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Local Obituaries for Bellingham, WA, Whatcom County & Surrounding Areas

Olive Harding

Olive Harding

Sep 24, 2010

8/20/1911 – 9/24/2010 Olive Dannetta Allen Tilenda Harding started her journey August 20, 1911 in Redfield, South Dakota. She was a strong woman who survived the deaths of two husbands and her only child, Peggy. She is survived by her grand- and great-grandchildren Karen, Keith, Shannon, Sarah, Gary, Jana, Tom, Sarah, Samantha and Rex. Olive learned to knit at the...

Agnes Koehler

Agnes Koehler

Sep 21, 2010

2/12/1915 – 9/21/2010 Vigil Service: St. Peter’s Catholic Church ~ Tuesday, September 28 at 7:00 pm Mass of Christian Burial: St. Peter’s Catholic Church – Wednesday, September 29 at 11:00 am Burial: St. Peter’s Cemetery ~ Following Mass Reception: St. Peter’s Catholic Church ~ Following the Burial Agnes P. Koehler, age 95 of Bellingham, went to be with our Lord...

Robert Lorenzo

Robert Lorenzo

Sep 21, 2010

3/4/1924 – 9/21/2010 Vigil Service: Thursday, September 30 at 7 PM at Westford Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial:  Friday, October 1st at 12 noon Church of the Assumption. Burial: Following Mass at Bayview City Cemetery Reception: Following the Burial at Westford’s Broadway Hall, 1300 Broadway. Bob Lorenzo, age 86 of Bellingham, made his last set from the St. Marguerite...

Beverly “Bev” Clumpner

Beverly “Bev” Clumpner

Sep 18, 2010

Celebration of Bev’s Life:  Saturday, Sept. 18th at 10:30 am at the Command Aviation Hangar, 2010 W. Bakerview Rd. Beverly left her earthly body August 20, 2010 after a long illness. Bev was born to Lloyd and Gladys Snider January 11, 1930 in Bellingham. Beverly married Jack Clumpner August 21, 1948 after graduating from Bellingham High School. Bev is survived...

Josephine Mcneill

Josephine Mcneill

Sep 16, 2010

9/13/1912 – 9/16/2010 Memorial Service: Thursday, September 30 at 11:30 am at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Reception: Bellingham Golf & Country Club, following the service. Josephine McNeill, lifetime resident of Bellingham, died Thursday, September 16, 2010 at the age of 98 at Mt. Baker Care Center from complications of a broken hip.  Jo was born in Bellingham on September 13,...

Sharon Baughman

Sharon Baughman

Sep 14, 2010

5/30/1938 – 9/14/2010 Sharon Kay Baughman, age 72 of Bellingham, WA, passed away peacefully at her home with family by her side on September 14, 2010. She was born in St. Maries, ID, on May 30th, 1938, the third child of James and Itha (Willard) Moran of Plummer, ID.  Both the Morans and the Willards were pioneer families of Plummer....

Jack Radisich

Jack Radisich

Sep 11, 2010

1/16/1962 – 9/11/2010 Graveside Services: Wednesday, September 22nd at 2:00 pm at Bayview City Cemetery. Celebration of Jack’s Life: Wednesday, September 22nd at 4:00 pm at the American Legion, 1688 W. Bakerview Rd. in Bellingham. Jack P. Radisich, age 48, passed away September 11, 2010 due to complications after surgery.  Jack was born January 16, 1962 in Bellingham to Jack...

Hjordis Pedersen

Hjordis Pedersen

Sep 10, 2010

1/12/1922 – 9/10/2010 Hjordis Vera Pedersen, age 88 of Bellingham, passed away September 10, 2010. Hjordis was born January 12, 1922 in Oslo, Norway and the family immigrated to Canada when she was 3 years old and settled in St. Catherines.  A few years later the family immigrated to the United States, and moved to Brooklyn, NY in the Red...

M. Mitchell

M. Mitchell

Sep 10, 2010

5/17/1922 – 9/10/2010 Celebration of Jeanne’s Life: Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 2 pm at First Presbyterian Church M. Jeanne Mitchell, age 88 of Bellingham, passed away September 10, 2010. She was born May 17, 1922 in Prosser, WA to Harold and Mary (Kidwell) Mewhinney. She married Dr. Howard E. Mitchell on Dec. 2, 1945.  Jeanne graduated from St. Luke’s...

