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Mae Smith
Dec 26, 2012
05/02/1919 – 12/26/2012 Mae L. Smith, age 93 passed away peacefully on December 26, 2012 in Bellingham. She was born May 2, 1919 in Spokane, WA to Edward and Christine Bishop. She married Corky Smith, Sr. in Spokane, WA on Nov. 25, 1938. In 1963 Corky and Mae started the Olivine Corporation in Bellingham, a mining company specializing in industrial...
Shirley Hall
Dec 25, 2012
05/19/1921 – 12/25/2012 Shirley Hall, age 91 of Bellingham passed away peacefully on December 25, 2012. Shirley lived in Bellingham for almost fifty years. She loved playing the piano, gardening and entertaining. Shirley was very proud of being born and raised in Dickenson, North Dakota. She is survived by relatives Barbara, Shirley, Richard and Marilyn Langlois, Bari Cornet and good...
Kathie Webber-Plank
Dec 25, 2012
03/26/1944 – 12/25/2012 Kathie Webber-Plank, age 68, passed away December 25, 2012 in Bellingham, WA. She was born March 26, 1944 in Martinez, CA to Edgar H. and Gwendolyn L. Bailey. She married Steve on June 18, 1966 in Riverside, CA and was a loved mother of two and grandmother of four. Most of Kathie’s childhood was spent in Redwood...
Mark Lehman
Dec 24, 2012
07/07/1956 – 12/24/2012 Mark R Lehman, Sr., 56, passed away December 24, 2012. He was born July 7, 1956 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Mark was the proud son of Kenneth K. Lehman and Patricia (Adair) Lehman, both deceased in 2011. He was predeceased by father and mother in law Robert Suiter and Esther Parker in 2007. Mark is survived by...
Nicholee (Hurley) Baron
Dec 20, 2012
08/30/1943 – 12/20/2012 Nicholee Ann Baron, age 69 of Bellingham, passed away December 20, 2012. She was born August 30, 1943 in Bellingham to Thomas and Kathryn Hurley. She was preceded in death by her parents Thomas and Kathryn (Rickerson) Hurley and granddaughter Michaela Baron. She is survived by her husband Anthony, sons Mike (wife Kelley) Baron and John (wife...
Robert Harder
Dec 13, 2012
10/12/1925 – 12/13/2012 Robert Harder, age 87 passed away December 13, 2012 in Bellingham. He was born October 12, 1925 in Corn, Oklahoma to John and Anna (Reimer) Harder and was the 2nd of 6 children. Bob grew up during the Depression and dust bowl years where life was hard for families to survive. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy...
Margie Walker
Dec 6, 2012
11/25/1929 – 12/06/2012 Margie Walker, age 83, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 6th at Hospice House in Bellingham. She was born November 25, 1929 in Bellingham to Michael and Fae Szymanski. Margie graduated from Bellingham High School in 1947. She married Jim Walker on June 10, 1950 in Bellingham. They lived in Mount Vernon, WA for over 30 years...
Bonnie (Nieshe) Richardson
Dec 4, 2012
02/21/1921 – 12/04/2012 Bonnie (Nieshe) Richardson, 91, was born in Anacortes on Feb 21, 1921, to George and Ada Nieshe. She grew up in Concrete, WA. Bonnie passed away peacefully on Dec. 4, 2012 at St. Francis of Bellingham. In 1946 Bonnie married Donald Lee Richardson, of Acme. Donald passed away in 1984. Bonnie eventually met and married Matthew Franzen,...
Richard Dillon
Dec 1, 2012
01/13/1930 – 12/01/2012 Richard J. Dillon, age 82 of Bellingham, passed away with his family by his side on December 1, 2012. He was born January 13, 1930 in Joliet, Il to Bernie and Blanche Dillon. Richard was a loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother. Richard was preceded in death by his loving wife Barbara Dillon and his brother Terry...
Patricia Fitzgerald
Nov 23, 2012
Patricia A. Fitzgerald 01/21/1931 – 11/23/2012 Earl E. Fitzgerald 08/01/1926 – 01/12/2005 Earl and Patricia Fitzgerald will finally be reunited after several years of separation. Earl was born in Grand Island, Nebraska and Patricia was born in Bellingham, Washington. They were married in 1949 in Bellingham. They had 3 children, Kathleen (John), Mike, Jackie (Doug); three grandchildren, Melissa (Shane), Johnye,...
John Sternhagen
Nov 23, 2012
08/08/1917 – 11/23/2012 John G. Sternhagen, loving husband, father, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather, also known as Pappa, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 23rd, 2012 only six days after the love of his life, Nina passed away. He was born in Kalispell, Montana on August 8, 1917 to John F. Sternhagen and Mary R. Caliari Sternhagen. The family moved to...
Naomi Tollum
Nov 19, 2012
06/26/1917 – 11/19/2012 Naomi Tollum, age 95, passed away peacefully on November 19, 2012 in Bellingham. She was born June 26, 1917 in Amherst, NE to Homer and Mary Harmoney. Naomi was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by husbands Paul Jordan and Bill Tollum and daughter Sheryl Read. She is survived by daughter Sue...
Shani Hatfield
Nov 19, 2012
10/03/1969 – 11/19/2012 Shani Patricia Hatfield, 43, of Bellingham, Washington, passed peacefully from the care of her husband and family and entered into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on November 19th, 2012. Shani was born in Portland, Oregon on October 3rd 1969. She attended middle school in California and moved to Bellingham in 1983, graduating from Sehome High...
Nina Sternhagen
Nov 17, 2012
01/28/1914 – 11/17/2012 Nina J. Sternhagen, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother passed away peacefully on Saturday the 17th of November. She was born in Caltrano, Italy, on January 28, 1914 to Joseph and Theresa Sandona. She came with her mother to Bellingham via Ellis Island in 1919 to join her father who had moved to the U.S. four...
Jeannie Harrington
Nov 13, 2012
05/31/1943 – 11/13/2012 Jeannie Harrington passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loving family and friends on November 13, 2012, after a courageous battle with ALS. She was a sweet and beautiful lady to the end. She was born to Ray and Myrel Baker on May 31, 1943 in Ellensburg, WA, and grew up in Yakima, WA, where she graduated...
William Follis
Nov 12, 2012
09/27/1924 – 11/12/2012 WWII Prisoner of War/Long time Bellingham Businessman Bill Follis, age 88, passed away Monday, November 12, 2012 in Bellingham, WA. He was born September 27, 1924 in Bellingham to William T. and Mildred (Starck) Follis. Bill graduated from Bellingham High School in 1942 and attended WSU before sneaking out of the window of the infirmary to hitchhike...
David Moreland
Nov 6, 2012
03/27/1951 – 11/06/2012 David P. Moreland, age 61 of Bellingham, passed away on November 6, 2012. A gathering will be held at 1:30 PM on Thurs. Nov. 15, 2012 at The Willows, 3115 Squalicum Pkwy. Memorials may be made to Paws Awhile, 1200 10th St. Bellingham, WA, 98225.
Mildred “Millie” Ellis
Nov 3, 2012
10/31/1929 – 11/03/2012 Bellingham Resident Millie Ellis passed away peacefully on November 3, 2012. She is survived by her longtime companion George Jackson, son Bruce (Kimberly) Ellis, daughters Shirley (Michael) Ahlman and Susan (John) Wood, and many loving relatives and friends.
William Becht
Nov 3, 2012
11/12/1935 – 11/03/2012 William L. Becht entered into rest on November 3, 2012 in Bellingham.
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