Obituaries
Iris Oleachea
Feb 4, 2014
Iris Oleachea, a Raymond resident, died Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond, she was 87. Iris was born May 4, 1926 in Moclips, WA to Irvin and Agnes C. (Burks) Rowe. A Celebration of Iris’s Life will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, February 8, 2014 at New Life Fellowship Ministries in Raymond. Arrangements...
Ronald Sparks
Jan 26, 2014
Ronald Lee Sparks, a longtime Raymond resident died Sunday, January 26th peacefully at home with his family by his side after a five year battle with cancer. He was 71. Ron was born February 10, 1942 to Melvin James and Gaynell (Hunt) Sparks. He was a 1961 graduate of Willapa Valley High School and married his high school sweetheart, Marsha...
George Fenstemacher
Jan 15, 2014
George Edward Fenstemacher, a longtime Raymond resident died Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Willapa Harbor Care Center; he was 75. George was born February 14, 1938 in Binghamton, NY to George and Dorothy (Powell) Fenstemacher. George graduated from Union Endicott Central High School in 1957. He went on to serve 4 years in the United States Air Force. George...
Janice Kochrian
Jan 14, 2014
Janice K. Kochrian, a Raymond resident died Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at the Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia; she was 57. Janice was born November 28, 1956 in Bremerton, WA to Jack Buckingham and Virginia Brown. She is survived by three daughters, Rochelle Courtney of Columbus, Ohio, Reina Wiss of South Bend and Melissa Burks of Raymond; 7 grandchildren,...
Dale Peter
Jan 10, 2014
Lifelong Pacific County resident, Dale O’Connor, 75, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 10. He was born December 7, 1938 in Raymond to Thomas and Agnes O’Connor. Dale was raised in Long Beach and graduated from Ilwaco High School in 1956. He worked several years in the timber industry before beginning a 25 year career with the Pacific County Road...
Lila Haerling
Jan 9, 2014
Lila Mae (Paul) Haerling, a lifetime Raymond resident, died Thursday, January 9, 2014, at the Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend - she was 80. She was born May 17, 1933, in Raymond to Andrew Vincent and Cora Elizabeth (Clapson) Paul. Lila married Donald E. Haerling (DW Duck) on June 29, 1950, in Raymond. He preceded her in death in...
Arthur Jergensen
Jan 6, 2014
Arthur M. Jergensen a longtime Raymond resident died Monday, January 6, 2014 at the Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend; he was 95. He was born December 9, 1918 in Ravenna, Nebraska to Emma Jergensen three days after his father Arthur passed away from the pandemic flu. Art and his older brother, Bernard, learned to work as men at an...
Marlene Maggard
Jan 4, 2014
Marlene Grace Maggard, a longtime Raymond resident died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Hoquiam, Washington; she was 88. She was born in Hackers Valley, West Virginia March 19, 1925 to Risty Reed and Esta L. (Collins) Pugh. She was raised in Webster Springs, West Virginia. Marlene married Dennis Maggard, Sr. April 14, 1944 in Abbington, Virginia; together they moved to...
Richard Frasier
Jan 2, 2014
Richard Weslee Frasier (Rick) passed away at the age of 57 in Menlo, Washington on January 2, 2014. Rick was born on May 14th, 1956, son of the late Patricia and Jerry Frasier. He married Teri (Friese) Frasier in 1975 and raised his three children in Menlo. Rick and Teri would have been married 37 years on January 31st. Rick...
Edwin Dennett
Jan 2, 2014
A wonderful father, grandfather, husband, Scoutmaster, Fireman, Civil Servant and friend returned home on Thursday, January 2, 2014 in Vancouver, Washington. Gene was born February 9, 1925 in Caldwell, Kansas to George and Mabel (Drake) Dennett. He was raised in Corbin, Kansas before moving to Toledo, Washington where he graduated high school. Gene also lived in Chehalis before moving to...
Clara Smith
Jan 1, 2014
Clara Louise Smith, a longtime Willapa Harbor resident died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at the Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend, she was 78. Clara was born October 26, 1934 in Port Angeles, Washington to Lou and Florence (Moniger) Poppe. She is survived by a son Brad Smith, a daughter Laura Beatty both of South Bend, grandson Jason Turk of...
Emily Moseley
Dec 30, 2013
Emily Catherine (nee Mascarenhas) Moseley was born on March 22, 1926 to Domnic Camille Mascarenhas and Theresa Menezes in Nagpur, India and was baptized on April 4, 1926 in St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. She died Monday, December 30, 2013 at the Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend, Washington, she was 87. She graduated from St. Joseph’s Convent, Nagpur, India...
Joyce Gerow
Dec 27, 2013
Joyce Norine Gerow was born to Homer and Betty Wilson on February 21, 1931, in Raymond, WA, and passed away on December 27, 2013, after a brief stay at Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond. Joyce grew up in Raymond and graduated from Raymond High School in 1949. She married John Gerow on May 29, 1949. Joyce was an Air...
Jeremy Mullen
Dec 27, 2013
Jeremy Andrew Mullen was born to Bill Mullen and Cindy (Couch) Konigsberger on September 2, 1985 in South Bend, Washington and passed away December 27, 2013 at his home in Gresham, Oregon. Jeremy grew up in Raymond. He attended South Bend Elementary and Willapa Valley Jr. High and High School where he graduated in 2004. He then moved to the...
Karen Napier
Dec 24, 2013
Karen, a long time Raymond resident died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 in the Providence St. Peters Hospital, Olympia, WA. She was born in Seattle, WA on December 11, 1942. She graduated from Chief Sealth High School in Seattle, WA and soon after began her 35 year career at Boeing. She is preceded in death by her husband of 52 years,...
James Wood
Dec 17, 2013
James Howard Wood, a longtime Lebam resident died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at his home in Lebam; he was 87. He was born in Dogwood, Douglas County, Missouri on February 16, 1926 to William McKinley and Golda (Nelson) Wood. Howard served in the US Navy during World War II, serving at an island located off Okinawa, Japan until the war...
Jimmie Hilliard
Dec 16, 2013
Jimmie J. Hilliard, a Raymond resident died Monday, December 16, 2013 at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond; he was 87. He was born August 11, 1926 in Berryville, Arkansas to James and Gertrude (Beaver) Hilliard. Jim graduated from Winlock High School before joining the Marines. He was honorably discharged and began working for the State Department of Transportation;...
Geraldine Eddy
Dec 13, 2013
Geraldine “Jerry†Louise Eddy, a longtime Tokeland resident died Friday, December 13, 2013 at her home, she was 78. Jerry was born May 9, 1935 to Bruce and Nelle Lillie. Jerry worked for the US Postal Service in Yakima before moving to Tokeland. No memorial services will be held at this time. To send flowers or a memorial gift to...
Edra Newman
Dec 2, 2013
Edra L. “Edie†Newman, a longtime Raymond resident died Monday, December 2, 2013 in Whitehall, Montana where she had resided the last two years; she was 95. Edie was born December 10, 1917 in Melrose, Idaho to Charles and Ivy (Dykes) Watson. She was a 1938 Pullman High School Graduate. Edie married Lawrence M. “Speck†October 19, 1942 in Tacoma....
Beverly Shoemaker
Nov 29, 2013
Beverly Darlene Shoemaker, 79, a longtime Raymond resident died Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond. She was born October 9, 1934. There will be no memorial services held at this time. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Beverly Shoemaker please visit our Sympathy Store.