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Sherrie L. Inman
Sherrie L. Inman, 58, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital after a battle with cancer. Born Aug. 31, 1957, Sherrie was the daughter of JoAnne and Richard (Dick) Kufahl of Copalis Crossing, Wash.
Sherrie attended school at both North Beach and Wishkah Valley. In May 1975 she met and married
Gilbert Inman in Onalaska, Wash. They later divorced.
Sherrie over the years was a cook and bartender at various establishments around the harbor. She often said she liked that line of work because she liked hearing people’s life stories. She was also a member of the Ocean Shores Pirates, a non-profit organization.
Sherrie is survived by her daughter JoAnne Clark (Travis), granddaughters Katherine and Chelsea; grandson Tyler, father Dick, sisters Terrie Matsen, Anita Thao, Melinda (Chickie) Weidman and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her son Tyler, mother JoAnne, a brother Richard and a sister Bobbie.
The family would like to thank Toyka Hammonds for all her friendship, support and care she gave Sherrie before and during her illness. We truly appreciate all you did.
A memorial will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Ocean Shores Eagles Hall.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society.
Patsy A. Boling
On Jan. 10, 2016, Patsy A. Boling, 75, lost her three-year battle with dementia. She died at her home in McCleary, with her husband of 35 years, Ray, at her side.
Patsy was born on June 20, 1940, to Ray and Lula (Warren) Burgett in Gilroy, Calif., one of four girls. She attended school in Gilroy, where she met and married
Mitch Bailey in 1956 at 16. They had four children, later divorcing in 1965. She then moved around from California to Oregon with her youngest daughter, Paula, before moving to Washington in 1979, where she would soon meet and marry the love of her life, Ray.
She had worked many jobs, from caregiving to owning a tavern. When she met Ray she was working as a waitress at the Old Pine in McCleary. When he asked her if she would prefer work or stay at home, she replied, “stay at home, ” to which Ray replied then you “just quit working, ” and she did.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Loretta Cox, two nephews Anthony and Darrell and a granddaughter Megan. She is survived by her husband Ray and the family home in McCleary, sister Ruth (Ron) Pelfrey from Los Molines, Calif., Bev (Leo) Evola, Kerman, Calif., a son Michael (Sheryl) Baily, Yuba City, Calif., daughters, Lisa Baily, Yuba City, Calif., Tammy (Ralph) Thiers, Woodland, Calif. and Paula (Steve) Henderson, Hoodsport, Wash., step-daughter Mary (Travis) Peek, Elma, Wash. and Raylene Hill, Rochester, Wash., 15 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren, plus numerous nieces and nephews.
She loved spending time with family and especially granddaughters Ariel and Ali. Hobbies were going to garage sales for crystal baskets, frogs and clocks of which she had five cabinets full.
She will be deeply missed by family and friends, especially her husband.
At her request, there will be no service. Cremation is by Neptune Society of Tacoma. Interment will be at the McCleary cemetery.
Zoe A. Washburn
Zoe Ann Washburn is finally at peace, having passed away in her sleep on Dec. 28, 2015, at home in Hoquiam, Wash. Born June 21, 1952, in Lewiston, Idaho, to Russel Washburn and Hazel Anderson Washburn, her family made many work related moves across the states. Zoe graduated from high school in Phoenix, Ariz. Along the way, she studied piano with her long remembered teacher, Miss Tompert, of Louisville, Ky., and later was an artist and a published poet.
Following her family’s commitment to Peace and Justice, Zoe became a full time volunteer with the United Farm Workers Union in Arizona, along with several family members. She moved to San Diego, Calif., where she helped manage a UFW drop-in assistance center in San Ysidro, on the Mexican border, and became a fluent Spanish speaker. Later Zoe and her brothers followed their mother to the Los Angeles area, where she eventually settled in Santa Monica, Calif.
