Memorials

Helen Irene Sutton, a longtime Skagit County resident, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2004 at the Cornerstone Homecare in Sedro-Woolley at the age of 73 years. She was born October 15, 1930 in Caney Fork, North Carolina, the daughter of Bradley and Dessie Parker Sitton. Helen came to Skagit County from North Carolina in 1947, […]

Our Grandma, Eleanor Ronning Clough, 89, passed away on Friday, March 19, 2004 in Yakima, Washington. Grandma was born December 5, 1914 in Clear Lake, WA, to Elizabeth and Paul Ronning. Eleanor was raised in Clear Lake and graduated from Sedro-Woolley High School. She married ‘Poppa’, Conrad Wesley Clough on April 16, 1937 in the […]

KAREN E. GUNDERSEN ARCHER, 65, a lifelong Skagit County resident, passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at the Kindred Hospital in Seattle. She was born on October 26, 1938 in Burlington, WA, the daughter of Harry & Arvilla Marchant Gundersen. She was also raised and attended school in Burlington. On June 3, 1977 she […]

Edwin ‘Ed’ Goeringer, 82, of Concrete, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2004 in Mount Vernon. He was born October 13, 1921 in Rocky Ford, Colorado to Alexander G. and Katharine E. Grasmick Goeringer. Mr. Goeringer had been a resident of Skagit County for the last 10 years, and prior to that lived in Whatcom County. […]

MARY M. JENSEN CLARK, 93, a former Concrete area resident, passed away in Vancouver, WA on Tuesday March 9, 2004. She was born on February 23, 1911 in Kilgore, Idaho, the daughter of Christian & Anna Kelsey Jensen. The family moved to Concrete in 1924 and there Mary was raised and attended school, graduating from […]

PEARL LEE CHAMBERS, 88, a resident of Sedro-Woolley, passed away at her home on Monday, March 8, 2004 with her family at her side. She was born on March 30, 1915 in Gridley, Kansas, the daughter of George & Hattie Barton Scales. She was raised and attended school in Kansas and on August 25, 1934 […]

LaVonne ‘Bonnie’ Prentice, 80, a resident of Sedro-Woolley went to be with her Lord on Sunday, March 7, 2003 at her home with her family at her side. She was born on January 9, 1924 in Havelock, Iowa the daughter of Frank and Mamie Albaugh Higbee. Bonnie has been a resident of Sedro-Woolley since 1949 […]

Jozef "Joseph" Kowalczyk, "Gone from our sight, but never our memories, Gone from our touch, but never our hearts". Joseph, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident, passed away at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at the age of 84 years. The son of Leon and Apolonia Banach Kowalczyk, Joseph was born […]

LAWRENCE HENRY BATES, 82, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident passed away on Friday February 27, 2004 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. He was born on February 23, 1922 in Staples, MN, the son of Allen & Sylvia Albee Bates. The family lived in Minnesota, moving to Sedro-Woolley when Lawrence was a young man. He […]

RAENOLD VINCENT GUNDERSEN, 92, a longtime resident of the Burlington area, passed away on Thursday February 26, 2004 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. He was born on June 21, 1911 in Albia, Iowa, the son of Martin & Mary Lind Gundersen. The Gundersen family moved to Burlington around 1918 and there Rae attended […]

EVELYN GERTRUDE ADAMS, 71, a longtime Skagit Valley resident, passed away on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. She was born on January 17, 1933 in South Dakota, the daughter Mack & Laura Brookings Greenough. As a young girl Evelyn moved to Skagit County, settling north of Sedro-Woolley. She attended […]

ENLOE OWENS NEWMAN, 79, a Bridgeport, Washington resident, passed away at his son’s home in Big Lake, WA on Tuesday February 24, 2004 following a brief battle with cancer. He was born on November 28, 1924 in Arkansas, the son of Perry & Beatrice Hooper Newman. At the age of 16 he set out from […]

DARLENE VELDA COLLVER, 69, a resident of Sedro-Woolley, passed away on Sunday February 15, 2004 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. She was born on October 27, 1935 in Bemeji, Minnesota, the daughter of Ralph & Velda Horner Knoose. Darlene had made her home in Lynnwood for many years where she was a co-owner […]