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Pamela K. Valentine
Lifelong Montesano resident Pamela Kaye Valentine passed away Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016’ at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. She was 70. Pamela was born Sept. 11, 1945’ in Aberdeen, Wash.’ to Rolland and Hazel Smith. She was raised in Montesano and graduated from Montesano High School in 1963.
On June 28, 1963’ she married
the love of her life’ James L. Valentine’ in Montesano. He survives her at the family home.
She had worked for Sprouse and also First Interstate Bank. She was a member of and past president of the Wynooche Homemakers Club and she also belonged to the Montesano Presbyterian Church Women’s Bible Study. She was a volunteer at Montesano schools and enjoyed ceramics and loved spending time with her family.
In addition to her husband James, she is also survived by her daughter Airica (Paul) Brumfield and two sons Jim Valentine Jr and Ed (Sami) Valentine; six grandchildren Derek, Quintin, Steven, Daniel, Wyatt and Ella; three brothers Burt (Dixie) Smith, Rolland “Bob” (Pam) Smith, Richard “Rick” (Kerri) Smith; three sisters Dolores Mooney, Darlene (Glen) Brittain and Ruth (Les) Foss; also Brittain Daniels who’s a special part of our family and numerous other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rolland and Hazel Smith, three brothers Claire “Bud” Smith, Dr. James Smith and her sister Eilleen Matney.
A memorial service with Pastor Jerry Phillips officiating will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Montesano Church of God with a potluck immediately following.
Memorials are suggested to the Montesano Fire Department.
Arrangements are entrusted to Harrison Family Mortuary of Montesano.
Ella Marie Zabel
Ella Marie Zabel, born June 5, 194, 3 in Spokane Wash., to mother Jean Fish. On Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, she went into the loving arms of god. She went to the loving arms of God, peacefully surrounded by her family.
Marie spent her childhood years in Post Falls, Idaho and Spokane, Wash. She met and married
Daniel Zabel in November of 1959. Daughter Danya Papac was born in 1960 and daughter Sylvia Zabel was born in 1961. They lived and raised their family in Spokane, Wash. They moved to Ocean Shores in 1982; and moved to Cosmopolis, Wash., in1998.
Marie began her working years in the family construction business, co-managed Trailer Inns RV Park, worked at Sacred Heart Hospital and Holiday Inn all in Spokane, Wash. Upon moving to the Pacific Northwest she worked at Century 21, Mixers and Munchies of Ocean Shores, Wash. She also worked at the Crow’s Nest with her daughter Danya and son-in-law Phil Papac for twenty plus years where she influenced the lives of many of Montesano’s youth. She retired from there when she decided to take up the sport of horseback riding with her soulmate, horseman Bruce Brown. She moved to the beautiful Humptulips valley with Bruce in 2010.
She started affecting the lives of young people at an early age as a campfire leader. She shared her love of the outdoors all of her life with her family and friends, outdoor activities she enjoyed included camping, hunting, fishing and horseback riding.
Marie enjoyed eighteen years of sobriety with the help of a twelve-step program which she was highly dedicated to and involved in, she touched many people in her years of service. She was also a proud member of the G.H. Chapter of Back country horsemen of America.
Her dedication to her family was the most important thing in her life.
Marie was preceded in death by mother Jean Fish; Brother Steve Neff and husband Daniel Zabel. Over the rainbow bridge went Goliath her beloved Pomeranian.
Marie is survived by Bruce Brown at their home in Humptulips, Wash.; brother Nick Hagstrom; daughter Danya Papac, and son in law Phil Papac of Montesano, Wash.; daughter, Sylvia Zabel and son in law Travis Whittaker of Roberts Wis.; grandchildren, Josh Papac his wife Lindsey Papac of Lake Tapps, Wash.; Tye Papac of Central Park, Wash.; Michael Holt of Tumwater, Wash.; great-grandchildren; Tristen and Kaylie Holt of Meridian, Idaho; Dylan Papac of Lake Tapps; Tanner and Alexis Whittaker of Kansas, and step-family Brown.
Marie was a very spiritual woman, confident of her place in this world and her place in the next.
We have chosen to have her celebration of life at the Moose Lodge in Montesano, Wash. on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m.
Rebecca F. Hansen
Longtime Neilton resident Rebecca Faye Hansen died at her home Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015. She was 76.
She had worked at the Amanda Park Mercantile for 27 years and had also volunteered at the Quinault Museum.
A celebration of her life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Quinault Chapel in Neilton followed by a potluck.
Arrangements are by Harrison Family Mortuary of Aberdeen.
Sokhom Sith
Aberdeen resident Sokhom Sith died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 at home. He was 60.