In the 1980s, Zoe became active in the Disability Rights movement, which led to accessible transportation and passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. She met musician Jim Stehn at St. Augustine by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, in Santa Monica, then on the leading edge of inclusive clergy and a hotbed of Liberation Theology and the movement opposing U. S. intervention in Latin America. Although archaic Social Security regulations prevented their being legally married
, in 1989 Zoe and Jim were united in a glorious ceremony at St. Augustine’s, officiated by a former Jesuit Priest and her brother, Brad, then a Presbyterian minister, with her brother Russ escorting her down the aisle (whispering for her to slow down her wheelchair!) The singing of “Amazing Grace” was led by a (self-described) jailbird singer/guitarist Zoe knew from the local Post Office steps, and the children of the Priest and his wife, a former Maryknoll Nun, served as Acolytes, in their red and white vestments, joyously leading the post-ceremony procession out of the church to the parish hall/basement!
Around 1995, the happy couple bought a house in Pomona, Calif., which was the scene of many lively Washburn Family gatherings. However, the heat and smog were too much for Zoe so in 1999, after camping and searching up the length of the Pacific Coast, they relocated to remote Clearwater, on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Jim converted an existing building into an accessible cabin (thus validating their membership in “Garage Dwellers of America”). They had many adventures with wind storms and snow, the Makah Cultural Center and Mora Beach, as well as Elk, Bears, Otters, Wild Turkeys, Juncos and Ruby Crowned Kinglets, meteor showers and starlit nights far from city lights, and a Blue Healer (cattle dog). In 2013 they moved to a rarity, an already accessible house in Hoquiam, scouted out for them by their patient Realtor and friend, Muriel Stoken.
Throughout her life, Zoe was blessed and befriended by many kind folks, notably her father’s late aunt and uncle, Margaret and Lee Thomas, their son, Lee “Jr., ” all of Louisville, Ky., and the entire Thomas family; also by Jane Fonda, the late Cesar Chavez, Deborah Dillon (Zoe’s Angel), of Forks, Wash., John Stein, of New York City and Venice, Calif., and Mary Miles (“Grandma”), of San Francisco and Potter Valley, Calif. Zoe is survived by Jim Stehn and Sparky, and in Tempe, Ariz., by her mother, Hazel, and her brother, Scott and sister-in-law, Nancy, who especially comforted Zoe in her last days; by cousins Pam and Becky and their families in Washington, by her wonderful, steadfast sister-in-law, Anne Bittner, of Sierra Madre, Calif., and by many beloved nieces and nephews and their families in California and Arizona, including the newest members, Brody, Justice, Violeta and Joaquin.
Zoe was helped by many kind physicians, the last being Dr. Clara Shin, of Montesano, Wash., and Dr. Mark Layton, Olympia, Wash. In her last weeks the visits of Fr. Evan Clendenin, of St. Andrew’s Church, helped Zoe to find inner peace. She was also blessed by the help of caregivers Carol “Kelly” French and Cynthia Schmid, and by the many kind personnel of Harbors Home Health and Hospice, Hoquiam, and Catholic Community Services, Aberdeen, Wash. Memorials would be appreciated by these organizations, as well as Zoe’s heartfelt charities, the American Friends Service Committee and Amnesty International.
There will be a service for Zoe at St. Andrew’s Church, 400 East 1st Street, Aberdeen, Wash., at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, and a family celebration in Ontario, Calif., on Jan. 30. A performance of Mozart’s Requiem will be presented in Aberdeen at a later date, as per Zoe’s request!
Doris J. Forbes
Visitation for Harbor resident Doris Jean Carlyle Forbes, who died Jan. 18 in Lacey, will be at the Coleman Mortuary in Hoquiam from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Community of Christ Church in Neilton followed by a memorial service at noon. There will be a potluck reception after the service with interment following at the Lake Quinault cemetery.
Mary Koski
TUMWATER — Mary A. Koski, a longtime resident of the Harbor, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 in Tumwater. She was 88.
She and her husband, Ollie, established A & B Hydraulics and Harbor Hydraulics in Aberdeen.
A celebration of her life is being planned and will be announced in The Daily World.
Arrangements are by Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen.
