Recent Obituaries

Nov 23, 2013

James R. Roberts, Jr., 58, Aberdeen resident and former Aberdeen VFW Post 224 Commander from 2010-2011 and Vietnam era veteran with the US Army, died Saturday evening, November 23, 2013 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen.James was born on September 29, 1955 in Rantoul, Ill to James R. Sr. and Rosemary (Hires) Roberts.He joined the US Army in 1972...

Nov 12, 2013

Lifelong Harbor resident, Byron Paul Philbrick, died at his home at Elma, Tuesday, November 12, 2013. He was 69. Byron was born in Aberdeen, December 15, 1943, the son of Byron F. and Dorothy (Tice) Philbrick. He joined the Army at the age of 17 and then graduated from Garrett Hines High School in Shelton.Byron had worked for Grays Harbor...

Nov 10, 2013

Copalis Crossing resident, Danny Ray Graves, 66, died at his home Sunday, November 10, 2013. He was born in Fremont Nebraska, March 10, 1947, the son of Virgil L. and Stella M. (Knapp) Graves. He graduated from Lake Washington High School, Seattle, in 1965. He joined the Navy and served for 4 years, returning to the Seattle area.He married Anita...

Nov 6, 2013

Ella Beatrice Myers, 103, a resident of Grays Harbor for a dozen years, died Friday November 6, 2013 at Grays Harbor Health and Rehab in Aberdeen. Ella was born April 6, 1910 in Talmo, Kansas to Issac Charles and Mary (Eggers) Sherman. At the age of 4 her father died and her Mother married John Henning. The two combined their...

Oct 25, 2013

Longtime resident of Hoquiam, Dorothy E. Secor Anderson, 80, died at Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Aberdeen, Friday, October 25, 2013. She was born in Aberdeen, WA, January 8, 1933, the daughter of Herbert Warnic and Gladys Opal (Markham) Secor. Dorothy graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1952 and was married to John Michael Anderson in Hoquiam, February 11, 1955. He...

Oct 21, 2013

Former Grays Harbor Fire District 10 Chief Bill Knannlein died Monday at his Wishkah Valley home. He was 97.Knannlein retired in 2006 just shy of his 90th birthday, after 55 years in firefighting and 42 years as the district’s founding chief.“It’s a commitment. It isn’t a club,” Knannlein told The Daily World at that time. “It’s not a social club...

Oct 20, 2013

Robert James Jenkins, 43, a builder of log furniture for JK Log Furniture in Montesano and avid Harley rider, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013 following a tragic motorcycle accident in Aberdeen.Robert was born on May 7, 1970 in Aberdeen to Eugene L. and Lura M. (White) Jenkins. He was a lifetime resident of Aberdeen and attended Aberdeen schools.Robert worked...

Oct 14, 2013

Michael Chester Baldwin, 70, a lifetime resident of Westport and former commercial fishing boat Captain, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2013 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen.Michael was born on December 2, 1942 in Hillsboro, Oregon to Grant and Josephine (Munch) Baldwin.He was raised in Westport and graduated Salutatorian from Ocosta High School in 1961. He attended college...

Oct 14, 2013

Tommy Ray Stutesman, 44, lifetime Aberdeen resident and owner of Tom’s Auto Body & Repair, died Monday, October 14, 2013 at his home in Hoquiam.Tom was born on June 23, 1969 in Aberdeen to Denny Ray and Kathy Jo (Emery) Stutesman. He attended school in Aberdeen and would hang out at Douglas Danielson’s Portway Garage on W. Market, from the...

Oct 11, 2013

Sep 23, 2013

Caprice Lawrence, 51, Aberdeen resident and homemaker, died Monday, September 23, 2013 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen.Caprice was born on May 23, 1962 in San Jose, CA to Raymond Button and Helen Anderson August. She moved with her family at age 2 to Aberdeen and has been here ever since.She attended both Weatherwax High School and Grays Harbor...

Sep 12, 2013

On September 12th, 2013 Mary Ann (Dolly) Walker made her final transition to be with her beloved husband who went before her in 2005, William G Walker. Mary Ann was also preceded in death by her parents, Mary and Matt Bender and brother Nick Bender. She is survived by her brother Robert A Bender (Barbara) of Wyoming, and sister-in-law Lucetta...

Sep 11, 2013

Longtime resident of Elma, Craig Lewis Johanson died on September 11, 2013, at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia due to a massive stroke, which occurred the evening of September 5, 2013. He was 53 years old. Craig was born on July 13, 1960, in Aberdeen, to Donald and Frances Johanson.Craig grew up and attended school in Elma, graduating in...

Sep 8, 2013

Longtime Westport resident and restaurateur, Helen Steele, died Sunday, September 8, 2013 at a Tacoma nursing home at the age of 91. She was born in Hartford, CT, February 7, 1922, the daughter of Harry and Mercina (Demos) Cotton. The family came to West Seattle the following year and Helen graduated from West Seattle High School in 1940.Helen worked for...

Sep 6, 2013

Sep 6, 2013

Tyson Hamel Jones, 91, lifetime resident of Aberdeen and former carpenter for Franciscovich Construction, died Monday afternoon, September 16, 2013 at Mother Joseph Care Center in Olympia.Tyson was born on Christmas Day, 1921 to Edgar Russell and Kathryn Alleman (Hamel) Jones in Aberdeen. He graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1939 and then attended one year at Washington State College...

Aug 28, 2013

Wesely Herman Steinruck, 70, died August 28, 2013 at Montesano Health & Rehab Center in Montesano.Wes was born on December 28, 1942 in Everett, WA to George Olfield and Gladys Lorenz. He grew up in Everett and was raised by his stepfather Richard Steinruck. When he was a teenager the family moved their shake mill to Aberdeen and Wes continued...

Aug 26, 2013

Evelyn May Arusell, 87, former administrator of Harbor Healthcare Center in South Aberdeen, died at her home in Ocean Shores, Monday, August 26, 2013, following a 25 years struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. She was born in Cordova, Alaska, August 11, 1926, the daughter of Alexander and Edith (Michelson) Sigurdson. The family moved to Oregon, then Nahcotta, WA before coming to...

Aug 21, 2013

Aug 21, 2013

Cheryl Ann (Walker) Moline, 64, Aberdeen resident and in-home caregiver for the State of Washington, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen.Cheryl was born on December 2, 1948 in Brainerd, Minnesota to Melvin L. and Patricia A. (Calhoun) Walker. She moved to the Aberdeen area and graduated from Hoquiam High School in 1968.On July 26,...