Latest Obituaries

Keith Richard Reed

  Keith Richard Reed, 1945-2020.   We will be gathering to share memories and stories to remember a wonderful husband, father, brother and friend.   Please join us at Hovander ...

David Wadleigh

  David Wadleigh, age 85, of Lynden, Washington passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021.   Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Josie Van Werven

  Josie (Josiena) Van Werven passed away on June 30, 2021 in Lynden, Washington.   A lifelong resident of Lynden, Josie was born on December 30, 1926, and was the second of ...

Thomas Berkley Blume

  Thomas Berkley Blume, age 73, of Bellingham passed away Monday, June 7, 2021, in Bellingham.   He had been a lifetime resident of Whatcom County. Tom was a Master Craftsman ...

Mark Edward Vander Yacht

  Mark Vander Yacht, age 55, passed away on June 7, 2021.   Mark was born to Donald and Anita (Jensen) Vander Yacht in Bellingham, WA on Feb. 15, 1966.   He grew up on the ...

Child dies in crash on State Route 9 south of Nooksack

  WHATCOM ­— A child died in the collision of a car with a tractor-trailer rig on State Route 9 about three miles south of Nooksack on Wednesday, June 23.   The Washington ...

Marion ‘Shorty’ Nymeyer

   On Thursday, June 24, 2021, Marion “Shorty” Nymeyer, devoted husband and beloved father, passed away at the age of 86.   Shorty was born on Aug. 20, 1934, at Lynden ...

Darryl Ehlers

  Darryl Ehlers, age 82, passed away at Whatcom Hospice House early Monday morning, June 21, 2021.   Darryl was born Aug. 24, 1938, in Sumas to parents William and Frances (Allen) ...

Wendy Kooi

  Wendy Kooi, age 73, passed away at Whatcom Hospice House on Monday, June 28, 2021.   Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Harris Nieuwsma

  Harris Nieuwsma, age 71, passed away at home on Monday, June 28, 2021.   Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.