Recent Obituaries

May 25, 2018

May 20, 2018

John William Breitsprecher, 87, longtime Westport resident and former lineman for AT&T, died Sunday, May 20, 2018 at his home in Westport.John was born on August 14, 1930 in Riceville, Iowa to Herman F. and Clara Delia (Hanenberg) Breitsprecher. His family moved to Spokane soon after he was born. He graduated from Mead Washington High School in 1949. He then...

May 13, 2018

Theordore T. “Ted” Reynvaan, 87, a resident of Hoquiam for most of his life, died at the Washington Veterans Home at Retsil, Sunday, May 13, 2018. He was born in Hoquiam, April 14, 1931, the son of Ted F. and Lillian A. (Kegley) Reynvaan. He graduated from Hoquiam High School in 1949 and received an AA degree from Grays Harbor...

May 1, 2018

Richard “Lance” Jenkins (79), a North River resident and former logger, died Tuesday morning, May 1, 2018 at his home in North River.Lance was born on April 14, 1939 at his family home on Pioneer Creek in Grays Harbor Co. At the age of 9, his family moved to Cosmopolis and then later to South Aberdeen. He graduated from Weatherwax...

May 1, 2018

Robert A. Webber, 69, a lifetime resident of the Harbor, died at Grays Harbor Health and Rehabilitation Center, Aberdeen, Tuesday, May 1, 2018.Bob was born in Raymond, WA, the son of Delbert and Lucille (Aiken) Webber, September 24, 1948. He was raised in Aberdeen and had graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1966. He entered the US Army during the...

Apr 29, 2018

Paul Douglas Godfrey, 66, a lifelong Aberdeen resident, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2018 at his home in South Aberdeen after battling a long time illness.Paul was born in Toledo, Oregon on August 15, 1951, to Scott Sr. and Dorothey Godfrey. The family then moved to South Aberdeen when he was a young child. Growing up on MacFarlane Street in...

Apr 20, 2018

Teresa Lee Miller, 56, Aberdeen native and commercial fishing partner with her husband Dick Miller, died Friday afternoon, April 20, 2018 in an automobile accident on Steamboat Island Rd.Teresa was born on August 20, 1961 in Aberdeen, WA to Richard Gene and Sharon Mae (Herrick) Reeves. She attended Aberdeen schools and graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1979 where she...

Apr 16, 2018

Edward William McBride, 77, Wishkah Valley resident and former logger for Meyr Brothers Logging, died April 16, 2018 at his home.Edward was born on February 22, 1941 in the lighthouse on the coast near Florence, OR to Edward Harold and Royal (Phillip) McBride. He lived in Junction City and Eugene, OR working with his father and grandfather while growing up....

Apr 15, 2018

Nancy Louise Barnes, 84, longtime Aberdeen resident and former owner of Barnes Florists in Aberdeen, died Sunday afternoon, April 15, 2018 at her home in Aberdeen.Nancy was born on July 7, 1933 in Bergland, Michigan to James Edward and Ruby Maxine (VanDuser) Morgan. She attended school in Ontonagon, Michigan before the family moved to Olympia, Wa where she went to...

Mar 28, 2018

Colleen Rose Ferrier, 88, Elma resident and housewife, died Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Summit Pacific Medical Center in Elma, WA.Colleen was born on September 26, 1929 in Abilene, Kansas to Isaac Marshall and Esther Lena (Heer) Ansberry. She graduated from Abilene High School in 1947. In 1952 she caught a bus to Seattle, Washington then Bainbridge Island to be...

Mar 25, 2018

Barbara Jean Twibell, mother, business owner, school bus driver, hairdresser and author, passed away at a Seattle hospital Sunday, March 25, 2018 at the age of 77. Barb was born at Ft. Vancouver, WA, February 28, 1941, the daughter of Wallace E. and Violet M. (Whitstine) Dean.Her father was an officer in the Army and Barbara moved frequently from Alabama,...

Mar 24, 2018

Juanita Ann Pearson, 85, former Gig Harbor resident and housewife, died Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Montesano Health & Rehab Center in Montesano, WA.She was born on December 10, 1932 in Port Townsend, Wa to Chester and Ann (Drake) McIntyre. She grew up in Gig Harbor and graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1950. On April 25, 1951, Juanita...

Mar 17, 2018

Mar 17, 2018

Dixie Maxine Smith, 92, a lifetime resident of Willapa Harbor and former telephone operator in Raymond, died Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Willapa Harbor Health & Rehab Center in Raymond, WA.Dixie was born on January 10, 1926 in Raymond, WA to Frank Edmond and Pearl (Magson) Iman. She graduated from Raymond High School in 1944. On September 14, 1951, she...

Mar 12, 2018

Earl Glen Matthews Jr., 70, Aberdeen resident and a person that would greet ya with a smile and a good laugh, went home to be with his Lord during his sleep on March 12, 2018 at his home in Aberdeen.Earl was born on April 11, 1947 in Jackson, Mississippi to Earl Glen Sr. and Norma (Johnson) Matthews. Earl’s family moved...

Mar 10, 2018

Tammy Renee Schaffert, 56, resident of Aberdeen and supervisor at Walmart in Aberdeen, died at her home on Saturday, March 10, 2018.Tammy was born on June 13, 1961 in Richmond, CA. She lived in California, Oklahoma and Portland prior to moving to Montesano in 1973. She was a 1979 graduate of Montesano High School. She moved to Edmonds for a...

Mar 7, 2018

Douglas Eugene “Doug” Roggy, 78, a four year resident of Montesano, passed away at Montesano Health and Rehabilitation Center, surrounded in the loving arms of his family, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. He was born September 22, 1939, the son of Eugene and Helen (Schifferns) Roggy in Salem, OR. He was raised in Portland, OR and attended Holy Redeemer High School...

Mar 7, 2018

Violet Marie Gardner, 88, formerly of Centralia and Westport passed peacefully in her sleep on March 7, 2018 at Riverside Place in Hoquiam, WA.Violet was born on April 13, 1929 in Millwood, WA to Jesse and Dollie (Daniels) Courtney. She grew up in Spokane, and spent time in Anchorage and Seattle. She came to the harbor in 1985.Prior to marriage...

Mar 7, 2018

Ronald Edward ConwayRon Conway, longtime Wishkah Valley resident, passed away on March 7, 2018, at age 85, with his family at his side.Ron was born in Aberdeen, WA to John and Emma “Beebe” Conway on June 26, 1932. He graduated from Wishkah Valley School then entered the Army, serving as an MP stationed in Hawaii during the Korean War.He married...

Mar 4, 2018

Michelle Ann Sorensen, 38, Cosmopolis resident and former social worker for Catholic Community Services, died Sunday morning, March 4, 2018 in an automobile accident on State Route 12, west of Montesano, WA.Michelle was born on April 21, 1979 in Aberdeen, WA, to Mack and Donda Kay (Davis) Sorensen. She graduated, with Honors, from Grays Harbor College and then attained her...