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Joseph Hoekema

Joseph Hoekema went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 at the age of 97. A visitation time is set for Thursday Jan. 12, 2017, from 4 to 7 p.m. in Gillies Funeral ...

Karla Shickley

Karla Shickley, age 50, of Normandy Park, Washington, passed away on Dec. 26, 2016. Visit www.molesfarewelltributes.com.

Charles Coleman

Charles H. Coleman, of Ferndale, passed away on Dec. 28, 2016. Services were held in Bellingham. Share memories at www.westfordfuneralhome.com.

Wallace Gordon Rightmire

Wallace Gordon “Gordy” Rightmire, age 91, of Bellingham, passed away Friday, Dec. 23, 2016 in Lynden. He was born in Cowiche, Washington, on July 18, 1925 to his parents Mary and ...

Lillian Larson

Lillian Marie (Burma) Larson, age 98, passed away at the Christian Health Care Center of Lynden on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Lillian was born Oct. 6, 1918 in Wilmot, South Dakota, to ...

Bernard Koops

Bernard (Bernie) Koops was born on April 20, 1912 in Kansas and passed away Dec. 12, 2016 in Holland, Michigan, at the age of 104. Bernie was raised in Colorado and later attended ...

M. Lucille Case

M. Lucille Case died on Dec. 12, 2016. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude O. Case; her son, James Bamford Case; her siblings and their spouses; and many of Claude’s ...

Sharon Sutherland

Sharon Arlene Sutherland, of Sumas, passed away in her sleep on Dec. 29, 2016 due to complications from a stroke on Dec. 28. She was 75. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, ...

Juan Plata

Lynden resident Juan Plata passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, after a short battle with lung cancer. Juan was born in Bishop, Texas, on Nov. 8, 1925 to Jesse ...

Everett Zuidmeer

Everett Zuidmeer, 93, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 at Lynden Manor from complications of pneumonia. Everett was born Aug. 20, 1923 in Lynden in a house on the corner of Pine and Eighth ...