Recent Obituaries

Apr 23, 2017

Thomas James “Tom” Decker, Sr., 84, a resident of Grays Harbor for 78 years, died at Montesano Health and Rehabilitation Center, Montesano, Sunday, April 23, 2017, after a 15 year battle with cancer. Tom was born in Seattle on March 20, 1933. Then he and his mother, Winifred Layport, moved in 1939 to Copalis Beach and joined Bert Decker and...

Apr 23, 2017

Nancy Ann Dietrich, 77, a longtime Westport resident and housewife, died Sunday morning, April 23, 2017 at Montesano Health & Rehab Center in Montesano.Nancy was born on September 13, 1939 in Tyler, Texas to Eugene Raymond and Annie Lee (Shinn) Alford. She graduated from Tyler High school and then attended the University of Texas for a year.She married William Carl...

Apr 22, 2017

Margaret Irene Solan passed away on April 22, 2017 in Olympia, Washington. She was born on August 14, 1921 in Spokane, Washington to Daniel and Adaline Close who were originally from Saginaw, Michigan. Margaret was the fifth of eight children. She attended St. Augustine’s Grade School and Lewis and Clark High School. James Joseph Solan, the son of Irish immigrants,...

Apr 18, 2017

Ruth Marguerite Smith died of complications from Pnuemonia on April 18, 2017, just 11 days before her 95th birthday. Born on April 29th, 1922 in a 2 room log cabin at Boyle, Alberta, 80 miles north of Edmonton, the daughter of Aloney and Jetsome (Hilliard) McFarlane.She came to the Harbor with her adoptive parents, Burton and Agnes Crick when she...

Apr 18, 2017

Josephine Gilpin, 95, longtime Central park resident and former cook with Aberdeen School District, died Tuesday afternoon, April 18, 2017 at Summit Pacific Hospital in Elma.She was born on June 15, 1921 on the family farm in Wishkah Valley to Martin and Regina (Netko) Pekola. She graduated from Wishkah Valley High School in 1940. Then on June 26th, 1941, she...

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Apr 1, 2017

Mar 25, 2017

Robert Frederick ‘Bob’ Lantz, 74, lifetime Harborite and former mill worker at Grays Harbor Paper, passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at his home in Aberdeen.Bob was born on March 9, 1943 in Aberdeen to Robert L. and Virginia (Chapman) Lantz. He graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1961. He went to work for Hoquiam Plywood for two years...

Mar 24, 2017

Helen Margaret Owen, 88, a longtime resident of Aberdeen, died at her home in Aberdeen, Friday, March 24, 2017. She was born in Olympia, Washington, December 23, 1928, the daughter of George and Lena (Regan) Reineke.Helen had worked as a nurse at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in the 1950’s and in later years owned and operated Lawn Services and More...

Mar 22, 2017

Alessio Albert ‘Les’ Belloni, 92, longtime resident of Elma, WA and former Log Scaler for the Grays Harbor Log Scaling Bureau , died Wednesday afternoon, March 22, 2017 in an Automobile accident in McCleary, WA.Les was born in Greensboro, Penn on October 3, 1924 to Teitro and Emelia (Schiaretta) Belloni.He was a log scaler in the timber mills of Northern...

Mar 11, 2017

Mollie Kay Elizabeth Poisel, 53, a Neilton resident, died at her home there Saturday, March 11, 2017. She was born in Dayton, Ohio, October 5, 1963, the daughter of Dallas and Lucille (Patterson) Lamb.The family moved to California and then on to Hoquiam when Mollie was in junior high school. She married Randall O. Poisel at Lake Quinault on February...

Mar 8, 2017

Florence Helen Larson, a life-long Grays Harbor resident, passed peacefully at her home in Aberdeen on March 8, 2017 at the age of 98. She was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, November 18, 1918, the daughter of Frank and Louise (Willi) Jasper, the seventh of eleven children. She was preceded in death by all ten of her siblings, Hubert Jasper,...

Mar 7, 2017

Mar 2, 2017

Jean Ellen Korus, 58, McCleary resident and owner of Auntie’s House daycare, died Thursday morning, March 2, 2017 at her home in McCleary, WA.Jean was born on July 26, 1959 in Superior, Montana to Arland and Eileen (Griffin) Adams. She grew up in McCloud, CA where she graduated from McCloud High School in 1977. In 1979, she moved to Tacoma,...

Feb 28, 2017

Bonnie Jean Kalinowski, 84, Cosmopolis resident and former Librarian Assistant at Grays Harbor College, died Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at Montesano, Health & Rehab Center in Montesano, WA.Bonnie was born on January 9, 1933 in Stewart, Nebraska to George J. and Doris (Henifin) Parshall. Her family moved to the Rochester area for a few years before moving to Aberdeen where...

Feb 23, 2017

Gerald L. “Gerry” Hood, 89, died at Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Aberdeen, Thursday, February 23, 2017.After graduating from Weatherwax High School in 1943, he served in the US Navy, US Army and the US Coast Guard.Gerry worked at the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and NOAA in Washington, DC and Miami, FL, serving as the skipper of research vessels. Earning a...

Feb 12, 2017

Feb 10, 2017

Sheila Elizabeth Taylor, 70, a longtime Wishkah Valley resident, passed away surrounded by her family on Friday, February 10, 2017 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen.Sheila was born on April 5, 1946 in Raymond, WA to John and Elna (Carter) Clevenger. They moved to Wishkah Valley when Sheila was young and she never left. She attended Wishkah Valley School...

Feb 6, 2017

Ernest Charles ‘Ernie’ Edwards, 98, lifetime Aberdeen resident and former auto mechanic for Car Quest in Aberdeen, died Monday, February 6, 2017 at Pacific Care Center in Hoquiam, WA.Ernie was born on January 19, 1919 to Charlie and Anna (Kaakonen) Edwards in Aberdeen. He graduated from Weatherwax high School in 1937 and then went on to earn an Associate Degree...

Feb 4, 2017