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Robert “Mac” Mccormack
Nov 25, 2013
11/13/1921 ~ 11/25/2013 “THIS IS MY LIFE AS I SAW IT. I was born 11-13-1921 to father Charles and mother Clara McCormack on the bridge between Oregon and Washington. My birth was during the worst depression in our nation. I had a sister Marcella, brother Howard and sister Pat. I attended St. Marks School in Eugene. Grade 8 Years. High...
Kwina James
Nov 25, 2013
08/20/1959 ~ 11/25/2013 Kwina M. James passed away November 25, 2013 in Bellingham, WA.
Evelyn Tricker
Nov 21, 2013
11/29/1921 ~ 11/21/2013 Evelyn P. Tricker, age 91 of Bellingham, passed away peacefully on November 21, 2013 in Bellingham, WA. She was born November 29, 1921 in Vancouver, BC to Russell and Marina Oughton. Services are pending.
James Phillips
Nov 20, 2013
12/13/1947 ~ 11/20/2013 Jim Phillips, age 65 of Bellingham, went to be with his Lord and Savior, surrounded by his family, on November 20, 2013. The youngest of seven, he was born on December 13, 1947 in Bellingham to Carl and Wilma Phillips. He was proud of the fact that he was the only one in his family born in...
Janet Stockton
Nov 20, 2013
05/12/1944 ~ 11/20/2013 Janet Stockton, age 69 of Bellingham, passed away November 20, 2013.
Gerald Anderson
Nov 19, 2013
07/05/1939 ~ 11/19/2013 Jerry Anderson, age 74 of Bellingham, passed away November 19, 2013. He was born July 5, 1939 in Bellingham to Thurlow and Lucile Anderson. He graduated from Bellingham High School in 1958 and went on to serve in the U.S. Army. On January 9, 1966 he married Bonnie Mary Scott in Seattle, WA. He worked for over...
Garfield Penley
Nov 15, 2013
11/07/1919 ~ 11/15/2013 Garfield Penley, age 94 of Bellingham, passed away November 15, 2013. Garfield was born November 7, 1919 in Leicester, North Carolina. He was a veteran of World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart. He lived and worked most of his life in Centralia, WA, where he had his own CPA business, raised his family, and...
Robert Cross
Nov 14, 2013
10/23/1922 – 11/14/2013 Robert John Cross, age 91, passed away at home, surrounded by his family, from Alzheimer’s complications. He was born in Chicago, IL, the elder son of Austin and Hannah Cross, attended Austin High School in Chicago, and was attending Carleton College when he enlisted for Naval Officer’s Training and was called to active duty July, 1943. His...
David Jones
Nov 13, 2013
Farmer & Hunter & Local Business Man 07/19/1942 – 11/13/2013 David Jones, age 71 of Bellingham (Laurel), passed away November 13, 2013. David was born on July 19, 1942 to Arthur and Minnie Jones in Bellingham. He attended Meridian School District and lived and worked in Whatcom County for his whole life. David started working at Union Printing in Central...
Oscar Petersen
Nov 12, 2013
02/16/1995 ~ 11/14/2013 Oscar Petersen left us on November 12 suddenly in the middle of the day. He will be remembered on Saturday November 16 at Broadway Hall at 3 PM.
Joseph “Jim” Wilson M.D.
Nov 10, 2013
12/08/1919 ~ 11/10/2013 Joseph Didion “Jim” Wilson, age 93, of Bellingham, Washington, passed away November 10, 2013 in Bellingham. He was born December 8, 1919, at St. Joseph’s Home and Hospital in Stockton, California, a third generation Californian. He graduated from Stanford University and Stanford Medical School, and served as a Flight Surgeon in the United States Navy in World...
Lucy Quillen
Nov 9, 2013
10/17/1913 ~ 11/09/2013 Lucy Quillen, age 100, passed away November 9, 2013 in Bellingham. She was born October 17, 1913 in Nooksack, WA to Lowell and Evelyn Faye (Olin) Duling. She married Alvin Clay Quillen on October 5, 1935 and they made their home in Deming, WA and later in Glacier, WA. Lucy was preceded in death by her husband...
David E. Riggs
Nov 8, 2013
09/24/1937 ~ 11/08/2013 David A. E. Riggs, age 76, passed away November 8, 2013 in Bellingham. He is survived by his daughter Samantha Riggs and her daughter Josephine of Bellingham, WA, son Alexander (wife Kate) Riggs of Portland, OR, siblings Dorothy, James, Pamela, Albert and Brian in Blackpool, England and Monica in Australia, and many loving relatives and friends. A...
John Kuoppala
Nov 6, 2013
01/13/1924 ~ 11/06/2013 John C. Kuoppala, age 89 of Custer, passed away on November 6, 2013. He was born January 13, 1924, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to John and Esther Kuoppala. The family moved west in 1927, and settled in South Bellingham. Summers during the Depression years were spent fishing from a rowboat with his brother, Don, on Bellingham Bay,...
Marion Edwards. Maj Usaf, Ret.
Nov 4, 2013
12/24/1931 ~ 11/04/2013 Marion “Bud” Edwards, age 81 of Bellingham, passed away November 4, 2013. A graveside service will be held on Friday November 8, 2013 at 11am at Bayview Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Whatcom Hospice.
Judith Wagner
Nov 1, 2013
05/27/1943 ~ 11/01/2013 Judy Wagner, 70 years old passed away Friday, November 1, 2013 at PeaceHealth St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Bellingham, WA. She was born May 27, 1943 in Everett, WA to Robert and Mildred Murray. She graduated from Everett High School in 1961. Judy was a University of Washington graduate and proud supporter of the Huskies Football team....
Barbara Shorett
Oct 30, 2013
07/10/1932 ~ 10/30/2013 Barbara Albers Shorett, born July 10, 1932 in Bellingham, WA passed away on October 30, 2013. Growing up, Barbara attended the Campus School and Bellingham High School in Bellingham, WA as well as the Annie Wright Seminary in Tacoma, WA. Barbara went on to become a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at the University of...
Robert Miller
Oct 28, 2013
06/21/1922 ~ 10/28/2013 Robert Gragg Miller, age 91, passed away on October 28, 2013 in Bellingham surrounded by his large and loving family. He was born June 21, 1922 in Bellingham, WA to Edward H. and Frances Gragg Miller. Robert “Bob” attended Campus School, Lowell, and Fairhaven, graduating from Bellingham High School in 1940. He began his college career at...
Vernon Reinhardt
Oct 26, 2013
08/13/1920 ~ 10/26/2013 Vernon Reinhardt, age 93 of Bellingham, passed away October 26, 2013. Vernon was born on August 13, 1920 in Centralia, IL to Christ and Emma Reinhardt. He was preceded in death by his parents, grandmother, Caroline Huge and his son Vaughn Vernon Reinhardt. Vern was raised in Nashville, IL and attended Lutheran School. In February 1942, he...
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