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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,...
Walter Daniel Starek
Feb 14, 2017
Walter D. Starek passed away on February 14, 2017. Services are pending. Share your memories at www.westfordfuneralhome.com .
Peggy Harrison
Feb 13, 2017
Peggy Harrison passed away in Bellingham on February 13, 2017. You may share memories with the family at www.westfordfuneralhome.com .
Betty M. Hanson
Feb 13, 2017
Betty M. Hanson passed away on February 13, 2017. Services will be announced. Share your memories at www.westfordfuneralhome.com .
Alden C. Smith
Feb 11, 2017
Dr. Alden C. Smith, age 84, died peacefully in Bellingham on Saturday, February 11, 2017. Alden was born June 15, 1932, to the Reverend Theodore Garland Smith and Edith Shaw Smith in Wellsville, NY. His father, the minister at University United Methodist Church in Buffalo, passed away when Alden was 14. Alden moved to St. Cloud, FL with his mother...
Gary Ludwig Bensen
Feb 10, 2017
Gary Bensen passed away on February 10, 2017. He was born on August 7, 1950 in Bellingham, WA to Ludwig Bensen and Marguerite Baer. He was predeceased by his parents and step-parents. He is survived by his children, Brian (Jennifer) Bensen and Brenda Crabtree, grandchildren Taneighsha, Gunner and Gage, and his three brothers, Loren (Syd), Lee and Mike (Sue) Bensen...
Philippe Rene Claringbould
Feb 10, 2017
Loving and beloved, Philippe Rene Claringbould, age 98, died peacefully on February 10, 2017 at the Hospice House in Bellingham, Washington. Rene was the fourth of five boys born to John and Saar Claringbould in The Hague, Netherlands. Rene was born on January 15, 1919. By age 18, he loved sailing, flying, and studied aeronautical engineering. But on May 10,...
Dana S. Kuiken
Feb 9, 2017
Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Dana S. Kuiken passed away peacefully at home on February 9, 2017 at age 77. She was born April 6, 1939 in Dodge City, KS, to Orlando and Veneta (Slepake) States. Dana met her husband, Ben, at the University of Kansas, where she earned her B.A. in English Literature and was active in the Pi...
Margrate M. Anderson
Feb 8, 2017
Margrate M. Anderson, of Bellingham, WA, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at her home. Margrate was 80, born in Deming, WA on September 30, 1936 to Robert and Jessie (Aitken) Tingley. She was a life resident of Whatcom County and married Selwyn Keith Anderson on May 15, 1953. Margrate was preceded in death by her son Robert Anderson and...
Pastor Stephen James Mason
Feb 4, 2017
Stephen James Mason, age 65, went home to be with Jesus on February 4, 2017. He left us suddenly, and he will be deeply missed. We are forever grateful for his life, his love and his leadership that has made an impact on all who knew him. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, pastor and friend....
Lenore L. Foster
Feb 2, 2017
Lenore Foster, age 90, passed away February 2, 2017 in Bellingham. If you are related to Lenore please contact Westford Funeral Home at 360-734-1717.
Evelyn Carol Pearson Fralick
Jan 31, 2017
Evelyn Carol Pearson Fralick passed away peacefully on January 31, 2017. Evelyn recently celebrated her 100th birthday in December with her loving family and an abundance of friends. A lifetime resident of Bellingham, Evelyn was preceded in death by her son Mark Pearson, husband Robert “Bob” Pearson and second husband Earl Fralick. Evelyn loved to read, cook, bake, and crochet...
Dorothy “Nina” Silva
Jan 29, 2017
Dorothy “Nina” Silva was born in Worcester, MA, on January 13, 1934 to Edward and Mildred Whitney. She grew up in Oxford, MA, and then attended Clark University where she earned her Master’s degree in Education. She taught school for three years in Oxford then in Newfoundland for the U.S. Air Force. She went on to teach in Morocco where...
Mary E. Weed
Jan 28, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Weed, 94, passed away January 28, 2017 in Bellingham, WA. She was born February 8, 1922 in Superior, NE to Albert and Mary (Epperson) Hoydar. Her family moved to Selah, WA in 1937. She graduated from Selah High School in 1939. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Eastern (EWSC) and later a Masters from Western (WWSC)....
Patty M. Sansregret
Jan 27, 2017
Patty Sansregret, age 88, passed away in Everett, WA on January 27, 2017. Patty was born on October 28, 1928 in Vancouver, WA, to William and Patricia (Caraway) Morrison. Patty served as a WAVE in the US Navy stationed in Pensacola, FL. After Patty received her teaching certificate in 1980 from Central Washington University, she taught for the Hood River...
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