Arrangements are by McComb &Wagner Family Funeral Home in Shelton.
Linda L. Graves
Linda L. Graves, frequent visitor to the Harbor, died at Yuba City, Calif., on Dec. 15, 2015. She was the longtime companion of Douglas A. Raub. She was 54.
A celebration of her life will be held at noon, Friday, Feb. 12, in the chapel at Fern Hill Funeral Home. Inurnment will have taken place in Sunset Memorial Park, Hoquiam.
Arrangements are by Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home, Aberdeen.
Alvina (Al) L. Espedal
At the age of 91, Alvina (Al) Lorraine Espedal entered the gates of heaven on Jan. 4, 2016. She was surrounded by family at her Colonial Residence home, Centralia, Wash. Alvina was born at home on March 5, 1924, in Grand Forks, N.D., to John J. Spicer and Eva M. (Blake) Spicer. In 1955, she moved with her husband Terrence (Terry) Johnson and five children to Aberdeen, Wash.
During her years in Aberdeen, Alvina worked at the Morck and Sears. She was the manager of the Sears Lingerie Dept. for many years before she was in a disabling motorcycle accident. In her earlier years, she was active in her VFW Cootiette Club. She enjoyed shuffleboard, embroidery and league bowling. After her accident, she taught herself to bowl left handed. She was a lifetime member and very active in the Aberdeen Eagles REAC group until her move to Centralia in 2011. She also belonged to the Marine Corp. League with her husband Robert Espedal. She loved playing pinochle, Bunko and Mondays at the casino with her friends. She looked forward to bus trips with friends through Discovery Tours. She was also a volunteer with COPES. Her grandchildren will remember the many games of UNO and her special Swedish pancakes. We will all remember her smile and her playfulness even as she struggled with dementia.
Alvina is survived by her children, Yvonne M. Billings, Janine G. Hislop (Chuck), Renae A. Boyer, all of Centralia, Terry D. Johnson (Linda), East Wenatchee, and Vic A. Johnson (Tanya), Hoquiam. In addition, she is survived by stepdaughters, Vicki Daniels (Denny), Chehalis, and Bobbie (Kay) Douglas, Olympia. Her brothers, Lowell Spicer, Duane Spicer, Ronald Spicer and Dallan Spicer also survive her. Her only sister, Muriel Tinnes passed before her. She is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Alvina was preceded in death by her husband of 31 years, Robert F. (Haywire) Espedal. Also husbands, Terrence D. Johnson, Richard D. Peterson, and Lawrence Genereau preceded her in death. Her infant son, Darryl R. Peterson, also passed prior to his mother. Alvina also survived granddaughters, Terri Lee Welch, Lorinna M. Cornwell and Corinna R. Grube.
At Alvina’s request, there will be no service. Her family will have a private gathering on March 5, 2016. Remembrances can be made to Alzheimers Research or a charity of your choice.
Lisa R. Neal
Lisa Rae Neal, 53, of Winlock, Wash., died Friday, Jan. 22, after a valiant battle with cancer.
Her passing leaves an awful hole in the lives of her husband, Roger, her children Jeff and Jessica, her parents, Russ and Louise Simmelink, her four sisters, and so many other family members, friends and coworkers.
Lisa was a light in the lives of all who knew her. She loved her family, enjoyed her friends, and reveled in her creative work at the radio station. She was a stubborn optimist who taught her children to reach for their dreams and dance in the kitchen.
Lisa grew up in Montesano, Wash., and her life will be celebrated there on Saturday, Feb. 6, at 2 p.m. at the Montesano Presbyterian Church, 201 E. McBryde Ave.
Millie & Clarence L. Aschim Jr.
Clarence Leonard Aschim Jr., Master Sargent U.S. Army Korean War. (The Forgotten War). He was a long time Grays Harbor resident, Aberdeen, Wash. He was born on Dec. 28, 1928 in Decorah, Iowa and passed away on Jan. 22, 2016. He was 87 years of age.
Clarence was preceded in death by his wife Millie Aschim, just thirteen days apart (Jan. 9, 2016). They had 51 years of marriage as of this coming March. Millie was born on Nov. 25, 1927 in Burlington, N.C.
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 10 a.m. at The LDS Chapel. A graveside service will follow at Cosmoplis, Wash.
Carlton Rhoades
Carlton was born July 13, 1929, in South Bend, Wash. He grew up in a small fishing village on Willapa Bay that was homesteaded by his ancestors in the 1860s. He passed away on Dec. 6, 2015, at age 86 in Tacoma, where he had resided for 23 years. In between, he lived a full life and left a legacy of dreams pursued and attained.
