Obituaries
Evelyn Hardy
May 14, 2016
Evelyn Ann Hardy, a Willapa Harbor resident, died May 14, 2016 at the Alder House in South Bend, WA. She was born January 3, 1931 in Cave City, Arkansas to Joseph Melton and Junis Dickey. Evelyn moved with her family living in Phoenix, AZ, Richmond, CA and Corvallis, WA where she graduated high school. She got married and had three...
Avis Miller
May 14, 2016
Area resident Avis D. Miller died Saturday, May 14th at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond, she was 102. She was born March 7, 1914 in Seattle, the first daughter of Clyde and Goldie Wilson. After a failed attempt at farming in Montana, the family moved to South Bend where her father was foreman of the planing mill in...
Bradley Zumbuhl
Apr 28, 2016
Bradley Eugene “BZ†Zumbuhl, a longtime Frances resident died Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the Veteran’s Hospital in Seattle; he was 68. BZ was born February 8, 1948 in Chehalis, WA to Robert and Phyllis (Girard) Zumbuhl. He married Kathleen Ross June 14, 1974 in Chehalis, she survives him at the family home in Lebam. His mother Phyllis Zumbuhl also...
Charles Eike
Apr 25, 2016
Charles DuWayne Eike died Monday, April 25, 2016 at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, WA. Charles was born January 28, 1955 in Ilwaco, WA to George Eike and Vivian Reed. As Charles was attending Naselle High School it led him to getting his apprenticeship at Naselle Saw Shop in Naselle, Wa. As the years went by he worked for...
Karen Post
Apr 25, 2016
Karen Ann “Rose†Post, a Raymond resident, died peacefully April 25, 2016 at her home; she was 57. Rose was born April 17, 1959 in New Bedford, MA to Chauncey Geer and Jane Marte (Nee Koza). Rose’s family will remember her by her positive outlook on life, and the strength of her faith. She was active in her church and...
Douglas Peace
Apr 22, 2016
Douglas Bruce Peace, a Raymond resident, died Friday, April 22, 2016 at his home in Raymond. He was born May 29, 1950 in Long Island, New York to Harry B. and Claire B. (Brannock) Peace. Doug married Linda Harris in Glendale, California, moving locally in 1992. Linda survives him at the family home in Raymond. He worked as a long...
Jack Teague
Apr 21, 2016
Jack passed away at Santiam Memorial Hospital in Stayton, Or. He leaves his wife Helen, daughter Vicki and son-in-law Stephan Weaver. Graveside and inurnment at 1:00pm Wed. May 25th at Fern Hill Cemetery in Menlo. A gathering will follow at Raymond Elks Lodge. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Jack Teague please visit our Sympathy...
Doris Rosenstein
Apr 21, 2016
Doris Rosenstein passed peacefully in her sleep on April 21, 2016. She was 79 years old. She was born in Hollywood, California on February 23, 1937. Doris was known as the “Cookie Lady†by many of those she came into contact with. Doris had over 7,000 cookie recipes, all catalogues, filed and indexed into categories like bar cookies, drop cookies,...
Elsie Asplund
Apr 20, 2016
Elsie Sophia Asplund, age 87, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the Willapa Harbor Care Center with her loving husband and daughters by her side. She was born to Hugo and Elin Wilson at the family home in Raymond, WA on January 24, 1929. Elsie graduated from Raymond High School in 1946. She worked at Raymond High School...
Jerry Roper
Apr 15, 2016
Almost everybody in Willapa Harbor knew Jerry Roper, primarily because of his 21-year career driving bus for Pacific County Transit. When people would enter the bus looking glum, he would greet them with a rhyme, trying to make their day brighter. Jerry was born August 16th, 1942 in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma and died on April 15th, 2016 at the Tacoma...
Thomas Deufel
Apr 15, 2016
Thomas Robert Deufel a Raymond resident, died Friday, April 15, 2016 at the Willapa Harbor Health and Rehab Center in Raymond, he was 78. Tom was born September 21, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois to William and Vivian (Glickley) Deufel. He attended school in Chicago until 9th grade. Tom married Donna June 9, 1956 in Tacoma, she preceded him in death....
Robert
Apr 9, 2016
Robert Clarence Stigall, Sr., a longtime Willapa Harbor resident died Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle; he was 73. Robert was born April 30, 1942 in Newberry, Mich. To Clayton and Piney (Underwood) Stigall. Bob married Marie Burkett October 14, 1961 in South Bend, she survives him at the family home. He worked for Grays...
Faye Chapman
Apr 6, 2016
Faye Evelyn Chapman, a Pacific County resident since 1963, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the Providence Centralia Hospital; she was 83. Faye was born September 23, 1932 in Truman, Arkansas to J.V. and Fannie (Allen) Ritchie. Faye married Fred S. Chapman, Sr. September 9, 1952 in Chadron, Nebraska; he preceded her in death in 2009. Faye held many jobs...
Kenneth
Apr 1, 2016
Kenneth William Bell, Jr. a Tokeland resident, died Friday, April 1, 2016 at his home; he was 65. Kenneth was born November 13, 1950 in Toledo, OH to Kenneth W., Sr. and Iona Mae (White) Bell. He was raised in Sylvania, OH and attended Sylvania High School before moving to San Diego, and Concord, CA and then settling in the...
Elizabeth Kuttel
Mar 31, 2016
Elizabeth Mae (Orkney) Kuttel, 87, passed away March 31, 2016 at Willapa Harbor Hospital, South Bend, WA. She was born November 9, 1928 in Raymond, WA to Myrtle (Scutvick) and Alexander Orkney. Elizabeth graduated from Raymond High School in 1946. In 1947, Elizabeth married Arnold Schmidt and had two sons. They lived in Wisconsin and Illinois before divorcing. Elizabeth then...
Richard Carter
Mar 29, 2016
Richard Eric Carter of Camas, WA passed on March 29, 2016. He was born in Raymond, WA August 9, 1968. He graduated with honors from Raymond High School, class of 1986, and went on to graduate from WSU in 1990 with a degree in accounting. He lived in Seattle for 10 years working in the accounting field before entering his...
Caroline Rutherford
Mar 27, 2016
Caroline M. Rutherford, a longtime Lebam resident, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016 at the Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend, while surrounded by her loving family. She was 83. Caroline was born on December 16, 1932 in Atkinson, Nebraska to Cecil Edward and Mathilda Marie (Beirmann) Green. She moved locally in 1947 and worked at Alta Vista Dairy for...
Howard Monohon
Mar 26, 2016
Howard Joseph Monohon, a lifetime county resident died Saturday, March 26, 2016 at his home in Menlo. He was born April 12, 1927 in Raymond to Howard V. and Teresa M. (Kuttel) Monohon. He was a member of the Raymond Elks and Eagles, Teamsters Union #699, Willapa Valley Booster Club and the Lewis-Pacific Swiss Society, Howard was also a faithful...
Jane Dick
Mar 25, 2016
Jane Elizabeth Dick passed away at Mission Healthcare in Bellevue, Washington at the age of 91. She was born in Sheldon, North Dakota on February 1, 1925 to Anthony and Ella Braun McManus. Jane was the sixth of eight children. After high school she moved to the west coast. She resided in the Portland area where she worked as a...
Bethany Stulce
Mar 25, 2016
Born centuries too late for pioneer time and passed decades too soon. She was bummed she missed the blue eye shadow era. Bethany was born December 27, 1995 and passed away March 25, 2016 at 20 years old. She died of carbon monoxide poisoning in her home. She was loved by all who met her. She was a friend to...