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Local Obituaries for Bellingham, WA, Whatcom County & Surrounding Areas

David Robinson

David Robinson

Dec 7, 2013

06/10/1932 ~ 12/07/2013 Dave Robinson, age 81, passed away December 7, 2013 in Bellingham. He was born June 10, 1932 in Bellingham to Walter and Mable Robinson. Dave graduated from Bellingham High School in 1950 and went on to serve in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He married Carol Bird on March 23, 1956 in Bellingham. He managed...

Woodrow Williams

Woodrow Williams

Dec 6, 2013

07/27/1938 ~ 12/06/2013 Woodrow (Woody) Allen Williams went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 6, 2013 surrounded by about 20 family members who loved him so much. He was born in San Jose, CA on July 27, 1938 and was preceded in death by his parents, Ruth and Woodrow Williams, and his brother, Gary Williams. Although a native...

Gordon Graham

Gordon Graham

Dec 4, 2013

03/01/1920 ~ 12/04/2013 Gordon Graham, age 93 of Bellingham, passed away December 4, 2013. He was born on March 1, 1920 to Howard and Cora Graham in Bellingham. He served in the US Navy during WWII on the USS New Orleans. Upon coming home he met and married his sweet heart Alberta Olsen. He was a salesman in West Seattle...

Clarence “Pete” Kuehnel

Clarence “Pete” Kuehnel

Dec 2, 2013

11/05/1925 ~ 12/02/2013 Pete Kuehnel passed away peacefully on December 2nd at age 88. He was born on November 5th, 1925 in Bellingham to Alfred and Bertha Kuehnel. He was preceded in death by Irene, his wife of 57 years. Pete is survived by his daughters Teresa Hiebert and Laurie Kuehnel, and son Patrick Kuehnel and his wife Kimberly. Pete...

David Clarkson

David Clarkson

Nov 30, 2013

06/11/1929 ~ 11/30/2013 Reverend David E. Clarkson, age 84 of Port Orchard, passed away November 30, 2013. A veteran of the Korean War, Reverend Clarkson graduated from the Conservative Theological Seminary in Denver, CO with a Master of Divinity. Throughout his long ministerial career, Reverend Clarkson lead congregations in Santa Barbara, CA and Aiea, HI, as well as in Bellingham...

Thelma Alwood

Thelma Alwood

Nov 26, 2013

12/22/1917 ~ 11/26/2013 Thelma Alwood, age 95 of Bellingham, passed away peacefully on November 26, 2013 at Lynden Manor. She was born December 22, 1917 in Kankakee, IL to Walter and Carrie McElroy. She was raised on a farm in Kankakee and lived in Colfax, ND, Rimby, Alberta, and Bellingham. She married Arthur Alwood on May 16, 1942. After Arthur...

Robert “Mac” Mccormack

Robert “Mac” Mccormack

Nov 25, 2013

11/13/1921 ~ 11/25/2013 “THIS IS MY LIFE AS I SAW IT. I was born 11-13-1921 to father Charles and mother Clara McCormack on the bridge between Oregon and Washington. My birth was during the worst depression in our nation. I had a sister Marcella, brother Howard and sister Pat. I attended St. Marks School in Eugene. Grade 8 Years. High...

Kwina James

Kwina James

Nov 25, 2013

08/20/1959 ~ 11/25/2013 Kwina M. James passed away November 25, 2013 in Bellingham, WA.

Evelyn Tricker

Evelyn Tricker

Nov 21, 2013

11/29/1921 ~ 11/21/2013 Evelyn P. Tricker, age 91 of Bellingham, passed away peacefully on November 21, 2013 in Bellingham, WA. She was born November 29, 1921 in Vancouver, BC to Russell and Marina Oughton. Services are pending.

Janet Stockton

Janet Stockton

Nov 20, 2013

05/12/1944 ~ 11/20/2013 Janet Stockton, age 69 of Bellingham, passed away November 20, 2013.

