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Roger Lee Koble

Roger Lee Koble

Apr 11, 1937

Roger Lee Kolbe, age 80, went to be with the Lord Sunday, January 7, 2018. He was born in Monona, Iowa to parents Otto and Bessie (Entwhistle) Kolbe on April 11, 1937.  Roger was married to his wife, Nancy for fifty-nine years. 

Roger grew up in Whatcom County and worked at Georgia Pacific several years, but spent the majority of...

Donna Jean Erickson

Donna Jean Erickson

May 19, 1936

Donna Jean (Maleng) Erickson, was born in Acme, Washington on May 19, 1936 to John B. and Edna Pearl Maleng. The love of her life, Ronald C. Erickson, was with her until the end. They were married fifty-eight years. Donna passed away Sunday, August 3, 2014 in Lynden, surrounded by family. She was a graduate of Mt. Baker High School...

Doris Colleen Johnson

Doris Colleen Johnson

Nov 10, 1934

Doris Colleen Johnson, age 77, beloved sister, mother, gramma, and great-gramma, was born on November 10, 1934 in Bellingham, Washington to Harvey James and Theresa (Jones) Perry.

Doris passed away at home in Ferndale on Friday, June 15, 2012 from Leukemia, surrounded by family. Doris was one of nine children and graduated from Ferndale High School in 1952. During...

Jean Lois Catherine Gleason Richardson

Jean Lois Catherine Gleason Richardson

Sep 17, 1933

Jean Lois Catherine Gleason Richardson, born in Great Falls, Montana, September 17, 1933 to Peter and Cora (Motari) Christensen, one of five children. Jean attended Franklin School and Great Falls High School. She married the love of her life Allan Gleason in Great Falls, Montana in 1950. The Family moved from Great Falls to Missoula, MT, in 1963 where jean...

Bonnie Carol Kriener

Bonnie Carol Kriener

Oct 11, 1931

Bonnie Carol Kriener, age 83, of Ferndale, WA was born into the pioneer family of Chester and Rebecca Wilson in Quinault, WA on October 11, 1931 and grew up in Quinault and in Olympia surrounded by a large and loving family. Bonnie met David in Olympia 1953 while they were both working at Puget Power and they married in 1956....

Douglas Gale Kasper

Douglas Gale Kasper

Apr 2, 1930

Douglas Gale Kasper – April 2, 1930 – September 2, 2012. Doug was born on April 2, 1930 to Ottie and Ivy Kasper in Spokane, Washington. He grew up mainly in Alberta and Vancouver,BC and joined the U.S. Air Force where he was a staff sergeant and worked as a radar technician on B29 bombers, and he was posted to...

Robert Edward Hansen

Robert Edward Hansen

Aug 8, 1928

Robert E Hansen (1928-2019) passed away peacefully at his home on December 26, 2019 at the age of 91.  Robert was born in Bellingham and remained in the Blaine/Ferndale/Bellingham area for his entire life.  

Robert was the first infant on the west coast to survive surgery for an intestinal disorder. During his teenage years he worked daily alongside his father...

Nan Brooks Goodell

Nan Brooks Goodell

Mar 20, 1928

Nan Brooks Goodell, born March 20, 1928 in Gardner, Massachusetts and passed away December 12, 2012, Bellingham, Washington.

Nan met her husband Harvey Edward Goodell II in Pittsfield, Massachusetts after graduating with a degree in Early Childhood Education in Boston.

They lived in Williamstown, Massachusetts for 56 years where they raised their family before moving to Bellingham in 2010 to...

Octavia "Oudy" Burling

Octavia "Oudy" Burling

Oct 28, 1926



Octavia “Oudy” Burling

Born on October 28, 1926 in Akra, North Dakota, to Einar and Helga Thorlakson, Octavia Freda Thorlakson was the second child of six children. Oudy went to be with her Lord on November 12, 2012, after a long fight with dementia.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Duane Burling; children; Janice (Lee)...

Sussie Mable Reimer

Sussie Mable Reimer

Dec 13, 1925

Sussie Mable Reimer, age 87, of Ferndale was born to Gearhardt and Tiena (Quiring) Dyck Dec. 13, 1925 in Great Deer, Saskatchewan, Canada. A few years later moved to Dalhart, Texas and in those hard years ( Dirty 30’s as they were called) my father passed away suddenly from a ruptured appendix, leaving my mother with 4 children and I...

Merle E. Evers

Merle E. Evers

Dec 1, 1924

Merle E. Evers was born December 1, 1924, to Otto and Ellen Evers, in Cusic, Washington. He spent his childhood and teenage years working the family farm, hunting and fishing. He graduated from Cusic High School and then joined the United States Army in 1940. Merle served his country in North Africa and Europe until 1945, where he was honorably...

Nelda Clair Sigurdson

Nelda Clair Sigurdson

May 18, 1922

Nelda Clair Peterson Sigurdson was born to pioneer parents, Frank and Mary Peterson who homesteaded along the Nooksack River near Ferndale, on May 18, 1922. She shared her home with her cousins, the late Howard and Leslie Bergsma, who were orphaned at ages 5 and 7. Her cousin, Margaret Bergsma Yeoman, moved to Bellingham and now resides in Anacortes, WA....

June Lorraine Christenson

June Lorraine Christenson

Jan 10, 1919

June Lorraine Christenson was born in Seattle on January 10, 1919, passed away peacefully at Whatcom Hospice House on Thursday, September 25, 2014, surrounded by her family. She was the only child of Bill and Daisy Boettcher. June was a lifelong Bellingham resident, graduating from Whatcom High School in 1936. She married J. Don Christenson in 1940 and raised their...

Esther Caroline Jacobson

Esther Caroline Jacobson

Dec 7, 1914

Esther Caroline Jacobson, age 99, of Bellingham was born to Emma and J.T. Johnson at Blue Creek, Washington, December 7, 1914. She passed into heaven on Friday, April 18, 2014, at the North Cascades Health & Rehabilitation Center in Bellingham. Esther spent her teenage years in Bellingham, attending schools at Fairhaven. She married Al Jacobson May 1933 and they celebrated...

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