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Doreen Joyce Fenton
Oct 8, 2025
Doreen Joyce Fenton was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 2, 1938. She lived a full life of 87 years.
Doreen lived in several states throughout her lifetime, including California, Oregon, and Washington. The most recent was in SeaTac, WA near her son David.
She always kept busy with activities such senior center, church, and family outings. She attended three Bellingham churches...
Virginia L. Blackmore
Oct 7, 2025
Virginia L. Blackmore passed away in Bellingham, WA on October 7, 2025, at the age of 96. She was born in Fullerton, CA on December 7, 1928, to Charles and Mary (Pickenpaugh) Lownsdale. Fiber arts were her lifelong passion, having learned to knit from her blind grandmother at the age of four. Knitting remained one of her greatest passions throughout...
Grant "Chuck" Browne
Oct 6, 2025
Chuck Browne, age 89, passed away on October 6, 2025, in Bellingham, WA. Chuck was born and raised on the southside of Bellingham and was the second eldest of five siblings.
Chuck enlisted, with friends from high school, in the U.S. Marine Corps as a teen during the Korean War conflict. He spent his enlisted time at Camp Pendleton before being...
Robert A. "Bob" Gilda
Oct 4, 2025
Robert Allen “Bob” Gilda, 84, passed away on October 4, 2025 in Bellingham, Washington.
Bob was born on May 18, 1941, in Bellingham, Washington. He was raised by his mother, Juanita Sutton Gilda and graduated from Meridian High School in 1959. He earned his teaching certificate from Western Washington College of Education (now WWU) in 1963 where he met his wife,...
Frank N. Chorvat Jr.
Oct 1, 2025
Frank N. Chorvat Jr., age 81, passed away on October 1, 2025 in Bellingham, WA. He was born in Chicago, IL on May 2, 1944 to parents Doris (Tarte) and Frank Chorvat Sr. He graduated from Bellingham High School in 1962 and served in the US Army from 1964-1967. He married Sandra Stull on September 30, 1967 in Bellingham and...
Frank G. Sanchez
Sep 30, 2025
Frank Sanchez was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at his grandmother’s home, to Frank W. Sanchez and Petrita (Sanchez) Sanchez. He was the eldest of six children.
The family later moved to Seattle, where Frank attended Franklin High School and graduated in 1954. He went on to complete a five-year plumbing apprenticeship and worked in that field for ten years as...
Shelly L. Butenschoen
Sep 28, 2025
Shelly Lorraine (Reed) Butenschoen, age 71, passed away peacefully on September 28, 2025, in Bellingham, Washington. Born on October 29, 1953, in Seattle, Washington, Shelly was the daughter of Robert and June Reed.
She had a lifelong passion for horses and always loved long car rides—it didn't matter the destination. Shelly found great joy in family life. She shared a devoted...
Shirley M. Nims
Sep 26, 2025
Shirley Mae Nims at 100 years of age passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bellingham on September 26, 2025. As a child she grew up on an idyllic farm in the beautiful Acme Valley with her parents Alice and Kenneth Howell and six siblings, all of whom she outlived. Through the years many stories of play and mischief were...
Marissa Desirée Guevara
Sep 15, 2025
Sunrise: August 8, 1977 ~ Sunset: September 15, 2025
With broken hearts, we share the passing of our beloved daughter, Marissa Desirée Guevara, who went to her eternal home on September 15, 2025, at the age of 48, after a courageous battle with depression.
Born in Upland, California, on August 8, 1977, to William and Marta Guevara Jr., Marissa -affectionately called “PeeDee”...
Barbara June Anderson
Sep 15, 2025
Barbara June (Loomer) Anderson, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2025, at Mt. Baker Care Center in Bellingham, Washington. She was 94.
Born on April 19, 1931, at St. Luke’s General Hospital, Barbara was the eldest child of Kenneth Laverne and Ellen Bernice (Knutsen) Loomer. From an early age she looked after her younger siblings,...
Emil Hecht
Sep 12, 2025
Obituary for Robert Emil Hecht, MD Born September 3, 1941 – Passed Away September 12, 2025
Emil Hecht, MD, respected and beloved physician, merrymaker, adventurer, community leader and activist, passed away on September 12, 2025 at the age of 84, surrounded by family. He was born on September 3, 1941 in Seattle, WA to Dr. Morris and Louise Hecht. Dr. Hecht...
Michael Scott Mehler
Aug 26, 2025
Michael Scott Mehler, age 63, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Ferndale, WA on August 26, 2025.
Mike was born to parents Harold and Darlene Mehler in Bellingham, WA on April 11, 1962. After graduating from Bellingham High School, he went to work at Georgia Pacific where both his dad and grandpa were employed. He later started his own business,...
Frederick Palmer Lee
Aug 26, 2025
Lifetime Bellingham resident Frederick Palmer Lee, son of William "Cougar" Lee and Patricia (Rocke) Lee, passed away Aug 26, 2025. He is survived by his loving companion of 21 years, Sandi Weston, and many relatives and friends.
A service of remembrance will be held at Westford Funeral Home on Thursday, September 11th at 11 am. A reception will follow.
Nina Abi-Farah
Aug 15, 2025
Nina Abi-Farah, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on August 15, 2025, at the age of 72. Nina was born in 1952 in Damascus, Syria, to Hyatt and Rushdi Al-Jabi. Her early life was shaped by a deep love of languages, literature, music, and philosophy, passions she cultivated during her education at French Catholic schools. She fondly...
Donna Jefferis
Aug 13, 2025
Donna Jefferis, age 78, passed away peacefully at home in Bellingham, WA on August 13, 2025. Donna was born on December 2, 1946, to Donald & Gayle (Travis) Williams in San Francisco, CA. She graduated from Park Rose High School in 1965 and then attended Portland State University.
Donna met her future husband on a blind date at the Diamond Lake...
Geraldine Bell
Aug 11, 2025
Geraldine Mae Bell, née Gorospe, age 70, passed away in Puyallup, WA, on August 11, 2025. Gery was born September 5, 1954, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Jose and Maria Gorospe. She is survived by her husband, Don Bell; her children, Bucky (Briana) Bell and Christian (Robert) Vargas; and her six grandchildren, Colton, Parker, and Cooper Bell, and Aundrea, Dayton, and...
Jeffery Robert Hayward-Hughes
Aug 10, 2025
Jeffery Robert Hayward-Hughes of Bellingham, Washington, known to most as Jeff, passed away peacefully at the age of 68 on August 10, 2025.
Born September 12, 1956 in San Jose, California, Jeff spent his childhood moving between Northern California and the wild, windswept beauty of Lopez Island, Washington. He grew up with a sense of curiosity and adventure that would carry...
Elder Joseph Roberts, Jr.
Aug 4, 2025
Elder Joseph Roberts, Jr. passed away August 4, 2025. Services with military honors were held in Deming, WA.
Veronica (Parker) McNamee
Aug 4, 2025
Our sweet mom, Veronica (Parker) McNamee, passed away August 4, 2025, surrounded by family. She was born to Edward and Veronica Parker, April 29, 1930, in Akron, Ohio. She grew up in the Great Depression, saved wrapping paper and bows, decorated her home with beautiful garage sale “treasures”, and knew how to make an eight-dollar thrift store dress look classy....
Taylor Roy Moss
Aug 3, 2025
Taylor Moss, age 41 of Bellingham, WA passed away August 3, 2025. Please share a memory with the family.
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