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Theodora Isabelle Brennan
Mar 12, 2018
Theodora I. Brennan, of Ferndale, WA, passed away Monday, March 12, 2018. She was 93, born in Rochester, MN on August 6, 1924 to Donald and Christina (Altona) Whitesmith. Theodora married George H. Brennan in 1942. George preceded her in death in 2003. Theodora was a long-term resident of Whatcom County. After her family, her second love was living in...
Donn Elkington Seeley
Mar 11, 2018
Donn Elkington Seeley passed away peacefully on March 11, 2018 of natural causes. Donn was born on August 5, 1925 in Chillicothe, Illinois to James and Maude (Elkington) Seeley. He attended Duke University before proudly joining the US Navy in 1942 and trained as a pilot. After an Honorary Discharge, he completed the University of Wisconsin's Electrical Engineering program. In...
Jack T. Andrew
Mar 4, 2018
You and me. . . As I come in for a landing at SeaTac and view the sun setting over the Olympic mountains and see the city of Seattle skyline I am brought back to so many times of our past: the you and me times. You and me taking the bus downtown as children. You and me going to...
Clark Robert Elliott
Mar 4, 2018
Clark Robert William Elliott, beloved son, brother, uncle, grandson, nephew and friend to many, died suddenly and peacefully in his apartment on Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 while getting ready to spend the evening with friends. Clark was 35 years old, born in Spokane, Washington on August 10, 1982 to David W. and Deana A. (Costello) Elliott. He grew up in...
Helen Marie Cole
Feb 27, 2018
Marie Cole, age 85, passed away on February 27, 2018 in Bellingham, WA. Marie was born November 10, 1932 in Tacoma, WA to Selby and Rachel Cole. She graduated from Bellingham High School and then earned a teaching degree at Western Washington School of Education (now Western Washington University). Marie was a career elementary school teacher, a dedicated gardener and...
Frances C. Anderson
Feb 26, 2018
Frances Anderson, age 99, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on February 26, 2018. Frances was born October 3, 1918 in Minneapolis, MN to Gladys Marr and Frank Coyle. She received tap dance lessons from an early age. While attending the University of Minnesota in the 1930’s she met her future husband, William K. Anderson, who would later earn the rank...
Richard "Dick" Mcgrew
Feb 26, 2018
Dick McGrew, age 82, went to be with the Lord on February 26, 2018 in Bellingham. He was born on June 22, 1935 in East St. Louis, IL to Richard and Juanita McGrew. While serving in the U.S. Navy he met Joan Wilkinson; they were married on December 30, 1960 in Kirkland, WA. Dick worked as a motorcycle mechanic and...
Lilly A Flugekvam
Feb 25, 2018
Lilly A. Flugekvam, long time resident of Bellingham, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2018 at the age of 95. She was born in Wolf Point, MT on June 21, 1922 to Lorents and Andrea (Ryan) Aasheim. Lilly was preceded in death by her husband Harvey in 1970, brother Lloyd Aasheim in 2014 and sister Ruth Aasheim in 2016. She is...
Loretta J Dansey
Feb 25, 2018
Loretta J. Dansey, age 94, passed away on February 25, 2018 in Bellingham, WA. Loretta was born on March 15, 1923 in Torrington, CT, to Joseph and Domicelle Babrauckas. Loretta married the love of her life, Ronald Dansey, on September 25, 1963 in San Francisco, CA. She has been a devoted Catholic her entire life and a member of Church...
Mary Chris Ballard
Feb 21, 2018
Mary Chris Ballard, age 54, passed away peacefully at home on February 21, 2018 in Lynnwood, WA. She graduated from Mount Vernon High School where she played on the state championship basketball team. She graduated in 1981. She later earned her AA at Skagit Valley College and proudly served in the U.S. Army. She was predeceased by her father Jack...
Sukie Aberle
Feb 17, 2018
Sukie Aberle, loving wife and mother, passed away on February 17, 2018 at the age of 78. She was born May 7, 1939 in Seoul, South Korea. Sukie came to the U.S. in 1965, where she lived, for many years, in Mount Vernon, WA, later moving to Longview, WA, and finally resided in Bellingham, WA, with her husband and children,...
Helen Jean Van Voorst
Feb 17, 2018
Jean Van Voorst, life resident of Bellingham, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018. Jean was 91, born in Bellingham on December 10, 1926 to George and Martha (Peters) Urness. She was an active member of the Bellingham Elks Emblem Club, was an avid reader and knitter, and volunteered for numerous local charities and non-profits. Jean was described by many as...
George Leo Herrmann
Feb 16, 2018
George Herrmann, age 88, passed away on February 16, 2018 just eight days after his loving wife Dolores. He was born December 10, 1929 in Buffalo, New York to George and Theresa Herrmann. He married Dolores Spicer on June 28, 1952 in Long Beach, CA. George served in the US Army during the Korean War from 1951-53. He worked as...
James Lee Johnson
Feb 14, 2018
Jim Johnson, age 75, passed away suddenly at home in Bellingham on February 14, 2018. He was born June 24, 1942 in Louisville, KY to James L. and Georgia Johnson. Jim earned his BA from the University of Louisville, and his MA and PhD from the University of Minnesota. He married Shelley Hoeck on July 6, 1997 and together they...
Leonard Berman
Feb 12, 2018
Lenny Berman, beloved husband, father of three and grandfather of six passed away peacefully in his favorite recliner on February 12th at 3am. He suffered with congestive heart failure for many years that gradually compromised the strength and health of his heart until his ticker tired and the end came. He was a dreamer, philosopher and a fighter whose life...
Helen Ahl
Feb 12, 2018
Helen C. Ahl, age 89, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on February 12, 2018. She was born on April 19, 1928 in Balcarres, Saskatchewan to Robert and Nellie (Meldrum) Moffitt, and grew up in the town of Cupar, Saskatchewan. She married Eugene D. Ahl on February 24, 1956. Helen was a graduate of the Grey Nuns School of Nursing in...
Christine Catherine Flacco
Feb 8, 2018
Christine Catherine Flacco, age 73, went home to her Lord and Savior on February 8, 2018. She was born August 28, 1945 in Philadelphia, PA to Walter and Margaret Eppright. Christine eloped with Nicholas Flacco to Chesterfield County, SC and they married on February 2, 1964. Soon after their marriage was blessed by the Catholic Church. Together they raised their...
Dolores L. Herrmann
Feb 8, 2018
Dolores Herrmann, age 87, passed away peacefully on February 8, 2018. She was born December 28, 1930 in Norwich, CT to Robert and Mary Spicer. She married George Herrmann on June 28, 1952 in Long Beach, CA. In earlier years she enjoyed downhill skiing, waterskiing and camping. Later she enjoyed traveling, quilting, canning, reading, genealogy, and helping her family build...
Stanley Reynolds
Feb 7, 2018
Stanley Ellis Reynolds passed away on February 7, 2018 in Bellingham, WA. Stan was born on October 19, 1926 in Bellingham, WA to Homer and Neola (Tolle) Reynolds in a home built by his father on farmland in Fort Bellingham, which he returned to upon retirement and continued to reside in until his passing. He attended Marietta School from 1st-8th...
Vrigina M Gooding
Feb 5, 2018
Virginia Mary Gooding was born to Henry and Mary Brokaw on Feb 9 1924 in Bellingham,Washington. They lived in a house on East Maplewood in Bellingham while Henry worked at the coal mine as an engineer. Virginia attended local grade schools and Junior High, and graduated from Bellingham High School. When the coal mine closed Henry and Mary bought a...
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