William E. Weaver, an Aberdeen resident for 59 years, died at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. He was 90. He had been a foreman at Ocean Spray for several years.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Fern Hill Cemetery in Aberdeen.
Warren Ralph Williams, age 91, a longtime Hoquiam resident, died on January 26, 2013, at his home in Hoquiam. Mr. Williams was born to Frank Ernest and Bessie Etta (Seal) Williams on April 23, 1921, on Finch Farms in South Aberdeen. During the Great Depression, he went with his family to numerous parts of the country to find work.
In his late teens and early twenties, he was a professional boxer known as “Speed”. On November 29, 1947, he and Genevieve Mae Muhlhauser were married. The couple made their home in Hoquiam. He had worked for Saginaw Shingle and later was a share holder for Hoquiam Plywood, from which he retired.
On January 26, 2013, Ruth Violet (Roeder) Vanderslice, 86, passed away in Centralia at her daughter’s residence. Her husband, Robert ,preceded her in death in 1991. She was born in the Bronx, New York City, on November 25, 1926, to Ethel Lytle and George W Roeder.
She is survived by a sister, Dorothy (Richard) Morrissey of Davis, California; a son, James of Federal Way; and daughters, Janet (Gary) Door of Edgewood, Judy (Greg) Welsh of Centralia and Jean (Frank) Gardiner of Black Diamond; six grandchildren and four great-grand children.
(1918 – 2013)
Mildred Carl Cook was born to Henry and Elfrieda (Momm) Carl. Mildred “Millie” grew up in Irvington , Neptune and Hanover, New Jersey. She studied at Miami University for a year and at the Berkley Secretarial School. Returning from her work in Newark, New Jersey, on the bus, the Sunday School Superintendent at Hanover’s First Presbyterian Church invited Mildred to a service. Soon she became part of The Young Peoples Group which was already known as “Mrs. Cook’s Matrimonial Club”. It “worked” for Mildred and Mrs. Cook’s son, F. Seymour Cook. The couple married in 1939. They lived in the home Seymour’s father built in 1910 in which they raised their three daughters, Ellen, Phyllis and Jean. Mildred was very active in the Presbyterian Church; directing Vacation Bible School, teaching and being Sunday School Superintendent and founding the Harvest Festival and Fair. She also was a founder of the local PTA and chaperoned numerous dances and school activities.
RAYMOND — Udo R. Vogler, a Harbor resident for 16 years, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at Willapa Harbor Convalescent Center in Raymond. He was 68.
He had been an emergency medical technician and an emergency room technician at Cadillac Hospital in Richland.
William E. “Bill” Weaver, 90, a resident of the Harbor for 59 years, died at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen on Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Bill was born in Freewater, Oregon on March 31, 1922, the son of Clarence William and Myra H. (Potter) Weaver. He attended schools in Freewater and had served in the Army during World War II in France and Germany where he received a purple.
He had worked in the woods and came to National, Wash., near Rainier National Park, in 1953 where he had also operated a gas station and restaurant. The following year he came to Aberdeen and worked for Evans Products and Aberdeen Plywood where he was a foreman. In 1975, he went to work for Ocean Spray as a mechanic and foreman and then J.C. Penney Store at South Shore Mall until he retired in 1990.
Velma Marie Cozzutto, a longtime South Aberdeen resident and writer, journalist and columnist for The Daily World, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at Pacific Care Center in Hoquiam. She was 92.
A celebration of her life is being planned and an obituary with details will follow in The Daily World.
JoAnn Mandich, 68 years of age and a lifetime Harborite, died on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at Providence Saint Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington. JoAnn was born on May 24, 1944, in Aberdeen, Washington to Steve and Zorka (Franich) Manenica.
She was raised and attended school in Aberdeen to include Saint Mary Catholic School, Saint Mary Academy in Winlock for a year and then Weatherwax High School where she graduated in 1962.
Donald L.Heyer
Elma — Donald Lyle Heyer of Elma died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at his home. He was 92.
Barbara Jean Arnold Corey passed away on Monday, January 28, 2013, at the home she shared with her husband of almost 59 years; and surrounded by family members.
Barbara was born on September 23, 1933, in Ashland, Oregon, but spent most of her childhood years in Hoquiam, Washington. She is a 1951 graduate of Hoquiam High School.
Hilda Delphine Hand-Foulds, a resident of the harbor for 26 years, was 94, when she died at the Montesano Health and Rehabilitation Center on Sunday, January 27, 2013. She was born in Troy, Alabama on February 10, 1918, the daughter of Freeman and Sallie (Spencer Turner.
Delphine attended schools and two years of college in Troy, Alabama. She devoted her motherly love exclusively to raising her two daughters until they were almost out of high school. A love she never quit giving them. She worked at several jobs and retired as an administrative assistant to the housekeeping director at the University of Alabama Hospital and Clinics in Birmingham, Alabama.
Mary Cross a lifelong Hoquiam resident passed away on December 14, 2012, in Auburn, Washington, at the age of 88. She was born on November 22, 1924, in Hoquiam to Marko and Anna Cemelich.