He married
Lois Steele on Aug. 19, 1950, after they met as students at the University of Washington.
He served in the Army during World War II and attended the University on the GI Bill.
In addition to Lois, he is survived by three children, Victoria, Theresa, and Stuart and his sister Anna Mae Strong.
Carlton earned his degree in engineering in 1953 and spent his career in aero-engineering with Boeing, Philco-Ford, Northrup and Rocketdyne.
He was fascinated with airplanes and flight from the time he was a small boy. He often told the story of watching a small plane fly over a field where he grew up and how it awed and inspired him. As an adult, he earned his private pilot’s license and achieved a lifetime dream when he owned a small aircraft, his beloved N5115K.
He had a deep and abiding love of the mountains, an affinity he passed on to all his children. He climbed Mt. Rainier seven times, as well as many other mountain peaks in Washington State. He knew the mountain ranges like the back of his hand and he could gaze out upon those ranges and rattle off the names of each peak. He enjoyed sharing that love of the mountains by teaching mountain climbing classes and participating in search and rescue.
He was an avid reader and writer. His non-fiction was published and he was creating fiction stories into his final years. He especially enjoyed attending writer’s conferences where he met other writers and he was frequently asked to speak at conferences. His specialty was science and science fiction writing with an especially keen interest in asteroids. He presented several times on the asteroid threat at International Space Development Conferences.
He was a Chinook Tribal member and he was active with the tribe, serving as Tribal Chairman for the Chinook Tribe as well as Chairman of the Allottees of the Quinault Reservation. His great grandfather was Chief Huckswelt who signed a treaty with the U.S. Government.
He was active in local politics, especially in his early years when he volunteered for Governor Dan Evans successful campaign. He continued to follow politics and he always had strong opinions, but was open to listening to opposing viewpoints.
He also enjoyed travel and his trip of a lifetime was taking a Russian freighter to Antarctica.
He and Lois traveled a lot, especially after they both retired, taking cruises of months at a time. The travel memories he related most often were of their 50th wedding anniversary when they took a helicopter to a mesa in the Arizona desert and were served an elegant meal and their trip to Bedarra Island in Australia where they took a rowboat to a tiny island every day and had a picnic lunch. Each day they took water to give a palm that had cracked and was starting to take root on the beach. That palm is a tree by now and now Carlton is on his final adventure.
We continue to dream big in your memory and next time you order a cocktail, make it a gin martini and toast a man that had a wild imagination, a sense of humor and big love in his heart for his family.
A memorial service (potluck) will be held on Saturday, Feb. 6, at Faith Center in Bay Center, Wash. Please bring a favorite dish to share, Native or traditional foods are always welcomed.
In lieu of flowers please make your donation to the Chinook Nation, 3 Park St. Bay Center WA 98527. www.chinooknation.org.
Betty S. Diedrich Boland
Oct. 2, 1926 - Jan. 14, 2016
Jim P. Boland
Feb. 24, 1921 - April 8, 1990
Born and raised in Tacoma, Betty was a 1944 graduate of Lincoln High. She married
a Chehalin Jim Boland in the fall of 44. They spent summers camping and clam digging at the beach. Jim also had a love for deep sea, fishing. After, retiring from Tacoma City Light, Betty and Jim traveled (but always took time for clam digging). While home, they also raised a garden and always shared their Bounty. Betty loved her flowers and raised beautiful roses. Holidays found her baking goodies and cooking huge meals for the family.
Jim entered into rest (after 46 years of marriage), as did six of her siblings and twin grandsons. A sister Katherine (Harry) Dahl of Lakewood survives her as does daughters, Bernadette (Ron) Kline of Puyallup and Annette Emard of Hoquiam; eight grandchildren, Stacie (Ed) Lacina, Michael Emard Jr., Mardi (Ryan) Colburn, Matthew (Hannah) Emard, Marcus (Brandi) Emard, Miles Emard, Mylon (Rachael) Emard and Moriah Emard; eight great-grandchildren, Maddie and Abbie Lacina, Brinnley and Violet Colburn, Joshua, Caitlin, Joseph and Evangeline Emard and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mountain View Funeral Home of Lakewood has been entrusted to handle the inurnment. Messages and memories may be shared online.
Special thanks to Franciscan Hospice for their care and compassion and my mom’s “boyfriend” (who always brought a smile to her face) and my praying support group - You all got us through the hard days and your love will continue to carry us now.
Patricia A. Seaman
Patricia Anne Seaman, age 84, a longtime resident of Minard’s Corner near Ocean Shores, died on Jan. 25, 2016, at her home. She was born on May 18, 1931, at the Hoquiam General Hospital to Ralph Gordon and Ruth Ida (Becker) Minard.
