The Wahkiakum County Eagle – November 29, 1907

Dale W. Kilponen 

  Dale Waino Kilponen, 59, of Salmon Creek died in Longview on November 
26, 2007.  
  He was born on July 23, 1948 to Waino and Nellie (Penttila) Kilponen 
in Longview and grew up in Salmon Creek, graduating from Naselle High 
School.  
  He was drafted into the U.S Army in 1968 and served for two years 
with the 11th Battalion of the 24th Infantry Division in Vietnam. He 
received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star and was active in Veterans of 
Foreign Wars and the American Legion.  
Following his service he worked as a logger, a security guard and a 
forest crew supervisor for the Department of Natural Resources. He 
retired in January, 2007.  
  He married Joyce Anderson on February 17, 1973. She survives him. He 
is also survived by his daughters Sheila Kilponen of Cannon Beach, Ore. 
and Karen Kilponen of Vancouver; sister Anita Raistakka of Naselle and 
other members of his extended family.  
A funeral will be held November 30 at 11 a.m. at the Naselle Lutheran 
Church followed by a graveside service at Salmon Creek Cemetery.  
  Memorial contributions may be made to the Grays River Fire or 
Ambulance fund, P.O. Box 10, Grays River, WA 98621 or the Salmon Creek 
Cemetery, c/o Paul Bjornsgard, 535 Salmon Creek Road, Naselle, WA 
98638.  
  Arrangements by Pentilla's Chapel by the Sea, Long Beach. 


Salmon Creek Cemetery
23 July 1948-26 November 2007
(As compiled by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2007.)