“Now hear this!” The Tillamook community lost a true pioneer and one of the county’s great pillars of leadership in his generation. Roy Peterson was born in Pendleton, Oregon and passed away…
Category: Obituary
OBITUARY: Phyllis Jo Rice – June 11, 1967 to February 16, 2022
Phyllis Jo Rice, 54, of Crescent Valley, Nevada passed away Wednesday, February 16th, 2022. Phyllis Jo Rice was born on June 11, 1967 in Wichita Falls, Texas the daughter of Derita Foshee…
Celebration of Life/OBITUARY: Craig Edward Wenrick – Oct. 22, 1954 – Sept. 26, 2021
Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office was in attendance yesterday October 9th as South County celebrated the life of retired firefighter and local commercial dory fisherman, Craig Wenrick, who died suddenly due to a…
OBITUARY: WILLIAM (BILL) JOHN FOSTER June 30, 1945 – September 26, 2021
William (Bill) John Foster was born June 30, 1945 in Tillamook, Oregon to Raymond and Hulda Foster. He passed away September 26, 2021 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon. Bill attended school…
OBITUARY: Bonita Carolyn (Teigen) O’Brien (Jan. 7, 1934 – Aug. 23, 2020) – Memorial Service Oct. 16 at St. Albans, Tillamook
Bonita Carolyn (Teigen) O’Brien (86) of Pacific City, Oregon, died in the early morning hours of Sunday August 23rd, 2020 in Vancouver, WA. Bonita’s Memorial was originally planned for Saturday November 21st…
OBITUARY: Gordon Thompson Poole (March 20, 1926 – May 21, 2021)
GORDON THOMPSON POOLE Gordon Thompson Poole of Lake Oswego, son of Nellie [Thompson] and Kenneth Poole, was born on March 20, 1926 in Portland and passed away on May 21, 2021 having…
Tillamook School Board member Mike Gardner dies after contracting COVID-19
EDITOR”S NOTE: Mike Gardner was also a Tillamook PUD Board member and a prominent Tillamook County citizen. Our condolences to his family and friends. By Jake Arnold, Oregon School Boards Assoc. Tuesday,…
IN HONOR: For greater generations
By Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero, U.S. Coast Guard The U.S. Coast Guard’s radiomen school barracks in Atlantic City, New Jersey, smelled of sweet, charred marshmallows. Several students had teamed up…
OBITUARY: Jacqulyn Lanna Mae Elligsen – Jan. 8, 2001 – June 20, 2021
Jacqulyn Lanna Mae Elligsen, or affectionately known as Jackie, was Clatsop County’s first baby born of the year on January 8th, 2001, to Julia and Gerry Elligsen at the Seaside Hospital. She…
OBITUARY: Former Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson Passed Away December 27th
It is with great sadness that the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the loss of one of our family. Former Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson passed away on Sunday night, December…
