Obituaries
Mary Mittge
Jul 5, 2014
Mary Alice Mittge of Raymond, WA passed away at home on July 5, 2014 at the age of 82. She was born in South Bend, WA on June 7, 1932. She attended Willapa Valley High School. Mary Alice was married to Lewis Ruddell in 1949, together they had 4 children. She was widowed in 1955 and remarried in 1958 to...
David Woolery
Jul 1, 2014
David Woolery, a Tokeland resident died Tuesday, July 1st 2014 at his home; he was 54. David was born at Travis Air Force Base in California on March 26th of 1960 to John and Ruth (Waldman) Woolery. David and his family moved to Tacoma where he was raised and graduated high school and attended college. A full obituary will follow....
Kenneth Inglin
Jun 30, 2014
Kenneth Ivan Inglin, a longtime Raymond resident died Monday, June 30, 2014 at the Alder House in South Bend; he was 92. Kenneth was born October 13, 1922 in Globe, Washington to Herman and Silvia (Georg) Inglin. He served as corporal in the Marine Corps. during World War II 1942-1945 in the Marshall Islands. On a GI bill of rights...
Ruth Drazil
Jun 30, 2014
Ruth Ann Clevenger Allen Drazil was born to Lorenzo “Dow†and Mary (Blakely) Clevenger at home in Glenoma, WA on December 28, 1929. She died June 30, 2014 at age 84 at her home in Centralia. She attended school in Glenoma and Morton. She was the first of three generations to attend the Glenoma School. Ruth married “Pete†Allen in...
Roberta Hoschouer
Jun 18, 2014
Roberta Faye Hoschouer, a Westport resident, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond; she was 75. Roberta was born March 2, 1939 in Riverton, Nebraska to Verle and Elsie (Schriner) Edgar. Roberta married Jamie Hoschouer April 19, 1970; he survives her at the family home in Westport. At her request no memorial services will...
Dolores Bussabarger
Jun 17, 2014
Olympia, Wash. Dolores Jean Bussabarger, 81, former Raymond resident died Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at her home in Olympia. She was born September 26, 1932 in Missoula, Montana to George Washington Hughes and Janet Laura Jarvis Weander Pasley. Dolores married Robert A. Bussabarger M.D. in March of 1963 in Raymond; he preceded her in death in 1993. She was a...
David Barile
Jun 13, 2014
David Walter Barile, a South Bend resident died Friday, June 13, 2014 at his home; he was 56. David was born December 25, 1957 Cleveland, Ohio to Nicholas Robert Barile, Sr. and Paula Marie Hankle. David married (Lisa) Anna D’Isabella in Seattle in 1981 they then moved to the Willapa Harbor where they built their own home. He worked construction...
Anna Lyons
Jun 12, 2014
Anna Lora Cudney (AKA Little Grandma) was born on their homestead in Logan, Montana June 24, 1916 to Edgar Lee Cudney and Hazel Grace (Tomlinson) Cudney. Anna passed away at her home on June 12, 2014. Anna married Richard Pearson in Portland, OR in 1933. They had 3 children: Janet, Anna and Howard Pearson. She later married Lawrence Axford and...
Esther Owens
Jun 2, 2014
Esther M. Owens, better known to her friends and family as "Maxine," passed away at the age of 89, June 2, 2014. She was born December 8, 1924 and grew up in Oak Grove, OR, Nemah and South Bend, WA where she spent most of her entire life. She loved to read almost everything she could put her hands on....
Melvin Shaffer
Jun 1, 2014
Melvin Walter Shaffer, a Copalis Beach resident died Sunday, June 1, 2014 at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond; he was 85. Melvin was born June 18, 1928 in Wenatchee, WA to Melvin H. and Etta (McArthur) Shaffer. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements were in care of Stoller’s Mortuary in Raymond.
Martha Niemcziek
May 30, 2014
Martha Niemcziek, 81, of Raymond, WA passed away on Friday May 30, 2014 at Providence Centralia Hospital. Martha was born on February 22, 1933 in Raymond, WA to Ignace and Mary (Wiss) Balcunas. In 1965, she married Victor Niemcziek; he preceded her death in 1981. Martha grew up on the Firdale Dairy Farm and she fondly remembered helping her father...
Eunice Inglin
May 30, 2014
Eunice (Sis) Inglin passed away peacefully at Providence Mother Joseph Care Center in Olympia, Friday May 30, 2014. She was born to George and Elizabeth (Wiss) Inglin in Oakville, Washington; she was 89. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Aberdeen until 9th grade and graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1942. After graduating she attended Triple Cities Institute School...
Ronald Merkel
May 25, 2014
Ronald J. Merkel, a lifetime Raymond resident died Sunday, May 25th, at the Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend; he was 71. Ron was born September 24, 1942 in Raymond to Jacob M. and Helen R. (Madden) Merkel. He was a member of the American Legion and the Raymond Eagles. He enjoyed reading, and computers and loved to fish. He...
Deanna Carlson
May 24, 2014
Deanna Kay Carlson, a lifetime Raymond resident died Saturday, May 24, 2014 at her home in Raymond; she was 56. Deanna was born May 6, 1958 in Raymond to Carlton Franklin and Marjorie Nadine (Niemcziek) Brabon. She graduated from Willapa Valley High School in 1978. She enjoyed gardening and loved going to the beach. Deanna married Robert John Carlson; he...
John Konigsberger
May 14, 2014
John Konigsberger, a longtime Raymond resident died Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond; he was 97. John was born February 18, 1917 in Deutsche Mokra, Germany to Blasius and Marie (Preinesberger) Konigsberger. He moved to the United States 61 years ago, settling in Raymond in 1952 and became a U.S. Citizen in 1962. John...
Lee Green
May 12, 2014
Lee Oliver Green, 59, passed away unexpectedly on May 12, 2014 in Grayland, Washington where he resided the past several years. Born March 21, 1955 in Everett, Lee lived most of his life on Whidbey Island, Wash. Lee worked as a lineman for several years but his passions were logging and wood splitting. He was a large man in size...
Timothy Bond
May 12, 2014
Timothy A. Bond, a longtime South Bend resident died Monday, May 12, 2014 at the Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend; he was 70. Tim was born December 21, 1943 in Raymond, WA to Arthur and Maxine (Stapleton) Bond. He had worked as a Deputy for King County Police Department for some time before settling back in Raymond. Tim worked...
Richard Kempke
May 11, 2014
Richard G. Kempke, a resident of Westport for the past 30 years, died May 11, 2014 at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond; he was 77. Rich was born to Leonard C. and Lucille (Boyd) Kempke. He worked as a mess hall cook for the United States Army until his retirement. No memorial services will be held at this...
Wilma Kidd
May 11, 2014
Wilma Francis (McDowell) Kidd went to be with her savior and loved ones on May 11, 2014 at the Willapa Harbor Health & Rehab Center in Raymond, WA. She was born on October 8, 1915 to Estell and Daisy (Bridge) McDowell at Sand Point, ID. As a teenager she helped cook for a large group of threshers on a farm...
Edward Norman
May 8, 2014
Edward Charles Norman “Ugly Ed†passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 due to complications from a heart condition; he was 80. Ed was born December 23, 1933 in Raymond, WA to Agnes (Carl) and Howard Norman. He was the third of nine children. Ed grew up in Raymond and joined the Marines at the age of 17 in 1951. He...
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