Memorials

MERL T. BENTON, 84, a longtime Rockport area resident, passed away on Monday October 24, 2005 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. He was born on February 9, 1921 in Rosenberg, Texas, the son of Elihu & Banna Hill Benton. He was raised and attended school in Texas. In 1940 he enlisted into the […]

Eddie Eugene Smallwood, a fifty-year resident of Sedro-Woolley, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2005 at United General Hospital from complications of diabetes. His family was nearby to ease his passing. Eddie was born in Bellingham, WA on December 23, 1929, the fourth child of Francis Nova and Calista Nora Vaughn Smallwood. The family home, […]

Eddie Dean Fernando, of Sedro-Woolley, Fisheries Police Chief for the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, died Sunday October 16, 2005 in a Bellingham hospital. He was 59. Eddie was born in Seattle on May 22, 1946, grew up on the Fernando family produce farm in Kent, Wash., and attended Kent-Meridian High School. He served as a […]

Lawrence Nels Hedden, 89, a lifelong resident of Sedro-Woolley passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 at United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, WA. He was born on April 30, 1916 in Lyman, WA, the son of William and Oma Donaldson Hedden. He was raised and attended schools in Sedro-Woolley. Lawrence was united in marriage to […]

JEANNIE HOWELL, 62, a resident of Concrete passed away on Friday October 7, 2005 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. She was born on February 9, 1943 in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of Vernon H. and Mary Wilson McDonald. As a young girl she came to Seattle, graduating from Lincoln High School. She was […]

Martha Atwood, 84, a Burlington resident passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley. Martha was born in Jackson, Michigan on June 2, 1921, to parents Allen Raymond Hamilton, and Jessica Violet Chapman Hamilton. Martha’s family moved from Michigan to Washington State during the Great Depression […]

DANNY LEE CABE, 63, a lifelong resident of Sedro-Woolley passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at Providence Hospital in Everett, WA. He was born on December 1, 1941 in Sedro-Woolley the son of Leland and Betty Davis Cabe. He was raised and attended schools in Sedro-Woolley and won the State Wrestling Championship in 1958. […]

Jesse Marvin Daniels, age 95, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley, WA. He was born on August 1, 1910 in Perry, Iowa, the son of Claude and Minerva Wilson Daniels. Jesse has been a resident of the Sedro-Woolley area for the past 65 years […]

FREMONT BUCHANAN, 77, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday September 16, 2005. He was born on May 12, 1928 in East LaPorte, North Carolina, the fourth of six children of John J. & Mary Jane Hooper Buchanan. He was raised and attended school in the Moses Creek area of […]

RAY L. BUCHANAN, 84, a resident of Sedro-Woolley, passed away on Tuesday September 6, 2005 at Birchview Memory Care. He was born in Cokedale, Washington on February 28, 1921, son of Leonard and Mollie Berleson Buchanan. Ray was raised in the upper Skagit Valley and graduated from Concrete High School. He also attended Arizona State […]

Dorothy Evelyn ‘Dot’ Martinson, passed away Monday, September 5, 2005 at her son’s home near Burlington, WA at the age of 84 years. She was born June 25, 1921 in Bellingham, Washington, the daughter of Arthur and Avorlee Whetchel Wood. Dorothy moved to San Diego, CA as a young girl and resided there until returning […]

Fred ‘Fritz’ Wenrich, age 88, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at the Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA. He was born March 12, 1917 in Lyndhurst, Ohio, the son of Victor and Emily Taflon Wenrich. Fritz grew up in Ohio and served with the US Army as a Master Sergeant with the 914th […]

Robert Ray Shuler, our loving father, grandfather, and great grandfather was suddenly taken by a car accident on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 near Sedro-Woolley, at the age of 62 years. He was born February 19, 1943 in Andrews, North Carolina, the son of Glenn and Pauline Hardin Shuler. Bob grew up in Sedro-Woolley attending school […]