Obituaries

Hazel Nauman

Hazel Nauman

Aug 22, 2022

Hazel Nauman was born on May 18, 1929 in Gaston, Oregon and passed away on August 22, 2022 in Milwaukie, Oregon.

Linda Joyce Thomas

Linda Joyce Thomas

Aug 22, 2022

Linda Joyce Thomas of Longview passed away Aug. 22, 2022, at home a day after her 80th birthday. She was born Aug. 21, 1942, in Phoenix, Ariz., to James and Jewell (Summit) Dillow. Linda graduated from high school in Flagstaff, Ariz. On April 15, 1961, she married Keith Busack in Flagstaff. They moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1964 and...

Douglas Elton

Douglas Elton

Aug 20, 2022

Douglas Elton was born on April 28, 1939 in Mineola, New York and passed away on August 20, 2022 in Vancouver, Washington.

Patrick Leonti Jr

Patrick Leonti Jr

Aug 19, 2022

Patrick Joseph Leonti Jr 3/16/1942 - 08/19/2022 We have said goodbye to Pat who valiantly fought cancer for 9 years. It was with the same determination that he protected the most vulnerable as a Portland police officer for nearly 27 years. Pat was an avid runner, running dozens of marathons and countless other races. Music and knowledge of history were...

Phyllis Jean Froemke

Phyllis Jean Froemke

Aug 16, 2022

Phyllis Jean Froemke, 84, of Castle Rock passed away Aug. 16, 2022, at Beacon Hill Rehabilitation.

She was born Jan. 15, 1938, in Marion, N.D., to Clarence and Lily (Jacobson) Olson. On Feb. 7, 1956, she married Donald G. Froemke in Minnesota. They moved to Washington soon after. Phyllis was a homemaker, raising three children while running a cattle farm with...

Donald King

Donald King

Aug 16, 2022

Donald King was born on January 25, 1937 in San Diego, California and passed away on August 16, 2022 in Vancouver, Washington.

Gail Elizabeth Simmons

Gail Elizabeth Simmons

Aug 15, 2022

Gail Elizabeth Simmons was called up to heaven on August 15th, 2022. Cancer developed in Gail's body last fall and the spread of the disease took her from us too soon (age 72). She is survived by her family and many, many friends. Ron Simmons, her husband, lives in Longview. Judy (sister) and Tony Lepire live in Berkeley. Cory (son),...

Don Corkrum

Don Corkrum

Aug 13, 2022

Donald D. Corkrum was born on January 7th, 1946, to Elmer and Lucille (Groom) Corkrum in Walla Walla, Washington. Don received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Washington State University. He worked for Procter & Gamble in Sacramento, California and then moved to the Pacific Northwest to accept an engineering role at Weyerhaeuser, where he worked for over...

Curby Gene Williams

Curby Gene Williams

Aug 13, 2022

CURBY GENE WILLIAMS WAS BORN IN TOPPENISH, WASHINGTON ON FEBRUARY 2, 1955. HE DIED ON AUGUST 13, 2022 IN LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON.

Howard Leroy Lafrenz

Howard Leroy Lafrenz

Aug 13, 2022

Howard Leroy Lafrenz a 60-year resident of the Longview area passed away on August 13, 2022 at the age of 61. He was born to Gordon and Betty Lafrenz on December 22, 1960 in Sioux Falls, SD. Howard worked as a butcher at Frank’s Meats in the Kalama Shopping Center throughout high school. After graduating in the class of ’79...

James Clayton Crayne

James Clayton Crayne

Aug 13, 2022

Born to Clayton F Crayne and Freda Marguerite Crayne in Moorcroft Wy. Jim passed after a brief illness at OHSU. The heavenly choir has gained a harmonica player. We will hear his laugh all our lives. His passion for live was amazing and he was a big man both inside and out. His love and devotion to his wife, Sharon,...

Shirley Seifert

Shirley Seifert

Aug 12, 2022

Shirley Seifert was born on APril 27, 1930 in Grants Pass, Oregon and passed away on August 12, 2022 in Vancouver, Washington.

Robert Elmer Webster

Robert Elmer Webster

Aug 11, 2022

Loving husband, father and grandfather Robert Elmer Webster, 82, of Ryderwood, Wash., passed away Aug. 11, 2022, at the Canterbury Inn in Longview.

Robert was born Oct. 13, 1939, in Aberdeen S.D., to Leonard and Irene (Stevens) Webster. He graduated from Snohomish High School in 1959, served three years in the Army earning the rank of sergeant, and retired as a...

Delois Jungnickel

Delois Jungnickel

Aug 8, 2022

DeLois Jungnickel was born on February 2, 1932 in Chickasha, Oklahoma and passed away on August 8, 2022 in Woodland, Washington.

Peggy Evelyn Gunn

Peggy Evelyn Gunn

Aug 6, 2022

Peggy Evelyn Gunn, longtime resident of Longview, Washington, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of August 6, 2022 in Bend, Oregon at the age of 94.

Preceded in death by her husband, Jack, and then her subsequent life partner, Vic Pietz, as well as her beloved children, Penny Davis, Sherry Travis and Joe Gunn, Peggy was...

Barbara Fredrickson

Barbara Fredrickson

Aug 6, 2022

Barbara Lazenby Fredrickson was born March 27, 1923 in Aurora, Utah to Moroni and Rosa May Stewart Lazenby. She was the youngest of ten children (five brothers and four sisters). Barbara graduated from high school and went on to college in Ephraim, Utah, where she received her Associates Degree. It was during this time that she met and became engaged...

Nellie Marie Anagnostou

Nellie Marie Anagnostou

Aug 4, 2022

Nellie Marie Anagnostou, 92 of Kelso, went to heaven August 4, 2022. She was born May 21, 1930, in Yakima to Clarence Earl Hunt and Mary Mae White. Her family moved throughout Washington, Oregon and California. She married her loving husband William Anagnostou on Sept. 16, 1949. After 2 years in Bellingham, they settled in West Kelso in 1951. Nellie...

Janice Fossand

Janice Fossand

Aug 3, 2022

In Loving Memory of Janice Nadine Fossand 1941 - 2022 Janice Nadine Fossand loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, teacher and friend to all went to be with the Lord on August 3, 2022. Janice was born on May 20, 1941, in Woodland, Washington. She found the love of her life, Kermit Fossand when he became friends with her brother...

Cheryl Elaine Smith

Cheryl Elaine Smith

Aug 3, 2022

Cheryl Elain Smith was born a Drake on March 23, 1945, at Lincoln Hospital in Los Angeles, CA, to William Raymond and Doris Mae (Howard) Drake. She was the fourth of five siblings, the others being Don (deceased), Howard, Frances Mardella ("Della" Vassar), and Dale. Cheryl grew up in the small town of Klamath Falls, OR, and eventually graduated from...

John Paul Willems

John Paul Willems

Aug 2, 2022

A life well spent, surrounded by love John Paul Willems was born in London, Ohio to Lawrence and Blanche (Coar) Willems on February 1, 1941. He joined the Navy at 17, without a high school diploma and was commissioned in 1973. He received his undergraduate degree in Systems Management from George Washington University and Master of Hospital Administration from USC....

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