Obituaries

Donald Peter Lind

Jul 29, 1931

Donald Peter Lind

July 29,1931 – January 6, 2025

 Bellingham, Washington – Donald Peter Lind age 93, passed away January 6, 2025, after a short illness. Donald was born July 29, 1931, in Bellingham, Washington to Peter and Doris Inez Lind. He grew up in Bellingham and attended Bellingham High School. He married his high school sweetheart Margaret Haveman Lind on December...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...