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Violet Victoria Weatherby Memorial
Violet Victoria Weatherby Memorial

Violet Victoria Weatherby

Violet Victoria Weatherby

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Violet ‘Vi’ Victoria Weatherby, 86, a longtime Whatcom County resident and 13 year resident of Sedro-Woolley went home to be with her Lord on Friday March 3, 2006.
She was born on November 20, 1919 in Lynden, Washington, the daughter of Arthur & Ethel Courtney Urfer.
She was raised on a 100 acre farm near Lynden and attended Greenwood School and graduated from Lynden High School in 1937, and then from Mary Stone Beauty School in Seattle in 1939.
She worked as a beautician in Bellingham and at Bert’s Beauty Salon in Lynden.
She was united in marriage to Harry Weatherby in a home wedding on June 21, 1941 in Lynden.
In November of 1941 they founded the Guide Equipment Co. in Lynden, which they operated for 52 years. In 1993 they moved to Sedro-Woolley.
Violet especially enjoyed being with family and friends, gardening and flowers.
She was a member of the Northern Peaks Christian Fellowship in Sedro-Woolley.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Harry at the family home. 2 daughters, Sherry Weatherby of Snohomish and Susan Knowlton Howard of Bellingham. 1 sister, Cora Belle McCallum of Ferndale. A son-in-law, Ronald Neilan of Bellingham and a daughter-in-law, Chris Weatherby of Arlington. 9 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant daughter, Judy Ann; a son, Larry Weatherby; a daughter, Ardis Neilan; a grandson, Tod Neilan and a sister, Marjorie Harmoney.
Violet leaves you with this thought; ‘If you wish to remember me, do it with a kind word or deed to someone who needs you.’
Memorials are suggested to the Northern Peaks Christian Fellowship, 118 No. Ball Street, edro-Woolley, WA 98284.
Graveside services will be held on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 12 Noon at Greenacres Cemetery in Ferndale, with Pastor Kirby Bertholf officiating. A Life Celebration will be held on Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 3:30pm at the Northern Peaks Christian Fellowship in Sedro-Woolley. Arrangements are under the direction of Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley.