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Local Obituaries for Bellingham, WA, Whatcom County & Surrounding Areas

Harold Raymond

Harold Raymond

Feb 25, 2012

11/28/1928 – 02/25/2012 Harold Raymond was born November 28, 1928 in Bellingham, WA to Harold E. and Mercedes (Riggs) Raymond. When he was seven, the family moved to Puyallup and later to Tacoma. He graduated from Stadium High School in June 1946 and enlisted in the US Army Air Force on January 27, 1947. While stationed at Kelly AFB in...

Mary Henry

Mary Henry

Feb 23, 2012

11/02/1920 – 02/23/2012 Mary Henry, age 91 of Bellingham passed away on February 23, 2012 at Shuksan Healthcare Center. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert in 2003, and her sisters Beatrice Costello and Margaret Barrett. She is survived by her daughter Mary Lee (Frank) McCormick of Vancouver, B.C., son Dennis Henry of Portland, OR, grandson Daniel McCormick...

Dollie Griffith Raines

Dollie Griffith Raines

Feb 21, 2012

02/12/1919 – 02/21/2012 A Celebration of Dollie’s life was held at Westford Funeral Home on Sat., February 25th at 1 PM.

Rowena Stapp

Rowena Stapp

Feb 21, 2012

01/14/1923 – 02/21/2012 Rowena “Rowe” Stapp passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2012. She was 89 years old, born in Sumas, WA, to Chauncy and Josephine (Hoval) Wells. She grew up in Sumas where she graduated from high school. Rowe was a respectful daughter, loyal sister, a loving mother and aunt and a thoughtful friend. She was very intelligent, had...

Keith Onsum

Keith Onsum

Feb 19, 2012

12/08/1953 – 02/19/2012 Keith “Eric” Onsum, age 58, passed away on February 19, 2012, following a lengthy illness. He was born December 8, 1953, in Bellingham, Washington, to Keith and Betty Onsum. He attended Sehome High School. As a younger man, he was an aggressive athlete, participating in “hot dog” skiing, extreme wind surfing, endurance bicycle riding and later river...

Helen Anderson

Helen Anderson

Feb 17, 2012

07/20/1918 - 02/17/2012 Services will be held at 1:30 PM on Sat. March 3rd at Salvation Army Church.

Hilda Overman

Hilda Overman

Feb 14, 2012

07/12/1931 – 02/14/2012 Hilda Overman died at her home of natural causes. She was 80 years old. Hilda was born July 12, 1931 in Lehr, North Dakota to Emil and Martha Schultz. Hilda is survived by her children; sons Leonard Turner, Bill Turner and Joseph Greco (Jan), daughters Carolyn Armstrong, Patricia Hamaker (Bruce), Rosemarie Penn (Tom) and Mary Chaplain (Robert),...

Lenora Hovde

Lenora Hovde

Feb 14, 2012

07/29/1927 – 02/14/2012 Lenny Hovde, age passed away peacefully on February 14, 2012 in Bellingham. She was born July 29, 1927 in Bellingham to Leonard and Elsie Wardman. She graduated from Bellingham High School and Western Washington University. She married M. Jack Hovde on July 3, 1948 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bellingham. Together they owned and operated the...

J. Brainard

J. Brainard

Feb 13, 2012

10/29/1922 – 02/13/2012 Dwight Brainard, age 89 passed away February 13, 2012 in Bellingham. He was born October 29, 1922 in Oklahoma City, OK to James and Madeline (Scott) Brainard. He married Daisy Jeanne Bond in 1947 in Oklahoma City, OK. During WWII Dwight was a US Navy aviation radioman aboard a PBY5A and flew all over the South Pacific....

Ruth Lentz

Ruth Lentz

Feb 8, 2012

02/26/1915 – 02/08/2012 Ruth Lentz, longtime Everson resident, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at the age of 96. She was born February 26, 1915 in La Junta, Colorado to Solomon and Lurinda Tripp. Ruth was the last survivor of the 17 children produced by Solomon and Lucinda. She was an active member of the Everson Presbyterian Church and the...

John “Jack” Smith

John “Jack” Smith

Feb 7, 2012

07/08/1918 – 02/07/2012 Jack Smith passed away at the age of 93 on February 7, 2012. Jack was born to Ira and Kathryn (Remley) Smith on July 8, 1918. He married Charlotte Simonds and had one daughter, Patricia. Charlotte passed away in 1969. He then married Jennie Kask and they were married for 25 years before she passed away. He...

Jeanette Foote

Jeanette Foote

Feb 5, 2012

11/23/1921 – 02/05/2012 Jeanette A. Foote, age 90 passed away February 5, 2012 in Bellingham. She was born November 23, 1921 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin to Robert and Wilhelmina Much. Jeanette grew up in Chicago. The day she turned 18 she packed up her clothes, left the family, and she never looked back. She was living at the home of...

Gordon Gutschmidt

Gordon Gutschmidt

Feb 5, 2012

01/20/1937 – 02/05/2012

Robert Sharp

Robert Sharp

Feb 3, 2012

08/09/1927 – 02/03/2012

Eleanor Rhodes

Eleanor Rhodes

Feb 2, 2012

03/24/1922 – 02/02/2012 Eleanor Rhodes, age 89 passed away February 2, 2012 in Bellingham. She was born March 24, 1922 in Elma, WA to David and Augusta (Kramer) Epperly. Eleanor married Robert Rhodes on February 8, 1943. Eleanor and her husband Robert owned and operated Rhodes Chemical Company in Gate, WA. Bob passed away in 1974. Eleanor was an active...

William Snow

William Snow

Feb 2, 2012

06/05/1920 – 02/02/2012 William was born June 6, 1920 and passed on February 2, 2012 at the age of 91. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Dorothy Jean Snow, this last November 15, 2011. He is survived by sons Harold E. Snow, Ben E. Snow and Richard D. Campbell, daughter Irene Neyens and family, longtime...

Irene Scott

Irene Scott

Jan 27, 2012

05/30/1929 – 01/27/2012 Irene A. Scott died peacefully on January 27 at 4:07PST, in Bellingham, Washington, surrounded by her family. She died as she had lived, with humor, grace and dignity. Irene was first and foremost a wife and mother. She was married to Major William M. Scott for forty-nine years before his death in 1999. Together they traveled the...

Clyde Kelly

Clyde Kelly

Jan 26, 2012

09/05/1935 – 01/26/2012 Clyde L. Kelly, age 76 passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012 in Bellingham. He was born September 5, 1935 in Little Fork, MN to Allen and Myrtle Kelly. Clyde served in the U.S. Navy for 21 years. He then moved to Bellingham and worked for 20 years at WWU. Clyde was hardworking, honest, and had a great...

Francis Mcfarland

Francis Mcfarland

Jan 24, 2012

03/20/1915 – 01/24/2012

Robert Ebright

Robert Ebright

Jan 24, 2012

09/17/1923 – 01/24/2012 Bob Ebright, age 88, passed away January 24, 2012 in Bellingham, Washington. Bob was born on September 17, 1923 in Bellingham to Floyd and Marguerite Ebright. He graduated from Bellingham High School and went on to study veterinary medicine at Washington State University, where he was a Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity member. Bob served in the U.S....

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