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Wanda Burns
Apr 16, 2022
Wanda graduated and finished the race to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 16, 2022. She dedicated herself to living her life for Christ and was loved by all who knew her. She is greatly missed and in our hearts forever. She is now in the arms of Jesus. Wanda was a beautiful lady inside and...
Roger Charles Zejdlik
Apr 7, 2022
Roger Zejdlik, age 87, passed away at home in Bellingham on Thursday, April 7, 2022. He was surrounded by his loving family and caregivers. Roger was born on September 24, 1934 in East Grand Forks, MN to Frank and Marie Zejdlik. Roger’s roots are in the midwest, where his dad owned a gas station and he worked on the family...
Margaret Ann Gazur
Apr 6, 2022
Margaret Ann Gazur, age 89, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on April 6, 2022. She was born in Monarch, WY on June 9, 1932 to Mike and Anna Zowada. Margaret and her husband George were active members of Assumption Church. She was an active bowler with her co-workers at Pay ‘n Save for many years. Margaret was a loving and...
Kathleen A. "Kitty" Endrizzi
Apr 6, 2022
Kathleen A. “Kitty” Endrizzi, 90, a longtime resident of the Skagit Valley died peacefully in her home in Bellingham on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. She was born in Devil’s Lake, ND in 1931 to George and Beatrice Loudon. She graduated from both Bellingham High School and Western Washington University. Kitty married Edward “Eddie” Endrizzi in 1950 and they raised two...
Margot A. Rowe
Apr 5, 2022
Margot A. Rowe, age 97, died peacefully in the care of Whatcom Hospice and Orchard Park Assisted Living on April 5, 2022. She was born March 27, 1925 in Coeur d’Alene, ID to Martin and Rosetta Miller. She married Earle Rowe on March 21, 1947 in Bellingham. Margot was a caring, devoted mother who embraced her extended family of nieces...
Nancy Jo Newstrom
Apr 4, 2022
Nancy Newstrom passed away on April 4, 2022 at the age of 75. She was born in Bremerton, Washington on August 12, 1946 to Alfred and Betty (Rusher) Biggs. A Washington native, growing up in the area of Seattle called Three Tree Point along the coast line where the water waves and family beach gatherings took place, Nancy had a...
Frederic Joseph Lafreniere
Apr 4, 2022
Frederic Joseph LaFreniere, 95, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2022 in Blaine, Washington. He was born in Fort Frances, Ontario, on November 9, 1926, to Joseph Frederic and Velda Mary (Haskell) LaFreniere. Fred was an avid and lucky fisherman. He faithfully attended St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ferndale and enjoyed playing cards with anyone man enough to think they...
Virginia Anne Haldeman
Apr 3, 2022
Virginia Anne Haldeman was born to William Fred Haldeman and Ruth Davis Haldeman on June 5, 1932 in Eugene, Oregon. She left this mortal existence on April 3, 2022 at Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham, Washington. Virginia and her parents moved from Cottage Grove, Oregon to Seattle, Washington in 1942 during the early months of World War II. She graduated...
Gloria Craven
Mar 29, 2022
Gloria Craven, 92, of Bellingham, WA died early on March 29, 2022, surrounded by family at Whatcom Hospice House from complications of heart disease. She was born in Durango, Colorado on December 27, 1929 to William and Dorothy Dixon Pheney who had two other daughters, Gail (Rowan) and Dorothy “Dixie” (Lemon). Her family re-located to Omaha, Nebraska where Gloria graduated...
Mary J. Horton
Mar 25, 2022
Mary J. Horton, age 90 of Bellingham, passed away on Friday, March 25, 2022. Mary and her late husband, Truman Horton, sailed into Bellingham in 1988 where they dropped anchor, built a new life together, and found joy in their new community of friends. Mary will live on in the hearts of her three children Michael, Richard, and Jeanne; her...
Jackie Bowler
Mar 14, 2022
Jackie Bowler was born in Bellingham, WA on April 28, 1942 to Ralph and Bernice Lingbloom. Jackie passed on March 14, 2022 at age 79. She graduated from Bellingham High School and was voted Homecoming Queen in 1959. She enjoyed reading, animals, watching NCIS, and more recently became a basketball fan. Jackie was a very loving and caring wife, mother,...
William Joseph "Joe" Hemphill
Mar 10, 2022
Joe Hemphill, age 63, passed away at home in Lynden on March 10, 2022. He was born October 29, 1958. Joe and Mary Stuart have been loving companions in 2004 and they later married on May 21, 2017 in Delaware. Joe loved hunting, fishing, eagle watching, camping, and spending as much time outdoors as he could. Joe was preceded in...
Susan Diane Hanowell
Mar 10, 2022
Sue passed away unexpectedly. She was loved by many and will forever be in our hearts. Sue graduated from Meridian High School, got married, had a dairy farm, got divorced, worked a few odd jobs, then, in 2006, started taking care of her niece Erica’s kids. This is where Mr. Chance man became the light of her every day. Sue...
Catherine Ann Coldren
Mar 8, 2022
Catherine Ann Coldren, of Bellingham, passed away on March 8, 2022 at her home. Cathy was born on August 12, 1952 at the hospital on McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma, Washington. She would be the only child of Beverly Elaine Coldren (nee Snydal) and Leroy “Roy” Coldren, a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. At the time of...
Gary J. Ryan
Mar 8, 2022
Gary Ryan, age 74, passed away in Bellingham on March 8, 2022. He was born September 29, 1947 in Bellingham to Jay and Lena (Wispinski) Ryan. Gary graduated from Mount Baker High School in 1965. He proudly served in the US Navy as a Seabee in Vietnam. Gary married Lorna Phelps on September 12, 1970. He was a welder at...
Ena Mihovilovich
Feb 27, 2022
Ena Mihovilovich passed away peacefully at Mt. Baker Care Center on February 27, 2022. She was born on May 17, 1935 in Komiza, Croatia to Jakov and Margarita Bjazevic. She married Ante “Tony” Mihovilovich in 1954. In 1973 they moved with their three children to Bellingham and joined Sacred Heart Parish. Ena was a loving mother and dearly loved her...
Lucy A. Farwell
Feb 27, 2022
Lucy Farwell passed away on February 27, 2022 at the age of 70. She was born in Seattle, WA on August 4,1951 to Robert and Frances Bunker. Lucy is survived by her husband Jerry Farwell, son Gabriel Robert Trammell, and granddaughters Elizabeth Ann Trammell and Helena Gabrielle Trammell, great-grandson Ryder Trammell, sister Jeanne Ray Bybee, and niece Juliet Ann Ostler....
Patricia A. Braaten
Feb 26, 2022
Patricia Ann Braaten was born on June 30, 1933 to Ida Hill Smith and Eugene “Joe” Smith on a small farm near Minong, Wisconsin. She passed away at the Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham, Washington on February 26, 2022 at the age of 88. Mom came into the world during the Great Depression. Though short on money, the family enjoyed...
Esther Moriel
Feb 24, 2022
Beloved daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She is survived by her two sisters, three children, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She came to the United States when she was five years old and was raised in San Francisco. She graduated from high school, got married and moved to Southern California where she raised her family. She devoted her...
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