Wahkiakum Eagle-February 2003 Aileen Josephine Alves Naselle resident, died in Longview. She was the youngest child born to Finnish immigrants Elmer and Josephine (Varila) Hill at the family farm on Stringtown Road near the mouth of the Chinook River west of Chinook. Her father died when she was three and the family then moved to Brownsmead, Ore. Her mother died two years later and Aileen and her brother went to Naselle to live with the Nasi family. She attended Naselle grade school and graduated from Naselle High School in 1939. She then moved to San Francisco to find a job and be near her other brothers and sisters. She met John Alves and they were married December 14, 1939 in San Francisco. They lived in the Bay Area during the war years and also in Portland. In 1951 they returned to Naselle. She was a wife, mother and homemaker and also a telephone operator for Western Telephone for 24 and a half years. She had the uncanny talent of remembering a great many phone numbers. She was a very active member of the Assembly of God in Naselle where she served as president of the Women's Ministries for 45 years and partook in many church activies. Flower and vegetable gardening, cooking and baking, sewing and upholstery, clamming and crawfishing, poetry and portrait painting--she enjoyed them all. She also assisted her husband wrapping meat at his business John's Meat Lock in Naselle for a number of years. She also enjoyed wallpapering and time outdoors near a campfire. She was very proud of her Finnish ancestry. She was a grandmother to her family and others and was generous in many ways. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law Lisa and Mike Bighill of Naselle; son and daughter-in-law John and Carole Alves of Naselle; brother, Elmer Hill of Camino, Calif.; sister, Hilda Johnson of Naselle; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1987 and she was also preceded in death by brothers, Art Johnson, Oscar Johnson, Wayne Johnson, Martin Johnson and Eric Johnson; and sisters, Esther Wirkkala and Elsie Dalton. Funeral services were Wednesday at the Naselle Assembly of God Church. Penttila's Chapel by the Sea, Long Beach, was in charge. Aileen Josephine (Hill) Alves Peaceful Hill Cemetery-Naselle, Wa. 16 Aug 1921-30 Jan 2003 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)