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Linda T. Kearney
Mar 18, 2017
Linda T. Kearney, age 69, passed away at home in Bellingham, WA, on March 18, 2017. She was born April 15, 1947 in Ruston, Louisiana to Dewey and Virginia Thurmon. While employed at Louisiana Tech University Linda helped many international students to adjust to college life in the U.S. Stephen and Linda retired to Bellingham in 2012 and have enjoyed...
Bernita "Bea" Dearborn
Mar 14, 2017
Bea Dearborn, age 85, passed away peacefully, March 14, 2017 in Bellingham, WA. She was born in Bellingham on December 11, 1931 to Christian and Hjardis Nelson. Bea worked as an Administrative Assistant for St. Luke’s Hospital, Whatcom County Health Department and Puget Power. She was married to Fred Leamer for 25 years and together they raised their children, Laurie,...
Ivan Dmitrievich Varavin
Mar 14, 2017
Ivan Varavin passed away on 3/14/2017. Services are being entrusted to Westford Funeral Home.
Betty Sue Browne
Mar 13, 2017
Betty Sue Browne, age 76, passed away peacefully at home in Bellingham on Monday, March 13, 2017. She was born September 3, 1940 in Levelland, TX. Sue is survived by her husband Chuck, daughters Laura and Andrea, four grandchildren, one great-grandson, and many loving relatives and friends. Memorials may be made to Whatcom Hospice or to PeaceHealth St. Joseph Cancer...
Gary L. Jefferis
Mar 13, 2017
Gary L. Jefferis, of Bellingham, WA, passed away with his wife by his side on Monday, March 13, 2017 in Bellingham. Gary was 73, born in Portland, OR, on February 11, 1944 to Harold and Evelyn (Zink) Jefferis. He earned a B.A. degree in Civil Engineering at Oregon Technical Institute, where he was Student Body President. Gary married Donna Williams...
Sylvia Marie Swanson
Mar 8, 2017
Sylvia Swanson, age 68, passed away peacefully at home in Bellingham on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. She was born on May 9, 1948 in Auburn, WA to Wayne and Lily Williams. She married Herman Swanson in Ferndale on August 21, 1976. Sylvia loved children and ran a home daycare for over 10 years. She also worked in food service in...
R. Barry Murphy
Mar 7, 2017
R. Barry Murphy of Bellingham, WA, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in Bellingham. Barry was 89, born December 17, 1927 in McCamey, TX, to Edward and Lucinda (Oliver) Murphy. Barry enlisted in the Navy at 17, and was a medic stationed at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego before becoming a naval corpsman with the Marines in the Pacific....
Gertrude J. Heller
Mar 7, 2017
Gertrude J. Heller, age 90, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on March 7, 2017. She was born on February 19, 1927 in Kendall, WA to Jacob and Johanna Franzen. Gertrude married Frank Heller on May 8, 1948 in Columbia Valley. She was a loving wife and mother and a proud grandmother. Gertrude was excited to keep the farm in the...
Henry William Cross
Mar 6, 2017
Henry William Cross aka Harry was born in 1934 in a third floor flat (apartment) Hackney, London England. He died Monday March 6th at home in his third floor apartment in Bellingham with his wife Sue at his side. The youngest of four siblings and the only boy, he arrived to an established family of his parents and three sisters...
Aurora Buol-Smith
Mar 5, 2017
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely ~ Buddha. The bright light of Aurora "Rori" Lee Buol-Smith was extinguished on Sunday, March 5th. Aurora had a smile that would brighten any room. She filled her life with love and laughter in her family and her career. Rori, to her close family and friends, loved...
Roberta "Bobbie" Grady
Mar 4, 2017
Bobbie Grady, age 78, passed away peacefully at home, after a long battle with MS and cancer, on Saturday, March 4, 2017. She was born July 10, 1938 in Denver, Colorado, to Dr. William and Ruth Swigert. She married Tom Grady on September 5, 1959 in Denver, and together they raised their four children. Bobbie worked for many years at...
David Quintin Williams
Mar 3, 2017
David Williams, age 53, passed away Friday, March 3, 2017 in Bellingham. David was an amazing chef and he loved his community at the Black Forest Steak House in Bellingham, where his co-workers and customers were like family. He enjoyed spending time at the Slo Pitch and at El Gitano, where he was an active karaoke singer. He also liked...
Ronald Douglas Clark
Feb 26, 2017
Ronald Douglas Clark of Bellingham, WA, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017 in Seattle. He was 68, born in Bellingham on December 9, 1948 to Douglas E. and Margaret C. (Beck) Clark. Ron lived his life on his own terms. In 1993 he and his wife Joni founded Cruisin Coffee, the first 24 hour drive-thru espresso stand in the Pacific...
Marian Leese Boylan
Feb 26, 2017
Marian L. Boylan, age 90, passed away February 26, 2017 in Bellingham after a long illness. Born in Oakland, CA to Alexander and Vera Leese, she attended grade schools in San Francisco and Portland, OR before graduating from R.A. Long High School in Longview WA. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1948 and was a member of Kappa...
Melvin G Oltman
Feb 25, 2017
Lifetime Whatcom County resident, Melvin G. Oltman passed away February 25, 2017 at the age of 62. Mel was born on December 3, 1954 to Harold and Alice (VanEgdom) Oltman in Bellingham, WA. He graduated from Bellingham High School and earned his B.A. in Arts at WWU. Mel was a kind, gentle, and loving man. His family was most important...
Betty Hogg
Feb 25, 2017
Betty Hogg, age 94, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on February 25, 2017. She was born April 26, 1922 in Moro, Oregon to Homer and Jennie Belshee. Betty was a faithful and devoted member of Bellingham Bible Chapel for decades, where she taught Sunday school and played the organ and piano, and her husband Joe was a minister....
Juanita Davis Taylor
Feb 23, 2017
Juanita was born in Albia, Iowa. She went to school in Des Moines, Iowa, where she was an exceptional student, graduating with work ready skills of typing, shorthand and an enviable work ethic. Juanita's first job out of high school was at Meredith Co. who published "Better Homes & Gardens." She was privileged to have been the typist for their...
Helen G. Walsh
Feb 22, 2017
Helen Walsh, age 93 of Bellingham, WA passed away peacefully at home on February 22, 2017. She was born in Spokane, WA to Charles and Anna (Hannig) Walsh on November 18, 1923. After graduating from high school in Portland, OR, she served in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during WWII. She was a longtime member of the Church of the...
Elizabeth “Betty” Freeberg
Feb 21, 2017
Elizabeth Ida Freeberg, of Bellingham, WA, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 surrounded by her family. She was 99, born September 21, 1917 in Los Angeles, CA, to Irl and Ruth (Widney) Teurman. Elizabeth was a longtime member of Central Lutheran Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Hjalmer Freeberg in 2003 and is survived by her daughter...
James B. Lockie
Feb 14, 2017
Jim Lockie, age 73, passed away at home in Birch Bay, on February 14, 2017. He was born April 14, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA, to John C. Lockie and Ava Cinderella Lockie. Jim married Linda Santiago on November 10, 1972. He is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Linda, son Adam, brother John C. and wife Cate,...
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