Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County and Surrounding Areas

Paula Waitt

Paula Waitt

Jul 9, 2023

Paula Jean Waitt, 77, passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at Puget Sound Health Care in Olympia, Washington.Paula was born on April 5, 1946 to Raymond LaFleche and Evelyn (Burdette) LaFleche in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Paula was the oldest daughter of 4 kids, and raised in Massachusetts, graduating from High School in 1963. After school, she met Clark Waitt, and...

Ben Taylor

Ben Taylor

Jul 5, 2023

Ben F. Taylor, 70, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 in Copalis Beach, Washington. Ben was born on July 13, 1952 to Donald Taylor and Della (Gracey) Taylor. He was 1 of 9 siblings. Ben had 1 daughter, Allegra. He loved the outdoors and joking around with anyone. He was loved very much and will truly be missed. The...

Daniel Reeves

Daniel Reeves

Jun 26, 2023

Danny Jay Reeves, 72, a long time Westport resident passed away on Monday, June 26, 2023 at his Westport home.Danny was born January 21, 1951, in Fort Lewis, Washington to Ervin Reeves and June (Freeden) Reeves. He was the third of four children. Danny and his family spent his first eight years in Sumner and then moved to Tokeland, Washington....

Cindy Matthews

Cindy Matthews

Jun 17, 2023

Cindy Lee (Duncan) Matthews passed away on June 17, 2023, at St. Peters Hospital in Olympia, Washington. Cindy was the daughter of Robert and Gloria Duncan, born in Aberdeen, Washington on February 16, 1957. Her family moved out to the Wishkah Valley when Cindy was a young child, where she still lived until her passing. Cindy graduated from Wishkah Valley...

Leonard Young

Leonard Young

Jun 17, 2023

Leonard Lee Young, 93, a lifetime Grays Harbor resident passed away on Saturday, June 17, 2023, at his home in Aberdeen, Washington.Leonard was born on August 23, 1929, to Leonard W. Young and Dorothy (Hellman) Young in Aberdeen, Washington. He graduated from JM Weatherwax High School in 1947. After high school, he joined the United States Air Force, and upon...

Steve Garity

Steve Garity

Jun 16, 2023

Obituary of Steven Richard GaritySteven Richard Garity (Steve) was born on June 15th, 1954, in Aberdeen, Washington and died June 16th, 2023, in Westport, Washington at the age of 69.From an early age Steve had some sort of project or hobby. He collected stamps and coins. He loved animals. He raised homing pigeons which friends would release from miles away...

Kenneth Christensen

Kenneth Christensen

Jun 12, 2023

Kenneth (Ken) Christensen, age 85, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on June 12th, 2023, at his home in Westport.Ken was a self-made man and a credit to his generation. He was a go-getter from an early age. At 18, he started his own construction company (Ken’s Construction). At the same time, he built a home and several...

Dale Beavers

Dale Beavers

Jun 9, 2023

Dale Howard Beavers, 72, lifetime Grays Harbor resident passed away on Friday, June 9, 2023 at Pacific Care Center in Hoquiam, Washington.Dale was born on April 21, 1951 to Jerry Beavers and Donna (Dayton) Beavers in Aberdeen, Washington. He was raised in the Carlisle area, graduating from Moclips High School in 1969. After school, he went to work for some...

Mechelle Henricks

Mechelle Henricks

Jun 7, 2023

Mechelle Ann Hendricks, 54, former Hoquiam resident, died Wednesday June 7, 2023, in Hoquiam, WA.She was born on June 18, 1968, in Aberdeen to Paul and Nadine (Curley) Hendricks. She grew up in Hoquiam and attended Hoquiam schools until her and her older sister were moved to Chemawa Indian School in Salem Oregon. After that she returned to Hoquiam and...

Karen Gourlie

Karen Gourlie

Jun 5, 2023

Karen Kay Gourlie, 60, a lifetime Aberdeen resident passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023, at Harbor Regional Health in Aberdeen, Washington.Karen was born on March 12, 1963, to Albert Fredericks and Norma (Hunger) Fredericks at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Aberdeen. She attended JM Weatherwax High School. While in elementary school, the YMCA swim instructor, Pete Bruner, took notice of...

