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Grace Kuipers
Oct 31, 2011
09/24/1919 – 10/31/2011 Grace Kuipers, age 92 passed away October 31, 2011 in Bellingham. She was born to Frank and Gertrude Fisher on September 24, 1919 in Everett, WA and was raised in Lynden. She married Donald Kuipers on May 28, 1938 in Lynden. They raised their family in Van Zandt, where they lived in the same home for 69...
Blanche Ryer
Oct 30, 2011
5/23/1922 – 10/30/2011 Blanche Ryer died Oct. 30, 2011 in Bellingham of natural causes. She was 89 years young. Blanche was born May 23, 1922, in Midland, South Dakota, to Arthur and Charlotte Holmes, one of six children. The family moved from the Midwest to Montana, where Blanche graduated from Plains High School. After marriage, she moved to Washington State,...
Homer Douglas
Oct 28, 2011
08/3/1922 – 10/28/2011 Homer C. Douglas, age 89 passed away Friday, October 28, 2011 in Bellingham. He was born August 3, 1922 in Habersham, TN to John and Alice Douglas. Homer served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Homer was a roofer for many years. He enjoyed playing pool and fishing. Homer enjoyed life and could make anyone...
Elsie Forner
Oct 24, 2011
01/17/1935 – 10/24/2011 Elsie Forner, age 76, passed away October 24, 2011. She was born January 17, 1935 in Stapleton, NE to Frank and Ethel Kramer. Elsie was faithful to God, devoted to her family, and had a great sense of humor. She enjoyed teaching children, listening to gospel music, reading books, and spending time with her family. She was...
Wilbur Clausen
Oct 22, 2011
06/30/1912 – 10/22/2011 Wilbur O. Clausen, age 99, passed away on October 22, 2011. He was born in Blaine on June 30, 1912, to Antoinette and Otto Clausen. Wilbur was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, on July 31, 2008, and by his twin sister, Wilma Veum. Wilbur was a volunteer for the Blaine Fire Dept. for 30 years...
Diana Sandoval
Oct 16, 2011
04/25/1966-10/16/2011 Diana “Dee” Sandoval, age 45, went to join our Heavenly Father on October 16, 2011. She passed on at St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham, Washington. Diana battled a long illness of the liver. Diana was born in Carrizo Springs, Texas. She was the daughter of Petra Gonzalez Carrillo of Bellingham, WA and stepfather Santos Carrillo. At a very young...
Elizabeth Moore
Oct 16, 2011
07/04/1937 – 10/16/2011 Elizabeth Moore, age 74 died at home in Bellingham on Sunday, October 16, 2011. She was born July 4, 1937 in Miami, Oklahoma to R. Soland and Helen Doenges. Elizabeth received her Master in Librarianship from the University of Washington in 1968. She was a career librarian and teacher, retiring from Anacortes High School in 2000. She...
Melvin Pettit
Oct 13, 2011
04/25/1927 – 10/13/2011 Melvin “Ed” Pettit age 84 of Bellignham, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011. Ed was born on April 25, 1927 in Sebeka Minnesota, to Charles and Clara Pettit. Melvin honorably served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He is preceded in death by his parents, grandparents, and wife of 42 years Ethel Pettit. Ed is survived by...
Dean Score
Oct 12, 2011
3/28/1925 – 10/12/2011 Born in Laurel, MT, March 28, 1925 to Paul Score and Elise Blechschmidt Score. A short while thereafter, the family moved to Butte, MT. In Butte, Dean grew up and went to elementary and high school. Dean was always proud of being from Montana. After graduating from Butte High School in 1944, he joined the Navy and...
Connie Livermore
Oct 12, 2011
01/01/1924 – 10/12/2011 Connie was born in Porter, OK to Sadie and Connie Murphy. She moved from Ft. Cobb, OK to Ferndale, WA. in 1955 and began a long career at Mobile Oil Refinery. Connie was a beautiful, dynamic, self-made woman who faced life bravely with confidence. In her younger years she enjoyed boating, traveling and playing golf. In her...
