Obituaries

Ronald Lee Ball

Ronald Lee Ball

Mar 5, 2024

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Ronald Lee Ball of Rainier, OR onMarch 5 th , 2024. He was born in Muskegon, Michigan to Fred and Josephine Ball on February1 st , 1943. He graduated from Rainier Union High School and went on to work in the loggingindustry for 45 years. Ron was happily...

Jenifer Rebecca Dias

Jenifer Rebecca Dias

Feb 18, 2024

Jenifer Rebecca Dias was born on May 18,1946 to Lawrence and Louise (Schaffer) Cowan. She graduated from Rainier High School in 1964, was a teachers aide most of her career as well as a jack of all trades at the Rainier Post office. Jenifer was a member of Rainier Church of God for most of her life until she found...

Rosmarie Wallburga Gore

Rosmarie Wallburga Gore

Feb 7, 2024

Rosmarie Wallburga Gore was born on March 14, 1935 in Augsburg Germany to Josef and Anna (Deffner) Nachbaur. She moved to area in July of 1964. She married Frederick Gore and was a stay at home mother to their Children. Rosmarie was affiliated with Shiloh Basin Church, 4H, as well as volunteering for grade school assisted learning. Rosmarie was preceded...

Abraham Earl Brown

Abraham Earl Brown

Jan 18, 2024

Abraham Earl Brown (Abe) 88 of Rainier Oregon passed away January 18, 2024 in Longview Washington. Abe was born in Lewistown Montana on August 24, 1935, the son of Abraham and Pearl (Long – Halverson) Brown. He married Delores Grube of Lewistown Montana on October 3, 1959 in Lewistown. They moved to Oregon in 1963 lived in Rainier Oregon. Abe...

Bernard James Siltala

Bernard James Siltala

Jan 1, 2024

Bernard James "Buddy" Siltala passed away January 1, 2024, aged 89. He was a long time Rainier resident.

Bernard James Siltala was born to Selmi (Lom) and William Siltala in Good Hope, MN on April 22, 1934. In the early 1940's the family moved to the Portland area, his father William going to work in the shipyards.

He...

Sharon Gortler

Sharon Gortler

Dec 30, 2023

 

Sharon Louise was the oldest of four girls born to Jack and Betty Zimmer on June 3, 1949 passed away on December 30, 2023.  Clarice (Ray) Anderson, Leona Zimmer, Jackie (Steve) Nichols would follow with John (Jennie) Zimmer coming much later. Sharon graduated from Rainier Union High School in 1967.  She would meet Dennis Gortler and they would marry in November...

David Finley Crawford

David Finley Crawford

Dec 30, 2023

 

David Finley Crawford passed away peacefully on December 30, 2023. He wasBorn in Hillsboro Oregon on October 18, 1949. He lived in the Mist and Birkenfeldarea most of his life. He attended Mist Elementary and graduated from VernoniaHigh school in 1968. Since his high school years, he was known for his love of carsand as a talented mechanic. He...

Reino Rudolph Lehto

Reino Rudolph Lehto

Dec 3, 2023

Reino Lehto was born on August 5, 1921 on the banks of the Columbia River (Quincy, Or), the 8th child of Nestor and Lizzie (Salmon) Lehto. Lizzie died when Reino was 9 months old, and Reino spent his first 8 years in Astoria with relatives, returning home to finish his schooling (Bradbury School, Quincy); his formal education ended in 8th...

Frederick Richard Johnson

Frederick Richard Johnson

Oct 6, 2023

Frederick Richard JohnsonDecember 13,1932 ~ October 6,2023Frederick “Bud “Johnson was born on December 13,1932 in Clatskanie Oregon and raised onthe family farm that was homesteaded by his grandparents in the 1800’s.He was married to Earla Johnson in Kelso, WAGraduated from Clatskanie Union HSFrom there he started logging on the Tillamook Burn and then joined the Airforce, so as to avoidbeing...

Ryan Christopher James

Ryan Christopher James

Sep 12, 2023

Ryan Christopher James was born on October 3, 1993 to Carri Ann James and George Ryan James in Portland Oregon. He had two older sisters, Ashlyn and Taylor. Ryan welcomed his son Ryder into the world on 12/12/13. Ryan married his wife Ashley on June 11, 2021 and became a family with his stepdaughter Bailee and son Ryder. Ryan had been a Union Ironworker for...

