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Roland 'Poly' Gerhardt - January 5, 1999
SEQUIM - Former Aberdeen resident Roland L. "Poly" Gerhardt, 98, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1999, at Sequim.
Gerhardt was born Aug. 12, 1900, in Reed City, Mich., to Harry and Alice "Lulu" (Loomis) Gerhardt. As a child he moved to Aberdeen and attended Aberdeen schools.
He married
Marie Crick on Oct. 7, 1922, in Aberdeen. She survives in Sequim.
He served in the Navy during World War II.
While making his home in Shelton, Gerhardt owned a convenience store and worked as a master mechanic for Mel Chevrolet in Shelton until he moved to Seattle, where he owned a grocery store. After retiring from his grocery store business, he went to Port Orford, Ore. where he worked at a mill. In 1992 he came to Port Angeles to be near family and later moved to Sequim.
Gerhardt was a member of the Shelton Elks and Masonic lodges. He enjoyed traveling with his wife in their trailer and attending parties.
Besides his wife, Gerhardt is survived by a daughter, Shirley Hardy of Sequim; a brother, Leonard of Tacoma; a sister, Marian Sollie of Olympia; four grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Two sisters, Mildred Lancaster and Kathleen Atkinson, and three brothers, Karl, Wilbur and Keith, died before him.
No services are scheduled.
Arrangements are by Harper-Ridgeview funeral chapel.
Memorial donations are requested to Hospice of Clallam County P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, 98362.
Arnold L.C. Russell - April 30, 1999
SHORELINE - Former Daily World composing room foreman Arnold L.C. Russell, recalled by fellow workers as a true craftsman, died Friday, April 30, in Shoreline. He was 84.
Russell was born Nov. 13, 1915, in Seattle, and graduated from Weatherwax High School in Aberdeen.
He worked for The Daily World for 42 years, retiring in the mid-1970s. He was also a water commissioner for Central Park for 20 years.
He had served with the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Russell was active in the Olympians hiking club, was a Scoutmaster and a member of the Lions Club.
He was an avid mountain climber, and scaled many Northwest peaks. He was especially proud of his 1940 ascent of Mt. Rainier. He was also a good friend of fellow Olympian Elton Bennett, the internationally known silk-screen artist from Hoquiam.
After retirement, Russell and his wife Phyllis traveled extensively before settling in Hemet, Calif. Phyllis died in 1989; they had been married
47 years.
"Arnie Russell was an old pro from the days when hot-metal typesetting and page composition were a true craft, " said Daily World Editor John Hughes, who worked with Russell for more than 20 years.
"When I became city editor in 1972, he really taught me a lot about layout and page flow. When we were running late, he always used to say, 'C'mon, son, we're sucking hind teat! We got a deadline to meet!' "
Gene Kuhn, the newspaper's present composing foreman, began work under Russell at the old World plant in 1972.
"Arnie was one of the best all-around printers I ever knew, " Kuhn said Saturday when told of Russell's death. "He set type, built pages with those old lead chases, pulled proofs ... He did it all."
Roy Enholm, a retired member of the International Typographical Union here, worked with Russell at The World from 1959 to the mid-'70s.
"He was tough guy to work for because he demanded a lot, " Enholm recalls. "He wanted perfection, but he was awfully fair."
Russell is survived by a son, Dennis Russell of Shoreline; a daughter, Linda Aleksey of Plymouth, Minn.; a sister, Florence Blower, of Salem, Ore., and five grandchildren.
A memorial service is set for 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, at Bethany Community Church, 8023 Greenlake Drive N., Seattle, with arrangements by Beck's Funeral Home, Edmonds.
Memorials may be given to the American Heart Association.
Iris Locke - January 27, 1999
OLYMPIA - Iris M. Locke, 80, a resident of Aberdeen for 50 years, died Jan. 27, 1999, in Olympia.
She was born April 5, 1918, in Victoria, B.C., Canada, to Sing Loy Wong and Gum Yin (Chan) Wong and raised in Victoria.
On Sept. 14, 1948, she married
Sing Chong "Doc" Locke. He died in 1974.