Charles Pearce

Charles Pearce

Sep 10, 2010

9/4/1957 – 9/10/2010 Prayer for Healing May the All Compassionate One, grace me this day with blessed healing and carry me forward with patience and strength, courage and humor, and hope. As I work this day to create meaning that radiates light and life in the midst of illness and pain, disease and struggle, and even death. May the All...

Melvin Youngs

Melvin Youngs

Sep 8, 2010

8/16/1929 – 9/8/2010 Melvin R. Youngs, age 81, passed away Wed. Sept 8th, 2010 in Bellingham. He was born August 16th, 1929 in Bellingham to Fred E. and Ada (Callow) Youngs.  Mel was Past Exalted Ruler of BPO Elks Lodge #194, life member of both VFW #1585 and American Legion Post #7, and belonged to Golden Age Eagles Lodge #31. ...

Jack Brown

Jack Brown

Sep 7, 2010

11/28/1916 – 9/7/2010 Memorial Service: Saturday, September 11 at 11 AM at St. James Presbyterian Church, followed by a reception in the Fellowship Hall. Jack Tyler Brown, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather was called home as he slept peacefully on Tuesday September 7, following a brief illness.  Born in Arroyo Grande, California on the family farm November 28, 1916,...

Nathan Engels

Nathan Engels

Sep 1, 2010

8/23/1956 – 9/1/2010

Carmen Ortiz

Carmen Ortiz

Sep 1, 2010

Visitation: Friday, September 3, 2010 from 3-5 PM at Westford Funeral Home Funeral Service: Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 10 AM at Westford Funeral Home Reception: Saturday, September 4, 2010 at Broadway Hall, Following the Service

Eldeen “Deena” King

Eldeen “Deena” King

Aug 25, 2010

2/19/1921 – 8/25/2010 Visitation: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 from 9-10:30 AM at Westford Funeral Home Graveside Service: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 11:30 AM at Woodlawn Cemetery Reception:  Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at Westford’s Broadway Hall, following the graveside Deena passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at her daughter and son-in-law’s home in Arlington, WA, at the age...

Yvonne Sheline

Yvonne Sheline

Aug 25, 2010

Funeral Service: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 1:00 pm at Bayview City Cemetery Yvonne Sheline, age 92, passed away peacefully August 21, 2010 into the arms of our loving Heavenly Father at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center.  She died from natural causes. Yvonne was born to Clem Earl Ford and Garnet Freese Ford on December 22, 1917, in Axtel, Kansas. ...

Captain “Frank” Oliver

Captain “Frank” Oliver

Aug 24, 2010

Capt. Edward “Frank” Oliver, USCG, Ret. 11/12/1922-8/24/2010 Captain Edward Franklin Oliver passed away in Bellingham, WA on August 24, 2010 at the age of 87.   Captain Oliver was born in North Bend, Oregon in 1922.  His love of the sea led him at age 16 to work as a seaman on Red Stack Tugs in San Francisco Bay.  In 1942,...

Alfred “Alf” Gunn

Alfred “Alf” Gunn

Aug 21, 2010

Graveside Services:  Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Greenacres Cemetery Alfred Grant (Alf) Gunn, 92, died August 21, 2010 in Provo, Utah from a stroke. Alf was born June 24, 1918, in Salt Lake City, UT, the third child of five born to Alfred Gardner Gunn and Dora Arilla (Jensen) Gunn.  He married Barbara Reeve in Washington, D.C,...

Patricia Andrews Nolte

Patricia Andrews Nolte

Aug 17, 2010

9/19/1933-8/17/2010 Pat was preceded in death by her husband Fred. She is survived by daughters Alyce (husband John) Hackney and Robin (husband T.J.) Vaughn, sister Margaret Shumate, brother David (wife Claire) Andrews, and numerous other relatives. Pat will be laid to rest with her husband Fred in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.

Gilda Gagne

Gilda Gagne

Aug 11, 2010

8/3/1927 – 8/11/2010 Celebration of Life: Friday, August 20, 2010 at 11 AM at Westford Funeral Home.  Reception to follow. Gilda Gagne, age 83, went to be with her Lord on August 11, 2010 in Bellingham. She was born August 3, 1927 in Burley, Idaho, the 18th of 19 children born to John and Ellen Heacock.  Gilda worked for many...