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Nadezhda Mushta

Maple Falls resident Nadezhda Mushta passed away at St. Joseph hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 at the age of 86. She will be greatly missed. Funeral arrangements are with Gillies ...

Ethel McKay

Ethel Marie Bonsen McKay, age 96, of Ferndale, passed away on Dec. 10, 2016. Ethel was born Nov. 1, 1920 to parents Peter and Margaret (Blume) Bonsen in Castor, Alberta, Canada. The ...

Mel Byers

Mel Byers, age 80, of Ferndale, passed away at his home on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. He was born July 14, 1936 to parents Wilbur Ray and Pearl Emily (McElheney) Byers. He graduated ...

Robert Nunamaker

Robert C. Nunamaker, of Blaine, passed away on Jan. 6, 2017. Services will be held at the Blaine Performing Arts Center, 975 H St., at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, with a reception following. Share ...

Jacob Theisen

Jacob (Jack) Theisen passed away on Jan. 8, 2017. He was born Dec. 17, 1933 in Sumas and resided in Mount Vernon. Services will be held in Immaculate Conception Church of Mount Vernon. ...

Evelyn Briley

Evelyn “Fern” Briley, age 89, of Bellingham, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Funeral arrangements are being planned with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Joseph Hoekema

Joseph Hoekema went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 at the age of 97. A visitation time is set for Thursday Jan. 12, 2017, from 4 to 7 p.m. in Gillies Funeral ...

Karla Shickley

Karla Shickley, age 50, of Normandy Park, Washington, passed away on Dec. 26, 2016. Visit www.molesfarewelltributes.com.

Charles Coleman

Charles H. Coleman, of Ferndale, passed away on Dec. 28, 2016. Services were held in Bellingham. Share memories at www.westfordfuneralhome.com.

Wallace Gordon Rightmire

Wallace Gordon “Gordy” Rightmire, age 91, of Bellingham, passed away Friday, Dec. 23, 2016 in Lynden. He was born in Cowiche, Washington, on July 18, 1925 to his parents Mary and ...