The Tribune, Ilwaco, WA.-November 20, 1974

Anna K. Bighill

  Mrs. Anna K. Bighill, 79, of Naselle, died Nov. 19, at home.  Funeral 
services will be held Thursday, in the Naselle Community Congregational 
church, with Rev. Gerald Jones officiating.
  Committal will be in Peaceful Hill Cemetery under direction of 
Penttila’s Chapel by the Sea.  Pallbearers will be Keith Larson, Royce 
Larson, Fred Harkness, Berwyn Nyberg, Greg Friddle and Steve Ullakko.
  Anna Wirkkanen was born May 6, 1895, in Taivalkoskella, Finland, and 
she came to the United States in 1903, making her first home in 
Minnesota.  She came to Naselle in 1909, and on July 4, 1914, she was 
married to Charlie Bighill.  Mr. Bighill died in May, 1959.
  She was a member of the Naselle Community Congregational Church and 
the Martha Circle.
  Survivors include two sons, Merven and Lester Bighill, Naselle; one 
daughter, Nancy Larson, Rosburg; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Nyberg, 
Ilwaco, Mrs. Lillian Stamos. Portland, Miss Sophia Wirkkanen, Portland; 
five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
  Mrs. Bighill’s family suggested that those wishing to give memorials 
send them to the Naselle Community Congregational Church Memorial Fund, 
Naselle, Wa. 98638.


Anna K. (Wirkkanen) Bighill
Peaceful Hill Cemetery-Naselle, WA
6 Mary 1895-19 November 1974
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)