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Obituaries
Ivy Jean Kerlee
Jan 4, 2016
Ivy Jean (Coxson) Kerlee passed away gently on January 4, 2016, in the company of her son David and daughter Lynn, at the Providence Medical Center in Everett, Washington. Born on Dec. 6, 1926 in tiny, remote, Vauxhall, Alberta, Ivy kept a sense of the wonder and adventure of the prairie to her last days. Daughter of a ministering couple,...
Sally Irene Chaney
Dec 29, 2015
Sally Chaney 1947-2015 In loving memory of Sally Chaney who passed away on December 29, 2015. Sally graduated from West Seattle HS in 1965. She is survived by her husband of 43 loving years, Michael Chaney of Stanwood, her son and his wife, Gary & Holly Chaney, her daughter and her husband, Karin & Darin Nelson, her sister Judy Johnson,...
Garry Edwin Lund
Dec 27, 2015
While snow was falling, just like on the day he was born, Garry Edwin Lund passed away on Sunday morning, 12/27/15, at home with his family after a 2 ½ -year brave and courageous battle with cancer. He was born on 3/3/60 in Mt. Vernon, WA, and lived in Stanwood the rest of his life. He attended Stanwood schools and...
Gloria M Foerester
Dec 26, 2015
Gloria "The Fuchsia Lady" Foerester was born July 4th 1929 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She passed away on December 26th 2015 in Stanwood WA. Gloria moved to Washington in her early teens, lived and worked in Seattle. She began working as a furrier and co-owner of Foerester Fur. When she retired and moved to Camano island along with her family in...
Gary Irwin Husby
Dec 22, 2015
What's happenin' Mon!!! Gary Irwin Husby " Buzzard " Gary was born December 25, 1957 in Everett, Wash. He passed peacefully in his chair on December 20, 2015 in his home in Salome, AZ. Gary was an avid fisherman and made many lifelong friendships thru his love of the water and having a beer with good people. Gary was preceded...
Darlene Vera Westphal
Dec 20, 2015
Darlene (Dolly) Vera Westphal, 88, passed away at Josephine Sunset Home Rehab Center in Stanwood WA on December 20, 2015. Dolly was a long time resident of Ballard where she and her husband Bob raised their family before moving to Camano Island in the mid 1980's when she and her husband supposedly went to retire. Dolly was a member of...
Joseph "Burt" Garrison
Dec 18, 2015
On March 30, 1918, in Everett, WA, Porter and Mabel Garrison welcomed their second son, Joseph B. (Burt) Garrison into the world. 97 years later he left a dramatically changed world. Raised in the logging camps on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Burt came to respect hard work, many cultures and the pride of doing a job well. He moved...
June Marie Carter
Dec 18, 2015
June M Carter passed away on Dec. 18, 2015, in Everett, WA, at the age of 90. After living the majority of her life in the Lakewood-Warm Beach area, she spent her retirement years in Tucson, AZ. Upon the death of her husband, Harlan Carter, she moved back to the Everett-Snohomish area. She is survived by her son, Jess Carter,...
Myrduff Melvin Forner
Dec 16, 2015
In Loving Memory of Myrduff Melvin Forner Jan. 13, 1923 - Dec. 16, 2015 Myrduff Melvin Forner of Warm Beach Senior Center passed away peacefully in his sleep on December  16, 2015. Myrduff was born on a farm in Knox, North Dakota in 1923. When he was young, his family moved to Washington State where Myrduff stayed and raised his...
James M Hawkins
Dec 15, 2015
James Marion Hawkins (Jim) was born in Sacramento, CA to Violet and Howell Hawkins on April 29, 1929. He grew up in Napa, CA. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the Army Air corps and became a criminal investigator. He retired from the military in 1967 after 22 years of service. In 1968 Jim began his second career...
Barbara Moyer Pulliam
Dec 11, 2015
Barbara, 85, went to dance with angels surrounded by family on December 11, 2015. Barb was born in Oso, Wa. In 1950, Barb married Gil Moyer and had three beautiful children. After Gil passed in 1967 the family moved back to the Arlington area. Barb and her brother, Don, ran Rotten Ralph's for 25 years. She took great pride in...
Jim E Hansen
Dec 3, 2015
Jim Hansen, 74, born in Tulsa Oklahoma, passed away of heart failure on December 3, 2015. He leaves a strong and large family behind, including: wife Marlene, after 55 years of marriage. Daughters: April Bennett (Gary), Francie Corbett (Dave). Grandchildren: Brandon, Serena, Jensen and Xander. Sister: Karen, as well as many brother and sister-in-laws, nieces, and nephews. Additionally, he left...
Mary Katherine Murr
Dec 3, 2015
Mary Katherine Murr (Senn) passed away in her sleep on December 3, 2015 at the assisted living residence she recently joined to be near her daughter Janet in Coconut Creek, Florida. Mary was born on August 17, 1932 in Mason City, Iowa to George & Katherine Senn. She graduated from Mason City High School along with her future husband, Chuck...
Richard L Tucker
Dec 2, 2015
Richard (Dick) LaVern Tucker, 83, of Stanwood, Washington died December 2, 2015 at Providence Hospital in Everett. He was born March 27, 1932 in Portland, Oregon to Harold & Stella Smith Tucker. He served his country in the US Navy. His last job was running Cascade Culvert in Arlington before he had to retire. He married Nancy Bergmeier November 30,...
Nancy Wallis Curtis
Nov 26, 2015
Nancy, 95, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Thanksgiving Day at Josephine Sunset Home in Stanwood, Washington. She was the second to youngest of nine children of Garrard Wallis and Grace Thornton. Wallis, and was born on her family's farm in Bowman, Georgia. When she was two years old her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Nancy had a strong...
Diane Eneix
Nov 19, 2015
Diane Eneix, age 82, passed away peacefully on November 19, 2015, in Stanwood, Washington. She was born August 9, 1933, in Seattle, Washington to Martin and Genevieve Monson. She is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Clayton Eneix; Children, Dennis (Jill), Neil (Cheryl), Kathy, Linda, Evon (Greg); 20 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great granddaughter. Diane's greatest joy was...
Clifford A Peterson
Nov 10, 2015
Clifford was born October 23, 1917 in Fortuna, North Dakota and died in his sleep November 10, 2015 in Mt. Vernon, WA. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and married Phyllis (Horgen) Peterson on February 21, 1951. He had a long and successful career as a Seattle mortgage banker, first with Sparkman & McLean, then...
Nathan Benedict Maher
Nov 9, 2015
Nathan Benedict Maher died peacefully surrounded by family on November 9, 2015 after a four-year battle with cancer. He and his twin brother, Ned, were born in Mountain View, California in 1963, the youngest of eight children. As a child, Nate attended St. Martin Elementary School in Sunnyvale and later graduated from St Francis High School in Mountain View. Inspired...
Gary Ernest Stemler
Nov 6, 2015
Gary Ernest Stemler, 74, passed away quietly in his home in Camano Island, WA on November 6, 2015 after his second battle with cancer. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa to Ernest and Dorothy Stemler. Gary grew up in Tacoma, WA, where he graduated from Wilson High School. He attended the University of Washington where he earned a degree...
Rosemary Barson
Oct 29, 2015
Our bright star Rosemary Barson passed away peacefully in her sleep in her condo at Utsalady Cove on Camano Island the morning of October 29th, 2015. Services will be held at St. Cecilia's in Stanwood on Thursday, November 5th beginning with a Rosary at 10:00AM and Life Celebration Mass at 11:00am led by Father William Tracy. Directly following mass there...
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