Landin Purcell

Landin Purcell

Jun 5, 2023

Landin Kenneth Purcell, 57, Aberdeen resident passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023 at Harbor Regional Health in Aberdeen, Washington.Landin was born on July 30, 1965 to Raymond Purcell and Brenda (Dowell) Purcell in Wenatchee, Washington. In Landin's younger years he lived in various cities, but as Landin entered high school, he found himself in Bay City, Oregon, in the...

Jon Mcdonald

Jon Mcdonald

Jun 3, 2023

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Jon Mcdonald

Jon Mcdonald

Jun 3, 2023

Jon J McDonald, 68, long time resident of Montesano and former contractor and businessowner passed away on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Summit Pacific Medical Center in Elma,Washington from acute kidney failure.Jon was born on January 3, 1955, to R.D. McDonald and Clarice McDonald in Port Angeles,Washington. Jon was raised in the Neilton area and graduated from Quinault High School...

Gloria Atwood

Gloria Atwood

May 29, 2023

Born on May Day, May 1, 1936 to Rasmus Haukeli and Violet (Johnson) Haukeli, Gloria passed away peacefully on Memorial Day, May 29, 2023.Deeply rooted in Aberdeen, specifically Central Park, Gloria was a dedicated wife to Bill, and loving mom to her surviving children: Randi, Tom, and Jon (Colleen).She was forever proud to have been chosen Miss Football in her...

Timothy Eastman

Timothy Eastman

May 29, 2023

Timothy (“River)” Race Eastman, a 33-year-old Elma resident passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2023, at Tacoma General Hospital.River was born on June 18, 1989, in, soon after the family moved to Washington State where he grew up in a large family with his grandparents and aunt raising him, and his siblings. His Papa was his Role model The one...

Catherine Earley

Catherine Earley

May 23, 2023

Catherine “Cathy” B. Earley, 63, our beloved mom, sister, aunt, Nama, and friend passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, with loved ones by her side.She was born February 6, 1960, in Everett, Washington to William S. Peckham and Darlene R. Tewault.In 1990, she met her soulmate, John A. Earley III, and they married July 20, 2002...

Angela Lee

Angela Lee

May 23, 2023

Angela Houng Ngor Lee passed away on May 23, 2023 at the age of 73. She was born on September 18, 1949 in Toisan, China to Pui Lau and Shue Kuen Lee. Angela was a loving, dedicated, caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, sister-in-law, aunt and friend.As a young child, she left her home to travel to Hong Kong with her...

Madelon Vanek

Madelon Vanek

May 22, 2023

Madelon Montierth Vanek, 91, Ocosta resident and housewife, died Monday, May 22, 2023 at her home in Aberdeen.Madelon was born on June 15, 1931 in Thatcher, Arizona to James Arthur and Effie Leona (Stowe) Montierth. She grew up in Thatcher and then moved to North Phoenix at the age of 15. She graduated from high school in 1948.She married Lloyd...

David Leithold

David Leithold

May 21, 2023

David E. Leithold (Dave), 76, was born on April 5th, 1947 in Klamath Falls, Oregon to Emil and Dolores (Strunk) Leithold. Dave passed away on May 21st, 2023 in Olympia WA. Dave grew up on a farm in Malin, Oregon then finally residing in Montesano for nearly 54 years with his wife Sandra Leithold.Dave and Sandy met through a mutual...

Lindsay Lewis-Ashby

Lindsay Lewis-Ashby

May 14, 2023

Lindsay Nicole Lewis, 40 of Tacoma, Washington passed away on May 14th, 2023, in Seattle WA.She was born October 19th, 1982, in Seattle, WA. She attended McClure Middle school in Seattle. When she was 12, she won a Young Author’s award and was invited to New York to receive this award and the book of poetry her entry was published...

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