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- Cemetery records and his obituary in the Longview Daily News list John Snekvik with the surname "Vik." All other records located to date, list him as John G. Snekvik, a surname used by most of his relatives except for one of his sons, William S. Vik.
Longview Daily News, March 22, 1963
Vik - John G., 48, of 912 12th Ave., Kelso, died March 19 in a local hospital. Born Oct. 26, 1914, in Duluth, Minn. [sic], he came to Longview in 1930 from Minnesota. Mr. Vik was a member of the Plumbers and Steam Fitters Union Local 69 and had worked as a plumber and steam fitter. He attended R. A. Long High School.
Surviving are two sons, Gary D. Snekvik of Longview and William S. Vik at home; a daughter Mrs. Eileen Gourley of Kelso; two brothers, Edward Snekvik of Longview and Clarence Snekvik of Othello, Wash.; three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Strand of Scappoose, Ore., Mrs. Gladys Anderson of Minneapolis and Mrs. Emma Smith of Republic, Wash.; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Steele Funeral Home, the Rev. Frank Erickson officiating. Internment will be in Memorial Park. Steele Funeral Home is in charge.
Thanks to findagrave contributor Bee_Charmer for making the connection between John G. Vik and John G. Snekvik and for finding the death notice and obituary.
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