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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...
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...
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...
Margaret Hardy
Feb 8, 2011
7/30/1920 – 2/8/2011 Margaret E Hardy, age 90, passed away February 8 at her home in Bellingham, Washington following a long illness. She was born July 30, 1920 in Barberton, Ohio to Thomas and Elizabeth Taylor. She was married April 6, 1940 to Edwin Hardy, her husband of 52 years. During World War II, husband Ed served in the military...
Joyce Tiplin
Feb 7, 2011
12/6/1924 – 2/7/2011 Joyce J. Tiplin, age 86 of Bellingham, passed away February 7, 2011 in Federal Way. She was born December 6, 1924 in Bellingham to Eula & Julia (Craig) Byrd. Joyce married Robert Tiplin on August 15, 1943 in Bellingham. Together they owned and operated the Valley Inn/Valley Haus in Everson and later the Southsider restaurant in Fairhaven....
Alima Acevedo
Feb 6, 2011
6/11/2010 – 2/6/2011 Alima was born on June 11th, 2010 and passed away February 6, 2011 in Bellingham. Alima created a lifetime of love in just seven months. She fully lived each minute that she was here with us. She loved life and was always happy. She is survived by her parents Lisa and Alejandro Acevedo and their families in...
Sherri Angie
Feb 5, 2011
12/31/1956 – 2/5/2011 Sherri Ann Angie passed away February 5, 2011 at home from complications of diabetes and heart disease. She was born in Bellevue, WA on December 31, 1956. She has lived in Bellingham for 24 years. Sherri worked for the Lexington, KY, school district as well as the Bellingham School District for several years as a special education...
John Abbott
Feb 4, 2011
10/23/1932 – 2/4/2011 John Wilson Abbott passed away peacefully on February 4, 2011, surrounded by his family. He fought a long and courageous battle with many illnesses, always showing his great faith in God and his own healing strengths. John was born in O’Neill, Nebraska on October 23, 1932. He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Dorothy,...
John Wood, Usn, Ret.
Feb 4, 2011
10/5/1926 – 2/4/2011 Born October 5, 1926, died February 4, 2011. Raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa, John went on to graduate from the University of Nebraska, serve his country proudly as a career Naval Officer, and spend his post Naval years in business and property management. He married Barbara L. Kell in 1949, she passed away in 1982. He married...
Idris Oiness
Feb 4, 2011
Idris Oiness of Bellingham, Washington passed away February 4, 2011. She was born in Manchester, England to Robert David and Edith (Heywood) Jones. Idris met and married Melvin Nels Oiness when he was stationed with the U.S. Army in Manchester during WWII, and came to America as a war bride aboard the USS Willard A. Holbrook. Together, Idris and Melvin...
Ruth Zornes
Feb 1, 2011
9/23/1921 – 2/1/2011 Realtor, Believer, Mother Ruth Zornes, age 89 of Bellingham, passed away February 1, 2011. She was born Sept. 23, 1921 in Priest River, ID to Charles and Novella Randall. The three most important things in Ruth’s life were her career as a Realtor, her life as a believer, and her role as a mother. Ruth was passionate...
Gloria Joyce
Jan 29, 2011
4/11/1930 – 1/29/2011 Gloria Joyce Day, age 80 passed away peacefully Jan. 29th, 2011 in Bellingham. She was born April 11, 1930 in New Westminster, BC to Clarence and Margaret (Long) Beaty. Gloria worked for years as a cocktail waitress at the Horseshoe and later as the Business Agent of the local Culinary, Beverage and Bartender’s Union. She was an...
Dawana Browne
Jan 29, 2011
5/30/1967 – 1/29/2011 Dawana Browne, age 43 of Ferndale, passed away January 29, 2011. She was born May 30, 1967 in Wenatchee, WA. She attended WWU and worked as a dental assistant in Bellingham. Dawana married Scott Browne on August 8, 1998 and they have two daughters, Logan (age 10) & Blakely (age 7). Dawana was an athletic person who...
Shirley Maconaghie
Jan 16, 2011
6/27/1928 – 1/16/2011 She got things done Shirley W. Maconaghie, age 82, passed away January 16, 2011 in Bellingham. She was born June 27, 1928 in Philadelphia, PA to Walter and Margaret (Rudolph) Moore. She married D. O. “Mac” Maconaghie in 1951 and together they followed his military career and eventually moved to Bellingham in 1959. Shirley was an active...
Margaret Stephanson
Jan 14, 2011
3/30/1922 – 1/14/2011 Margaret C. Stephenson, age 88, passed away peacefully on January 14, 2011 in Bellingham. She was born March 30, 1930 in Bellingham to Nick and Marica (Zuanich) Mardesich. In her early years Margaret was a model, enjoyed sewing and knitting, and was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Bellingham Senior Center. She was...
William Nilsson,
Jan 13, 2011
1/16/1931 – 1/13/2011 William “Bill” Nilsson, age 79, passed away January 13, 2011 in Bellevue, WA. He was born January 16, 1931 in Brooklyn, NY to Edward & Marie (Stolz) Nilsson. He married Ellen Inouye in Glendale, CA on June 21, 1987. Bill & Ellen moved from their residence in Monrovia, CA in 1995 to spend their retirement years in...
George Edwards
Jan 13, 2011
9/3/1910 – 1/13/2011 George Hardgrove Edwards was born on September 3, 1910 in Hosmer, BC. He was a resident of Bellingham since 1920 and passed away on January 13, 2011 at Whatcom Hospice House, having reached the age of 100 years. A graduate of Fairhaven High School, he worked in the timber industry all of his working life and was...
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