Memorials

Violet Polly Mae Dillard, age 65, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2007 at the Regional Hospital in Seattle, WA. She was born May 10, 1941 in Jackson County, NC, the daughter of Guy and Marie Reece Carpenter. Violet moved to Skagit County in 1951 with her parents and was raised in the upper Valley attending […]

Violet Polly Mae Dillard, age 65, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2007 at the Regional Hospital in Seattle, WA. She was born May 10, 1941 in Jackson County, NC, the daughter of Guy and Marie Reece Carpenter. Violet moved to Skagit County in 1951 with her parents and was raised in the upper Valley attending […]

Paul Ray Brooks, age 63, passed away Monday, February 26, 2007 at the United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, WA. He was born August 6, 1943 in Gid, Arkansas, the son of Thomas and M.E. Ray Brooks. He was married to Mary Wegener on April 4, 1963 in Redmond, WA and they resided in Kirkland, WA […]

Maxine Teresa Williams, age 68, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2007 at the Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA. She was born September 20, 1938 on the Swinomish Reservation in LaConner, WA, the daughter of Gus and Aurelia Hillaire Stone Sr. Maxine grew up and resided at Swinomish for many years until residing at […]

Janet S. Haberly, 74, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident passed away on Friday, February 23, 2007 at the United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, WA. She was born March 8, 1932 in Gilmore City, Iowa, the daughter of Sven and Brita Maakestad Anderson. Janet was a graduate of Marysville High School in 1950 and resided in Seattle […]

Melva Brinson knicknamed Pat passed away on Friday, February 23, 2007 at Creekside Retirement Community in Burlington, Washington at the age of 93. She was born December 20, 1913 in Arnett, Oklahoma, the daughter of James and Mamie Long. Melva came with her family from Oklahoma to Washington in 1935, where she married Clarence Brinson […]

Thomas E. Welsh, age 89, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley, WA. He was born January 21, 1918 in Bellingham, WA, the son of Morris and Victoria Taylor Welsh. Tom grew up in Bow and graduated from Edison Union High School in 1936. He served […]

Everett A. Arnes, 91, a resident of Sedro-Woolley since 1949, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2007 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley, WA. He was born on October 3, 1915 in Northwood, North Dakota, the son of Edon and Emma Olson Arnes. He was raised and attended school in Northwood, […]

Matilda ‘Tillie’ Anderson, 87, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident, passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2007 at the Family Comfort Adult Home. She was born on April 19, 1919 in Lind, Washington to Russian immigrants, Gottlieb & Katherine Kries Sackman. As a young girl Tillie and her family moved to Sedro-Woolley where her family operated a […]

Myrtle O. Sumpter, 90, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley. She was born on December 4, 1916 in Port Orchard, WA, the daughter of Oliver & Leona Gray Jones, an was raised and attended school in Port Orchard. She was […]

Alma Hieb, age 92, passed away on Monday, February 12, 2007 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley, WA. She was born on December 29, 1914 in Herrick, South Dakota, the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Frank Fuhrman. Alma grew up in South Dakota where she attended school graduating from Herrick High […]

Roberta Fredlund Betschart Ostrom, age 76, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2007 at the Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA, surrounded by her loving family after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. She was born January 6, 1931 in the house her grandfather built in Mount Vernon, the daughter of Skagit County pioneers, John […]

Helen D. Anderson, 94, a resident of Sedro-Woolley, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at Birchview Memory Care. She was born on September 10, 1912 in Fredonia, Iowa, the daughter of William Ryerson & Mary Olive Knott DeWitt. Helen was raised in Columbus Junction, Iowa where she attended school. At the age of 16 […]

Claude A. Sitton, 73, a longtime resident of Sedro-Woolley passed away on Friday, February 9, 2007 at United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley surrounded by family and friends. He was born on March 19, 1933 in Caney Forks, North Carolina the son of Bradley and Dessie Parker Sitton. At age 14, Claude moved to the Skagit […]

Ellis Loraine Driskell Scott, 97, a former longtime Skagit County resident, passed away on Monday, February 5, 2007 in Boerne, Texas. She was born in Diboll, Texas on January 28, 1910, the daughter of Mark & Minnie Brent Driskoll. She was the last surviving sibling in a family of 10 children. Being the oldest girl, […]

Elizabeth Jane ‘Bettie’ Alley, age 83, passed away on Thursday, February 1, 2007 in Sedro-Woolley, WA. She was born on July 22, 1923 in Seattle, WA, the daughter of Bernard and Eliza Watson Riley. Bettie grew up in Seattle where she attended school, graduating from Roosevelt High School. She worked as an accountant for 45 […]

David E. Larrabee, 85, passed away peacefully in his sleep at Birchview Memory Care Center on February 1, 2007. Born on April 8, 1921 in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, he was the fourth child of Earl & Lilly Larrabee. After graduating from Sedro-Woolley High School in 1942, Dave joined the United States Coast Guard servicing his country […]

Mollie Ann Young, 51, a Sedro-Woolley resident, passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on November 23, 1955 in Parkston, South Dakota, the daughter of Donald & Rosie Fuerst Asche. Mollie was raised and attended grade and middle school in Scotland, SD after which […]

Evelyn "June" DeHaven, 88, a resident of Sedro-Woolley, passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2007. June was born on June 18, 1918, in Chicago, Illinois, the beloved youngest daughter of Theresa Sedlachek and Stefan Vodicka, of Croatia. June’s family moved to San Diego, California in 1926, when she was 8 years old. She met her […]

Johanna Barbara Onderwater, age 104, passed away on Monday, January 29, 2007 at her home at Country Meadows in Sedro-Woolley, WA. She was the youngest of 13 children born on September 10, 1902 in Holland, the daughter of Petres and Barbara Koppert Kievert. Johanna grew up in Holland and attended school there. She had many […]