Recent Obituaries

Apr 10, 2015

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Apr 5, 2015

Mar 30, 2015

Paul Howard Kunkle 64, Longtime Wishkah Valley resident passed away peacefully with his family at his side, March 30, 2015 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA.Paul was born on September 21, 1950 in Longview, WA to Howard R. and Edith R. (Ditton) Kunkle. They moved to Wishkah Valley when Paul was 10 and he graduated from Wishkah Valley High...

Mar 28, 2015

Gladys A. Schuldt, 95, a longtime resident of the Harbor, died at Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Aberdeen, Saturday, March 28, 2015. She was born in Lakefield, Minnesota on July 1, 1919, the daughter of Fred and Esther (Streed) Johnson.She graduated from Lakefield High School and had lived in Oakland, CA before coming to Aberdeen in 1946. She married Verne Schuldt...

Mar 26, 2015

Carolyn S. “Sue” Kistler, 73, a Harbor resident for nearly 40 years, died at Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Sue was born in Kansas, Oklahoma on June 1, 1941, the daughter of Marion and Opal (Sarten) Riggins. She had moved to Tulsa, OK where she graduated from Central High School in 1959.Sue was married to Wayne E....

Mar 26, 2015

Aaron Binley was born on June 1, 1983, in Aberdeen, WA and passed away on March 26, 2015 with friends and family by his side. Aaron was preceded in death by his mother Connie Nichols and Grandmother Nina Binley.Aaron is survived by father Dewayne Howe; two siblings, Justin Main and Candis Main; along with numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.Aaron...

Mar 23, 2015

Laura Anne McVicker1936 - 2015Laura Anne McVicker, a longtime Aberdeen resident, died on March 23, 2015 at Montesano Health and Rehabilitation Center in Montesano, WA.Laura was born on April 1, 1936 in Cashmere, WA to James and Helen (White) McVicker. She graduated from Cashmere High School in 1954. She attended Wenatchee Junior College for one year before transferring to Washington...

Mar 21, 2015

Lifetime resident of Aberdeen, Kathleen Jo Kovach, died at Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Aberdeen, Saturday, March 21, 2015. Kathleen was born in Aberdeen, November 16, 1945, the daughter of Joseph and Kathryn (Childs) Vessey. She graduated from Weatherwax High School, Aberdeen, in 1964.The family noted she really was a “stay-at-home-mom”, enjoying her children, her yard and gardening, reading and painting...

Mar 19, 2015

Caroline Marie Forsman passed away peacefully in her sleep March 19, 2015 at St. Peters Hospital in Olympia.She was born in Montesano to Paul and Elizabeth (Mundt) Framke on August 27, 1926 in the family farmhouse located just a couple hundred feet from her home of the last 60 years.Caroline married the love of her life, Glenn Forsman on June...

Mar 18, 2015

Kari Urdahl, 98, a longtime resident of Aberdeen, died at Sunrise Adult Family Home in Olympia on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Kari was born in Vaaler, Norway, September 9, 1916, the daughter of Karl and Gunda (Knashaug) Dellerud. She graduated from the school system in Vaaler and on November 28, 1942 she married Sigurd Urdahl there.They moved to the U.S.A....

Mar 16, 2015

Gerald H. ‘Jerry’ Walker, 89, former Chief Appraiser for Grays Harbor County and Rainier Bank manager in Cosmopolis and Montesano, died Monday, March 16, 2015 in Aberdeen, WA.Jerry was born on August 4, 1925 in Elma, WA to Russell and Margaret Walker. He graduated from Elma High School in May 1943 and went to work at Bremerton Naval Shipyard on...

Mar 5, 2015

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Feb 18, 2015

Alfred Joseph Balin Junior was born July 17,th 1935, in Ellsworth, Kansas. It was the midst of the Great Depression and his family was in the middle of the Dust Bowl, yet he doesn’t recall hardship of deprivation. On the contrary, he felt thankful for all his family had because he saw how much worse other families struggled. He was...

Feb 5, 2015

Mark Joseph Van Guse1948 ~ 2015Mark died unexpectedly on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at the age of 66. Mark issurvived by his wife Kris, son Gabriel (high school teacher and basketball coach in Phoenix) and was preceded in death by his son Seth, who died in 1989 at the age of 9 after his third open heart surgery.Mark and Kris...

Feb 2, 2015

Daily World, obit and photo for South Beach Bulletin, week of 9 FebSteven Charles Hora, 65, a longtime resident of South Beach, died Monday, February 2, 2015 at Grays Harbor Health and Rehabilitation Center, Aberdeen, following a short illness. Steven was born October 15, 1949 in Tacoma, WA, the son of Charles and Dorothy (Becker) Hora. He graduated from Woodrow...

Jan 27, 2015

Mike Richard Vita, 71, Aberdeen resident and former Police Officer with Aberdeen Police Department, died Tuesday morning, January 27, 2015 at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, WA.Mike was born on December 17, 1943 in Minnneapolis, Minn to Clarence and Grace (Melstrom) Vita. At the age of 8 the family moved to Aberdeen and Mike graduated from Weatherwax High School...

Jan 18, 2015

Wesley Ray Van Blaricom, age 85, passed away onSunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at Monte Health & Rehab,after health complications from Parkinson's.Wes was born on November 27, 1929, in Harrison,Idaho, to Phillip and Ethel Van Blaricom.Wes married Florence Ingram on November 25,1949. Wes and Florence celebrated their 65thwedding anniversary in 2014.Wes served in the army from 1953 to 1955. Whenhe returned...

Jan 6, 2015

Leon “Jack” Waite, age 93, passed away on Jan. 6, 2015 at his home. He was born on May 7, 1921 to Rex and Leona (Huven) Waite in Oconomowoc, Wis. As an infant, the family moved to Grays Harbor s e t t l i n g i n the Wishkah Valley. Jack graduated from Wishkah High School in 1939,...

Jan 4, 2015

Judith Ann Momot-Craft, 71, of Chehalis WA and a native of Aberdeen, died peacefully with loved ones around her at her home on Sunday, January 4, 2015, after a courageous two year battle with cancer.Judy was born September 5th, 1943, at Community Hospital on Simpson Avenue in Aberdeen. She grew up the only child of Edward J. Momot and Arlene...