Diana Loraine Mckinney

Diana Loraine Mckinney

Aug 18, 2023

Diana was born Dec. 20, 1944, the seventh child of Harney and Irene (Niemi) Hermo in Clatskanie, Ore., and died Aug. 18, 2023.

Her early years were spent on the family farm along the Columbia River, attending the local schools. She watched her four brothers play baseball, and grew to love the sport, throwing and catching the ball for hours as...

Maxine Mae Robinson

Maxine Mae Robinson

Aug 8, 2023

Maxine was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Clinton and Hazel

(Widdison) Morgan. Her father was in the Army and Maxine,

along with her parents and two sisters, moved often while she

was young. The family lived on Army bases in Washington,

Japan, and California where her dad retired.

Maxine attended several schools: in Washington state, at an

Army base in Japan, and throughout central...

Carlee Lynn Service

Carlee Lynn Service

Jul 31, 2023

Carlee Lynn Service of Deer Island, Ore., was born Dec. 15, 1954, and passed away July 31, 2023.

Carlee was an amazing, beautiful woman inside and out. She was always putting others needs before her own. She spent her life building relationships, improving, and touching the lives of everyone she ever met. If you were ever in need she was there...

Sharon Kay Gustin

Sharon Kay Gustin

Jul 19, 2023

Sharon Kay Gustin, 80, of Longview, WA. passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at

Brookdale Vancouver Stonebridge Nursing home.

She was born May 6, 1943 to Charles Edward and Elpha Lucille (Mathers) Sickels.

Sharon was raised in the Cromwell and Stanton areas of Iowa.

She graduated from Stanton High school in Stanton, Iowa, in 1963, she was

homecoming Queen. Sharon married her high school sweetheart...

Charles Henry Koski

Charles Henry Koski

Jul 12, 2023

Charles Henry Koski passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Napavine, WA. He was born October 22, 1938, in Toledo, WA. He was the son of Elmer and Grace Koski, and sibling of Virgil, Alzen, Marlene, and Patricia. Charlie was raised in Lewis County and graduated from Napavine High School in 1956. Upon graduation he joined the United States...

Nita Miller Patterson Keller

Nita Miller Patterson Keller

Jun 20, 2023

Nita Miller Patterson Keller, 75, of Longview, Washington (formerly of Kemah, Texas), passed

away on June 20, 2023.

Nita was born on January 28, 1948 to the Late Edward and Hazel Miller. She was a loving

homemaker of 5 children in Kemah Texas. She is preceded in death by her Brothers – Alton

Miller, Alfred Miller; Sisters – Shelia Miller Ivey, Glenda Jean Miller,...

Patricia Marie  Prindle

Patricia Marie Prindle

Jun 15, 2023

Patricia Marie Prindle passed peacefully through the veil into life with her beloved husband and many family members and to see her Savior, Jesus Christ on the morning of June 15, 2023.

Patricia Marie Barker Prindle was born July 6, 1926 in Alameda, California to John Carroll Barker and Lelah Emaline Robertson Barker. She joined her older sister, Jeanne Inez Barker....

Rodney Carl Harding

Rodney Carl Harding

Jun 7, 2023

Rodney Carl Harding was born to Warren Willard and Lois Earlene (Brant) Harding on December 6, 1949, in Portland, Oregon. He was the second child of five. In the fall of 1958, the family moved from Portland to an 80-acre ranch in Sandy, Oregon where he was raised. He graduated from Sandy Union High School in 1968 and spent two...

Betty Jean Wright

Betty Jean Wright

Jun 5, 2023

Betty was born March 13, 1932 in Sumiton, Ala., to Frohna and Elijah Wilson, and passed away June 5, 2023.

On Feb. 5, 1949, she married Charles (Harold) Wright. They were married for 65 years.

She and Harold moved to Oregon in 1953. Betty was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting, gardening, fishing and watching Nascar. She especially loved family gatherings. Betty was...

Carol Ann  Sirnio

Carol Ann Sirnio

Jun 5, 2023

Carol Ann (Reynolds) Sirnio, longtime Mayger resident, died June 5th, at the age of 69 after a courageous battle against cancer. She was born, April 18th, 1954, in Farmington, Minnesota to Raymond and Shirley (Schlussler) Reynolds.

She grew up in Crystal Lake and Minneapolis, leaving there in 1971 to attend Tongue Point Job Corp in Astoria, Oregon. In July of 1972...

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