Obituaries
Donald Koplitz
Mar 29, 2018
Donald Roy Koplitz, a longtime South Bend resident, died Thursday, March 29, 2018 at the Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, WA. He was 90. Don was born December 26, 1927 in Everett, WA to Adolph and Marjorie (O’Neil) Koplitz. Don was a graduate of Marysville High School where he participated in baseball, basketball and football. He went on to attend...
Dennis Brabon
Mar 15, 2018
Dennis “Denny†Carlton Brabon, 71, a lifetime Raymond resident passed away March 15, 2018 in his home. Denny was born January 30, 1947 to Dodsy (Carlton) and Margie (Niemcziek) Brabon in Raymond, Wash. Dennis graduated from Willapa Valley High School in 1966. He served in the Army from 1966 to 1968 when he was honorably discharged. He was a Sargent,...
Donald Udd
Mar 15, 2018
Donald V. Udd, a Raymond resident, died Thursday, March 15, 2018 at the Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend; he was 74. Don was born May 24, 1943 in Raymond to Enoch and Dorothy (Little) Udd. He served the United States Navy and was honorably discharged after 10 years he then took residence in Arizona for some time until moving...
Catherine Granato
Mar 13, 2018
Catherine Dawn Granato, a Raymond resident, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at the Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend, she was 44. Catherine was born April 22, 1973 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Theodore and Janice (Clark) Clements. She was raised in Rodeo, CA; graduating from Hogan High School in 1991. Katie married Michael Granato December 28, 1991 in Reno,...
Beverly Burgi
Mar 9, 2018
Beverly Jean (Quick) Burgi, a Raymond resident died March 9, 2018 at her home; she was 72. Beverly was born to Thelma and Randolf Quick May 14, 1945 in Longview, Washington. Bev graduated from Castle Rock High. After working the summer, she decided she didn’t want to work on the assembly line for life; so on to college she went...
Joy Bredeson
Mar 2, 2018
"Joy Lee (Littlejohn) Bredeson entered into eternal peace on Friday, March 2nd, 2018 at her home in Adna, Washington. Born in Glasston, ND on August 18th, 1930 to Hughie and Lellamae Littlejohn she started life with humble beginnings. The Great Depression hit hard- yet it wasn\'t until later in life that she realized just how poor they were and how...
Yvonne Howell
Feb 27, 2018
Yvonne Howell, a Naselle resident since 1968, died February 27, 2018 at Providence Hospital in Portland OR; she was 80. Mrs. Howell was born September 27, 1937 to Orville and Emma Standefer. She married Larry Howell in South Bend, Wash. in May of 1954. Yvonne was a country western singer with her sister Rose for a couple of years. Then...
Hazel Longwith
Feb 26, 2018
Hazel passed away February 26, 2018 at the Sharon Care Center in Centralia. She was born on April 30, 1921 in Seymour, MO to George and Elsie Townlian. Hazel married Fred Longwith on Sept. 25, 1934 and they were together for 68 years when Fred passed away in 2002. Three of their four children were born in Missouri and the...
Gregory Miller
Feb 26, 2018
Gregory Douglas Miller, a Raymond resident died February 26, 2018; he was 68. He was born March 29, 1949 to Harold and Emily (Batchelor) Miller in Coos Bay, Oregon. Gregory worked in the cannery for the seafood industry for much of his life. He enjoyed spending his free time hunting, fishing, gardening, and was formerly an avid bike rider. On...
Sophie Gudyka
Feb 25, 2018
Sophie Gudyka 96, a long time Raymond resident and a Holocaust Survivor (she was featured in The Daily World Profile in the 1/4/2009 Paper) was born January 8, 2009 in Wietlin, Jaroslaw, Poland to John and Eva (Bohacz) Stachnik and came to the United States in November of 1951 and to Pacific County in 1952. She was married to Frank...
George Weiberg
Feb 14, 2018
George “Louie†Weiberg 89 a lifelong South Bend resident passed away February 14, 2018. Louie was born January 24, 1929 in South Bend to Joe and Josephine Weiberg. Louie is a graduate of South Bend High School class of 1947. After school he worked for his Dad, Mom, and Brother at the Alta Vista Dairy and served in the U.S....
Howard Whittler
Feb 9, 2018
Howard Dean Whittler Howard Dean Whittler, a lifetime Pacific County resident passed away at his home in Raymond Washington on February 9th, 2018. He was born July 17th, 1937 in Raymond, WA, to Howard and Mary Isabelle (Park) Whittler. Howard worked most of his life in the timber industry, usually as a truck driver. In his free time, he enjoyed...
Sharon Leseman
Feb 2, 2018
Sharon Kay Leseman passed away at the North Cove - Grayland Beach area on February 2nd, 2018. She was born December 7, 1956 in Centralia, WA, to Arthur A. and Katherine J. (Shock) Turner. At a very young age Sharon moved with her family to Huntington Indiana, where she was raised until moving back to the area in 1979. On...
Carol Totten
Jan 24, 2018
Carol Jean (Greenwell) Totten was born December 30, 1946 in Raymond, WA, to Clarence and Barbara (Lowe) Greenwell. She attended the Raymond schools and graduated in 1965 from Raymond High. It was during these years, in the first grade, when she met her future husband Jim, also a classmate. After high school, she attended Grays Harbor College for 2 years...
Robert Remington
Jan 23, 2018
Robert “Shorty†Remington, a lifetime South Bend resident, died Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the Raymond Care Center; he was 95. Robert was born in South Bend, to William and Katherine (O’Shaughnessy) Remington on June 16, 1922. Prior to his retirement, 40 years ago, he was employed as supervisor of the line crew at the local PUD. He was a...
Marlene Bay
Jan 20, 2018
Marlene K. Bay 70, a long time Aberdeen resident died Saturday, January 20, at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. Ms. Bay was born February 25, 1947 to John and Fannie (Westerback) Bay. Ms. Bay retired from the Warm Company where she worked assembling products. She also worked Cleaning at Juvenile Facilities Grays Harbor for 18 years. She enjoyed watching cooking shows,...
Lorene Lorton
Jan 14, 2018
Lorene Wilma Lorton, age 52 of Bay Center, Wash. passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2018 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She is survived by her husband Ralph Lorton and children Ashley Wise (Adam), grandson Declan James due in May 2018, Justin (Stacy) Lorton, grandchildren Reese Bae, Eli Crew and Emmett Grant, Joshua (Kendra) Lorton, grandchildren Tate Boyd...
Robert Johnson
Jan 8, 2018
Robert Michael Johnson, lifetime Raymond resident, died Monday, January 8, 2018 at his home; he was 75. He was born to Michael and Betty Johnson at Riverview Hospital in Raymond March 7, 1942. Bob graduated from Raymond High School in 1960 and Grays Harbor college in 1970. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Karen, son Rob, daughter...
Janet Watts
Jan 7, 2018
On Sunday, Jan. 7, Janet LaRayne Watts of Raymond, Washington, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away to join her husband Jim Watts in the afterlife. LaRayne was born June 24, 1936, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and spent most of her childhood there. Her mother, Dicksey Freeman, worked as a butcher and her father, Raymond Weed, flew the Hump in...
Blake Brown
Dec 23, 2017
Blake Edward Brown, known to many as Blakester, Blakely and Big Teddy Bear started his life on Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada. He was born in the small town of Comox, B.C. just before 11:00 New Year’s Eve of 1989. After almost 2 years he moved with his family south of the border to Raymond, WA where he started his American...
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