James Phillips

James Phillips

Nov 20, 2013

12/13/1947 ~ 11/20/2013 Jim Phillips, age 65 of Bellingham, went to be with his Lord and Savior, surrounded by his family, on November 20, 2013. The youngest of seven, he was born on December 13, 1947 in Bellingham to Carl and Wilma Phillips. He was proud of the fact that he was the only one in his family born in...

Gerald Anderson

Gerald Anderson

Nov 19, 2013

07/05/1939 ~ 11/19/2013 Jerry Anderson, age 74 of Bellingham, passed away November 19, 2013. He was born July 5, 1939 in Bellingham to Thurlow and Lucile Anderson. He graduated from Bellingham High School in 1958 and went on to serve in the U.S. Army. On January 9, 1966 he married Bonnie Mary Scott in Seattle, WA. He worked for over...

Garfield Penley

Garfield Penley

Nov 15, 2013

11/07/1919 ~ 11/15/2013 Garfield Penley, age 94 of Bellingham, passed away November 15, 2013. Garfield was born November 7, 1919 in Leicester, North Carolina. He was a veteran of World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart. He lived and worked most of his life in Centralia, WA, where he had his own CPA business, raised his family, and...

Robert Cross

Robert Cross

Nov 14, 2013

10/23/1922 – 11/14/2013 Robert John Cross, age 91, passed away at home, surrounded by his family, from Alzheimer’s complications. He was born in Chicago, IL, the elder son of Austin and Hannah Cross, attended Austin High School in Chicago, and was attending Carleton College when he enlisted for Naval Officer’s Training and was called to active duty July, 1943. His...

David Jones

David Jones

Nov 13, 2013

Farmer & Hunter & Local Business Man 07/19/1942 – 11/13/2013 David Jones, age 71 of Bellingham (Laurel), passed away November 13, 2013. David was born on July 19, 1942 to Arthur and Minnie Jones in Bellingham. He attended Meridian School District and lived and worked in Whatcom County for his whole life. David started working at Union Printing in Central...

Oscar Petersen

Oscar Petersen

Nov 12, 2013

02/16/1995 ~ 11/14/2013 Oscar Petersen left us on November 12 suddenly in the middle of the day. He will be remembered on Saturday November 16 at Broadway Hall at 3 PM.

Joseph “Jim” Wilson M.D.

Joseph “Jim” Wilson M.D.

Nov 10, 2013

12/08/1919 ~ 11/10/2013 Joseph Didion “Jim” Wilson, age 93, of Bellingham, Washington, passed away November 10, 2013 in Bellingham. He was born December 8, 1919, at St. Joseph’s Home and Hospital in Stockton, California, a third generation Californian. He graduated from Stanford University and Stanford Medical School, and served as a Flight Surgeon in the United States Navy in World...

Lucy Quillen

Lucy Quillen

Nov 9, 2013

10/17/1913 ~ 11/09/2013 Lucy Quillen, age 100, passed away November 9, 2013 in Bellingham. She was born October 17, 1913 in Nooksack, WA to Lowell and Evelyn Faye (Olin) Duling. She married Alvin Clay Quillen on October 5, 1935 and they made their home in Deming, WA and later in Glacier, WA. Lucy was preceded in death by her husband...

David E. Riggs

David E. Riggs

Nov 8, 2013

09/24/1937 ~ 11/08/2013 David A. E. Riggs, age 76, passed away November 8, 2013 in Bellingham. He is survived by his daughter Samantha Riggs and her daughter Josephine of Bellingham, WA, son Alexander (wife Kate) Riggs of Portland, OR, siblings Dorothy, James, Pamela, Albert and Brian in Blackpool, England and Monica in Australia, and many loving relatives and friends. A...

John Kuoppala

John Kuoppala

Nov 6, 2013

01/13/1924 ~ 11/06/2013 John C. Kuoppala, age 89 of Custer, passed away on November 6, 2013. He was born January 13, 1924, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to John and Esther Kuoppala. The family moved west in 1927, and settled in South Bellingham. Summers during the Depression years were spent fishing from a rowboat with his brother, Don, on Bellingham Bay,...

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