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Terry Glenn Mckean
Apr 20, 2015
KEEP ON "GILLNETTING" Terry, 75, passed away Monday afternoon, April 20, 2015 at Harborview Medical Center after surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurism. Born to Judith Marie Nelson and Felix Edmund McKean on Dec. 11, 1939 at Rowley General Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA, he would eventually be the middle son of four other brothers. Terry had a...
Agnetta Wilhelmina Felthous
Apr 17, 2015
Agnetta Wilhelmina Felthous passed away from natural causes on April 17, 2015 at the age of 94. She was born on March 26, 1921 in Seattle, Washington to Ole and Anna Blindheim. She was raised in north Seattle and graduated from Lincoln High School. Talented in piano and accordion, she and her brother Alvin were one of the early accordion...
Marvel D Potts
Apr 13, 2015
Marvel Potts, 83, of Stanwood, WA passed away April 13, 2015 in Arlington, WA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, April 17, 2015 at Arlington Cemetery. Marvel is preceded by her husband, Garrard "Dick" Potts, her parents Daniel and Ivy Angus, and four brothers, Wheeler, Joe, Gerald, and Paul. Marvel is survived by her brother Leonard; daughter Courtney...
John Aalmo
Apr 12, 2015
John Aalmo 81 of Anacortes Formerly of Camano Island, died Sunday April 12, 2014 in Nevada. He was born October 4, 1933 to Arne and Fredricka Johnson Aalmo in Ketchikan, Alaska. John moved to Camano Island at the age of 4 with his family, residing here the majority of his life. He graduated from Mount Vernon High school and served...
Suzanne T Huffman
Apr 6, 2015
HUFFMAN, Suzanne—Passed with peace and grace on April 6, with her loving husband Tom at her side. Survived by her brother, Wally Nelson (Donnie), sister Cyndy Whetter, daughter Mary Howes (Ken), son Tom Huffman (Shelah), daughter Jill Hilstad (Cameron), son Mike Huffman (Tiffany) and eleven grandchildren. Predeceased by her brother Donny Nelson and daughter Elizabeth Huffman. Susie was born in...
Charles Robert Murr
Apr 5, 2015
Charles R. "Chuck" Murr passed away on April 5, 2015 due to complications from diabetes. Chuck was born October 3, 1932 to parents Charles Murr and Pearl (Rudisill) Murr in Woden, Iowa. As a child he moved with his family to Corwith, Iowa and later to Mason City, Iowa where he graduate from high school in 1950. Chuck was a...
Lois Elaine Robb
Mar 28, 2015
Lois E. Robb, age 71, died peacefully with her family by her side on Sat. March 28th after a brief illness. She was born to Alex and Ingrid Thompson on Dec. 13th 1943, in Mount Vernon, Washington. She graduated from Twin City High School in 1962. After graduation, Lois began beauty school in Seattle. She married Bob Fisher in 1964...
Lorraine M Wagness
Mar 20, 2015
Lorraine Wagness died peacefully on Friday, March 20th, with daughter, Kit, and dog, Thomas, at her side. She taught in Seattle Schools for 40 years, and was very active in the community until the last two months: WSSRA, SSRA, Delta Kappa Gamma, Lions, Kiwanis, Garden Club, Women's Club. Lorraine was the twin of Lois Robbins, and sister to Jean Peterson...
Thomas Grant Smith
Mar 13, 2015
Thomas Grant Smith passed away peacefully on Friday, March 13th, 2015. He was born on September 22nd, 1922 to Ralph E. and Elizabeth (Weiss) Smith in Lewistown, Montana. Tom's childhood was a "Norman Rockwell" story of fishing trips, escapades with cars, and loving family fun. Tom was proud to have worked in the Conservation Corp planting trees during his teenage...
Elton Lee Eilert
Mar 10, 2015
Elton Lee Eilert was born on March 18, 1928 in Orange, California to Lee Ira & Bessie Eilert. Elton graduated Santa Ana High School, then graduated at the University of Santa Barbara. He continued his education at the Loyola University, graduated and passed the California Bar Exam. He worked for several companies, some of them which include Rheem, Sambo's and...
Garnett Kirby White
Mar 5, 2015
Kirby White died at age 70 at the Josephine Sunset Home March, 5th, 2015 at 11:30pm in Stanwood, WA. Kirby was born August 4, 1944 in Spokane, WA to Garnett Walter and Verdell Louise (Morgan) White 11 years after his older brother Louis Morgan White. As a child in St. John, WA Kirby enjoyed being on the family ranch and...
Herbert Bruce Hutchinson
Mar 3, 2015
Herbert "Bert" Bruce Hutchinson, born to A.T. "Hutch" Hutchinson and Marion (Garvin) Hutchinson on June 27, 1931, in Seattle, Washington, peacefully passed away in his home in Stanwood, Washington on March 3, 2015. Bert was the youngest of three brothers, Robert "Bob" and Richard "Dick". His Grandmother, Jenny (Carr) Hutchinson introduced him to the gospel and Jesus Christ as an...
Betty L Wade
Feb 27, 2015
Betty Wade was born in Arlington, WA in September 1923 to Arthur and Juta (Berg) Orcutt. Betty passed away, per her wishes at home, with loving family members on February 27th 2015 at age 91. Betty was preceded in death by her husband Carl Wade, her parents Arthur and Juta Orcutt, her son Larry, her brothers Ray and Don, her...
Anthony Conrad Nesje
Feb 25, 2015
R.I.P. Anthony Conrad Nesje (May 1, 1984 on Camano Island till February 25, 2015) Anthony was a loving Father, Brother, Son, Uncle, "Bucko", Cousin, and Friend to Many. Anthony gained his wings suddenly Wednesday, February 25, 2015 leaving us all with memories of many laughs, love, happiness, and even tears of heartache from his passing. Anthony loved being the life...
Clarence "Smitty" Schmitt
Feb 22, 2015
Clarence "Smitty" Schmitt, 89, passed away peacefully at the home of his son, Jeff, on February 22, 2015. He was born on March 14, 1925 in Zeeland, North Dakota to Henry and Bertha Schmitt. Clarence served in the US Army, and after coming to Washington State, he worked at Olympian Stone, at a cookie factory, owned a restaurant "The Seventh...
Richard Smith Norgaard
Feb 16, 2015
On February 16, 2015 Richard Smith Norgaard, 84, passed away at home with family. Richard was born in Eugene, Oregon. He lived most of his life in Stanwood, WA. Richard belonged to the Future Farmers of America and cattle clubs where he showed his cows. He was later drafted into the Army. He received an honorable discharge August 1961 as...
George Paul Marchand
Feb 12, 2015
George Paul Marchand passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Thursday, February 12, 2015. He was born on December 3, 1930 to Joseph-Napoleon and Marie (Qunell) Marchand in Yakima, Washington, and graduated from Marquette High School. After spending four years in the US Navy, he moved to the Puget Sound area and graduated from Seattle University with...
Ilene Ingrid Svensen
Feb 11, 2015
Ilene Ingrid Hagen entered this world September 12, 1931. Born on the family farm overlooking Livingston Bay to parents Freda Soderstrom Hagen and Ole Pederson Hagen. They lived at Monaco Beach until Ole was tragically killed in a logging accident as he saved another worker. Ilene was only 8 years old when she, her mom, and her little brother, Donald,...
Jean A Johnson
Feb 3, 2015
Jean A. Johnson passed away February 3, 2015 at Swedish Edmonds Hospital, Edmonds, WA. She was born August 6, 1923 in Waubay, SD & raised in Waubay. After becoming a registered nurse, she married her high school sweetheart, Warren Johnson. Jean & Warren served for 30 years as Free Methodist missionaries in South Africa & Malawi. In 1981 they returned...
Cecil Norman Kemp
Feb 2, 2015
Cecil passed peacefully in his sleep February 2nd, 2015. He is survived by wife Anita, brother Doug, Step children; Dan (Julie), Mike (Rani), Sherri (Rich) and Kelly (Corrinne). Tweleve grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Cecil was preceeded in death by his mother Dora, father Charles, sister, Lorraine, brother Donald and brother Jimmy. Cecil graduated from Everett High...
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