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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
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
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
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,...
Marion Edwards. Maj Usaf, Ret.
Nov 4, 2013
12/24/1931 ~ 11/04/2013 Marion “Bud” Edwards, age 81 of Bellingham, passed away November 4, 2013. A graveside service will be held on Friday November 8, 2013 at 11am at Bayview Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Whatcom Hospice.
Judith Wagner
Nov 1, 2013
05/27/1943 ~ 11/01/2013 Judy Wagner, 70 years old passed away Friday, November 1, 2013 at PeaceHealth St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Bellingham, WA. She was born May 27, 1943 in Everett, WA to Robert and Mildred Murray. She graduated from Everett High School in 1961. Judy was a University of Washington graduate and proud supporter of the Huskies Football team....
Barbara Shorett
Oct 30, 2013
07/10/1932 ~ 10/30/2013 Barbara Albers Shorett, born July 10, 1932 in Bellingham, WA passed away on October 30, 2013. Growing up, Barbara attended the Campus School and Bellingham High School in Bellingham, WA as well as the Annie Wright Seminary in Tacoma, WA. Barbara went on to become a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at the University of...
Robert Miller
Oct 28, 2013
06/21/1922 ~ 10/28/2013 Robert Gragg Miller, age 91, passed away on October 28, 2013 in Bellingham surrounded by his large and loving family. He was born June 21, 1922 in Bellingham, WA to Edward H. and Frances Gragg Miller. Robert “Bob” attended Campus School, Lowell, and Fairhaven, graduating from Bellingham High School in 1940. He began his college career at...
Vernon Reinhardt
Oct 26, 2013
08/13/1920 ~ 10/26/2013 Vernon Reinhardt, age 93 of Bellingham, passed away October 26, 2013. Vernon was born on August 13, 1920 in Centralia, IL to Christ and Emma Reinhardt. He was preceded in death by his parents, grandmother, Caroline Huge and his son Vaughn Vernon Reinhardt. Vern was raised in Nashville, IL and attended Lutheran School. In February 1942, he...
Robert Brower
Oct 23, 2013
07/31/1921 – 10/23/2013 CDR. US Navy, Ret. Pearl Harbor Survivor Robert E. Brower age 92 of Bellingham, died October 23, 2013. He was born July 31, 1921 in Altoona, PA to Robert A. and Edith C. Brower. He was raised in Tyrone, PA along with his 5 siblings: Roberta, Dorothy, Frances, Dave and Joy; all of whom have preceded him...
Sarah Brady Koehler
Oct 23, 2013
01/02/1979 – 10/23/2013 Sarah C. Koehler, age 34 of Bellingham passed away Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013. She was born January 2, 1979 in Santa Clara, CA to Thomas and Patricia (Palmesano) Brady. Sarah grew up in Bellingham and attended Assumption Catholic School and Sehome High School. Sarah dearly loved her husband Brandon, her two young daughters Addyson and Elle, and...
Normadell Doubt
Oct 19, 2013
09/19/1918 – 10/19/2013 Dr. Normadell Doubt died on October 19, 2013 at the age of 95. She was a Bellingham physician for 30 years. When she established her practice after graduating from the University of Washington medical school she was the only woman doctor in Whatcom County. When she retired in 1984 there were several women doctors in the county....
Margaret Worthington
Oct 13, 2013
05/29/1923 – 10/13/2013 Margaret M. Worthington, age 90, went home to our Lord on October 13, 2013. She was born May 29, 1923 in Au Train, MI to Louis and Margaret LaMont. During Margaret’s life journey she worked at a parachute factory during World War II in Detroit, MI. She married Lewis M. Worthington on August 2,1947. He preceded her...
Robert Witherspoon, Cmsgt. Usaf, Ret.
Oct 13, 2013
12/19/1940 – 10/13/2013 CMSgt., USAF, Ret. Robert Graham “Bob” Witherspoon, 72, of Bellingham WA, peacefully passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2013. Born in Long Beach, CA on December 19, 1940 to son of Hendry Neil and Anne Eva (Kimball) Witherspoon. He spent much of his childhood in Cranford, NJ, before returning to southern California in 1953. He joined the...
Mary (Lennox) Onyon
Oct 11, 2013
12/21/23 – 10/11/13 Mary Onyon, age 89, of Blaine, WA, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 11, 2013, in Bellingham, WA. “May,” as she was known by family and friends, was born in December of 1923, in Port Glasgow, Scotland, to William and Jessie Lennox. She immigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1924. She married the late Edward “Ted” Onyon on...
Cathy Visser
Oct 6, 2013
05/05/1952 – 10/06/2013 Cathy Visser, age 61 of Bellingham passed away peacefully on October 6, 2013. She was born May 5, 1952 in Bellingham to Al and Anna (Zurn) Claus. Cathy graduated from Sehome High School in 1970 and earned her AA at Skagit Valley CC. She married Ken Visser on May 12, 1973 at Sacred Heart Church in Bellingham....
Kostantinos Ilvanakis
Oct 5, 2013
04/23/1923 – 10/05/2013 Gus Ilvanakis, age 90, of Bellingham passed away peacefully on October 5, 2013 from complications of melanoma. Gus was born on April 23, 1923 in Kavala, Greece to George and Efthalia Ilvanakis. He served in the Greek military for five years during WWII. In 1954 he immigrated to Canada and began working at Alcan Aluminum in Kitimat,...
Victor Peter
Oct 3, 2013
03/05/1943 – 10/03/2013 Victor Peter, age 70 of Bellingham, passed away October 3, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Mary Peter and brother Joseph Peter. He is survived by his loving wife Karen, sons Joseph, Kenneth, Chris Paulenich, Fred Paulenich, sister Maggie LaRosa, 4 grandchildren and many loving family and friends. A private family service...
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