school, graduating in 1963. Butch was a fisherman most...
Alfred Karlis
Dec 8, 2017
Alfred Karlis, a Raymond resident died Friday, December 8, 2017; he was 96. Alfred was born August 10, 1921 in Endicott, New York to Benjamin and Amelia (Gosewiez) Karlis. After graduating from Raymond High School in 1940, Al worked as a salesman for most of his life. In 1946 he began working sales at Jensen Furniture until 1982. In 1984...
Bernard Mullen
Dec 6, 2017
Bernard K. Mullen of South Bend, son of Winfred and Ethel Mullen, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 in South Bend. \'Bun\' was born October 28, 1953, and married his high school sweetheart Bonnie Olney in October of 1972, months after their graduation from South Bend H.S. The two were married for 45 years, and had two children, Keith, (who...
Stanley Hatfield
Dec 5, 2017
Stanley Allen Hatfield, 87, of Raymond, Washington, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at the VA Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington. Stan was born on June 25, 1930 to Andrew Toler and Gladys (Sharp) Hatfield in South Bend, Washington. When Toler Hatfield (better known as “Toad†) passed away at the age of 37, Gladys was unable to...
Monte McGough
Nov 30, 2017
Monte Ralph McGough passed away peacefully at his home in Raymond Washington on November 30, 2017. Monte was born in Ilwaco, Washington on September 29, 1953 to Ralph and Marie McGough. The McGough family lived in Rosburg, Washington and Nachotta, Washington where the family spent many hours beachcombing, digging clams on the ocean beach and hunting on the west side...
Dorothy Smith
Nov 26, 2017
Dorothy Mae Smith, a South Bend resident died Sunday, November 26, 2017 at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond; she was 93. Dorothy was born November 9, 1924 in Fort Bragg, California to Noah and Loula Mae (Johnson) Evans. She married Clifford Smith April 24, 1943, he preceded her in death. Dorothy is survived by daughters Doris (Robert) Byrd...
Arvilla Moore
Nov 23, 2017
Our dear mom passed away peacefully on Thanksgiving, just days after a diagnosis of a brain tumor. Her entire family and many friends visited her at the Willapa Harbor Hospital prior to her drifting into a coma, and she was visibly joyful to see those who loved her at her side. Arvilla was born Arvilla Nora Moe in 1932 in...
Norman Samplawski
Nov 22, 2017
Norman Michael Samplawski, a longtime Raymond resident died Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at his home; he was 76. Norm was born January 4, 1941 in Stanley, Wisconsin to Norman Lyle and Genevieve (Stangret) Samplawski. He was a retired Postman, he had also worked for the City of Coupeville were he also retired. Norm married Carol Spitale June 29, 2002 in...
Roberta Harmer
Nov 22, 2017
Roberta Maxine “Bobbie Dot†Harmer, a lifetime Raymond resident died November 22, 2017 at her home; she was 66. Bobbie was born September 29, 1951 in Aberdeen, WA to Orval and Dorothy (Lawton) Harmer. She was a graduate of South Bend High School, she went on to complete beauty school and opened her own salon, Bobbie’s Beauty Bar where she...
Vernon Gaspaire
Nov 18, 2017
Vernon Gaspaire born in Portland, Oregon July 22, 1931 to Blanche and Joe Gaspaire, passed away in Raymond, Washington on November 18, 2017. Vernon was a retired bus driver for Seattle transit. He was a member of the Cascade Tree Hound Association, and the former president of the Washington State Sportsman\'s Counsel. Vernon is survived by his wife of 66...
Margaret Frost
Nov 16, 2017
Margaret Ellen Frost, a longtime Willapa Harbor resident, died Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond; she was 92. Margaret was born May 18, 1925 in Lafayette, Indiana to Clair F. and Doris (McKenney) Bowman. She was raised in Bozeman and Helena, Montana as well as Stoneleigh, Maryland and Lincoln, Nebraska where she completed high school....
Mary Copeland
Nov 13, 2017
Mary Inez (Turnipseed) Copeland passed away early Monday morning, November the 13th in Olympia, WA after a long-time battle with heart disease. Mary was born in 1939 in Aliceville, Alabama to Lois and Thomas Turnipseed. Though Mary moved with her family to Wenatchee Washington at the age of 14, she always considered Aliceville her hometown. The south was very dear...
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