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Harlan Kelley
Mar 24, 2011
4/29/1927 – 3/24/2011 Harlan S. Kelley, age 83 of Sumas, passed away March 24, 2011 in Bellingham. He was born April 29, 1927 in Fordville, ND to Harry and Pearl (Cooper) Kelley. Harlan served in the US Navy Seabee’s during WWII. He was an active member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, the Lions Club, Sumas American Legion Post #212, and...
Sr. Clarina Burns
Mar 23, 2011
10/4/1924 – 3/23/2011 Sr. Mary Clarina Burns was born Mary Elizabeth Burns on October 4, 1924 in Caldwell, Idaho to Thomas and Helen (Morgan) Burns. Sr. Clarina died peacefully on March 23, 2011 at Christian Healthcare Center in Lynden. She earned her Master’s in Administration and Master’s in Counseling and studied under the noted psychiatrist John Butler. She has been...
Nick Cullop
Mar 22, 2011
1/22/1955 – 3/22/2011 Nick Cullop, age 56 of Bellingham passed away on Tuesday, March 22nd in Bellingham. He was born January 22, 1955 in Minneapolis, MN to Henry and Donna (Potvin) Cullop. Nick was kind hearted and generous. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, cooking, and spending time outdoors. He was a proud father of three and loved spending time with his...
Ann Halverson
Mar 21, 2011
12/25/1914-03/21/2011 Ann Halverson passed away on March 21st, 2011 at the age of 96. Although she made her home in Bellingham for 51 years she was a native of New York. Ann worked as an administrative assistant for the political science department of Western Washington University for 21 years. She was preceded in death by her husband Gil Halverson and...
Barbara “Bunny” Skinner
Mar 20, 2011
8/19/1936 – 3/20/2011 Barbara Louise Skinner of Bellingham passed away on March 20, 2011 in Bellingham, WA. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota on August 19, 1936 to Robert and Wilhelmina “Billie” Adam, she was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, enthusiastic about every aspect of her life. We will miss her energetic spirit and enthusiasm for life, her smiles and...
Nick Zourkos
Mar 20, 2011
1/13/1962 – 3/20/2011 Nick Zourkos, age 49 of Bellingham, passed away March 20, 2011. He was born January 13, 1962 in Bellingham. On August 15, 1991, he married the love of his life Yanna in Greece. Together they had three children: Dimitri, Eleni & Rina. Nick had many activities that he enjoyed in life. He had a great passion for...
Laurel Crittenden
Mar 18, 2011
9/17/1952 – 3/18/2011 Laurel E. Crittenden, 58, of Custer, WA, formerly of Portola Valley, CA, died unexpectedly of natural causes. The youngest of four daughters, Laurel was born to Max and Mabel Crittenden in Washington DC. In 1956, she moved with her family to Portola Valley, CA. She spent many summers with her sisters and parents in the high mountains...
Margaret Parks
Mar 17, 2011
07/16/1924-03/17/2011 Margaret Parks, age 86 of Bellingham passed away March 17, 2011. She was born July 16, 1924 in Bellingham to Leo and Valerie (Frere) Logan. Margaret enjoyed gardening (especially roses), reading, and in later years camping trips in the early spring to Newport, Oregon, to collect agates of all sizes. She was a member of the Eagles and the...
Helen Lade
Mar 15, 2011
1/30/1919 – 3/15/2011 Helen Irene Lade (nee Sprout) age 92 of Bellingham, died on March 15, 2011. Born in Wilsall, Montana, Mrs. Lade was a 35-year resident of Sumas and taught first-grade for nearly 42 years – first in Whitefish, Montana, followed by 35 years for the Lynden Public School District. An enthusiastic duplicate bridge player, avid sports fan and...
Donald Van Etten
Mar 14, 2011
04/27/1924-03/14/2011 Donald Floyd Van Etten passed away on March 14 at Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak, WA, after having suffered a stroke earlier in the week. He died with family and friends by his side. Don was born on April 27, 1924 one of nine children born to Edith and Ben Van Etten in Wenatchee, WA. He was 86 years old....
