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Douglas Gardner Farrar
May 8, 2020
Douglas Gardner Farrar passed away on May 8, 2020, following a heart attack on May 6, 2020. He was 90 years old. Doug was born on March 6, 1930, in Vernon, British Columbia. He was the youngest of four children, William (Bill), Jack and Berna, all who have preceded him in death. He moved to Bellingham as a young child...
Marian Sybil Foster Olson
May 2, 2020
Marian Olson, age 91, passed away in Bellingham on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Marian was born September 13, 1928 in Seattle to Harry and Sybil Foster The family lived in Olympia where her father was an assistant Attorney General and later a member of the Washington State Supreme Court. She graduated from Olympia High School, went to Indiana University, and...
Walter Eric Deming
Apr 28, 2020
Walter E. Deming, longtime resident of Whatcom County, passed away April 28, 2020. Walt was 97, born in Longmont, CO on February 8, 1923 to Wallace and Lucia Deming. After graduating from Longmont High School, Walt joined the U.S. Coast Guard. He served on the USS Evergreen in Greenland during WWII, crossing the Arctic Circle in September of 1944. After...
Doug Ragan
Apr 23, 2020
Doug was born in Bellingham, Washington, on February 9, 1925 to Olan and Gertrude Ragan. He served in the US Army Air Corps during World War ll. Upon his discharge he married Virginia Moen and shared life with her until her death in 1999. He worked for Pacific Northwest Bell until his retirement. Doug married Sharon Wizinsky in 2002. Their...
Geraldine Zankich Steensgaard
Apr 23, 2020
Geraldine Zankich Steensgaard, age 90, of Bellingham, WA, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020. Gerry was born on September 29, 1929 to Anton and Annie (Dean) Zankich in Bellingham. She graduated from Bellingham High School and attended business college in Bellingham. Although she always cherished Bellingham’s Southside, Gerry moved to Seattle to pursue a long and rewarding career with Burlington...
James P. "Casey" Thompson
Apr 22, 2020
Casey Thompson passed away in Bellingham on April 22, 2020 due to complications arising from emergency surgery. He was born July 3, 1940 in Bellingham to James J. & Georgiana “Jean” Thompson and graduated from Bellingham High School in 1958. He was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity where he made a group of lifelong friends and starred as...
Anna "Betty" M. Hendrickson
Apr 21, 2020
On Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Betty passed away peacefully of natural causes, after nearly 100 wonderful years of life! She was born September 5, 1920 in Ashley, ND to Gottlieb and Lydia Wall. She married the love of her life, Art Hendrickson, on February 14, 1948 and devoted the rest of her life to her family. Our “lil Grams” was...
Carmel F. Dellecker
Apr 20, 2020
Carmel Frances Dellecker passed away peacefully at Mt. Baker Care Center in Bellingham on April 20, 2020 at the age of 101. She was born on June 15, 1918 in County Longford, Ireland to Patrick and Catherine Whyte, dairy farmers. She attended Catholic state schools in Westmeath and Galway and after completing her secondary education in 1936, went to England,...
Karen Belsby Foisy
Apr 18, 2020
Karen Foisy, age 83, passed away in Bellingham on April 18, 2020. She was born July 7, 1936 in Spokane, WA to Osborne and Osa Belsby. She grew up on the family farm South of Cheney. She graduated from Cheney High School. She attended WSU, mastering the skills of a professional secretary. At WSU, she and Maurice met and became...
Raymond Harrison Zander
Apr 18, 2020
Raymond Harrison Zander, 86, died April 18, 2020, at home in Everson, Wash. He was born Aug. 25, 1933, in Bellingham, Wash., to Almer D. Zander, from Phoenix, Ariz., and Lucy T. (Harrison) Zander, from Birmingham, England. He grew up milking cows, doing other farm chores, and helping in a sawmill operated by his dad and uncle. Ray graduated in...
