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Eleanor Luanne Spinelli
May 21, 2014
Luanne Spinelli, age 81 of Bremerton, WA passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, May 21 2014 in Casa Grande, AZ. Luanne was born in Washington, D.C. to Richard Alfred and Ernestine Locke (Sloop) Walker and was raised in Maryland and North Carolina. After meeting and marrying Vincent Spinelli, her husband of 62 years, they began their family....
Betty J. Cates
May 18, 2014
Betty Joyce Cates, of Bellingham, WA, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014. She was 82, born on September 3, 1931 in Burlington, NC to Rueben and Mary Belle (Dodson) Joyce. Betty is survived by her husband James Cates; son Jay and his wife Sandy Cates; grandson Michael Cates; sister Polly Mills; 3 brothers, J.B., Tom, and Wayne Joyce; and numerous...
Matt W. Stilwill
May 16, 2014
Matt Stilwill, age 56, passed away on May 16, 2014. He was born on May 10, 1958 in Klamath Falls, OR. He graduated from Hermiston High School and attended Linn Benton Community College on a baseball scholarship and was eventually drafted by the Chicago Cubs. In 1979 Matt married his high school sweetheart, Denise Kaminga and had two children. In...
Verna M. Rawlins
May 15, 2014
A 20 year volunteer for several local police agencies, Verna Rawlins age 86 of Bellingham, passed away May 15, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husbands Stanley Johnson and Marlin Rawlins and son Dennis Johnson. She is survived by her children Dean (Laurie) Johnson, Dale (Jania) Johnson, Dianne (Larry) Keen, 5 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and many...
Mary E. Watts
May 15, 2014
Mary Watts, age 97 of Bellingham, passed away May 15, 2014. She was born on July 6, 1916 in Marinette, WI to Otto and Cora Matz. Mary was preceded in death by her husband Mylo Watts. She is survived by her children Frances (Russell) Lazelle, Larry (Avalea) Watts, Beverly (Mike) Thrasher, Marlene (Tim) Reed, Gerald (Arlene) Watts, brother Everett Matz,...
Delbert H. "Del" Johnson
May 9, 2014
Del Johnson, age 94 of Bellingham, passed away May 9, 2014. He was born October 25, 1919 in Bellingham, WA to Swan and Grace Johnson. Del served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and was a member of the VFW and the American Legion. He was an avid downhill skier and enjoyed ballroom dancing for decades. Del was...
Eugene E. Ruthstrom
May 8, 2014
Eugene Ruthstrom, formerly of Ferndale, passed away May 8, 2014 in Bellingham, Washington. He was born August 11, 1929 to Harry and Madge Moulton. You may share memories at www.westfordfuneralhome.com
Henry J. Webster
May 8, 2014
Henry Webster, age 87 of Bellingham, passed May 8, 2014 in Bellingham, WA.
Patricia J. Button
May 5, 2014
Patricia Button, age 81 of Bellingham passed away Monday, May 5, 2014. Pat was born May 28, 1932 in Bellingham, WA to Napoleon and Lucille (Ford) Perry. She married Ronnie Button on Feb. 14, 1953 in Bellingham. Quilting was a favorite hobby of Pat’s. She belonged to three quilting guilds, and made them for charitable organizations and her family. Pat...
Youn Heng
Apr 30, 2014
Youn Heng was born on January 6, 1960 in Preah Vihear, Cambodia. She had to immigrate to the U.S. after surviving the hardships of a refugee camp in 1979. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who was filled with love and concern for her family, children, grandchildren, and friends. She enjoyed spending many hours in the mountains gathering...
Cal Scheidegger
Apr 27, 2014
Cal Scheidegger, husband, father, counselor, teacher, fly fisherman, jazz lover, slightly off-key singer, and longtime friend of Bill’s left to continue his journey on Sunday, April 27, 2014. Cal lived each day with gratitude, grace and generosity. He was greatly loved and leaves a family and many friends and relatives whose lives he changed forever. Memorials in Cal’s name may...
Tamara L."Tami" Frohmdahl
Apr 26, 2014
Tami Frohmdahl, age 53 of Bellingham, passed away on April 26, 2014.
Sharon Lee Chandler
Apr 19, 2014
Just shy of her 68th birthday, Sharon Chandler lost her battle with lung cancer. Born in Portsmouth, NH in 1946 to Doug Chandler and Ruth “Eileen” Parker, she was raised on Oak Street in Wellesley, MA with her two brothers, Rick and Scott Chandler. She graduated from Boston University in 1964 and continued graduate studies at UCLA. While on a...
Lurlene V. Lawrence
Apr 18, 2014
Lurlene Lawrence, age 93, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 18th. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Katie Halsey, brothers J.C. “Buddy” and Philip Halsey, and sister Inez Bowen, husband Elvis Lawrence and daughter Charlotte Moravec. She is survived by her son Wayne Lawrence, sister-in-law Nelda (husband Butch) Poole and numerous grand, great and great-great grandchildren....
G. W. "Bill" Bennett
Apr 15, 2014
George W. “Bill” Bennett passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 is Mesa, AZ. He is survived by his wife Patsy Crist Bennett and his four children. Julie Jantz, Odessa, WA, Thomas Bennett, Seattle, WA, Daniel Bennett, Renton, WA and John Bennett, Bellingham, WA. He is also survived by two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, sister, Carol (George) Gooding, Bellingham, WA, numerous...
William D. "Bill" Masters
Apr 7, 2014
William Masters, age 93 of Bellingham, passed away April 7, 2014. He was born May 20, 1920 in Redditch, England to Karl and Maud Masters. He grew up and went to school in England. During WWII, Bill served in the Royal Air Force and received a Defense Medal. After the war he lived in Vancouver, B.C. and worked for Hudson’s...
Beryl Bowers
Apr 7, 2014
Beryl Bowers, age 87 of Bellingham, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2014. She was born in Eau Claire, WI on August 23, 1926 to Theodore and Blanche Madsen. She moved to Washington State in the 1930’s and spent most of her childhood in Ferndale. In 1946 she married the love of her life, Herman. Beryl enjoyed working in her...
Lola Mae "Dolly" Coleman
Apr 6, 2014
Dolly Coleman was born on February 7, 1924 in Menomonie, WI and died April 6, 2014 in Bellingham, WA. Dolly was the 9th of 12 children born to Walter Evan Hummer and Ruey Maude (Cravens) Hummer. Ten of the children survived to adulthood, all having children of their own. Her parents owned and operated a dairy farm where the boys...
Lucinda Rogers
Apr 3, 2014
Lucinda Rogers was born on August 2, 1951 in Long Beach, CA and died on April 3, 2014 in Bellingham, WA of natural causes. Lucinda was born to Carl Wm. “Bill” Coleman and Lola Mae “Dolly” Coleman, a tiny, premature little doll of a baby girl. Growing up in Southern California, Lucinda was a true California girl. Bright, beautiful blond...
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