Recent Obituaries

May 12, 2017

Glenn Orville Lewis, Jr., 90, former Klamath County Heavy Equipment operator, died Friday, May 12, 2017 at his sons home in Westport, WA.Glenn was born on January 21, 1927 in Salem, Oregon to Glenn Orville and Frances Irene (Bellamy-Sefton) Lewis, Sr. He attended Salem High School and during his senior year, Class of 44’, dropped out to join the Navy....

May 5, 2017

Wishkah Valley resident, Robert Lester ‘Bob’ Mill, 71, passed away Friday May 5th, 2017 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital surrounded by family and loved ones.Bob was born on December 10, 1945 in Chehalis, WA to Robert Mason and Hazel Virginia (Werner) Mill. He grew up in Raymond and graduated from Raymond High School in 1964. He moved to Ellensburg, WA...

May 4, 2017

Gene L. WoodwickLongtime Ocean Shores resident Gene Leatha Woodwick, 77, succumbed to cancer at home surrounded by family May 4, 2017. Born to O. Dale and Tressie Merrifield in Cheraw, Colo., Aug. 6, 1939, she was the middle child of seven siblings.Her family moved to Anacortes, Wash. in 1947. She and Larry E. Woodwick married June 14, 1957. The couple...

May 3, 2017

Gerald Walter Noel, “Jerry” to his friends and family, 80, long-time Harbor resident and former Evans Products employee, died Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at his home in Montesano.Gerald was born on May 8, 1936 in Aberdeen to Evan Walter and Irene (Annis) Noel, the 5th of 6 siblings. His family was separated and he found himself in the foster care...

Apr 25, 2017

Norman Duane Phillips passed away at home on the afternoon of April 25, 2017. He was 88 years old. He was born in Aberdeen to William and Ether (Hartill) Phillips. Norman graduated from Weatherwax High School. He also attended Grays Harbor College. He served in the Navy Reserve. He worked for Anderson & Middleton Company from when he finished high...

Apr 24, 2017

Cheri Louise Jones, 74, former Aberdeen resident and owner of Cherie’s Restaurant in Aberdeen Square, died Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen.Cheri was born on November 18, 1942 in Aberdeen to William Herbert and Catherine Mae (Rosevear) Newton. She attended Robert Gray Elementary, Miller Jr. High, and graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1961. She...

Apr 23, 2017

Nancy Ann Dietrich, 77, a longtime Westport resident and housewife, died Sunday morning, April 23, 2017 at Montesano Health & Rehab Center in Montesano.Nancy was born on September 13, 1939 in Tyler, Texas to Eugene Raymond and Annie Lee (Shinn) Alford. She graduated from Tyler High school and then attended the University of Texas for a year.She married William Carl...

Apr 23, 2017

Thomas James “Tom” Decker, Sr., 84, a resident of Grays Harbor for 78 years, died at Montesano Health and Rehabilitation Center, Montesano, Sunday, April 23, 2017, after a 15 year battle with cancer. Tom was born in Seattle on March 20, 1933. Then he and his mother, Winifred Layport, moved in 1939 to Copalis Beach and joined Bert Decker and...

Apr 22, 2017

Margaret Irene Solan passed away on April 22, 2017 in Olympia, Washington. She was born on August 14, 1921 in Spokane, Washington to Daniel and Adaline Close who were originally from Saginaw, Michigan. Margaret was the fifth of eight children. She attended St. Augustine’s Grade School and Lewis and Clark High School. James Joseph Solan, the son of Irish immigrants,...

Apr 18, 2017

Josephine Gilpin, 95, longtime Central park resident and former cook with Aberdeen School District, died Tuesday afternoon, April 18, 2017 at Summit Pacific Hospital in Elma.She was born on June 15, 1921 on the family farm in Wishkah Valley to Martin and Regina (Netko) Pekola. She graduated from Wishkah Valley High School in 1940. Then on June 26th, 1941, she...

Apr 18, 2017

Ruth Marguerite Smith died of complications from Pnuemonia on April 18, 2017, just 11 days before her 95th birthday. Born on April 29th, 1922 in a 2 room log cabin at Boyle, Alberta, 80 miles north of Edmonton, the daughter of Aloney and Jetsome (Hilliard) McFarlane.She came to the Harbor with her adoptive parents, Burton and Agnes Crick when she...

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Mar 25, 2017

Robert Frederick ‘Bob’ Lantz, 74, lifetime Harborite and former mill worker at Grays Harbor Paper, passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at his home in Aberdeen.Bob was born on March 9, 1943 in Aberdeen to Robert L. and Virginia (Chapman) Lantz. He graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1961. He went to work for Hoquiam Plywood for two years...

Mar 24, 2017

Helen Margaret Owen, 88, a longtime resident of Aberdeen, died at her home in Aberdeen, Friday, March 24, 2017. She was born in Olympia, Washington, December 23, 1928, the daughter of George and Lena (Regan) Reineke.Helen had worked as a nurse at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in the 1950’s and in later years owned and operated Lawn Services and More...

Mar 22, 2017

Alessio Albert ‘Les’ Belloni, 92, longtime resident of Elma, WA and former Log Scaler for the Grays Harbor Log Scaling Bureau , died Wednesday afternoon, March 22, 2017 in an Automobile accident in McCleary, WA.Les was born in Greensboro, Penn on October 3, 1924 to Teitro and Emelia (Schiaretta) Belloni.He was a log scaler in the timber mills of Northern...

Mar 11, 2017

Mollie Kay Elizabeth Poisel, 53, a Neilton resident, died at her home there Saturday, March 11, 2017. She was born in Dayton, Ohio, October 5, 1963, the daughter of Dallas and Lucille (Patterson) Lamb.The family moved to California and then on to Hoquiam when Mollie was in junior high school. She married Randall O. Poisel at Lake Quinault on February...

Mar 8, 2017

Florence Helen Larson, a life-long Grays Harbor resident, passed peacefully at her home in Aberdeen on March 8, 2017 at the age of 98. She was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, November 18, 1918, the daughter of Frank and Louise (Willi) Jasper, the seventh of eleven children. She was preceded in death by all ten of her siblings, Hubert Jasper,...

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Mar 2, 2017

Jean Ellen Korus, 58, McCleary resident and owner of Auntie’s House daycare, died Thursday morning, March 2, 2017 at her home in McCleary, WA.Jean was born on July 26, 1959 in Superior, Montana to Arland and Eileen (Griffin) Adams. She grew up in McCloud, CA where she graduated from McCloud High School in 1977. In 1979, she moved to Tacoma,...