Latest Obituaries

Peter Zylstra

  Peter John Zylstra passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at the age of 83.   He was born to John and Marie Zylstra in Sheldon, Iowa, on Aug. 30, 1935. At the ...

Gerrit (Gary) Blankers Jr.

  Surrounded by loved ones, Gerrit (Gary) Blankers Jr. went to be with Christ on Dec. 20, 2018.   He was born on July 26, 1944, in Bellingham to Gerrit G. Blankers Sr. and Gladys ...

Robert Rienstra

  Robert “Bob” Allen Rienstra died of cancer at home surrounded by his family on Jan. 15, 2019, in Silverdale, Washington. He was 64.   He was born in Bellingham to Simon ...

James Blizard

  James Blizard passed away on Jan. 18, 2019, following a long battle with heart disease.   After growing up in western Washington, Jim graduated from Nooksack Valley High School ...

Bert Kamps

  Bert Kamps was born on May 2, 1923, as the third child of six to Egbert Kamps and Della Heun Kamps in Strasburg, North Dakota. He survived all his siblings, Ethel, Clarence, Eddie, ...

Rev. Andrew Cammenga

  At age 82, after complications from a battle with multiple myeloma, Rev. Andrew Cammenga was taken into the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Jan. 16, 2019.   Cam ...

Virginia Green

  Virginia “Juanita” Green age 93, passed away at the Christian Health Care Center of Lynden on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, of Alzheimer’s disease. She was always a joy to be around ...

Glenn Titus

  Glenn Leigh Titus, age 90, of Bellingham, passed away on Jan. 8, 2019, at the Whatcom Hospice House.   Glenn was a third-generation Whatcom County resident, born in Laurel ...

Dorothy De Young

  Dorothy De Young, age 85, went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. She was always friendly to everyone she met.   Dorothy was born Nov. 17, 1933, in ...

Mary Boymook

  Mary Boymook, age 86, of Lynden, passed away on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.