obituaries

Sep 6, 2023

Darlene Edna (Oberg) Reese passed away peacefully on September 6, 2023 at the age of 86 at Josephine Caring Community.

Darlene was born in Jordan Washington on January 30, 1937. Darlene met her husband while he was serving in the navy and they married in 1956. They settled down in Getchel Washington.

Darlene stayed at...

Sep 6, 2023

Gloria Jeanne Moody (Filker) passed peacefully into the loving presence of Jesus, her Lord and Savior, on September 6th, 2023 surrounded by her family. Gloria was born July 3rd, 1942 in Hollywood, CA to Robert Filker and Barbara Moore. Gloria was named after a famous Hollywood starlet, the beautiful Gloria Jean. Gloria spent her childhood years growing up in...

Aug 28, 2023

Rebecca Gertrude Therese (Bingell) Marti, age 86, died August 28, 2023. Becky was born November 18th, 1936, to Charles and Frances Bingell in Ogallala, Ne. After relocating to Seattle, she was raised primarily in the Green Lake area and attended St. John's Parish School and was a proud 1955 graduate of Holy Names Academy, where she learned to love...

Aug 28, 2023

Margery Dee (Lovgreen) McGhan, of Silvana, passed away peacefully on August 28, 2023, surrounded by her family.

Margie was born June 6, 1949 in Seattle, WA  to Claire and John Lovgreen. She spent her childhood in Silvana, WA on the family dairy farm. It was also in Silvana that she attended grade school in a four room...

Aug 27, 2023

Rosalie Hargrave, age 88, of Stanwood, died Sunday, August 27, 2023, in a Nursing Home with Hospice care.  She was born April 17, 1935, in East Stanwood, the daughter of Adolph and Audrey Nelson.  She graduated from Stanwood High School in 1953.  Rosalie was married March 19, 1955, to Wayne Hargrave. Wayne and Rosalie took over the family businesses,...

Aug 22, 2023

Inabel Slayton passed away on August 22, 2023.

Inabel was born in Bear Creek, Montana on May 19, 1932. She was the daughter of Charles Chamness and Lotta Heaven. At age three they moved to Arlington, Washington where she went to school and later met and married Robert Slayton. Together they raised a family of 2 boys...

Aug 21, 2023

Richard C. Meske PhD of Camano Island, WA passed away peacefully on August 21, 2023 at Skagit Valley Hospital, Mt Vernon, WA from heart failure with complications of Alzheimer disease. He was blessed with four children; Bruce, Kimberly, Debby and Michael and his wife of 46 years, Patricia Pontikis. He is also succeeded by his sisters Joyce and Marilyn...

Aug 20, 2023

Craig Ellingsen was born October 25, 1966, and left us August 20, 2023.

Craig grew up on the family homestead farm along the Stillaguamish River near Stanwood. There he enjoyed the river and spending time hunting, fishing and kayaking. After leaving the farm he lived in Marysville and worked jobs as a welder and mechanic. He spent...

Aug 15, 2023

Dr. Liang-Che Tao of Camano Island passed peacefully surrounded by family on Aug. 15, 2023. He was 92.

Born in 1931 in Shanghai, he was the 5th of nine children with seven brothers and one sister. He came to North America in 1964 and made Camano Island his home in 2004.

A beloved husband, father...

Aug 8, 2023

Dallas Victor Moen, 85, of Marysville passed away at home surrounded by family on August 8, 2023. He was born March 15, 1938, in Oak Harbor to Harry and Edna Moen. Dallas was preceded in death by his parents, his step-father Lawrence Levison, and sister LaVonne Hood.

Dallas leaves behind his daughters, Kimberly Gee (Paul) and Jana...

Aug 1, 2023

On August 1st, 2023 our beloved son, brother, and uncle Michael P. (Bubs) Downey, passed away at the age of 46, after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by his family. Bubs was born on October 13, 1976 to Michael E. and Anna M. Downey in Everett, Wa.

Bubs was a graduate of the Blanchet high class...

Jul 15, 2023

Ray was born to George and Anna McClure on October 5, 1929 at Arlington General Hospital. His parents were cooks at the Lervick Logging Camp, which was then located near Darrington. Ray's early years were spent amidst the rough and tumble men who worked in the woods. Although he was young, he remembered those days with fondness.

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Jul 14, 2023

Iona G. Greene March 19, 1936 – July 14, 2023

On July 14th 2023 Iona's spirit left this world to join all her loved ones that proceeded her from this life and whom she greatly missed.

Iona was born in Walhalla, ND where she met and married her husband of 63 years, Floyd. They moved...

Jul 10, 2023

Sallyanne Mouracade, age 79, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2023 in Everett, WA. Born July 1, 1944 in Buffalo, NY.

Sallyanne was raised in Buffalo, NY and Columbus, OH. She moved to New Rochelle, NY after marrying Michael Mouracade in 1962. They raised three children together while Sallyanne wrote articles for publications including the New York...

Jul 4, 2023

Glenn Ervin Forslund was welcomed into heaven late in the evening on the 4th of July. Bold, strong, faithful, humble, generous, kind, helpful Glenn lived his life magnificently, blessing those who knew him with love and laughter and honoring his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is greatly missed, but we know that to be absent from the body...

Jun 30, 2023

William Marshall Kenneth Tyyska (Bear)

Kenneth was born July 14, 1936 in Deep River, WA to William and Vieno Tyyska. He grew up in Deep River and Naselle, WA. He graduated from high school in Naselle and attended Lower Columbia College in Longview, WA. He worked on a commercial fishing vessel in Willapa Bay. On February 18,...

Jun 27, 2023

Nestor Canales Vargas, a long-time resident of Stanwood and Camano Island passed away peacefully in his home with family by his side on June 27, 2023. He was 89 years old. Nestor was born on March 4,1934 in Los Indios, Texas to parents Candelario and Luisa Vargas. He was one of eleven children and spent his early years in...

Jun 20, 2023

Michael Lynn Hoskins, born April 4, 1948 passed away peacefully June 20, 2023. Michael loved Jesus and is a proud Marine who served our country faithfully during the Vietnam war. He will be missed by so many.

Michael was born in Seattle Washington. His favorite place was Camano Island where he grew up as a kid and...

Jun 11, 2023

Mary Belle was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on September 1,1934 to Walter and Mabel McMullen.

As a little girl, Mary Belle, the first and middle name she would be called her entire life, loved dogs, dollies, and helping her mama. When she was six years old, her daddy died of pneumonia while the family, including brothers Dee...

Jun 3, 2023

With sorrow, the family of Roy Harding said goodbye to a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to many.  Roy, age 88, passed away peacefully June 3, 2023 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA.

He was born on June 25, 1934 in Seattle, Washington, the only son of the late Earl L. Harding Sr. of Anacortes,...