After nearly a year of health struggles, our strong, independent Mom has passed away, gone to a place where life is good again.
The first “cowgirl” of the North Beach, she lacked 4 months of being 85 years of age at her passing. As a young girl, she roamed the dunes, the swamps and the beaches with her dad, Ralph Minard, on her favorite horse, Inky, searching for the cows and calves that hid behind the low bush pine trees, and dune grass, gathering them for the many round-ups at the Minard home place. She knew every inch of what is now called Ocean Shores. Using the bay as a fence on one side and the ocean on the other, she shared the responsibility for the welfare of the cattle year ‘round.
Mom went to Ocean City Grade School, was a proud graduate of Moclips High School, Class of 1949, where to her chagrin, one had to play basketball in a dress.
When her father sold the ranch to the Ocean Shores Development Corporation in 1960, life happened, as it so often does, and we ended up moving away for about 9 years, making stops in Satsop, Brady and Vanderhoof, British Columbia. After a divorce and a lengthy trip in a truck with both our horses and all of our worldly goods, Mom moved us back to the beach, where we belonged, and where her life began, again.
Being a single mom, at the age of 40, she took a course in business at Grays Harbor College. There, she met Bunny Ludwig and Dixie Shay. They became fast friends, forever.
In the mid-‘70s, Mom became a school bus driver for Moclips High School. Feared, but respected, many who will read this, will have had the dubious pleasure of sitting on the top step of her bus, where she could keep a close eye on them on the way home to Ocean Shores.
After North Beach, she drove for Washington Coast Lines, which later became Grays Harbor Transit. She was the company’s first woman driver, finally retiring after many years and working her way to the #2 position in seniority. She also drove the Dial-a-Ride bus in Ocean Shores for a lengthy period.
Her life was an adventure. She was born in Hoquiam and brought home to the Minard property where she spent all her final years. She watched her part of the beach grow from sand dunes and scrub pines into the community it is today. She certainly had an opinion about it every step of the way.
And so she passed away peacefully on this property, in her own home at the Minard home place, 75 years of her life spent here. What more can you ask?
She was indeed, a “Lady of the Beach.”
Surviving relatives include two daughters, Patty L. Seaman of Minard’s Corner and Barbara Jean Tolman of Salmon, Idaho; a son Bill Seaman of Minard’s Corner; one sister, Mary Jones of Puyallup; three grandchildren: Jim Giles of Meadow, Utah, Scott Giles of Pocatello, Idaho, Dane Seaman of Fairbanks, Alaska; one great-granddaughter, Kambree Giles, also of Meadow, Utah and a cousin Rae Munger of Chenois Creek, Hoquiam, Wash.
Cremation arrangements are by the Coleman Mortuary in Hoquiam.
Ronald Erling Solheim
Ron passed away peacefully Jan. 23, 2016, at Providence St. Peters Hospital in Olympia with his wife and family by his side.
Born Dec. 28, 1935, to Beulah and Erling Solheim, Ron lived his entire life in Aberdeen. He attended Stevens Elementary, Miller Jr. High and Weatherwax High School. Ron met the love of his life, Bonnie, in his junior year of high school and they recently celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary.
Ron served four years with the United States Air Force and four years in the Air Force Reserves. He will be interned at Tahoma National cemetery with military honors.
He was employed for 14 years with ITT Rayonier as a Timber Faller, Crew Foreman and Contract Logging Supervisor. He worked many years for Don Bell Logging, Mayr Brother Logging, Richard Clark Logging and NW Log Marketing. He also owned and operated Ron Solheim Cutting. Ron retired at age 62.
Family always came first for Ron, he loved camping and annual family vacations to Lake Chelan and attending all of his grandchildren’s sporting events. His passions also included hunting, fishing, clamming and walking the beaches.
Ron is survived by many loved ones, his wife Bonnie, his son Ronald Bradly (Sandy) of Woodinville, daughters Sharon Bastin (Brad) of Olympia, Jerri Anneberg (Craig) of Longview and Vicki Cloyd (Jim) of Maple Valley, his grandsons Brian, Brent, Scott, Reese, Riley & Connor; granddaughters Jennifer, Jayme, Stefanie, Christen, Erin and Lauren and also several great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister Karen Funk and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family would like to send special thanks to Nancy Hoderman (KWA) who cared for Ron and Bonnie over the last few years.
Ron was preceded in death by his parents and sister Lois Parker.
A service and gathering for all friends and family will be held at the Wishkah Valley Community Church on Feb. 6 at 1 p.m.
The family suggests donations in Ron’s memory be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, American Cancer Society or the American Red Cross.
