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Susan Mary Sherwin Sarjeant-Green
Aug 25, 2021
The one person qualified to be Susan Mary Sherwin Sarjeant-Green, has completed that task. Would she were still in school. A lifelong scholar and traveler, Sherwin was born in Omaha NB on March 19, 1965, to Faye (Rasmussen) Sarjeant and Bill Sarjeant. They relocated to Wichita KS, then to Dallas TX. She completed secondary school in Clear Lake near Nassau...
Richard "Dick" Whitfield
Aug 22, 2021
Dick Whitfield, age 84, died at Hospice House in Bellingham on August 22, 2021. He was born November 18, 1936 in Merced, CA to Wayne and Zella Whitfield. Dick was a career pilot and an avid boater and fisherman. He was a man of few words, but very caring. He was preceded in death by his parents and sisters Barbara...
Marcia Kay Evich
Aug 22, 2021
Marcia Evich passed away unexpectedly on August 22, 2021 at the age of 77. She was born in Tacoma, WA on September 23, 1943 to David and Frances Fuller. Marcia grew up and attended school in Wenatchee. She married Peter Evich on September 8, 1962 in Lacey, WA. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be dearly...
Cynthia "Cindy" Marie Aubert (Johnson)
Aug 19, 2021
Surrounded by her family, Cindy Aubert passed away peacefully on the evening of August 19, 2021 at her home on the shores of Sandy Point, in Ferndale, WA. Born in Bellingham on May 6, 1962 to Mary and Robert Johnson, Cindy was the twelfth of fifteen children. She attended Assumption School and went on to graduate from Sehome High School...
John Louis Stanovich
Aug 16, 2021
John Louis Stanovich, life resident of Bellingham, WA, passed away Monday August 16, 2021 in Bellingham. He was 78, born in Bellingham on June 27, 1943 to Marie (Simonsen) and Frank Stanovich. For many years John was involved in the entertainment industry and was a theater manager at local theaters. He was an active member of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church....
Mary Hillas Tervo
Aug 13, 2021
Mary Hillas Tervo, age 87, passed away in Bellingham, WA, on August 13, 2021. She was born October 29, 1933 in Hiawatha, Utah to George and Elizabeth Hillas. Mary was a Greek coal miner’s daughter. Her parents, George and Elizabeth Hillas, were immigrants from the island of Crete, Greece. They raised Mary in the tight-knit Cretan community in the hills...
Gerald Robert Caron
Aug 9, 2021
Gerald Caron, age 32, of Maple Falls passed away suddenly on August 9, 2021. Gerald was born on December 20, 1988 in Bellingham, Washington to Randy Fuller and Tammy Anderson. Gerald was preceded in death by his grandmother Eileen Anderson and brother John Jon Anderson. He is survived by his daughters Natalie Caron, Angelina Caron, wife Kristina Courtney, mother Tammy...
Helen Pearl Pilkey
Aug 8, 2021
Helen Pearl Pilkey, age 89 of Bellingham, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 8, 2021. She was born November 30, 1931 in Bandon, OR to James and Hazel Church. She moved to Bellingham at the age of eight and graduated from Bellingham High School in the class of 1949. Helen married Vaughan Pilkey...
Jan G. Opperman
Aug 8, 2021
Jan Opperman, age 88, the patron saint of James Street, passed peacefully in her home on August 8, 2021. She was preceded in death by her son Eric Opperman. Jan is survived by her daughters Linda Coulthurst, Debbie Knepper and husband Jim Knepper, Mary Reed; grandchildren Tiffany Coulthurst, Ashley Coulthurst, Hayley Reed, Robin Reed; great-grandchildren Alexandria Hunter, Elizabeth Hunter, Zoey...
Dorothy M. Dahl
Aug 7, 2021
Dorothy Mae Dahl, of Bellingham, WA, passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021. She was 98, born in Sioux City, Iowa to Anna (Erikson) and Andrew Ericson. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Karl Dahl in 1999, her daughter Janice Dahl and her son Jon Dahl both in 2019. She is survived by her children, son Ed and wife...
Donna Jean Labrec (Pevonak) Barron
Aug 4, 2021
Farewell Donna Jean LaBrec (Pevonak) Barron. Born in Elma, Washington to Victor LaBrec and Mable Elphick, Donna was witty, glamorous, a lover of champagne, chronically late, and always the life of the party. Multi-talented, she undertook many artistic endeavors in singing, fashion, painting, flower arranging, cartooning, drafting (Boeing), medical illustration (UW), and lighting design (Nemco). She worked with Westours/Holland America...
Gary Thomas Mccauley
Jul 31, 2021
Gary Thomas McCauley, life resident of Bellingham, WA, passed away July 31, 2021 in Bellingham. He was 73, born in Bellingham on July 11, 1948 to Hazel (Schuette) and George McCauley. In 1967 Gary married the love of his life Jennifer (Jenny) Fryxell and they were married for 54 years. A year later he began working for Georgia Pacific and...
Julie Kathleen Isakson
Jul 26, 2021
Julie Isakson, age 69 of Ferndale, WA, passed away at her home on July 26, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband Dan Isakson, her son Jeremy Schneider, and her parents Marion (Benthin) and Vernon Bingham. Julie is survived by her daughter Jennifer; five grandchildren; her brother Jack; sister Diane; Dan’s family - father-in-law Ray Isakson, Jacklyn Isakson...
Sally Lee Hansberry
Jul 21, 2021
Sally Hansberry, age 87, passed away in Bellingham on July 21, 2021. She was born March 20, 1934 in Portland, OR. Sally graduated from Highline High School in Burien and earned her BA and MA in Education at WWU. She married Harold Hansberry on August 19, 1961 in Seattle. Sally was active with AAUW and the League of Women Voters....
Karen Lee Lyson
Jul 21, 2021
Karen Lyson, age 65, passed away in Missouri. She was born November 20, 1955 in Bellingham to Thomas and Mary Ellen (Catlin) Patenall. Karen always took care of her family and dearly loved her dog Raider. Her hobbies included photography, cooking, baking, swimming and crochet. She was like a second mom to her nieces and nephews, especially Renee Lucht Babayan,...
Doris Mae Mcconnell
Jul 20, 2021
Doris Mae McConnell, age 82, of Bellingham, WA, passed away Tuesday, July 20, 2021. She was born in Portland, OR, the youngest of eight children born to Lilly (Rehwalt) and Ernst Scholz. She grew up on the family farm in Cornelius, Oregon, and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1956. After high school Doris worked as a telephone operator, and...
Joan L. Marcus
Jul 18, 2021
Joan Lorraine Marcus, age 87, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on July 18, 2021 in Bellingham. She was born (at home) in Chapman Camp located in Kimberly, British Columbia to Arthur and Henrietta Southwell on May 16th, 1934. Joan was educated in Victoria by the Sisters of St. Ann’s, the same school attended by her mother. In her...
Lowry "Kirk" Bunn
Jul 14, 2021
Kirk Bunn, age 73, passed away in Bellingham on July 14, 2021. Kirk was a pilot in the US Navy and later flew commercially. He will be dearly missed. You may share memories with the family at www.westfordfuneralhome.com .
Sonnie Atkinson
Jul 14, 2021
Sonnie Atkinson, of Bellingham, WA, passed away suddenly on July 14, 2021 at his home. He was 48, born in Cleveland, OH on November 25, 1972. Sonnie was preceded in death by his grandfather, Marvin Atkinson Sr., his grandmother Cecelia Atkinson, his father Marvin Atkinson Jr., his mother Beatrice Hart, his uncle Eugene Hart, his aunts, Sharon Anniskett and Faye...
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