Patricia A. Sinem
Patricia Ann Sinem of Aberdeen died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen. She was 57.
A complete obituary will appear in The Daily World next week.
Arrangements are by Harrison Family Mortuary of Aberdeen.
Ann R. Smith
Hoquiam resident Ann Rose Smith died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 at Pacific Care Center in Aberdeen. She was 99.
Arrangements are by Harrison Family Mortuary in Aberdeen.
Clancy J. Hollibaugh
OLYMPIA — Hoquiam resident Clancy Jerald Hollibaugh died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. He was 75.
He worked as a diesel mechanic and was the supervisor of maintenance for a Seattle disposal firm.
A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of The Daily World.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Coleman Mortuary Chapel in Hoquiam.
Chester C. “Chet” Jolly
Chester Charles “Chet” Jolly, Aberdeen resident and former owner of Harbor Physical Therapy in Aberdeen, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen. He was 77.
Cremation arrangements are by Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen.
Floyd “Al” Sexton
Floyd “Al” Sexton died Jan. 8, 2016, at his home in Elma, Wash. He was born in Tulsa, Okla., the son of Floyd and Goldie (McCully) Sexton, and moved to Washington State at a very young age. Allen (as he was known then) attended grades 1-5 at schools in Ballard. His family then moved to the McCleary area, where he enjoyed fishing, his horse “Old Babe, ” his English Pointer “Spot, ” and a lot of extended family. Allen attended grades 6-12 at Elma schools, graduating from Elma High School where he lettered 3 years in football and baseball. He chose boxing over basketball and achieved Junior Heavyweight Champion his senior year.
Allen moved to Seattle and was enrolled in UA Local No.32, Seattle Area Plumbers and Pipefitters as a Plumber’s Apprentice on Aug. 15, 1953, and became known as “Al.” He was initiated into the Union July 24, 1954.
In May of 1955, Al married
his high school sweetheart, Gayle Combes. Al & Gayle had two sons, David and Daniel.
Al worked his way up in the union, becoming a Journeyman in 1958, Plumbing Instructor in the Apprentice Program in 1959, full-time Training Coordinator in 1969, and was appointed Business Manager & Financial Secretary of UA Local No. 32 in March of 1979. Al continued in this position until 1995 when he took an early retirement to care for his wife, Gayle, and they moved to Summit Lake.
In 2002, Al married
Barbara Sumpter of Elma and gained a son, Alan.
Al enjoyed fishing, golfing, hunting, and adventures with the motor home & Jeep Wrangler. He had been a proud member of UA Local No.32 for 62 years and of the many friends he made there.
In addition to his wife, Barbara, Al received wonderful care from Roger, Laura, Karen, Donna, Melissa and Josh. In his last weeks Al also received Hospice comfort care from Sarah, Sally, Linda, and Judy.
Al was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Goldie, and his wife, Gayle. Al is survived by his wife, Barbara; his sons, David Sexton of Alaska, Dan Sexton of Tacoma, and Alan Krause of Elma; grandchildren Walker and Mackenzie of Alaska; several cousins and many friends.
A gathering of friends and family to honor Al will be held at 1pm on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at the Elma Eagles, 404 W. Young, Elma, Wash.
Al’s cremains will be interred at the McCleary cemetery next to his wife, Gayle, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Al’s memory to the Elma Food Bank, PO Box 2550, Elma, WA 98541; the Satsop Methodist Church, Building Fund, PO Box 55, Satsop, WA 98583; Harbors Home Health & Hospice, 201 7th Street, Hoquiam, WA 98550; or a charity of your choice.
Doris Jean Carlyle Forbes
Doris Jean Carlyle Forbes passed away on Jan. 18, 2016 at the Panorama Convalescent Center in Lacey, Wash. after a long battle with dementia.
Doris was born on April 11, 1930 in Sunnyside, Wash. to William Wesley and Beulah May (Paul) Carlyle. She was the youngest child. Her family moved to the Lake Quinault area in 1933. She graduated from Quinault High School in 1948.
