Memorials

LAWRENCE JOHN ‘LARRY’ MANKE, 67, a resident of Alger, WA, passed away Friday September 27, 2002 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon surrounded by his children, brother & loving companion. Larry was born on March 3, 1935 in Fort Collins, Colorado, the son of Otto & Noreen Bailey Manke, Jr. As a young boy […]

Doyle H. Frisbee, 82, of Sedro-Woolley, WA passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2002 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley. Doyle was born March 6, 1920 in Moe, Hot Springs North Carolina, the oldest of eleven children of Thomas and Maggie Justice Frisbee. He attended school in North Carolina until joining the […]

David Wayne Prince, age 24, is resting at peace with his grandfather as the result of a hit and run automobile accident on Sunday, September 15, 2002 near Rockport, WA. He was born November 10, 1977 in Sedro-Woolley, WA the son of Wayne and Susan Hoffman Prince. David was a lifetime resident of Concrete where […]

Harry Benjamin Wyatt passed away Saturday, September 14, 2002 at the United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, WA at the age of 65 years. He was born June 19, 1937 in Waynesville, NC the son of Estes and Etta Johnson Wyatt. Harry grew up in North Carolina and moved to Skagit County 53 years ago residing […]

Myrtle Catherine Benson a lifetime resident of Sedro-Woolley passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley, WA at the age of 98 years. She was born September 12, 1903 in Aberdeen, WA the daughter of Pete and Christine Bratley Olsen. Myrtle grew up and resided in the […]

Charles W. Sweeney has begun his newest journey joining our Lord in Heaven on Saturday, September 7, 2002 at his home in Sedro-Woolley, WA at the age of 80 years. He was born August 15, 1922 in Lowell, MA the son of Edward and Mary Karen Sweeney. Charles was a resident of Wenatchee, WA for […]

GEORGIA M. RIDENHOUR, 89, a former Whatcom County and current Skagit County resident passed away Saturday September 7, 2002 in a Bellingham Care Center. She was born on March 2, 1913 in Puyallup, WA the daughter of Ernest & Florence Stone Monaghan. As a young girl the family moved to the Deming area where Georgia […]

FRANCES BROOKS, 91, a resident of Lyman, WA, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday September 2, 2002. She was born on November 19, 1910 in Everett, WA, the daughter of Charles & Sarah Boisinneau Imbleau. As a young girl she moved to Leavenworth, WA where she was raised and attended school. Frances lived […]

ELIZABETH ‘BETSY’ STRODTMANN, 76, a longtime Mount Vernon Big Lake area resident passed away on Sunday September 1, 2002 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She was born on February 21, 1926 in Gardner, Kansas, the daughter of Robert & Lillie Weaver Potts. She was raised and attended school in Waverly, Missouri. On March 9, […]

WID MEDFORD, 95, a lifelong resident of the Hamilton area, passed away on Sunday August 25, 2002 at Valley General Hospital in Monroe, WA. Wid was born on June 18, 1907 in Hamilton, WA the son of Willis & Lucy Howell Medford. He was raised and attended school in Hamilton until 1921 when he began […]

Boyce Lawson passed away Thursday, August 22, 2002 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley, Washington at the age of 71 years. He was born September 13, 1930 in Dallas, Texas the son of Charlie and Pansy Kennedy Lawson, Sr. Boyce was a resident of the Burlington area since 1981 and formally […]

Ivory Nicole Fields, the infant daughter of Gabe and Rochelle passed away Monday, August 19th, 2002 at the Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA. She is survived by her parents Gabe Fields and Rochelle Soderberg of Sedro-Woolley. A sister Savannah Soderberg of Sedro-Woolley. Grandparents Richard Soderberg of Burlington, Launa Soderberg of Sedro-Woolley and Richard […]

Mark Henry Westre passed away Monday, August 19, 2002 at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA at the age of 55 years. He was born August 19, 1947 in Seattle, WA the son of Chester and Janet Braun Westre. Mark was a resident of Sedro-Woolley for the past two years and formally resided in […]

MAURICE ARTHUR SWANSON, 78, a resident of Sedro-Woolley for the past 45 years, passed away from pneumonia peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, August 11, 2002. He was born on July 3, 1924 in Arlington, WA, the son of Arthur and Margaret Campbell Swanson. He was raised in Darrington by his uncle and aunt, Johnny […]

MARGARET A. STRICKLAND passed away August 10, 2002 at her home. She was born October 16, 1904 in Millstone, Kentucky. She was married to James Floyd Strickland in 1919. Margaret moved from Kentucky, to Toledo, WA in 1926, then to Fairbanks, AK in 1935. In 1939 they moved to Chehalis, WA. They eventually lived at […]

ROY W. VAHLBUSCH, 89, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident passed away on Saturday August 10, 2002 at Home Place Special Care in Burlington, WA. He was born on July 15, 1913 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the son of Walter and Martha McConnell Vahlbusch. He moved to Bellingham, WA as an infant and there was raised and […]

Virginia M. Johnston, 85, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident passed away surrounded by her family at her home on Friday, August 9, 2002. She was born on July 29, 1917 in Leavittsburg, Ohio the daughter of William A. and Anna L. Perman Byham. As a young child she moved to Sedro-Woolley. She was raised and attended […]