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Glen Bocock
Jul 25, 2013
08/07/1951 ~ 07/25/2013 Glen A. Bocock, age 61, of Lummi Island, passed away July 25, 2013. His light and love will live strong in the hearts of his wife Betty, daughter Angelita, son Islando, son-in-law Salamander and grandchildren Avia and Makai. His memory will also live on within an incredible network of family and friends. Glen’s talents and hobbies were...
Donald Olney
Jul 23, 2013
03/12/1934 – 07/23/2013 Don Olney, age 79, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. He was born March 12, 1934 in Eyebrow, Saskatchewan, Canada to Richard and Wilhelmina Olney. Don grew up in Bellingham and attended Assumption and Bellingham High School. He married Elaine Johnstone in 1955 in Bellingham, WA. Don served in the...
John Somody
Jul 23, 2013
09/06/1937 – 07/23/2013 John Somody, age 75, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. He was born September 6, 1937 in Stamford, CT to John and Elizabeth Somody. Before moving to Bellingham John worked for Bechtel Corporation. In Whatcom County he worked for Anvil Corporation, retiring as a Vice-President. John was a passionate golfer and an active member of...
Theodore Norr
Jul 23, 2013
07/05/1919 – 07/23/2013 Theodore (Ted) Norr, age 94 passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. The 5th of 10 children, he was born in Pierz, MN on July 5, 1919 to Robert and Florence Norr. He married Katherine (Kay) Clay in 1941 in Evanston, IL. Ted served in the US Army in the South Pacific during WWII and participated...
Deanna Ogle
Jul 20, 2013
04/18/1959 ~ 07/20/2013 Born to Cleo Jean (Davis) and Richard Ogle in Wenatchee, WA. Moved to Bellingham in 1972 where she graduated from Sehome High School and continued her education to become a registered nurse. Deanna loved to read and was a fabulous cook and baker. She loved to travel and enjoyed several themed cruises. Deanna was preceded in death...
Clara Dennis
Jul 20, 2013
08/18/1948 ~ 07/20/2013 Clara Dennis, age 64 of Bellingham, passed away on July 20, 2013.
Margaret Hill
Jul 20, 2013
02/13/1922 ~ 07/20/2013 Margaret Hill, age 91 of bellingham, passed away on July 20, 2013.
Jack Carver
Jul 13, 2013
12/05/1917 – 07/13/2013 Jack Coston Carver passed away at home July 13, 2013. He was born to William-Coston and Gertrude Carver on Dec 5, 1917 in Bellingham and was a lifelong resident and community advocate. Jack attended the Bellingham Normal School, Fairhaven High School, Western Washington State College, and the University of Washington before he joined the Army Air Corps...
Theodore Butterworth,
Jul 12, 2013
06/16/1924 – 07/12/2013 Theodore Butterworth, Jr. passed quietly Friday morning after a brief illness. Known to his loved ones as Ted, he was born in Nimrod, Arkansas on June 16, 1924. During WWII, he served in the United States Army and earned a Purple Heart after being seriously wounded during a beach landing on the island of Luzon in the...
Pauline Main
Jul 10, 2013
03/12/1917 – 07/10/2013 Pauline Main, age 96 of Bellingham, passed away July 10, 2013.
Mitchell L. Farrar
Jul 9, 2013
Mitchell Farrar, age 90 of Bellingham passed away on July 9, 2013. A Memorial Service will be held at Westford Funeral Home on Saturday July 26, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. A reception will follow. You may share memories with the family at westfordfuneralhome.com.
Donald Beadle
Jul 7, 2013
07/30/1956 – 07/07/2013 Donald Beadle, age 56 of Bellingham, passed away July 7, 2013
Donald “Nash” Young
Jul 5, 2013
10/04/1949 ~ 07/05/2013 Nash Young, age 63, passed away July 5, 2013 in Ferndale after a brief illness. He was born October 4, 1949 in Seattle, WA and was raised in Nome, AK. Nash worked as a spruce millworker, a commercial fisherman, and wood cutter. Nash was preceded in death by his parents Bennett and Dorothy Young , sister Ruth...
Marjorie Joseph
Jul 4, 2013
12/09/1924 ~ 07/04/2013 Marjorie (“Margie”) Joseph was born in San Francisco on December 9th, 1924. She died on July 4th, 2013 after being ill for several months. She was the only child of Edna and George Waterman, growing up during the Great Depression and living in various communities in California which included Oakland, Pasadena, and Los Angeles. Her father had...
Adell Ray-Hagnas
Jul 2, 2013
08/12/1948 – 07/02/2013 Adell Ray-Hagnas, age 64 of Whatcom County, passed away July 2, 2013. Adell was born on August 12, 1948 to Walter Sr. and Shirley Micona in Seattle, WA. She loved children, music and dancing. Her favorite color of green gave away her natural ability to grow gardens of all varieties, mastering beautiful flower gardens year after year....
C. Hale
Jul 1, 2013
11/02/1927 – 07/01/2013 C. Price Hale, age 85 of Bellingham, passed away Monday, July 1, 2013. Beloved husband of Phyllis Lindquist Hale. Father of Sharon Mooney, Vicki Wichers (Gary), Trudi Briede (A.E.). Grandfather of Dennis Mooney, Shane Wichers, Lindsay Stanek and Albert Briede, V. Also survived by 4 great-grandchildren. A former resident of New Orleans and Houston he returned to...
Gloria Mhyre
Jun 30, 2013
12/20/1933 ~ 06/30/2013 Gloria J. Mhyre, age 79 of Bellingham, passed away on June 30, 2013.
Gary Shintaffer
Jun 25, 2013
05/08/1977 ~ 06/25/2013 Born in 1977, Gary spent his life brightening the lives of everyone that knew him. After two successful battles with cancer in his twenties, Gary passed away suddenly at home in Mill Creek, WA on June 25, 2013. Raised in Ferndale, WA and a graduate of Washington State University, Gary’s gift of connecting with people led him...
Janet (Taylor) Porter
Jun 21, 2013
07/15/1931 ~ 06/21/2013 Janet Porter, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, June 19th, 2013, at the Christian Healthcare Center in Lynden,WA. Janet was born on July 15, 1931 in Akron, Ohio to Eunice and Raymond Taylor. Janet was a lifelong resident of Akron, Ohio until she moved with her husband, Roy J. Porter, to Lynden in 2006 to be near...
Kathy Monson Kaiser
Jun 21, 2013
02/24/1952 – 06/21/2013 Kathy Susan Monson Kaiser was born on February 24, 1952 to Ruth and Ian Monson in Bellingham, WA and passed away on June 21, 2013. She attended Franklin, Whatcom, Sehome, and Western Washington University schools in Bellingham and graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts with a B.A. in psychology. Kathy enjoyed extensive travel, time with friends, and...
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