Doris lived in the Quinault/Neilton area nearly all of her life and worked in the local Shake and Shingle mills for many years. After retiring, she worked for many more years as a laborer for many people in the community clearing brush and doing various odd jobs. She was a very hard worker and took great pride in making sure the job was always done right. She loved working outdoors. She also enjoyed going to the ocean and working puzzle books and picture puzzles.
In 1952, Doris married
Lester Kangas and later married
Orville Forbes in 1963.
Doris is survived by her daughter Darlene (Tom) Simpson, Kennewick, Wash.; and daughter Gayle (Kerry) Norris, Olympia, Wash. and grandson Trenton Simpson, Kennewick, Wash.
She was preceded in death by her sister Fern Monroe, Hoquiam, Wash.; brother Jess Owsley, Mo.; Brother Wesley Junior, Tumwater, Wash.; brothers, Norman, George and Larel of Neilton, Wash.
Visitation will be at the Coleman Mortuary in Hoquiam on Friday, Jan. 29 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prior to the service at the church on Saturday, there will be a time of visitation beginning at 11 a.m.
A memorial service to honor Doris will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Community of Christ Church in Neilton. There will be a potluck reception after the service with interment following at the Lake Quinault cemetery.
Rick A. Pullar
Rick Allen Pullar, 61, of Montesano passed away at his home on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. Rick was born April 15, 1954 in Aberdeen, Wash. to Wayne and Freida (Bruner) Pullar. He was raised in Montesano and had also lived 3 years in Topeka, Kan. where he attended Shawnee Heights High School. Returning to Montesano in 1970 and graduated from Montesano High School in 1972.
Rick had worked at Duane DeWees Motors and recently at McHugh’s Furniture in Hoquiam.
He enjoyed house and yard work and traveling.
Rick is survived by his parents Wayne and Frieda Pullar; his life partner of 41 years Don Cedell; brother James Pullar all of Montesano and sister Tammy Swart of Des Moines, Wash. nieces and nephews, Jamie (Jesse) Rathbun, Anna (Pedro) Cruz, Jeramy (Wendy) Pullar and Michael Swart; grandnephews, Chase Schrader and Ryan Pullar along with aunt Pauline Childers of Topeka, Kan. and numerous cousins.
A graveside service will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Wynooche cemetery followed by a celebration of his life at the Aberdeen Log Pavilion at 1 p.m.
Memorials in his name are suggested to the Montesano Fire Dept., PAWS or Relay for life teams “Jenny’s Joggers” and “Tommy’s Trotters”.
Sydney Baker
ELMA — Sydney S. Baker of Elma died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, at his home. He was 69.
He was retired from the Navy after serving his country for 24 years.
A celebration of his life will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Montesano V.F.W. Hall.
Arrangements are by the Harrison Family Mortuary of Montesano.
Pamela K. Valentine
Lifelong Montesano resident Pamela Kaye Valentine died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, in Aberdeen. She was 70.
A service will be held Saturday at the Montesano Church of God. Details will follow in Thursday’s Daily World.
Arrangements are by the Harrison Family Mortuary in Aberdeen.
Jason C. Louderback
Jason Christopher Louderback of Elma passed away on Jan. 18, 2016 at his home in Matlock. Jason was 38. He was raised in Aberdeen. Later the family moved to Matlock in 1984. He graduated from Montesano High School in 1996.
Jason first worked for his grandpa who owned Jay’s Industrial Maintenance in Aberdeen for several years. Jason then moved to Lakewood, Wash. to work for Keystone Masonary.
Jason loved to watch football, especially the Seahawks, he would get mad at his mother if she didn’t mention watching the Seahawks. He loved riding quads with his dad anywhere he could find a trail but loved riding at the Dunes in Oregon. Growing up he not only rode horses with the family but also was in horse show competition. Jason also liked water skiing, fishing, high school football & basketball, welding, running heavy equipment and helping with projects around the farm.