Lena Farley
Oct 10, 2011
04/02/1919 – 10/10/2011 Lena Farley, age 92 passed away peacefully at Hospice House in Bellingham on Monday, October 10, 2011. She was born April 2, 1919 in Prince, WV to Lundy and Amy (Morgan) Farley. Lena was generous, caring and grateful for everything in life. She was full of life, adventurous, and loved meeting new people. Lena was young at...
Pauline Jackson
Oct 10, 2011
09/02/1946 – 10/10/2011 Pauline Jackson, age 65 passed away in Bellingham on October 10, 2011 after complications of COPD. She was born September 2, 1946 in Wolverhampton, England to Thomas and Joyce (Barker) Jackson. Pauline was a loving mother, grandmother and friend. She loved her view of Bellingham Bay from her south side apartment. She was preceded in death by...
Caroline Yurovchak
Oct 9, 2011
07/19/1917 – 10/09/2011 Caroline E. Yurovchak, age 94, passed away at home on October 9, 2011. She was born in Sumas on July 19, 1917, to Louise (Lambert) and Edgar Thomas. Following her graduation from Nooksack-Sumas Union High School in 1934, she attended beauty school in Seattle and practiced in her mother’s beauty shop for the next six years. Caroline...
Donald Brown
Oct 8, 2011
08/03/1933 – 10/08/2011 Our beloved Donald Wayne Brown went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 8, 2011. He was 78 years young. Funeral services will be held at Seminole Baptist Temple Thursday, October 13th ,at 1 pm with Pastor Don Baier officiating. Burial will be at the Veterans Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri, following the funeral...
Pearl Beaver
Oct 8, 2011
03/10/1919 – 10/08/2011 Pearl A. Beaver was born in Whatcom County on March 10, 1919, to Charles and Theresa Maslanka. She was the third of their four children. Preceded in death by her husband, Malvin M. Beaver, and by her son, Alan T. Voyce (both served in the U.S. Navy.) Pearl graduated from Meridian High School and Bellingham Business College....
Fred Evans
Oct 5, 2011
02/18/1920-10/5/2011 Fred Evans, age 91, passed away on October 5, 2011. He was born in Sussex, England to Fred and Fanny Evans on February 18, 1920. Fred was preceded is death by his first wife Olive, daughter Victoria Harris, and sister Eileen Band. He is survived by his wife Violet Evans, daughters Carol Partrick and Jackie (Richard) Orchard, son Victor...
Agnes Courtwright
Oct 1, 2011
1/11/1918 – 10/1/2011 Agnes V. Courtwright (Acheson) passed away on Oct 1, 2011 in Bellingham, WA following a stroke on the 4th of July. Agnes liked to joke about her birth and say she was born in a mill yard in Port Angeles, WA on Jan 11, 1918. She was the daughter of James Alexander and Edna Viola (Morse) Acheson....
Alice Sandin
Sep 27, 2011
08/16/1912-09/27/2011 Alice B. Sandin, age 99, passed away on September 27, 2011. She was born in Oregon House, CA on August 16, 1912 to Joseph and Lillian Wood. Alice was preceded in death by her beloved husband Edward. She is survived by her daughter Gail Ramsey, granddaughter Victoria Ramsey-Smith and three great grandchildren, Emma, Laura, Andrew as well as her...
Terradan Sagewynd
Sep 24, 2011
09/09/1953-09/24/2011 Terradan Landchild Sagewynd passed away on September 24, 2011 in Bellingham, Washington, after a two-year journey with pancreatic cancer. His enthusiasm for the beautiful natural world was never dimmed and he tried his best to enjoy it and his family during this time, as illness allowed, even making a last adventure to Yellowstone Park after Labor Day with his...
Betty Ballard
Sep 22, 2011
03/07/1920-09/22/2011 Preceded in death by her parents, Ada Belle and Orrin J. Wolfe and her husband Richard E. Smithey, Betty Wolfe Smithey Ballard died on September 22, 2011. Betty was born on March 7, 1920 in Seattle. The family moved to the Ferndale area and later to Bellingham where they remained for life. A natural talent, Betty started dancing at...
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