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Joyce (Holton) Pitsch
Jun 7, 2020
It is with sorrow to announce the passing of our mother, Joyce (Holton) Pitsch, age 83, on June 7, 2020. Joyce passed peacefully at her home, surrounded by her children. Joyce was born April 8, 1937 in Santa Cruz, CA. Her childhood was spent in Modesto, CA. She met her husband of 64 years, Greg Sr. (deceased) in Sacramento. They...
Sharon Lee Susdorf
May 31, 2020
Sharon Lee Susdorf passed away on May 31, 2020. Sadly, after a long fight with cancer, she has gone to be with the Lord. Her strength, determination, and faith in God inspired all who knew her. She was 83 years old. Sharon was the mother of five children, three step-children, many grandchildren as well as great-grandchildren which put many smiles...
Charles F. Bamford Ii
May 30, 2020
Charlie Bamford passed away on May 30, 2020 in Bellingham. Charlie was born 10/4/1930 in Portland, OR to Charles and Mary (Williams) Bamford. Charlie was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Michael, and his son Jeffrey Tolliver. He is survived by his wife Janice (LaRue) Bamford, his brother John, and many nieces, nephews and cousins; also by special...
Marietta Pedersen
May 29, 2020
Marietta Pedersen, loving mother of Charles Kenneth (Von) and Christian Kai, passed away May 29, 2020 in Bellingham, WA. She considered Ken and Kai her most marvelous gifts from God. She is also survived by her twin sister, Martine Orr (Gil); her favorite and only brother, George Christian Pedersen Jr.(Terry); her baby sister, Johanna Wyatt; eleven grandchildren, Roechelle, KaiLee, Joel,...
Robert L. Hopper
May 27, 2020
Robert L. Hopper passed away peacefully at Mt. Baker Care Center on May 27, 2020 with family by his side. Bob grew up in his home state of Missouri and lived in Fresno, California before moving to Bellingham, Washington in 1997. He was a career auto mechanic and enjoyed collecting model cars and trucks. He also loved going to the...
Katherine A. Muljat
May 16, 2020
Katherine Muljat, age 98, passed away peacefully at Summit Place Assisted Living on May 16th, 2020. Katherine was born on August 31st, 1921 in Bellingham, Washington. She was the middle child of Perina and Nick Repanich. She lived her entire life in Bellingham, graduating from Bellingham High School in 1939. After graduation, she worked in a clothing store and later...
June Edna Reed
May 13, 2020
Mrs. June Edna Reed went to be with our Lord and Savior on May 13, 2020 at the age of 91. She was born June 1, 1928 in Bellingham, WA born to Edward and Mary Pierce (Massey). June married Robert Glen Reed on March 3, 1949. June had five children Randal, Robert, Richard, Shelly and Brenda. Grandma loved to keep...
Jack Aubrey Libolt
May 12, 2020
Jack Aubrey Libolt passed away peacefully at the age of 92 on May 12th, 2020. He will always be remembered for his loving smile, his warm little chuckle, and his unconditional love. When the family reflects over Dad’s life, words that come to mind are kind, humble, content, patient, quiet, loving, dependable, soft-spoken, and honest. Jack was born on the...
Douglas Gardner Farrar
May 8, 2020
Douglas Gardner Farrar passed away on May 8, 2020, following a heart attack on May 6, 2020. He was 90 years old. Doug was born on March 6, 1930, in Vernon, British Columbia. He was the youngest of four children, William (Bill), Jack and Berna, all who have preceded him in death. He moved to Bellingham as a young child...
Marian Sybil Foster Olson
May 2, 2020
Marian Olson, age 91, passed away in Bellingham on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Marian was born September 13, 1928 in Seattle to Harry and Sybil Foster The family lived in Olympia where her father was an assistant Attorney General and later a member of the Washington State Supreme Court. She graduated from Olympia High School, went to Indiana University, and...
