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Elizabeth Bartee
May 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bartee, 91, died at 5:30 p.m. on May 4, 2015. Elizabeth was born June 15, 1923, to James Willie Latimer and Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Pickens in Lockesburg, Arkansas. Elizabeth grew up on a farm where she learned how to pick cotton. She attended a small country school with only 2 classrooms. Growing up she had 4 sisters and 1...
Patricia Lorene Hedman
Apr 26, 2015
Patricia L. Hedman, age 84 passed away on April 26, 2015. She was born March 7, 1931 in Aberdeen, WA to Aino and Aile Hill. She graduated from Aberdeen High School and earned her Associate Degree at Grays Harbor College in 1950. Pat met and fell in love with Don Hedman, and they were married June 23, 1951 in Aberdeen....
Betsy "Mimi" Ahlstedt
Apr 24, 2015
Betsy “Mimi” Ahlstedt of Lynden, WA passed away in peace and comfort in the early morning hours of April 24, 2015 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bellingham. Betsy married Harold “Dude” Ahlstedt in Bellingham in June of 1946. Together they had two children, Rick and Kathy, who they lovingly raised in Bellingham. Betsy loved traveling, boating, golfing and playing cards...
Conner A. Biendl
Apr 24, 2015
Conner A. Biendl, of Bellingham, WA, passed away Friday April 24, 2015 in Bellingham. He was 85, born in Bellingham to Louise (Lovelace) and Alfons Biendl on October 4, 1929. Conner was preceded in death by his parents, wife Vesta and sister Ardelle Hess. He is survived by step children, Dixie (Bill) Tamcke and Frederick David (Gloria) Ringel; numerous step...
Elizabeth "Betty" Jane Manning
Apr 24, 2015
Betty Jane Manning, 88, of Bellingham, WA passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on April 24, 2015 at Highland Health and Rehabilitation. She was born on May 20, 1926 in Vancouver, WA to Dan and Irene Carroll. She graduated from Providence Academy in Vancouver, WA with honors and worked as a dental assistant. Betty met her future husband,...
Gerald Oland Rhea Jr.
Apr 24, 2015
Gerry was born in Popular Bluff, MO to Gerald Rhea, Sr. and Jean Brinson. At an early age, the family moved to Whatcom County for their strawberry business where he attended Assumption School and graduated from Bellingham High School in 1961. He then attended Yakima Valley Community College until he enlisted in the Marine Corps and served 6 years with...
Virginia Peters Goss Hyldahl Brynildsen
Apr 23, 2015
Virginia was born in Bellingham, WA on July 1, 1922 to Dr. and Mrs. J.H. Peters. Virginia passed away on April 23, 2015 in Lynden, WA. She lived most of her life in Whatcom County. She graduated from Bellingham High School in 1940 and attended Western Washington College in Bellingham, where she played violin in the orchestra. She outlived three...
Carol Lynn Davis
Apr 21, 2015
Carol Lynn (Liburdy) Davis went home on April 21, 2015 surrounded by her family after a brief struggle with an aggressive cancer. She was born on Father’s Day on June 16, 1946 in Long Beach, CA to Anthony and Margaret Liburdy. She was raised in Seattle and graduated from Central Washington University in 1968 with an Elementary Teaching degree. There...
Woodrow Niklaus Philip Moore
Apr 21, 2015
Woody Moore, age 21, passed away unexpectedly after a brief illness in Bellingham, WA on April 21, 2015. He graduated from Eatonville High School in 2012 and was a junior at Western Washington University. Woody was surrounded by his roommates and faithful friends from Ecclesia and Christ the King in Bellingham. Woody’s motto in life was to “love extravagantly” and...
E. June Brown Snyder
Apr 19, 2015
June Snyder, age 84 of Bellingham, passed away April 19, 2015. She was born June 3, 1930 in Renton, WA to Emulus Roy and Bessie B. Brown. June was raised in Kendrick, ID and attended Northern Idaho College of Education now known as Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, ID. For her first years after college June taught elementary school in...
Gustav A. Kolbert
Apr 16, 2015
Gustave Adolfovich Kolbert, age 96 of Ferndale passed away on April 16, 2015. There will be a Prayer Service at 7:00 PM on Monday, April 20th at Westford Funeral Home and there will be a Funeral Service at 11:30 AM on Tuesday, April 21st at Westford Funeral Home. Pastor Walter Ilyin will be officiating.
Ilene E. Ball
Apr 15, 2015
Ilene Ball, age 94 of Bellingham passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Ilene will be remembered for playful attitude and her beautiful crochet work. She was preceded in death by her husband Clarence, her son George Mack and her sisters Maxine and Mary. She is survived by her daughter Janice (Duane) Andrews, daughter-in-law Denise Ball, sister Sally Grigsby,...
Juanita F Thorpe
Apr 15, 2015
Juanita Frieda Thorpe, of Bellingham, WA, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. She was born March 5, 1927 in the parsonage of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sherwood, Ohio, and was the eldest daughter and the fourth of nine children to be born to Rev. George and Clara (Schroeder) Maassel. She attended Ridgeville High School where she played the...
Arthur Caputi
Apr 11, 2015
Arthur Caputi (B.S., M.S.) was born in Englewood, New Jersey on April 21, 1935. He lost his 15 year battle with prostate cancer on April 11, 2015, and is now at rest. Art retired in 2000 after a 50 year career with the world’s largest winery where he held the position of Director of Research & Technical Director, ultimately retiring...
Vera L. Parrish
Apr 6, 2015
Vera Parrish, age 88 of Bellingham passed away April 6, 2015. She was born September 29, 1926 in Bellingham to George and Gertrude Munn. Vera was a member of Grace Baptist Church for many years. She worked for 27 years as a pharmacy technician at Senuty’s Pharmacy. Sewing and quilting were her passion. Vera was preceded in death by her...
Sigridur "Emily" Walsh
Apr 4, 2015
Emily Walsh, age 99 of Blaine passed away on April 4, 2015. She was born August 15, 1915 in Blaine, WA to Gestur and Herdis Stephanson. She married Bob Walsh in June of 1933. She was a lifetime resident of Blaine and a member of the Unitarian Church. Emily and Bob were founding members of the Blaine Eagles. They enjoyed...
Hendrik C. Van Ysseldyk
Apr 3, 2015
Hendrick “Van” van Ysseldyk, age 82, of Bellingham, passed away April 3, 2015. He was born March 24, 1933 Arnhem, The Netherlands. While serving in the Dutch Merchant Marine, Van became enamored with the United States and decided to emigrate from the Netherlands in 1959. Van moved from Southern California to Bellingham in 1987, transferring the business he owned and...
Diane Yale
Apr 2, 2015
Diane Yale, age 80 of Bellingham passed away April 2, 2015. She was born June 26, 1934 in Chicago, IL to Mandel and Kate Yale. Diane was an Attorney who practiced divorce mediation, an environmental activist, and worked for peace and social justice. She was a forward thinker, always at least 20 years ahead of her time. People who knew...
Daniel Cruz-Sierra
Apr 1, 2015
Daniel Cruz-Sierra of Bellingham, WA, passed away Wednesday April 1, 2015 in Bellingham surrounded by his family. He was 74, born to Fermin Cruz-Meza and Beatriz Sierra-Salazar in San Mateo de Libres, Oaxaca, Mexico on August 4, 1940. Daniel is survived by his beloved wife Irma Garcia-Morales; his 8 children, Elias, Carmelo, Fermin, Reyna, Daniel, Lucero, Olegario, and Ana Particia;...
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