Jason is survived by his parents Rocky & Melanie (Drawsky) Louderback; daughter, Skylar Rae Grimm of Miami, Fla., a brother Brian of Bangor, Wash; two aunts and one great aunt.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Salvation Army or the American Cancer Society.
Arrangements are entrusted to Harrison Family Mortuary of Montesano.
Mary A. Koski
Mary Aune Koski, longtime resident and a civic leader of Aberdeen, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. She was 88 years old. Mrs. Koski was born with the name Aune Maija in Vahakyro township, Finland, on May 9, 1927, to Aino and Toivo Jouppila. The Jouppilas owned a small dairy farm in rural Finland. Serious responsibilities came early to Maija, as she was the eldest of three children in a household that held infirm grandparents and younger children from distant relatives, as well as war refugees at times. At the age of 12 she was placed in charge of pasturing the family’s dairy cows when her father went to war. At 15-16 she was called to duty as a “Pikku Lotta, ” a member of the military’s auxiliary air patrol. Her mission, armed with binoculars and a radio, was to report Russian bomber incursions into the area. She was awarded Finnish war medals for her service. At the age of 17 she went to work for the county’s dairy plant, and at 18 was promoted to manager in charge of the dairy’s distribution of free food to the poor. Around this time she met her future husband and life partner Ollie Koskinen. They wed on June 24, 1949. Little more than a year later, equipped with two suitcases and $150 smuggled in a toothpaste tube, they set off for New York and continued on to Aberdeen by bus. They chose Aberdeen because Ollie had an aunt living there who sponsored their immigration.
Almost immediately after arrival Mary (she changed her name at immigration) worked as a nanny for a prominent Aberdeen family until her own children came along. In the early 1970s Mary took accounting classes at Grays Harbor College to earn a certification and joined Ollie as the bookkeeper at both A&B Machine Shop and later, Harbor Hydraulics.
During her years in Aberdeen she held numerous positions in the U.F.K.B. & S. Finn Lodge #9, including being a founding member of the “Kaleva Girls” and leading countless drives to raise money for lodge scholarships. She was a primary auditor of the Finn Grand Lodge for decades. She also held the position of Worthy Matron in Eastern Star, and was a member of Crescent Orthopedic, an organization dedicated to raising funds for Shriner hospitals. She was a member of Zonta International, a ceramics club, the Olympians Hiking Club, and of a local ski club that during the winter made weekly trips each Wednesday to Crystal Mountain. Mary first tried downhill skiing around 1977, and wowed everyone by skipping beginner status from the start. She had won countywide cross country ski competitions in her teens, and slalom water skied the first day she tried it on Lost Lake, so transitioning to alpine skiing was a breeze. She and Ollie in their 60s and 70s skied in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and other distant locales. Non-ski travels took them to the Panama Canal, Alaska, Hawaii, California, and of course Finland. She had to wait 7 years before making her first trip home to see her family, but starting in the 60s the frequency ramped up to where she made at least 23 trips back to her homeland. She made her last trip to the old country in 2013. She was a member of Amazing Grace Church in Aberdeen, later joining St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Lacey.
After Ollie’s death Mary moved to Olympics West in Tumwater where she actively participated in many extracurricular activities and made many new friends. For Mary, however, family always came first, and this remained true to the very end.
Mary is preceded in death by her husband Ollie Reino Koski in 2008. She is survived by a sister, Liisa Paakkonen of Tervajoki, Finland; three children, Ann Smith, Olympia, Paul Koski, Aberdeen and Mark Koski, Seattle; six grandchildren, Jessica Jurasin, Erica Luzzi, Andy Smith, Kristopher Koski, Helen Koski and Bill Koski; and two great-grandchildren, Nolan and Ben Jurasin.
A private burial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 30. A Life Celebration will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Rotary Log Pavilion in Aberdeen.
The family suggests memorials may be made to the U.F.K.B.&S. Lodge #9 Scholarship Fund, PO Box 546, Montesano, WA, 98563.
Arrangements are entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home, 2208 Roosevelt St., Aberdeen.
