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Loui G. Kotsogeanis
Apr 9, 2019
Lou Kotsogeanis, age 60, of Bellingham passed away April 9, 2019. He was born March 24, 1959 in Bellingham to George and Cleopatra (Drakos) Kotsogeanis. Lou was a lifetime resident of Bellingham and graduated from Sehome High School in 1977. Lou co-owned Café Akroteri with his brother John for many years. He enjoyed watching the Mariners in Seattle and at...
Janet Colton Chandler Shawn
Apr 6, 2019
Janet Colton Chandler Shawn, 89, of Lynden, WA, was finally cleared for take-off. Her free spirit soared peacefully into the wild blue heavens on Saturday, April 6, following a brief illness. She will always be remembered by family and friends as a feisty, fascinating, independent woman who charmed everyone she met with her vivid anecdotes of a colorful life, and...
Catherine Eloise Flanagan
Apr 5, 2019
Catherine E. Flanagan, of Bellingham, WA, passed away suddenly on Friday, April 5, 2019 at her home. Catherine was 65, born in St. Louis, MO on January 10, 1954 to Ralph Oliver and Virginia (Jacobson) Winter. She served in the US Army and was employed for many years at St. Joseph Hospital as a dietician. Catherine enjoyed sewing, traveling and...
Marie A. Christy
Apr 3, 2019
Marie A. Christy exchanged her earthly home for her eternal home on April 3, 2019 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. She was born at the Sumas Hospital on February 20, 1921 to LeRoy and Minnie Gargett and graduated from Sumas-Nooksack High School in 1938. After attending Success Business College in Bellingham, she married her high school sweetheart and...
James "Jim" Thiebes
Apr 1, 2019
Jim Thiebes, age 70, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on April 1, 2019. He is home at last with Jesus and his mother and father whom he missed daily. He was born November 20, 1948 in Spokane to John and Margaret (Finck) Thiebes. Jim lived most of his life Eastern Washington and moved to Bellingham 10 years ago to be...
Lois Evelyn Tiffey
Mar 31, 2019
Lois Tiffey, age 89, passed away in Lynden, WA on March 31, 2019. She was born May 27, 1929 on a farm in Harrison County, Calhoun Township, Iowa. She was the daughter of Elzie C. Tiffey and Edna Grant Tiffey. At the age of seven she moved to Missouri and resided at various locations in the Kansas City, Missouri and...
Mary E. Mckinnon
Mar 30, 2019
Mary McKinnon, age 75, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on March 30, 2019. Mary was born in South Bend, IN to Myron and Mary Savage on August 11, 1943. She is survived by son Shannon McKinnon, sisters Paula Arnal (husband Roger Arnal), Megan Marceau (husband Rick Marceau), Martha Savage and brother Myron Savage (wife Shannon Savage), and many loving relatives...
Ruth Lawrence
Mar 28, 2019
Ruth Lawrence, age 92, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on March 28, 2019.
Betty Marie Seldal-Eagon
Mar 28, 2019
Betty Marie Seldal-Eagon, 88, of Bellingham, WA, passed away March 28,, 2019. Betty was born September 20, 1930, in Bellingham to Blanche (Beare) and Lloyd Whitfield. Betty was the youngest of four children and was preceded in death by her parents and siblings Evelyn, Sherman, and Raymond. She lived in Bellingham most of her life and graduated from Bellingham High...
Patricia Lynn Hadeen
Mar 27, 2019
Patricia “Lynn” Ramsey Hadeen passed away suddenly on March 27, 2019, at age 52, at her mother’s home. Lynn was born on June 13, 1966 to Cecil “Sonny” and Lillian (Coggins) Ramsey in Sedro Woolley, WA. She lived in Whatcom County. She enjoyed education and received several Associate degrees from Whatcom and Skagit community colleges and pursued a career in...
Steven W. Kizer
Mar 27, 2019
Steven W. Kizer, of Blaine, WA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. He was 58, born in South Gate, CA on September 26, 1960 to Eugene and Rosemary (Perkins) Kizer. Steve chose a life of service. He enjoyed volunteering weekly at the Blaine Food Bank, his St. Anne’s Community, and hanging out at the Senior Center. Steve was...
Tamra Wood Paskus
Mar 26, 2019
Tamra Wood Paskus was born in Wichita, Kansas to Jim and Lovelle Wood on September 18, 1957, the youngest of four children, so there was always someone to play with and boss her around. The young family moved to Auburn, Washington in 1958, where she had a pretty stereotypical suburban childhood, but there were darker indications that she wouldn’t always...
Richard "Rick" Lonseth
Mar 26, 2019
Rick Lonseth, age 71, died on March 26, 2019 in Bellingham, You are invited to celebrate Rick’s life at Westford’s Broadway Hall, 1300 Broadway on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 1pm. Please share your memories of Rick at www.westfordfuneralhome.com .
Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Chapin
Mar 25, 2019
Elizabeth Ann Quinn Chapin, more commonly known as Betty or Betty Ann, was born on March 31, 1935 to Clarence Joseph and Beatrice LaVerne Stevens Quinn, in their family home in DeGraff, Minnesota. At the time of her birth, she had four older brothers: Harold, Joe, Pat, and Mike. She also had one older sister, Mary Evelyn. Two years later,...
Irene J. Ryan
Mar 24, 2019
Irene J Ryan passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 24, 2019 in Lynden, WA. Irene was 98, born in Bellingham on March 14, 1921 to Joseph and Teresa (Zanari) Sandona. She was raised in Bellingham and graduated Cum Laude from Bellingham High School in 1939. Irene married Herb Ryan on January 28, 1943 at the Church of the Assumption. After...
Rene' Dove'
Mar 22, 2019
Rene’ Dove’ of Bellingham passed away on March 22, 2019. Rene’ was born on January 16th, 1925 in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. He was drafted into the Swiss Army in 1942 after which, he completed a four year training program to become a journeyman machinist. After WWII, Rene immigrated to Canada in September of 1951 where he worked as a machinist...
Butch Jacob Mullins
Mar 19, 2019
Butch Mullins, age 17, died in Bellingham on March 19, 2019. He was born October 27, 2001 in Bellingham to Randy and Stephanie Mullins. Butch was in his junior year at Bellingham High School. Butch was a kind and gentle giant, and if you knew him, you were his friend. Butch was always so positive, and he had a habit...
Stephen Dale Wenrich
Mar 18, 2019
Steve Wenrich, age 71, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on Monday, March 18, 2019. You may share memories with the family at www.westfordfuneralhome.com .
Gary Van Weerdhuizen
Mar 17, 2019
Gary Van Weerdhuizen, age 59, passed away in Acme on March 17, 2019. He was born January 16, 1960 in Bellingham, WA to Gordon and Hattie (Bos) Van Weerdhuizen. He married Diana Romberg on May 24, 1980 in Sumas. Gary was a master carpenter and could fix just about anything. He was gentle, kind, an amazing listener and a big...
Jeanne Adele Tweit
Mar 13, 2019
Jeanne Adele Tweit passed away on March 13, 2019, at Mt. Baker Care Center. She was born to Andrew and Clara (Benseth) Tweit on June 26, 1925, in Fairhaven. She graduated from Bellingham High School and soon after joined the Nursing Corps and proudly graduated as a Registered Nurse from Everett General Hospital. She was employed as a nurse in...
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