Latest Obituaries
Michael Tjoelker
Michael Lyle Tjoelker, aged 66, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Feb. 12, 2021.
He was born on Dec. 9, 1954, to the late Lyla and Lawrence Tjoelker. Michael ...
Johanna Heystek
In the Lord’s time, He took our dear mother and grandmother, “Oma” Johanna Heystek to Himself on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. She was 84 years old.
Oma was born Aug. 10, ...
Glenn Terpstra
Glenn Terpstra, age 82, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
John Calvin Kok
Our dad, John Calvin Kok, passed away on Feb. 20, 2021. He was 82 years old.
Dad was born on March 4, 1938 in Lynden to Ed and Grace Kok. He was one of eight siblings, and ...
Madeline Jensen
Madeline Jensen was born on Dec. 27, 1931, in Elk Point, Alberta, Canada, and passed away on Feb. 28, 2021, in Bellingham.
Our mother lived most of her life in Ferndale, ...
Alvin Bajema
Alvin L. Bajema, age 89, passed away from COVID-19 on Saturday, March 6, 2021.
Alvin, the youngest of three, was born in Lynden on Nov. 7, 1931, to parents Ray C. and Johanna ...
Judith Stebbins
Judith (Sebens) Stebbins of Long Lake, Minnesota, went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 17, 2021, at the age of 78.
She was born to Peter and Aletta Sebens in Bellingham ...
Augustina Berendsen
Augustina “Gussie” Berendsen passed into glory suddenly on Feb. 22, 2021, on her 89th birthday.
Gussie was born on Feb. 22, 1932, on Front Street to Gerrit and Elsie ...
Ethel Gobbato
Ethel Louise Gobbato (Noni to her family and many friends), 91, of Lynden, passed away at PeaceHealth in Bellingham on Feb. 8, 2021. She passed away from complications of aspiration ...
Terry De Valois
Terry De Valois passed away on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021.
Terry was born Aug. 7, 1937, in Bellingham to John and Hendrika “Rita” (Van Lohuizen) De Valois. He attended Ebenezer ...