We are grateful for your ongoing commitment and support of our highest priorities. Dear Lorna, On behalf of the PeaceHealth Foundations, I want to thank you and Andrew for your recent years of philanthropic giving in support of healthcare in our local communities. I am especially grat...

Sacred Heart Medical Center Riverbend and PHON Home & Community Volunteers are committed to providing patients and families the care and attention they deserve in a manner that strengthens PeaceHealth’s dedication to exceptional medicine and compassionate care.Among the many rewards...

William Bernard Pinaire, born November 25, 1945, in Wichita, Kansas, passed away on August 24, 2025, at Ray Hickey Hospice House in Vancouver, Washington. “Bill,” as most people knew him, had long battled numerous health problems, and his famously large and infinitely loving heart fin...

Our CPE program serves the Columbia Network of PeaceHealth which includes three clinical placements. Through dialogue with your CPE Educator and in consideration of your learning goals and the program needs you will be placed in one of these sites. A portion of the student group will ...

As a hospital of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, our mission affirms our commitment to providing health care that encompasses the needs of the whole person—mind, body and spirit. The Spiritual Care Department cares for the spiritual needs of patients, families, staff and the institu...

As a hospital of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Peace, our mission affirms our commitment to providing health care that encompasses the needs of the whole person—mind, body and spirit. The Spiritual Care Department cares for the spiritual needs of patients, families, staff and the insti...

Esther Louise (Houghtaling) Gabelein, born July 14, 1921, to Thomas and Faye (Andrews) Houghtaling, left us for a better place on October 14, 2019. She was the third-born of their eight children. Though born in Bellingham, she moved to Coupeville with her family at the age of five and...

PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center volunteers are an integral part of a dedicated team devoted to exceptional medicine and compassionate care.Our volunteers give their time and talent in a variety of ways designed to enhance the experience of patients and caregivers. We have many opp...

Agnes Jeanette Wood, 86, of Longview, passed away Sep. 8, 2024, at home in Longview. She was born Feb. 6, 1938, in Baudette, Mn., to Arvid and Ivel (Elizabeth Hamilton) Germunson. The family moved to Kelso from Minnesota in 1941, and Agnes graduated from Kelso High School in 1956. Aft...

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