Walter Eric Deming
Apr 28, 2020
Walter E. Deming, longtime resident of Whatcom County, passed away April 28, 2020. Walt was 97, born in Longmont, CO on February 8, 1923 to Wallace and Lucia Deming. After graduating from Longmont High School, Walt joined the U.S. Coast Guard. He served on the USS Evergreen in Greenland during WWII, crossing the Arctic Circle in September of 1944. After...
Doug Ragan
Apr 23, 2020
Doug was born in Bellingham, Washington, on February 9, 1925 to Olan and Gertrude Ragan. He served in the US Army Air Corps during World War ll. Upon his discharge he married Virginia Moen and shared life with her until her death in 1999. He worked for Pacific Northwest Bell until his retirement. Doug married Sharon Wizinsky in 2002. Their...
Geraldine Zankich Steensgaard
Apr 23, 2020
Geraldine Zankich Steensgaard, age 90, of Bellingham, WA, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020. Gerry was born on September 29, 1929 to Anton and Annie (Dean) Zankich in Bellingham. She graduated from Bellingham High School and attended business college in Bellingham. Although she always cherished Bellingham’s Southside, Gerry moved to Seattle to pursue a long and rewarding career with Burlington...
James P. "Casey" Thompson
Apr 22, 2020
Casey Thompson passed away in Bellingham on April 22, 2020 due to complications arising from emergency surgery. He was born July 3, 1940 in Bellingham to James J. & Georgiana “Jean” Thompson and graduated from Bellingham High School in 1958. He was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity where he made a group of lifelong friends and starred as...
Anna "Betty" M. Hendrickson
Apr 21, 2020
On Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Betty passed away peacefully of natural causes, after nearly 100 wonderful years of life! She was born September 5, 1920 in Ashley, ND to Gottlieb and Lydia Wall. She married the love of her life, Art Hendrickson, on February 14, 1948 and devoted the rest of her life to her family. Our “lil Grams” was...
Carmel F. Dellecker
Apr 20, 2020
Carmel Frances Dellecker passed away peacefully at Mt. Baker Care Center in Bellingham on April 20, 2020 at the age of 101. She was born on June 15, 1918 in County Longford, Ireland to Patrick and Catherine Whyte, dairy farmers. She attended Catholic state schools in Westmeath and Galway and after completing her secondary education in 1936, went to England,...
Raymond Harrison Zander
Apr 18, 2020
Raymond Harrison Zander, 86, died April 18, 2020, at home in Everson, Wash. He was born Aug. 25, 1933, in Bellingham, Wash., to Almer D. Zander, from Phoenix, Ariz., and Lucy T. (Harrison) Zander, from Birmingham, England. He grew up milking cows, doing other farm chores, and helping in a sawmill operated by his dad and uncle. Ray graduated in...
Karen Belsby Foisy
Apr 18, 2020
Karen Foisy, age 83, passed away in Bellingham on April 18, 2020. She was born July 7, 1936 in Spokane, WA to Osborne and Osa Belsby. She grew up on the family farm South of Cheney. She graduated from Cheney High School. She attended WSU, mastering the skills of a professional secretary. At WSU, she and Maurice met and became...
Evan Joseph Sobjack
Apr 14, 2020
Evan Joseph Sobjack passed away after a boating accident on April 14, 2020 in Bellingham. He was born on October 4, 1991 in Khmelnytskyy, Ukraine and was adopted when he was 13 months old by his loving parents, Brad and Barbara (Heisey) Sobjack. Evan loved the outdoors and enjoyed commercial crabbing with his dad in Alaska and in Puget Sound....
Prudence M. "Prue" Slentz
Apr 13, 2020
Prudence Slentz, age 92, passed away peacefully at home in Bellingham on Monday, April 13, 2020. A creative, quirky, and sometimes dramatic soul, she was born September 28, 1927 in Oxford, New York to Floyd and Jennie Holdridge. She married the love of her life, Robert “Bob” Slentz, on June 21, 1947 and with him raised their eight children in...
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