She enjoyed gardening, cooking, baking and reading.
Survivors include three sons, Brian of Aberdeen, Gary of Redmond and Ron of Olympia; two brothers, Joe Wong of Victoria, B.C., and Gitt Wong of Vancouver, B.C.; three sisters, Ida Long of Vauxhall, Alberta, Canada, Elsie Cha and Virginia Leong, both of Vancouver, B.C.; and two grandchildren.
Visitation is scheduled from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Whiteside Funeral Chapel of Aberdeen. A funeral will follow at 11 a.m. at the Fern Hill cemetery in Aberdeen. An internment will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be sent to Providence St. Peter Hospital, Aberdeen Dialysis Unit, 1006 N. H St., Aberdeen, WA, 98520 or to Meals on Wheels, 117 E. Third St., Aberdeen, WA, 98520.
Marguerite E. Grant - April 29, 1999
MONTESANO - Life-long Hoquiam resident Marguerite E. Grant died on Thursday, April 29, 1999, in a Montesano care center. She was 85.
She was born March 6, 1914, to Nestor and Fiina (Randa) Wirkkala on Wheeler Street in Hoquiam.
She was raised in Hoquiam and attended Emerson Grade School, Central Grade School, Hoquiam Junior High and Hoquiam High School, where she graduated in 1932. She attended a number of her class reunions and often remarked on how old those "other" kids were getting. She also attended Grays Harbor Business College in Aberdeen.
She married
Walter M. Grant in 1937 at Tenino. He died in 1990. Following their marriage, the couple made their home in Hoquiam.
She worked at the Rayonier Paper Mill in Hoquiam (now Grays Harbor Paper) starting at a young age as a paper counter, earning 14 cents an hour. She rose through the ranks and became an office worker, later helping to organize the union at the mill which later became the Association of Western Washington Pulp and Paper Workers.
The family had a cabin at Mason Lake and she enjoyed spending time there with her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, spending time with friends, and playing cards. She also enjoyed cooking for the family and neighborhood kids.
She was also frequently called upon to aid local history buffs in their search for facts about the early history of Hoquiam.
She is survived by two daughters, Susan Parker of Mercer Island and Barbara Travers of Hoquiam, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A brother, Ed Wirkkala of Seattle, died before her.
Private services will be held later at the Bower Niches in Sunset Memorial Park in Hoquiam. Direction is by the Coleman Mortuary.
Donations may be made to the Grays Harbor YMCA, P.O. Box 667, Hoquiam 98550.
Lawrence Newman - January 27, 1999
RAYMOND - Lawrence M. "Speck" Newman, a Willapa Valley resident for the past 30 years, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1999, in his home. He was 79.
He was born Dec. 29, 1919, in York, Neb., to Lawrence and Cecil (Russ) Newman. He was raised and attended school in Napavine and went on to graduate from Washington State College in agricultural science.
He started milking cows for Price's Dairy in Port Orchard in 1942 and began farming on his own in 1950. In 1968, he moved to Raymond, where he purchased the farm that his family still runs.
He was a member of a worldwide fellowship faith, an avid baseball fan and followed the local sports teams as his health would allow. He was a lifetime member of the American Guernsey Cattle Club and spent many years showing and judging cattle at local and international fairs. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing.
On Oct. 19, 1942, he married
Erda L. Watson in Tacoma. She survives in the family home.
Survivors include a daughter, Sue Honan of Gig Harbor; three sons, Ned and Pat, both of Raymond, and Joe of Belfair; a sister, Beryl Newman of Napavine; a brother, Wayne of Sunnyside; and 10 grandchildren.
Two sisters, Erma and Roseth, and a grandson died before him.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Lebam Elementary School. Vault interment will follow at the Menlo cemetery.
Funeral arrangements are in care of Stoller's Mortuary in Raymond.
Verna Jacobson - January 23, 1999
MONTESANO - Thirty-year Aberdeen resident Verna G. Jacobson, 88, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999, in the Sunrise Care & Rehabilitation Center at Montesano.