Evan Joseph Sobjack
Apr 14, 2020
Evan Joseph Sobjack passed away after a boating accident on April 14, 2020 in Bellingham. He was born on October 4, 1991 in Khmelnytskyy, Ukraine and was adopted when he was 13 months old by his loving parents, Brad and Barbara (Heisey) Sobjack. Evan loved the outdoors and enjoyed commercial crabbing with his dad in Alaska and in Puget Sound....
Prudence M. "Prue" Slentz
Apr 13, 2020
Prudence Slentz, age 92, passed away peacefully at home in Bellingham on Monday, April 13, 2020. A creative, quirky, and sometimes dramatic soul, she was born September 28, 1927 in Oxford, New York to Floyd and Jennie Holdridge. She married the love of her life, Robert “Bob” Slentz, on June 21, 1947 and with him raised their eight children in...
Char Dunn
Apr 13, 2020
Charlene R. Osterman-Dunn, age 71, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on Easter Sunday, April 13, 2020. She was born December 21, 1948 in Inglewood, CA to Charles and Mary Katherine Kobiskie. Char graduated from Long Beach State University and was the director of marketing at Merrill Gardens and later Louisa House. Char loved spending time with her grandson Kai, who...
Richard James Longo
Apr 10, 2020
Richard J. “Chef Deacon” Longo, age 73, passed away peacefully at home in Bellingham after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Dick was born June 20, 1946 in Spokane, WA to Leonard and Mary Longo. Dick graduated from Cleveland High School in Seattle and learned to be a chef in the US Navy for six years. He proudly served on...
Josephine "Josie" Ummond
Apr 9, 2020
Josie Drummond, age 78, passed away on April 9, 2020 in Bellingham, WA. Josie was born on December 17, 1941 in Philadelphia, PA to Anthony and Jennie Terrizzi. She married Don Drummond on January 25, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA. Josie loved traveling and spending time with her family. She was lively, funny, full of energy and love, and made...
James Michael Olsen
Apr 8, 2020
James Michael Olsen (11/22/1941-4/8/2020) passed away on April 8th at 11:05 pm. We take comfort in knowing that his first and beloved wife Diane Olsen (who passed in 1986) will be waiting for him along with his father Oscar Olsen, mothers-in-Law Bessie Ryall and Lilian Dugdale, sister Pat Bennett and brother Gary Turpin, good friend Eddie Softli, along with many...
Byron Carl Johnson
Apr 4, 2020
Byron Johnson, age 80, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on Saturday, April 4, 2020. He was born December 28, 1939 in Los Angeles, CA to Clayton and Frances (Nelson) Johnson. Byron graduated from Mexico City College with a degree in International Business in 1962 and remained fluent in Spanish throughout his lifetime. Byron was a Lieutenant in the United States...
Carolyn J. Hook Parks Bell
Apr 4, 2020
Carolyn Bell, age 92, passed away in Bellingham on Saturday, April 4, 2020. She was born April 23, 1927 in Bellingham to Arthur and Adeline (Titcomb) Hook. As a young girl, Carolyn spent summers in Ketchikan working as a diving assistant on her father’s boat. She graduated from Bellingham High School in 1945 and from Colorado Women’s College in 1947....
Garold Eugene Talley
Mar 31, 2020
Garold Talley passed away on March 31, 2020 in Bellingham. Gary was born on March 25, 1936 in Collbran, Colorado to Garold and Helen (Odem) Talley. He and his brother Carl grew up in Colorado and San Jose, CA. Gary attended San Jose State University and proudly served in the US Air Force. Gary spent many years as a commercial...
James Bailey
Mar 31, 2020
James Bailey, age 90, passed away peacefully at Whatcom Hospice House on March 31, 2020. James was an amateur middle-distance runner from Australia. James shared many fond memories with his second family, his track and field teammates from the University of Oregon, one of the elite track and field schools in the nation. During his tenure at the University, his...
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