Latest Obituaries

Rita Kathleen Maki

We, the family, are saddened to announce that our wonderful, warm-hearted sister, Rita Kathleen Maki (née Gass), is no longer with us.  Rita passed away peacefully on Feb. 12, 2024 ...

Ruth Ellen Beckett

Ruth Ellen Beckett, age 87, of Big Lake, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Ruth was born in Mt. Vernon on Jan. 8, 1937 to John and Edith Hansen. Ruth attended ...

Ruth Elaine Oltman

Ruth Elaine (Grider) Oltman, age 97, passed away on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024.  A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 8 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bellingham. Please ...

Marsha Gail Miller

Marsha Gail Miller, age 72, passed away at home on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. The Graveside service will be at Monumenta Cemetery on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 11 a.m. followed by a noon ...

Howard ‘Jim’ Top

Howard “Jim” Top was born on Timon Road in Everson on July 1, 1933 to parents Fred and Tena Top. He passed away peacefully at the age of 90 in his Lynden home on Monday morning ...

Warren James Wedan

Warren James Wedan went to be with the Lord peacefully on Feb. 13. Warren, a graduate of University Minnesota, Moody Bible Institute and Bethel Seminary met his wife Rhoda in Minnesota. ...

Russell VanBuren

Russell VanBuren passed away in Bellingham from complications due to a fall on the ice, he was 79 years old. The eldest of two children, he was born on Dec. 4, 1944, in Seattle to Russell ...

Sharlene Hersman Mock Hauge

Sharlene was born in Lynden. She grew up on a chicken farm at Northwood corner and attended Lynden High School. In 1956, she graduated as a registered nurse from the General Hospital ...

Donald Henry Vanderpol

Donald Henry Vanderpol, age 79, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.  Don was born Oct. 11, 1944, Bellingham to Dirk and Emma (Hamstra) Vanderpol. He graduated ...

Kay Lynn Schufreider

Kay Lynn Schufreider, 80, died Dec. 7, 2023, at Valley Medical Center of complications from pneumonia and COVID-19. Kay was born April 27, 1943, in Whatcom County to parents Howard ...