Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County and Surrounding Areas

Dave Godfrey

Dave Godfrey

Jul 17, 2023

Dave Donald Godfrey, 84, former Aberdeen resident, died Monday, July 17, 2023 at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, WA.Dave was born on September 23, 1938 in Pe Ell, WA to Herbert Boyd and Theresa (Novak) Godfrey. His family moved to Aberdeen when he was 8, where he attended local schools and graduated from Weatherwax in 1958 a very proud...

Salvador Prieto

Salvador Prieto

Jul 16, 2023

Salvador ‘Sal’ Prieto Jr., 65 years old and a long-time resident of Aberdeen, WA passed away July 16, 2023, at St. Joseph Trauma Center- Tacoma, WA -following a tragic motorcycle accident.Sal was born on February 12, 1958, in Plainview, TX to Salvador Sr. & Olivia Garcia-Prieto. The family moved to Montesano, WA where Sal attended High School -graduated in 1976....

Jack Alstrom

Jack Alstrom

Jul 15, 2023

Jack Duane Alstrom, 72, lifetime Aberdeen resident and former truck driver, died Saturday morning, July 15, 2023, at Fir Lane Care Center in Shelton, WA.Jack was born on May 23, 1951, in Aberdeen to Theodore and Olga (Blahut) Alstrom. He grew up inAberdeen and graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1970. He then worked on a farm on theWynooche River...

Dona Burruss

Dona Burruss

Jul 14, 2023

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Michael Clary

Michael Clary

Jul 9, 2023

Michael “Mike” Wayne Clary, 73, passed away suddenly surrounded by family on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Washington.Mike was born on October 3, 1949, to Wayne Clary and Josephine (Breckel) Clary in Shelton, Washington and raised on a farm in Kamilche. He graduated from Shelton High School in 1967 and joined the Navy where he...

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...

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