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R. Barry Murphy
Mar 7, 2017
R. Barry Murphy of Bellingham, WA, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in Bellingham. Barry was 89, born December 17, 1927 in McCamey, TX, to Edward and Lucinda (Oliver) Murphy. Barry enlisted in the Navy at 17, and was a medic stationed at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego before becoming a naval corpsman with the Marines in the Pacific....
Gertrude J. Heller
Mar 7, 2017
Gertrude J. Heller, age 90, passed away peacefully in Bellingham on March 7, 2017. She was born on February 19, 1927 in Kendall, WA to Jacob and Johanna Franzen. Gertrude married Frank Heller on May 8, 1948 in Columbia Valley. She was a loving wife and mother and a proud grandmother. Gertrude was excited to keep the farm in the...
Henry William Cross
Mar 6, 2017
Henry William Cross aka Harry was born in 1934 in a third floor flat (apartment) Hackney, London England. He died Monday March 6th at home in his third floor apartment in Bellingham with his wife Sue at his side. The youngest of four siblings and the only boy, he arrived to an established family of his parents and three sisters...
Aurora Buol-Smith
Mar 5, 2017
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely ~ Buddha. The bright light of Aurora "Rori" Lee Buol-Smith was extinguished on Sunday, March 5th. Aurora had a smile that would brighten any room. She filled her life with love and laughter in her family and her career. Rori, to her close family and friends, loved...
Roberta "Bobbie" Grady
Mar 4, 2017
Bobbie Grady, age 78, passed away peacefully at home, after a long battle with MS and cancer, on Saturday, March 4, 2017. She was born July 10, 1938 in Denver, Colorado, to Dr. William and Ruth Swigert. She married Tom Grady on September 5, 1959 in Denver, and together they raised their four children. Bobbie worked for many years at...
David Quintin Williams
Mar 3, 2017
David Williams, age 53, passed away Friday, March 3, 2017 in Bellingham. David was an amazing chef and he loved his community at the Black Forest Steak House in Bellingham, where his co-workers and customers were like family. He enjoyed spending time at the Slo Pitch and at El Gitano, where he was an active karaoke singer. He also liked...
Marian Leese Boylan
Feb 26, 2017
Marian L. Boylan, age 90, passed away February 26, 2017 in Bellingham after a long illness. Born in Oakland, CA to Alexander and Vera Leese, she attended grade schools in San Francisco and Portland, OR before graduating from R.A. Long High School in Longview WA. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1948 and was a member of Kappa...
Ronald Douglas Clark
Feb 26, 2017
Ronald Douglas Clark of Bellingham, WA, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017 in Seattle. He was 68, born in Bellingham on December 9, 1948 to Douglas E. and Margaret C. (Beck) Clark. Ron lived his life on his own terms. In 1993 he and his wife Joni founded Cruisin Coffee, the first 24 hour drive-thru espresso stand in the Pacific...
Melvin G Oltman
Feb 25, 2017
Lifetime Whatcom County resident, Melvin G. Oltman passed away February 25, 2017 at the age of 62. Mel was born on December 3, 1954 to Harold and Alice (VanEgdom) Oltman in Bellingham, WA. He graduated from Bellingham High School and earned his B.A. in Arts at WWU. Mel was a kind, gentle, and loving man. His family was most important...
Betty Hogg
Feb 25, 2017
Betty Hogg, age 94, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on February 25, 2017. She was born April 26, 1922 in Moro, Oregon to Homer and Jennie Belshee. Betty was a faithful and devoted member of Bellingham Bible Chapel for decades, where she taught Sunday school and played the organ and piano, and her husband Joe was a minister....
Juanita Davis Taylor
Feb 23, 2017
Juanita was born in Albia, Iowa. She went to school in Des Moines, Iowa, where she was an exceptional student, graduating with work ready skills of typing, shorthand and an enviable work ethic. Juanita's first job out of high school was at Meredith Co. who published "Better Homes & Gardens." She was privileged to have been the typist for their...
Helen G. Walsh
Feb 22, 2017
Helen Walsh, age 93 of Bellingham, WA passed away peacefully at home on February 22, 2017. She was born in Spokane, WA to Charles and Anna (Hannig) Walsh on November 18, 1923. After graduating from high school in Portland, OR, she served in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during WWII. She was a longtime member of the Church of the...
Elizabeth “Betty” Freeberg
Feb 21, 2017
Elizabeth Ida Freeberg, of Bellingham, WA, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 surrounded by her family. She was 99, born September 21, 1917 in Los Angeles, CA, to Irl and Ruth (Widney) Teurman. Elizabeth was a longtime member of Central Lutheran Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Hjalmer Freeberg in 2003 and is survived by her daughter...
James B. Lockie
Feb 14, 2017
Jim Lockie, age 73, passed away at home in Birch Bay, on February 14, 2017. He was born April 14, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA, to John C. Lockie and Ava Cinderella Lockie. Jim married Linda Santiago on November 10, 1972. He is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Linda, son Adam, brother John C. and wife Cate,...
Walter Daniel Starek
Feb 14, 2017
Walter D. Starek passed away on February 14, 2017. Services are pending. Share your memories at www.westfordfuneralhome.com .
Peggy Harrison
Feb 13, 2017
Peggy Harrison passed away in Bellingham on February 13, 2017. You may share memories with the family at www.westfordfuneralhome.com .
Betty M. Hanson
Feb 13, 2017
Betty M. Hanson passed away on February 13, 2017. Services will be announced. Share your memories at www.westfordfuneralhome.com .
Alden C. Smith
Feb 11, 2017
Dr. Alden C. Smith, age 84, died peacefully in Bellingham on Saturday, February 11, 2017. Alden was born June 15, 1932, to the Reverend Theodore Garland Smith and Edith Shaw Smith in Wellsville, NY. His father, the minister at University United Methodist Church in Buffalo, passed away when Alden was 14. Alden moved to St. Cloud, FL with his mother...
Gary Ludwig Bensen
Feb 10, 2017
Gary Bensen passed away on February 10, 2017. He was born on August 7, 1950 in Bellingham, WA to Ludwig Bensen and Marguerite Baer. He was predeceased by his parents and step-parents. He is survived by his children, Brian (Jennifer) Bensen and Brenda Crabtree, grandchildren Taneighsha, Gunner and Gage, and his three brothers, Loren (Syd), Lee and Mike (Sue) Bensen...
Philippe Rene Claringbould
Feb 10, 2017
Loving and beloved, Philippe Rene Claringbould, age 98, died peacefully on February 10, 2017 at the Hospice House in Bellingham, Washington. Rene was the fourth of five boys born to John and Saar Claringbould in The Hague, Netherlands. Rene was born on January 15, 1919. By age 18, he loved sailing, flying, and studied aeronautical engineering. But on May 10,...
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