Louis Lenoir, 71, of Longview died May 28, 2017, at home. Louis (pronounced Louie) was born July 3, 1945, in Conrad, Mont., and lived in the local area for 47 years.

Ray Elton “Teed” Prestegard died May 18, 2017, at the Hospice Care Center.

Ruby (Allison) Benton passed away May 8, 2017, at her home in Kelso. She went home to be with our Father in Heaven after a long battle with COPD.

Midge was born in Titusville, Pa., to John and Lillian Harmon. After graduating from high school she moved out west to Longview in 1968 to live with her sister Kay. Midge attended beauty college before finding her true calling as an accountant.

Donald Francis Bradford, 89, of Olympia passed away May 16, 2017, at his home on Carlyon Beach surrounded by loved ones.

James Marshall Ford entered the living world Sept. 30, 1927, in Ryderwood, Wash. He was the only son born to Bernice and Marshall Ford, growing up with three sisters. He passed away peacefully in his sleep May 26, 2017, at his home on the beach in Anacortes, Wash. Our greater community lost …

Julie Gayle Cook, 56, passed away May 25, 2017, surrounded by her family at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver.

Evon Lafaye Satcher was born May 20, 1967, in Longview. She passed away far too soon on May 28, 2017, at the Community Home Hospice in Vancouver after a long and courageous fight with cancer. Evon was diagnosed with brain cancer (Medulloblastoma) in August of 1977. The doctors thought she wo…