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Lauvi Titiuotoa Asiasi Afamasaga
Sep 7, 2021
Lauvi Afamasaga, age 43, passed away peacefully at home in Seattle from heart complications. He was born April 30, 1978 in Samoa to Asiasi and Valasi Afamasaga. Lauvi was raised in Bellingham and had many friends in Whatcom County. He was a true entertainer who loved to sing and to make others happy. Lauvi had a giant heart and was...
Edward Frank Cook
Sep 5, 2021
Edward Frank Cook of Bellingham, WA, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on September 5, 2021. He was born on February 20, 1937 in Spokane, WA to Elda (Brown) and William Cook and grew up in the Spokane area. Ed graduated from Rodgers High School in Spokane in 1955 and then attended Eastern Washington University for four...
Earl Leonard Matheson
Sep 4, 2021
Earl Matheson passed away on September 4, 2021 at the age of 100. He was born in Bellingham, WA on December 17, 1920 to Peter “Curly” and Hulda Matheson. Earl served in the US Navy during WWII based at the Naval Air Station in Kodiak, AK. He married Frances Davis on August 23, 1947. They shared 67 wonderful years together....
Irmgard Kirkman
Sep 2, 2021
Irmgard Kirkman, of Lynden, WA, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2021 at her home. She was born and grew up in Weilrod, Germany on June 1, 1933 to Emil and Berta Haug. In 1956, Irmgard immigrated to the United States. She married Joseph Kirkman in 1960. They resided on a small farm in Lynden and Irmgard loved their lifestyle. She...
Hugh Alexander Maconaghie
Sep 1, 2021
Hugh Maconaghie, age 69, passed away September 1, 2021 in Bellingham. He was born August 22, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to D. O. "Mac" and Shirley (Moore) Maconaghie. The family followed Mac’s military career and eventually moved to Bellingham in 1959. Hugh graduated from Sehome High School and served in the US Navy. Hugh and Lynda Johnson were friends in...
Jani Adderley
Aug 30, 2021
Jani Adderley, age 74, passed away peacefully at home in Bellingham on August 30, 2021. She was born July 3, 1947 in Ketchikan, AK to Harold and Cleo Robertson. Jani dearly loved her family. She enjoyed spending time in her historic Columbia district home where she tended to her wonderful flowers. She was also an avid quilter and seamstress. Jani...
Joan Ciesielski
Aug 26, 2021
Joan passed away on August 26, 2021 at the age of 77. She was born in Chicago, IL to Walter and Caroline (Stempien) Ciesielski. Joan was known for her sense of humor, love of purple and butterflies, and her big hugs that seemed to cure everything. She loved her family unconditionally. Joan is survived by her children, Micki, Patti, Bill,...
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...
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