Mrs. Jacobson was born Nov. 13, 1910, at Whitehall, Wis., to Carl and Amelia (Bidney) Jahr. She grew up in Whitehall, where she later married
Archie Jacobson. He died in 1984.
Mrs. Jacobson was a homemaker. She had also worked as a cook in the City Cafe at Whitehall.
She enjoyed going to the mall, watching television, reading and playing the piano.
Survivors include three sons, Carlyle of Racine, Wis., and James and Larry, both of Aberdeen; two daughters, LaRayne Johnson of Oconto Falls, Wis., and Beverly Vargas of Aberdeen; 14 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Another son, Allen, died 27 years before her.
There will be no service.
Arrangements are by the Fern Hill Funeral Home of Aberdeen.
Wilbur Northup - April 24, 1999
MORRO BAY, Calif. - Hoquiam native Wilbur R. Northup, 90, of Morro Bay, Calif., died Saturday, April 24, 1999, at his home.
Northup was born Sept. 7, 1908, in an apartment over a movie theater on Eighth Street to Ray Alta and Anne (Reed) Northup. He spent his early years in Hoquiam, then moved to Westport, where he attended first and second grades.
He next lived in Astoria and moved to Queets in 1919. He and his brother left school to work for the Posey Manufacturing Co. in Hoquiam, where they moved. When their mother died in 1925, they returned to Queets and worked at whatever jobs were available in return for their board.
Northup went to Alaska aboard a whaling ship, and he worked at that job for 11 years before returning to Queets, where he went to work for the U.S. Forest Service.
He helped clear the top of Kloochman Rock at in the Queets Valley so the Forest Service could construct a lookout station on the site. He also did horseshoeing and packing on the Kelly Ranch in the Queets area.
On Sept. 29, 1935, he married
Louise L. Bublitz at Hoquiam. The couple spent their honeymoon on Kloochman Rock, and several years ago their family took them back there. Mrs. Northup died in 1997.
Northup attended a diesel mechanic school in Portland for two years, then worked aboard the tugboat Keath on the Columbia River.
He became a stockholder in the Peninsula Plywood Co. at Port Angeles and worked there in 1942 and 1943.
He moved to Astoria again, where he fished for salmon and albacore tuna off his boat, Astorian. His wife helped him on the boat, which he operated for 22 years. In 1973, Northup sold his boat and retired to Morro Bay. He and his wife traveled around the country in their trailer and took three trips to Australia.
He is survived by a daughter, Jean Roman of Belgrave Victoria, Australia; a son, Ray of Torrance, Calif.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service took place Wednesday, April 28, in the Estero Bay United Methodist Church at Morrow Bay.
A graveside service of inurnment is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday in the Sunset Memorial Park at Hoquiam.
Arrangements are by the Coleman Mortuary of Hoquiam.
N. Kenneth Sather Sr. - January 26, 1999
Hoquiam resident N. Kenneth Sather, 95, who had lived in Grays Harbor for 15 years, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999, in the Pacific Care Center at Hoquiam.
He was born Feb. 1, 1903, at Hutchinson, Minn., to Theodore and Sarah (Nachaw) Sather . He was raised in Everett, where he graduated from Everett High School in 1921.
He had also lived in Puyallup, Vancouver, Wash., and Long Beach, Calif.
In 1931, Sather earned a degree in music from the University of Washington.
He taught school in Washington and Honolulu from 1931 to 1941.
During World War II, Sather worked for Kaiser Shipyards at Vancouver, then in newspaper advertising at Long Beach. He retired in 1968.
Later, he was a tutor for senior citizens.
His wife, Helen (Johnson), whom he had married
in 1934, died in 1963.
He married
Marcia Martin in 1963. She died in 1983.
Sather especially enjoyed helping others.
He is survived by a son, N. Kenneth Jr. of Salt Lake City; a daughter, Sharon Gray of Vancouver; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service is being planned for a later date. Inurnment will be in the Mount Vernon cemetery at Mount Vernon.
Direction is by the Fern Hill Funeral Home at Aberdeen.
