All Obituaries

Rosemary Dahlquist passed away peacefully at Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham, WA on August 12, 2019. Rosemary was born January 4, 1940 in Bellingham, WA to George and Agnes (Jerns) Dahlquist. Rosemary and her 5 siblings all attended Assumption School. She graduated from Bellingham High School in 1957, attended WSU along with her many Chi O sisters, and graduated from Western Washington University. Soon after she married Charles Lusby and they had two children, Mary Bianchini and Peter...

Nyla Rae (Wiersma) Van Soest Smith, 69, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, July 27, 2019 in Lynden, WA. Nyla was born on May 19, 1950 in Bellingham, WA to Ray and Norma (Meenderinck) Wiersma.  She graduated from Lynden Christian High School with the class of 1968 and soon after married Ron Van Soest.  Together they had 3 children, Jamie (Larissa) Van Soest, Brandon Van Soest and Krista (Josh) O’Byrne. In January 2013, Nyla married Don Smith.  They...

Lyle Clayton Dralle (Rusty), long time resident of Whatcom county, passed away peacefully at his home in Custer, WA on July 22, 2019. Born on Dec. 11, 1928 in Presho, SD, the 7th of 14 children born to Clarence and Hulda (Johnson) Dralle.  Rusty grew up and went to school in the Mission Hill, Gayville area of SD. He spent many happy days on the farm helping raise china polar hogs.  He graduated in 1946 from Gayville High School, where he played on a 6-man football team. Players...

Robert “Bob” Davis Stone passed away at his home in Everson, WA on July 22, 2019, at the age of 91. He had been living with congestive heart and respiratory failure for many years. Bob was born to William and Gladys Stone on May 28, 1928 in Bellingham, WA. He married Virginia “Ginny” Fosmo on September 30, 1949, and they shared 65 wonderful years together before her death in 2015. While Bob worked as a truck driver for many decades, his true career was helping others...

Tucker Daniel Rojas tragically passed away on Monday, July 22, 2019. Tucker was born in Bellingham, Washington on Monday, November 28, 1994. From Everson, Washington, Tucker spent his childhood playing baseball, video games, basketball, and picking berries during his summers. He attended Nooksack Elementary, Middle, and High School. From which he graduated in June 2013. After graduating high school, when Tucker wasn’t being the life of parties, playing video games, or frisbee golf...

Carmen Delores McNeil-Hanson, age 88, of Ferndale passed away on Thurs., July 18, 2019 in Blaine. At this time no services are planned.

Steve Milward died of an apparent heart attack in Bellingham on July 18, 2019. He was a special character and he will be missed and not forgotten.  Steve grew up in Aloha, Washington until 1966, then Pomeroy, Washington where he graduated from high school. Steve earned an AA in Forestry from Olympic College and attended Western Washington University and graduated from Fairhaven College in 1989 with a BA in Forestry.  Steve lived aboard his sailboat Astrid in Bellingham at Squalicum...

Ray Butler, age 80, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at the Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham.  Ray was born June 18, 1939, in the same house that his mother was born in the township of Lone Hill, Arkansas.  he was about 18 months when his family moved to Southern California. On a family vacation in 1968 to the Ferndale area to visit the Fiscus family, Ray made the decision to transfer from the Torrance Mobil Refinery to the Ferndale Refinery. He had said to his...

Per “Peter” Andrew Crosley was born March 18, 1963 in Seattle, WA at Northlake Hospital and passed away Monday, July 15, 2019 at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, WA he was 56 years old. His first name Per which is Swedish for Peter came from both grandfathers on both sides of his family.  He is survived by his dad, T.H. “Tom” Crosley, sister, Annette Crosley Brown Foster of Issaquah and her two boys, Henry and Max.  Peter loved his pets,...

Selwyn Keith Anderson, age 83 passed away July 10, 2019. He was born in Eugene Oregon.  He was preceded in death by wife of 63 years, Margrate Anderson and son Robert. And is survived by sister Betty, two daughters Julie (Jim) Peterson & Charlene (Steve) Hitz & grandchildren Jennifer, Jessie, Heather, Hillary, Josh, Aaron, Jessie Marie & great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Dad had a funny sence of humor, loved coffee and shooting the breeze telling stories of his...