Latest Obituaries

Harold Bolt

  Harold Bolt, age 86, of Lynden, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019.   You are invited to join Harold’s family and friends for a memorial service at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. ...

John DeBruin

  John Lee DeBruin was born Sept. 18, 1943, in Artesia, Los Angeles County, California, the oldest of Henry J. and Henrietta M. DeBruin’s four children. He graduated from Mount ...

Herman Heusinkveld Jr.

  Herman Heusinkveld Jr., longtime Lynden dairy farmer and Monumenta Cemetery caretaker, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at the age of 90. He was known for his humble, kind ...

Lucille Feenstra Clark

  Lucille Feenstra Clark was born in Bolsward, Friesland, the Netherlands, on March 6, 1920, and passed away on Nov. 1, 2019.   She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter ...

Robert James

  Robert Fred James went to be with his Lord on Oct. 31, 2019. He was 85 years old.   He was born Aug. 8, 1934, in Seattle to Fred and Alberta James. He grew up in Sumas and ...

Alice Briant

  Alice Briant, age 95, died on Oct. 12, 2019, at Birchwood Adult Family Home in Bellingham. She was the kindest, gentlest, smartest and sweetest person on earth and she will be ...

Betty Jean Mayo

  Betty Jean Mayo, age 94, a 22-year resident of Lynden, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham.   Mrs. Mayo was born in Seattle on Nov. ...

Grace Gortsema

  Grace S. Gortsema, 97, went home to her Lord and Savior on Oct. 29, 2019.   Grace was born Feb. 4, 1922, in Grangeville, Idaho, to Gerben and Minnie (Sloot) Kingma. There ...

Nellie Vriesman

  Nellie Mae Vriesman, age 93, of Lynden, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019.   Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and ...

Mary Huff

  Mary Louise (Pruett) Huff, age 98, of Vancouver, Washington, and formerly of Lynden, passed into the arms of her loving Savior on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.   Mary was born July ...