Latest Obituaries

Mary VanderWerff

Lynden resident Mary VanderWerff, age 75, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. You are invited to join the family for a memorial service at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, in Gillies ...

Irene Zwiers

Irene Zwiers, 94, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 24, 2016 at home in Everson, where she lived for 67 years. Please share your condolences and memories in the online guestbook ...

Evelyn Pritchard

Evelyn V. Pritchard, of Sumas, passed away at Whatcom Hospice House on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016 at the age of 86. Evelyn was born in Rush, Arkansas, to Van Roe and Josephine Blossom (Goatley) ...

George Young

George Young, longtime resident of Lynden, passed away Nov. 30, 2016. He was born on May 29, 1927 in Rockville, Nebraska. After graduating from high school, George served in the merchant ...

Charlene French

Charlene (Blackburn) French passed away unexpectedly in her home in Ferndale on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 at the age of 72. Charlene is survived by her husband, Robert French; mother Natalie ...

Kathleen Pickel

Kathleen Mae Utvich Pickel, age 55, passed away on Dec. 1, 2016. She was born on July, 26, 1961, in Glendale, California, and grew up in Newhall, California, where she graduated from ...

Nick Vander Veen

Nick Vander Veen went to be with his Lord on Sunday morning, Dec. 11, 2016 at the age of 84. He was born in Twijzel, Freisland, the Netherlands, to John and Christine Vander Veen on ...

Marion DeKoekkoek

Lynden resident Marion M. DeKoekkoek, age 79, passed away with her husband by her side on Dec. 11, 2016. She was born on March 31, 1937 in Blaine to John and Eva (Kandler) Baldwin. ...

Elizabeth Frazier

Lynden resident Elizabeth Frazier, age 84, passed away at the Christian Health Care Center on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and ...

Susan Bishop

Susan “Sue” Bishop, age 70, was born in Bellingham and passed away in Vancouver, Washington, on Nov. 18, 2016, with her family by her side. Please share your thoughts and memories ...