Recent Obituaries

Jul 6, 2019

Ramona Stout, 88, passed away peacefully July 6, 2019, at Pacific Care & Rehab Center in Hoquiam with her beloved husband by her side.Ramona was born Aug. 13, 1930, to Tracey Warren and Marie Rashhoff in Multnomah County, Portland, Oregon. She was raised by her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Post of Randal, Washington. Ramona knew her as Mom.She attended...

Jun 27, 2019

Jun 27, 2019

Jun 21, 2019

Glenelg S. ClarkeGlenelg “Glen” Clarke, a lifelong Aberdeen resident passed away Friday, June 21, 2019, at his home surrounded by his loving family and friends.Glen was born in Aberdeen to Hubert and Hadiee Clarke. He had two sisters Hadiee Ross (deceased) and Winifred Trippel of Gig Harbor. In 1949 he married the love of his life, “Liz”, Zelia Elizabeth Coic,...

Jun 17, 2019

Jun 16, 2019

David Alan Rhodes (Bruffett} age 33, Long time resident of Hoquiam, died June 16th 2019He was born Jan 28th 1986 in Seattle WA to Debra Kounkel and Marvin Rhodes.Around the age of 5 David moved with his mother and step father Wade Bruffett to Hoquiam.David attended the Hoquiam school district with honor roll credits, he was involved in many sports...

May 27, 2019

Herbert Marshall Johnson Jr. D.O. of Aberdeen, WA, passed away on May 27, 2019 in Olympia, WA at Providence St. Peter Hospital surrounded by his loving family. The son of Herbert Marshall Johnson Sr. and Loucyette (Kizer) Johnson, he was born on December 14, 1939 in Cape Girardeau, MO. This December he would have embarked on his 80th year of...

May 18, 2019

Anthony Rex “Tony” Choate, Sr., 56, Elma resident and former Diesel/heavy equipment Mechanic for Weyerhaeuser at Longview, died Saturday, May 18, 2019 at his home in Elma.Tony was born on November 19, 1962 in Redding, CA to Anthony Kay and Ruth Ann (Joiner) Choate. His family moved to Packwood, WA where he grew up and attended White Pass High School....

May 17, 2019

May 17, 2019

Gerald Laverne Henke, 88, a 37 year resident of Montesano, died at Good Samaritan Medical Center, Puyallup, Friday, May 17, 2019. He was born in Chippewa Falls, WI, April 25, 1931, the son of Royal and Lucille (Zillyette) Henke.He was raised on the family farm at Ludington, WI and had attended school there. During the early 1940s he had to...

May 16, 2019

Wallace “Wally” Charles Waugh, 89, former Aberdeen resident and businessman, died peacefully in his sleep at his family home in Allyn, WA surrounded by his daughters, on Thursday, May 16, 2019 following a brief illness.Wally was born February 1, 1930 in Hoquiam, WA, to Alice Jeanette Waugh and Leslie R. Waugh. Raised in Aberdeen, he was a 1948 graduate of...

Apr 1, 2019

Mar 20, 2019

James William Neiworth, 83, of Aberdeen passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. James was born November 6, 1935 in Hoquiam to Henry and Helen Neiworth.In elementary school, James attended St. Mary’s in Hoquiam and served as an altar boy, eventually becoming Knight of the Altar. He attended Hoquiam High School, where he was a...

Mar 20, 2019

Feb 26, 2019

Kenneth Richard Edmiston Jones, 76, died Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Riverside Place in Hoquiam, WA.Ken was born on August 23, 1942 in Aberdeen, WA to Catherine (Louiso) Edmiston and Kenneth R. Edmiston. Ken was later adopted by James T. Jones after his marriage to Catherine in 1946. He grew up in Aberdeen and graduated from Aberdeen’s Weatherwax High School...

Feb 26, 2019

Larry Edward Woodwick, 84, former teacher and a resident of Ocean Shores, died at his home there Tuesday, February 26, 2019. He was born March 2, 1934 in Klamath Falls, Oregon the son of Edward Lafloye and Grace L. (Jones) Woodwick. He was raised in Spokane, WA and graduated from Rogers High School, Spokane, in 1952.He served in the Navy...

Feb 19, 2019

Patricia Mary ‘Pat’ Lonac, 89, lifetime Aberdeen resident, died Tuesday afternoon, February 19th at Pacific Care Center in Hoquiam, WA.Pat was born on February 15, 1930 in Aberdeen to John M. and Clara Rosa (Van Loo) Jasper. She graduated from Aberdeen Weatherwax High School in 1948 and then from Grays Harbor Business College.On August 20, 1950, Pat married Reginald Inman....

Feb 17, 2019

Arlene D. Lewis, 71, a resident of the Harbor all her life, died Sunday, February 17, 2019 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Aberdeen. Arlene was born in Aberdeen on November 21, 1947, the daughter of Grover Cleveland and Ida (Davidson) Spencer.She graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1966 and would later receive a nursing degree from Grays Harbor College. She...

Feb 15, 2019

Judith D. “Judy” Stokes Sollars, 83, resident of Thurston County, died at Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, Friday, February 15, 2019. Judy was born in San Francisco, CA, September 10, 1935, the daughter of Raymond J. and Dagmar K. (Raunsbeck) Edminster. She was raised in Fresno, CA and came to Seattle following her graduation from Sierra High School there in...

Feb 11, 2019