Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Edna Langdon
Jun 3, 2023
Edna M. Langdon (94) passed away June 3, 2023 at St. John's Hospital. She was born August 12, 1928 to Emma and Ralph Stevens. She lived most of her life in Castle Rock , WA. On February 1, 1947 she married Allen L. Langdon and they were
together until he passed in 2014. They had four sons who survive her today....
Brenda Joy Kinsman
May 23, 2023
Our beloved Brenda Joy Kinsman passed away surrounded by her family on May 23, 2023. Brenda was born on July 16, 1949, to Betty and Eldred Katyryniuk and was raised with three brothers and two sisters in Cinebar, WA. She graduated from Onalaska High School in 1967 and soon after met and married her husband of 54 years, Dan Kinsman.
Dan...
Sabrina Renee Sutton-Nolan
May 3, 2023
On May 3rd, 2023, Sabrina R. Sutton-Nolan unexpectedly grew wings. She was a firecracker or as Dakota put it a spitball on fire. She wore many hats granddaughter, daughter, mother, wife, friend and favorite Auntie, to name a few. She enjoyed BBQ’s, trips to the beach, and car shows amongst other activities. Some of her favorite things were sunflowers, the...
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