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John Smit
May 19, 2017
John Smit, 81, of rural Ferndale passed from this life to be with the Lord on Friday, May 19, 2017. He was born July 19, 1935 near Brooten, Minnesota to Peter and Hilda (Zylstra) Smit, and grew up on his parents’ farm in that community. John graduated from Brooten High School and then completed his military service obligation in the...
Brian Stanley Pankratz
May 17, 2017
Brian Stanley Pankratz was born April 8, 1956 in Prince George B.C., to Lloyd and Nettie Pankratz. He peacefully passed away May 17, 2017 in his home in Ferndale, at the age of 61. He spent his elementary school years in Montana, and in 1966, the family moved to Reedley, California where he completed middle school and high school. In...
Barbara Jean Harvey
May 9, 2017
Barbara Jean “Bubbles” Harvey, age 89, of Everson was born May 12, 1927 in Spearfish, South Dakota to parents Edward and Irma (Smith) Ledoschuk. She married her soul-mate Robert Harvey in 1946, and he preceded her in death in 1977. Barbara is also preceded in death by a son Harlan in 2015; sisters, Doris Boice, LaDonna Harvey, Doreen Harvey; brothers,...
Eleanore Sundean
May 9, 2017
On Tuesday, May 9, 2017, our beloved mother, Eleanore Sundean went home to be with Jesus. She was born Aug. 26, 1929 to Jehu Odd & Kezia (Hestad) Lunde. There was a surprise when that day finally came, her twin sister Elaine! A few changes had to be made, a few more clothes and another crib had to be purchased...
Edith Evelyn Baldwin
May 9, 2017
Edith Evelyn Baldwin died Tuesday May 9, 2017 at age 92. A native of Bellingham, the daughter of a policeman and a school teacher, she was a product of the Depression. She used to tell the story of the boy who fainted in her classroom. The teacher asked him if he’d eaten breakfast that morning and he replied, “it wasn’t...
Imogene Pederson
May 9, 2017
Imogene Pederson, 88, passed away quietly Tuesday, May 9, 2017 with family at her side. She was born to Harry Harvey and Maude Melvina (Swain) Mount in Fredonia, Kansas on September 6, 1928. Imogene graduated from high school in Manhattan, Kansas. She and her family moved to Ferndale, Washington in 1946. Imogene married the man of her dreams in 1951,...
Anne Rebecca Sowles
May 7, 2017
Anne R. Sowles, age 81, passed away Sunday, May 7, 2017 in Bellingham. Her biography as told in her own words: "She led a secret life. She worked but nobody knows where. She raised 2 girls. Couldn't stand the in-laws. She left with the two girls and raised them on her own. If the girls didn't behave she threatened to send...
Ruth Elizabeth Raper
May 5, 2017
Ruth Torgeson Raper filled out an application May 4, to be a gardener in Heaven, after smelling the fresh cut grass from her open window in her bedroom, at Spring Creek Assisted Living Center.
(Which happened to be about a couple hundred feet from where she shared her first home with her husband Cecil from 1942-1957.)
She wrote in the...
Raymond Ellis Sharp
May 1, 2017
On Monday, May 1, 2017, Raymond Sharp, age 80, passed away surrounded by family and friends. He was born May 9, 1936 in Lynden, WA to parents Royce Jackson and Velma (Fecher) Sharp. Raymond is a veteran of the US Navy. He retired from Georgia Pacific after 36 years of employment, ending his career as a purchasing manager. Raymond enjoyed...
Ramona Noteboom
Apr 30, 2017
Ramona Noteboom, age 98, of Lynden passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017. She was born May 24, 1918 in the Assink farm house on West Main Street in Lynden, WA to Klaas and Grace (Hulst) Dykstra. The family moved back and forth from Iowa a couple times. She went to school through the 8th grade in the Hospers, Iowa area,...
Dennis Joseph Gorgei, Jr.
Apr 30, 2017
Dennis Joseph Gorgei, Jr., age 46, of Ferndale passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017 in Ferndale. He was born to parents Dennis Joseph and Hillary Ann (MacLennan) Gorgei November 28, 1970 in Tacoma, Washington. Dennis was a Whatcom County resident for many years and graduated from Ferndale High School in the class of 1989. He was preceded in death by...
Maurice Scheele
Apr 29, 2017
Maurice (Moe) Scheele passed away peacefully, Saturday, April 29, 2017. Born on June 13, 1944 in Terneuzen, Netherlands to Dingeman and Johanna Scheele, the family came to Ontario,Canada in 1947, migrated to Chatcum, B.C.and eventually came to live in Lynden, WA. Moe became a U.S. citizen in July 1961 and married Cheryl Freeman on September 22, 1967. He is survived...
Petr Sergeyevich Shulga
Apr 17, 2017
Petr Shulga, age 18, of Ferndale passed away suddenly Monday, April 17, 2017 in Ferndale. He was born April 13, 1999 in Bellingham to parents Sergey and Nadezhda (Shevchenko) Shulga. Petr was number 10 of 14 brothers and sisters. He was a senior at Ferndale High School and was going to graduate with the Class of 2017. An evening prayer...
Zulfikarali Janmohamed Alibhai
Apr 15, 2017
Zulfikarali Janmohamed Alibhai, age 67 of Bellingham passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017 at the Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham. Zul was born November 11, 1949 in Masindi, Uganda to parents Janmohamed Alibhai and Zerakhanu Pirbhai (Savji) Makhani. He is survived by his two children, Amika and Rizwan Alibhai; 1 sister, Almns Bhanji; two brothers, Azim and Nasser Alibhai and...
Lyndel Ann Raaymakers
Apr 9, 2017
Lyndel A. Raaymakers, at 79, of Lynden passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 at her home.
Cheryll Angel Wydur
Apr 7, 2017
Cheryll Angel Wydur, age 56, of Custer passed away Friday, April 7, 2017 in Bellingham. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Cesar Cruz Cruz
Apr 7, 2017
Cesar Cruz Cruz age 21, of Lynden passed away suddenly Friday, April 7, 2017. A funeral Mass will be offered by Father Scott Connolly Thursday, April 20, 2017, 10:30 AM, at Church of the Assumption, 2116 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225 with Burial following at Enterprise Cemetery, 7041 Vista Drive, Ferndale, WA 98248.
Jorge Luis Cruz Cruz
Apr 7, 2017
Jorge L. Cruz Cruz, age 19, of Lynden passed away suddenly Friday, April 7, 2017. A funeral Mass will be offered by Father Scott Connolly Thursday, April 20, 2017, 10:30 AM, at Church of the Assumption, 2116 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225 with Burial following at Enterprise Cemetery, 7041 Vista Drive, Ferndale, WA 98248.
Thomas (Tommy) R. Lee
Apr 5, 2017
Thomas (Tommy) R. Lee, age 79 of Ferndale, passed away at his home Wednesday, April 5, 2017. He was born January 18, 1938 in Bellingham, WA to Rudy and Gladys (Lonseth) Lee. He was a lifelong resident of Ferndale, Whatcom County and graduated from Ferndale High School in 1956. Tom retired from the Intalco Aluminum plant after many years of...
Mary Elin Freeman
Apr 2, 2017
Mary passed away April 2, 2017, after a 12-month battle with metastatic lung cancer (and being a non-smoker her entire life).
Mary was Born September 1, 1954 to loving parents Larry and Mary Freeman. She grew up in rural Blaine, spending her happy childhood surrounded by farm animals, her brothers Larry, Jerry, and Tim, and tons of cousins. She graduated...
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