Mary Moore
Mar 9, 2011
4/5/1923 – 3/9/2011 Mary Frances (“Jackie”) Moore, age 87 of Bellingham, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was born April 5, 1923 in Atchison, Kansas to Emmett & Pauline (Drakely) Jackson. She was the eldest of 8 children. Mary was preceded in death by her husband Clyde (“Pappy ‘) Moore, her parents;...
Ronald Marshall
Mar 8, 2011
6/12/1941 - 3/8/2011 Ron Marshall, age 69 of Bellingham, passed away on March 8, 2011. He was born June, 12, 1941 in Alberta, B.C., Canada. Ron’s life was all about umpiring sports and fishing- and he loved it. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lillian Marshall. Ron is survived by his sons Shon and Chris Marshall, 7 grandchildren,...
Phyllis Zatrine
Mar 5, 2011
8/19/1915 – 3/5/2011 Phyllis Louise Zatrine, age 95 of Bellingham, passed away on March 5, 2010. She was born on August 19, 1915 to George and Lula Kalberg on Lopez Island, WA. At age 6, she and her family moved to Anacortes, WA, and at age 11 the family moved to Bellingham, WA, where she lived for the rest of...
Kay Ludtke
Mar 2, 2011
3/3/1939 – 3/2/2011 Kay Ludtke, age 71, passed away March 2, 2011 in Bellingham. She was born March 3, 1939 in Bellingham to David and Arlie (Endersbe) Roberson. Kay graduated from Bellingham High School in 1957. She married Lloyd Ludtke on November 28, 1959. Kay was a loving mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, David...
Jean Dodd
Mar 1, 2011
11/14/1921 – 3/1/2011 Jean Dodd, age 89 passed away March 1, 2011 in Bellingham. She was born November 14, 1921 in Oklahoma City, OK. Jean was a lifelong educator and taught first grade for most of her teaching career. She was a collector of many things and enjoyed crocheting, gardening and growing flowers. Jean had strong opinions and never hesitated...
James Clunk, Usaf, Ret.
Mar 1, 2011
3/12/1924 – 3/1/2011 Jim Clunk, age 86 passed away March 1, 2011 in Bellingham. He was born March 12, 1924, in East Liverpool, OH. He married Roberta Hogan on May 25, 1956 in Statesville, Georgia. Jim’s 30 years military career included service with the Navy during WWII, the Army Air Force, and the Air Force, where he retired at the...
Leonard Durrenberger,
Feb 21, 2011
9/17/1948 – 2/21/2011 Leonard J. Durrenberger Jr., age 62 of Bellingham, Washington passed away February 21, 2011. He was born September 17, 1948 in Buffalo, New York. But then moved and grew up in Riverdale California. He graduated from California State University, Fresno with his Bachelor of Arts degree. Over the years Leonard attended several other colleges, taking courses in...
Ivan Kraemer
Feb 20, 2011
4/5/1937 – 2/20/2011 ~The Kraemer Family would like to thank everyone for their support, cards, e-mails, phone calls, flowers, and prayers at this difficult time. Ivan was a great husband, dad, grandfather, friend and will be dearly missed.~ Ivan was born April 5,1937 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Fred and Ellen Kraemer. He passed away peacefully on February 20th, 2011...
Mary Lad
Feb 13, 2011
3/29/1917 – 2/13/2011 Mary L. Fox passed away peacefully in Bellingham, Washington, on Sunday, February 13, 2011. A longtime Bellingham resident, Mary is survived by a loving family, including son Jeff Fox (wife Jody) of Bellingham, daughters Elaine Sgalitzer (husband Wally) of Bellingham, and Linda Gahnberg (husband Kurt) of Kirkland and brother John Lad (wife Rosemarie) of Bellevue, Nebraska. Mary...
Elizabeth Hughes Alpaugh
Feb 10, 2011
6/6/1917 – 2/10/2011 The daughter of Alphia and Edward Hughes, Elizabeth (Bette to friends and family), was born on the Samish flats at Blanchard, WA in her grandfather’s oyster shack at the Pearl Oyster Company (now Taylor Shellfish). A lifelong Bellingham resident, Bette graduated from Whatcom High School in 1935. She met Leon, her husband of 72 years, as a...
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