Obituaries

Hazel Longwith

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Alduina Kauzlarich

Alduina Kauzlarich

Dec 21, 2017

Alduina Kauzlarich, a South Bend resident died Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Alder House Assisted Living in South Bend; she was 96. Alduina was born January 17, 1921 in Genoa, Italy to Valintino and Ausintina (Pistorrisi) Donati. A private family memorial will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements were in care of Stoller’s Mortuary in Raymond. To...

June Webber

June Webber

Dec 12, 2017

On December 12, 2017 June Lavon Webber, 86, sadly passed away after complications from her recent surgery. She was surrounded by her loving family at the time of her passing. June was born and raised in Huntington, Indiana where she met and married her husband Marvin Webber. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Raymond, WA where they raised their...

Donna Baydek

Donna Baydek

Dec 11, 2017

Donna Lee (Petty) Baydek, a resident of Buckley, WA died Monday, December 11, 2017 at the Grace House in Auburn, WA; she was 81. Donna was born February 23, 1936 in Mill Creek, WA to Wayne and Evelyn (MacKenzie) Petty. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 15, 2017 at the Fern HIll Cemetery in Menlo, WA....

Louis Wiss

Louis Wiss

Dec 8, 2017

Louis H. (Butch) Wiss passed away at his home in Nemah, Washington Friday, December 8, 2017. Butch was born December 20, 1944 in Raymond, WA to Louie G. Wiss and Edna Rose Nissell Wiss. Butch was raised in the Willapa Valley until 1960, then moved to Nemah and attended Naselle High school, graduating in 1963. Butch was a fisherman most...

Alfred Karlis

Alfred Karlis

Dec 8, 2017

Alfred Karlis, a Raymond resident died Friday, December 8, 2017; he was 96. Alfred was born August 10, 1921 in Endicott, New York to Benjamin and Amelia (Gosewiez) Karlis. After graduating from Raymond High School in 1940, Al worked as a salesman for most of his life. In 1946 he began working sales at Jensen Furniture until 1982. In 1984...

Bernard Mullen

Bernard Mullen

Dec 6, 2017

Bernard K. Mullen of South Bend, son of Winfred and Ethel Mullen, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 in South Bend. \'Bun\' was born October 28, 1953, and married his high school sweetheart Bonnie Olney in October of 1972, months after their graduation from South Bend H.S. The two were married for 45 years, and had two children, Keith, (who...

Stanley Hatfield

Stanley Hatfield

Dec 5, 2017

Stanley Allen Hatfield, 87, of Raymond, Washington, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at the VA Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington. Stan was born on June 25, 1930 to Andrew Toler and Gladys (Sharp) Hatfield in South Bend, Washington. When Toler Hatfield (better known as “Toad†) passed away at the age of 37, Gladys was unable to...