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Dorothy Klemm
Mar 23, 2012
02/25/1924 – 03/23/2012 Dorothy was born in Corona, NY in 1924 to Margaret and James Jones. She spent her childhood in Holbrook, Long Island before some of the roads in town were paved. She and her siblings walked four miles to church on Sundays and Dorothy developed a love for walking early on. During WW II Dorothy was a real...
Loren Wardrop
Mar 20, 2012
09/01/1925 – 03/20/2012 Loren Wardrop, age 86 of Bellingham passed away March 20, 2012. He was born September 1, 1925 in Bellingham to John and Katherine Wardrop. Loren loved all sports and participated in football, basketball, baseball and boxing while in high school and college. While serving in the U.S. Navy for 2 years during WWII, Loren was involved in...
Blondina Wessel
Mar 14, 2012
10/30/1914 – 03/14/2012 Blondina Amanda Wessel, after 97 years and 4 months went to her heavenly home on March 14th, 2012. There, she joined her parents Ida and William Wessel, her sisters Viola Gorne and Vyra Loebrick and brother Lloyd. She was born Oct 30th 1914, and was raised on the family farm during the Great Depression, in Perham, Minnesota....
Louise Frazier
Mar 14, 2012
12/12/1927 – 03/14/2012 Louise M. Frazier, age 84 passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012 in Bellingham. She was born December 12, 1927 in Bellingham to Frank and Georgia Holbrook. Louise lived her entire life on the Southside, graduating from Bellingham High School in 1945. She was an active member of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church for her entire life, where she...
Kathryn (Foster) Costello
Mar 10, 2012
12/31/1945 – 03/10/2012 Kathryn Costello was born in The Dalles, OR on December 31, 1945 to Kenneth G. and Doris M. Foster. She grew up in the Columbia Gorge and graduated from Stevenson High School in Stevenson, WA in 1964. Kathryn completed her nursing studies at Portland State University and practiced as a registered nurse in Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico,...
June Pitt Ross
Mar 10, 2012
05/02/1931 – 03/10/2012 June Rosa Pitt Ross passed away peacefully on March 10, 2012 at Mt. Baker Care Center where she was so well cared for in her last days. She was 80; born May 2, 1931, in Taree, New South Wales, Australia, the second of three children born to Bernard and Adeline Patti (Nind) Phillips, all of whom have...
Eileen Brenessel
Mar 10, 2012
02/14/1919 – 03/10/2012 A Celebration of Eileen’s life will be held at The Willows, 3115 Squalicum Parkway in Bellingham on Saturday, March 24th at 1:30 PM.
Kate Peach
Mar 5, 2012
09/14/1924 – 03/05/2012 Kate Peach died peacefully at the Whatcom Hospice House on March 5th, 2012. Kate was born on September 14, 1924 at Camp Lewis, just outsideTacoma. Her father, Alfred McMorris, was a career military man who retired as a General from the US Army. Kate spent idyllic summers onBainbridgeIslandwith a large number of cousins and her only sister,...
Ann Colwell
Mar 3, 2012
06/13/1922 – 03/03/2012 Ann Colwell, age 89 of Bellingham passed away March 3, 2012 in Bellingham. She was born June 13, 1922 in Waterville, WA to Robert and Marie Heisig. She married Anthony “Tony” Colwell in 1946 in Waterville, WA. She was an excellent homemaker and enjoyed cooking, canning, baking pies, cleaning and taking care of her children, and later...
David Kanarr
Mar 2, 2012
05/08/1928 – 03/02/2012 David Kanarr, age 83 of Bellingham passed away March 2, 2012. He was born May 8, 1928 in Shelton, WA, to Prescott and Helen (Stone) Kanarr. David graduated from Bellingham High School in 1946. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. He fed the feral cats around his neighborhood and was known as the...
Don Matyas
Mar 1, 2012
08/04/1932 – 03/01/2012 Don Matyas, age 79 passed away peacefully March 1, 2012 in Bellingham. He was born August 4, 1932 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma to Anton and Mary (McHenry) Matyas. Don graduated from Everett High School and Everett Junior College. He also attended Seattle University and Western Washington University. Don served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955....
Marguerite Diffendaffer
Feb 29, 2012
05/16/1923 – 02/29/2012 Marguerite L. Diffendaffer, 88, of Blaine, WA, passed away February 29, 2012.Marguerite was born May 16, 1923 to Alfred Grant Moore and Dora Eunetha Johnson Moore at Council, Idaho. She grew up in Council and New Plymouth, Idaho and graduated from New Plymouth High School. In New Plymouth she met James “Jim” M. Diffendaffer, the boy next...
Harold Raymond
Feb 25, 2012
11/28/1928 – 02/25/2012 Harold Raymond was born November 28, 1928 in Bellingham, WA to Harold E. and Mercedes (Riggs) Raymond. When he was seven, the family moved to Puyallup and later to Tacoma. He graduated from Stadium High School in June 1946 and enlisted in the US Army Air Force on January 27, 1947. While stationed at Kelly AFB in...
Mary Henry
Feb 23, 2012
11/02/1920 – 02/23/2012 Mary Henry, age 91 of Bellingham passed away on February 23, 2012 at Shuksan Healthcare Center. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert in 2003, and her sisters Beatrice Costello and Margaret Barrett. She is survived by her daughter Mary Lee (Frank) McCormick of Vancouver, B.C., son Dennis Henry of Portland, OR, grandson Daniel McCormick...
Dollie Griffith Raines
Feb 21, 2012
02/12/1919 – 02/21/2012 A Celebration of Dollie’s life was held at Westford Funeral Home on Sat., February 25th at 1 PM.
Rowena Stapp
Feb 21, 2012
01/14/1923 – 02/21/2012 Rowena “Rowe” Stapp passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2012. She was 89 years old, born in Sumas, WA, to Chauncy and Josephine (Hoval) Wells. She grew up in Sumas where she graduated from high school. Rowe was a respectful daughter, loyal sister, a loving mother and aunt and a thoughtful friend. She was very intelligent, had...
Keith Onsum
Feb 19, 2012
12/08/1953 – 02/19/2012 Keith “Eric” Onsum, age 58, passed away on February 19, 2012, following a lengthy illness. He was born December 8, 1953, in Bellingham, Washington, to Keith and Betty Onsum. He attended Sehome High School. As a younger man, he was an aggressive athlete, participating in “hot dog” skiing, extreme wind surfing, endurance bicycle riding and later river...
Helen Anderson
Feb 17, 2012
07/20/1918 - 02/17/2012 Services will be held at 1:30 PM on Sat. March 3rd at Salvation Army Church.
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