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Esther D Carlson
Jan 12, 2016
Esther Young Carlson was born into the Christian home of Ralph and Fredie Scott Young on August 6, 1917, in Davenport, WA. Her Father was frequently on the move in the lumber business and her Mother did both bookkeeping and house cleaning. When Esther was just a toddler she had whooping cough, but her Grandfather Scott prayed for her and...
Esther D Carlson
Jan 12, 2016
Esther Young Carlson was born into the Christian home of Ralph and Fredie Scott Young on August 6, 1917, in Davenport, WA. Her Father was frequently on the move in the lumber business and her Mother did both bookkeeping and house cleaning. When Esther was just a toddler she had whooping cough, but her Grandfather Scott prayed for her and...
Nellie Mae Hutter
Jan 12, 2016
Nellie Mae (Norem) Hutter beloved wife and mother went to be with the Lord Thursday January12 at home surrounded by family. She was born January 9, 1926 in Ottawa, Illinois to Harvey and Anna Norem the youngest of four children. She graduated from Newark High School and St. Olaf College, Northfield Minnesota in Social Work. She attended the Lutheran Bible...
Linda Rose Boyd
Jan 12, 2016
Linda Rose (Christiansen) Boyd, Passed away from this world the 12th day of 2016, Surrounded by her Immediate Family. She was born in Seattle, WA to R.W. (Bob) and Becky Christiansen on April 6, 1943. She was an Artist, Traveler and Lover of Movies. She Leaves behind a daughter Karen (Tom) Snyder, 3 grandchildren; Melissa (Forrest) Boyd, Kathleen (Miles) McGillivary...
Howard Eugene Sherwood
Jan 10, 2016
Surrounded by his family Howard Eugene Sherwood (Gene) passed peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus on January 10, 2016. He is survived by his bride of 71 years Gloria and their five children; Karen Mullkoff, Darlyn Gepner, Darrell Sherwood (Lynn), Kevin Sherwood (Karen), Cynthia Janisch (Rick), 18 grand children, 40 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren on the...
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...
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