Mary was an employee of Grays Harbor Paper for 30 years, retiring in 1986. She enjoyed cooking, baking, loved to share her great food with family and friends; dancing, music, gardening, being with family and traveling to warmer weather.
Dorothy L. Miller 87, and a longtime resident of Oyehut, Washington, died on Friday, January 25, 2013, at Westhaven Villa in Aberdeen. She was born on April 30, 1925, in Newman Grove, Nebraska, to Henry and Rose (Schmidt) Klitzke. She graduated from high school in Newman Grove.
Dorothy met her future husband at a dance and they were married on September 21, 1947, in Pierce, Nebraska. He died on November 6, 1986.
Udo R. Vogler, 68, a resident of the Harbor since 1996, died at Willapa Harbor Health and Rehabilitation in Raymond, Wednesday, January 30, 2013. He was born in Esslingen, Germany, on November 30, 1944, and had attended school there.
He had worked in the US Army motor pool in Berlin and was married to Gabriele Weinhardt in Berlin on June 1, 1965. They came to El Paso, Texas, in 1968, where he worked as a mechanic for Volkswagen America. He went to Colorado Springs, Colo., for two years as a mechanic for a Volkswagen-Audi dealer. They came to Richland in 1978, where he was a Volkswager-Audi mechanic.
Donald G. Bell, 89, a lifelong resident of Grays Harbor, died Sunday January 27, 2013, surrounded by his family.
Don was born June 21, 1923, in Artic, WA, to Alfred and Eda (Carl) Bell. Don Grew up in the North River area and graduated from high school at North River in 1941.
Margaret Fogde passed into the arms of Jesus January 3, 2013. Her family, friends, and caregivers remember her as generous, loyal, sweet, sassy, devoted, witty, audacious, welcoming, faithful, dependable, and caring. Her sense of humor became legendary when she told a thief (who appeared in her bedroom at 2 a.m., demanding to know where she kept her money) “Far away from here!” That sparkle in her eyes and signature crooked smile warmed all our hearts. Many thought of Margaret as the “energizer bunny” always popping up again when knocked down.
She was passionate about each family member’s personal journey, attending recitals, plays, concerts, graduations, career events, etc. She surrounded herself with photos of generations of family members (along with walls and counters covered with calendars and pictures of tame and wild cats!). She brought us with her to Pacific Northwest Ballet, opera, symphony, Cirque du Soleil, Ice Capades, almost anything that might involve music or dancing! She loved to travel and often brought us on Holland America and World Wildlife Cruises. She financially supported our missionary work, education, cars, homes, travel and on and on. She was always there to help fulfill our dreams. This generosity extended to uncounted charitable organizations; she cared equally for all living things and supported efforts to heal the world spiritually and physically.
Reid Dwayne Murray, Sr., 83, resident of Montesano for the last 15 years and retired US Naval Instructor, died at his home in Montesano, Monday, January 28, 2013.
Reid was born on June 5, 1929, in Tooele, Utah, to Jessie Wilber and Mary Ann Murray. He grew up in Tooele and on March 7, 1953, Reid married Charlotte A. Quimby in Elko, NV. She lives at the family home.
Peggy was born in Toppenish, Wash., on Aug. 29, 1917, to Daniel and Annie (Reil) Houle. There were 10 children in her family, she was the last to pass away.
She married Purd D. Totten on Feb. 11, 1935, in Yakima, Wash. She was a young mother and later became floor manager of a fruit cannery in Yakima. Purd and Peggy moved to Hoquiam, Wash., in early 1950, where he found a job at Blagens Mill, in Hoquiam, Wash. Later on, Peggy started working at a dress shop as a floor clerk, she worked there for many years, then went to work at Grays Harbor Veneer in Woodlawn, Wash., where she was a machine operator. Peggy retired in 1963, she remained in their home, raising the last of their kids. Her husband passed away in 1999, also, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren passed before her.
M. Virginia Quimby, a lifelong Grays Harbor resident, passed-away in McCleary on January 28, 2013. She was 96. Virginia was born January 5, 1917, in Melbourne, Washington, to LeRoy and Janet Jones. She married F.G. “Jim” Quimby on July 3, 1935. Virginia was a member of the Grays Harbor Saddle Club and the Elma Eagles FOE#1440.
Virginia is survived by her daughter, Phyllis Hill of Napavine; daughters-in-law, Rae (Jack) Quimby of Elma and Kathy (Mike) Quimby of Olympia; 18 grandchildren; 7 step-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her sisters, Ruth Kennedy of Bend, Oregon and Carla Clark of Olympia; and her brother, Jim Jones of Dalles City, Oregon. She is preceded in death by her husband, F.G. “Jim” Quimby; sons, Wesley, Mike and Jack; grandchildren, Clifford Aply and Janet Quimby; great-granddaughter, Rebecca Horrace; and 3 brothers; and 2 sisters.
Vicente Pable
Vicente P. Pablo, a resident of Aberdeen and former resident of Tacoma, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. He was 67.
A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church in Tacoma. A graveside service with military honors will follow at 1:15 p.m. at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent.