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Victoria Sprong
Oct 23, 2022
Born in Manitoba, Canada on August 16, 1994, Victoria passed away unexpectedly in Bellingham, WA on October 23, 2022. In her early life, she was raised by John and Donna Strickland, who she called Papa Bear and Mamma Bear. She grew up quickly after their untimely deaths, and went on to work for a caregiver cooperative, and later, as an...
James D. Haynes
Oct 15, 2022
James D. Haynes, age 78, passed away October 15, 2022 at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham. He was born on November 8, 1943 in Bellingham, WA to Donald and Mary Haynes. James graduated from Bellingham High School in 1963 and joined the US Navy. He had a passion for music, played several instruments, and performed with Bellingham High School...
Paula Maurine Gaines
Oct 15, 2022
Paula Maurine Gaines departed this Earth on Saturday, October 15, 2022. She was born March 3, 1955 in Bozeman, MT. Her family soon moved to Berkeley, California where Paula spent most of her childhood, with the exception of two years in Mexico City and summers at her grandparents’ farm on Lummi Island, WA. In Berkeley, she met her BFF, Kate...
Jacqueline "Jackie" M. White
Oct 13, 2022
Jacqueline “Jackie” M. White, age 75, passed away on October 13, 2022 in Bellingham, WA. She was born on July 6, 1947 in Port Townsend, WA to parents John and Anna Qualls. She attended Port Townsend High School, graduating in 1965. She worked as a legal assistant here in Bellingham for 21 years. Returning to Bellingham in 2021, she lived...
Shannon Lee Mckeever
Oct 9, 2022
Shannon Lee McKeever was born September 22, 1974 in Bellingham and passed away on October 9, 2022 in Seattle. She is survived by parents Douglas and Audrey McKeever and her younger brother, Scott. Family and extended family were very important to her. Shannon loved animals, and while in high school she participated in FFA (Future Farmers of America) and won...
Sharron L. Newman
Oct 4, 2022
Sharron (Shar) Louise Newman, age 74, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2022 following a stroke. She was born March 21, 1948 in US Army Hospital Fort Monmouth New Jersey to Hugh Paul Dickinson and Marion Elizabeth Dalton Dickinson. She spent time in Germany as a child while the country was rebuilding after World War II, which had a profound...
Ambrose Roerick
Oct 1, 2022
Born on November 18, 1941 in Esmond, ND to Michael and Dorothy (Hager) Roerick, Ambrose passed away on October 1, 2022 in Bellingham, WA. Raised on the family farm in North Dakota, Ambrose learned the importance of hard work from a young age. After graduation from high school, he started a successful business servicing manufactured homes. He moved to Washington...
Rose Marie Lomonte
Sep 28, 2022
Born on March 11, 1927 in Beaumont, TX to Peter and Leora (Cooper) Lomonte, Rose Marie passed away in Bellingham, WA on September 28, 2022. Raised in Houston, she graduated from St. Agnes Academy in 1944. After receiving her BA from the University of Houston in 1948, she moved to Urbana-Champaign, IL to attend the University of Illinois where she...
George T. Lallas
Sep 25, 2022
George T. Lallas, age 92, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2022 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 6, 1930 in Bellingham, WA to Tomas and Ester Lallas. George graduated from Bellingham High School in the class of 1948. Upon graduation, George began his enlistment with the U.S. Marines Corps. George served two years...
James "Jim" N. Fay
Sep 20, 2022
Jim Fay passed away in Bellevue, WA on September 20, 2022 with his wife and son by his side. Jim was born April 7, 1949 in Aurora, Colorado to James and Dollie Fay, and graduated from Colorado School of Mines with a degree in Chemical Engineering. After graduation he moved to Bellingham to work as an engineer for Ershigs Inc....
George H. Cole
Sep 19, 2022
George Cole, age 93, died September 19, 2022, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle following a stroke. He was born in Eatonville, Washington on June 19, 1929 to Selby Forest and Rachel Alberta (Snoddy) Cole and grew up on the slopes of Mt. Rainier. When he was a sophomore in high school his widowed mother brought her children to Bellingham...
V. Erlene Poole
Sep 18, 2022
Erlene Poole, age 86, passed away September 18, 2022 in Bellingham, WA. Erlene was born August 14, 1936 the youngest of eight children of Arthur and Ethel Lidzy. Her family homesteaded in the Territory of New Mexico in the early 1900’s. From those peanut and pinto bean farm beginnings, Erlene moved to Pasadena, CA where she attended college, got married,...
Richard "Dick" L. Beaver
Sep 16, 2022
Major Richard “Dick” L. Beaver was born in Marion, Ohio to Richard and Louise (Miller) Beaver on May 26, 1932 and passed away peacefully at home on September 16, 2022 at the age of 90. In 1953, while serving at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, AK, he met Martha Tracy. The two became one in a Salvation Army wedding...
Raymond Isakson
Sep 15, 2022
Born in Opheim, MT to Joseph and Verna (Stellflug) Isakson on January 4, 1937, Ray passed away in Bellingham, WA on September 15, 2022. After graduation from Opheim High School, he was married to Jacklyn Chandler. A proud veteran, Ray served in the U.S. Army from 1959-1962. He retired from Intalco after 20+ years. He was predeceased by his wife...
Charlene E. Knowlton
Sep 11, 2022
Charlene E. Knowlton peacefully passed away in Bellingham, WA on September 11, 2022, a month after celebrating her 91st birthday. Charlene was born to William and Amalia Kirschman in Garden City, Kansas and moved to Whatcom County when she was five years old. Charlene graduated from Mt. Baker High School in 1949. That same year she married the love of...
Sheila Maureen Siebert
Sep 10, 2022
Sheila Maureen Siebert, age 83, passed away on September 10, 2022 in Bellingham, WA. She was born April 28, 1939 in Everett, WA to Philip and Mary Beeman Siebert. At age two her parents divorced and she went to live with her grandmother, Mary Beeman, who raised her with the help of her two uncles, Raymond Beeman and Philip Toner....
Robert "Red" R. Beaugez Jr.
Sep 5, 2022
Born in Gulfport, MS and raised in Waimanalo, HI, Robert “Red” R. Beaugez, Jr. was the victim of a violent crime at his home in Ferndale, WA on September 5, 2022. After graduating from Kailua High School, he became a freelance mechanic, bought and sold collectable currency, and was a jack of all trades. First and foremost, Robert loved his...
Joseph Farrugia
Sep 3, 2022
Joseph Farrugia, age 99, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on Saturday, September 3, 2022. A graveside service will be held at Greenacres Memorial Park in Ferndale at 10 AM on Thursday, September 8th.
Leslie "Hope" Bloomfied
Aug 30, 2022
On Tuesday, August 30, Hope was blessed to transition from this life to her Heavenly home where she will live with her Savior forever. Hope loved to cook and was committed to studying God’s word and growing spiritually. She grew up in Sebastopol, CA and worked for PG&E for over 30 years. After Hope retired, she moved to Lynden where...
John A. Zender
Aug 29, 2022
John Zender, age 93 of Deming, passed away peacefully with family by his side on August 29, 2022 at Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham. He was born March 4, 1929 in Kendall to Jacob and Catherine Zender. John married Celine Waechter on November 17, 1951 in Abbotsford, BC. Baseball was an important part of John’s life. He and his eight...
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