Janis L. Laukkanen

Longtime Aberdeen resident Janis Leslie Laukkanen died Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Lacey Memory Care. She was 82.

Arrangements are by Funeral Alternatives of Washington in Tumwater.

Kenneth A. Hale Jr.

Kenneth Allen Hale Jr. of Federal Way, a former commercial fisherman, died Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at home. He was 50.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 22, in the chapel of Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen.