Memorials

ROLAND HENRY ‘ROLLIE’ GAINES, 86, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident passed away on Tuesday May 20, 2003 at the Sehome Park Care Center in Bellingham. He was born on August 22, 1916 in Blackduck, Minnesota, the oldest of twelve children of James & Gwendolyn Feenendahl Gaines. Rollie was raised and attended school in Minnesota until at […]

George A. ‘Buster’ Hendrickson a lifetime resident of Skagit County passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at the Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA at the age of 52 years. He was born January 18, 1951 in Sedro-Woolley, WA the son of George and Sylvia Burr Hendrickson. George grew up in the Concrete and […]

DELLA OLIVIA MARIE SHOOK, 94, a lifelong resident of the Lyman community, passed away on Monday May 12, 2003 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley. She was born in Lyman, WA on April 15, 1909, the daughter of James Oscar & Mary Pearl Ownby Robinson. Della was raised in Lyman where […]

WILLIAM L. LAMBERT, 75, a resident of Concrete, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2003 at Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley. He was born on June 28, 1927 in Washington. He was a brick mason working in California and Washington. On January 20. 1982 he was united in marriage to Stella Page […]

WAYNE E. BOUTILIER, 87, a longtime Sedro-Woolley area resident, passed away at his home on Friday May 9, 2003. He was born on September 7, 1915 in Granville, North Dakota, the son of William & Ardella Ora Elliott Boutilier. In 1926 Wayne and his family settled in Sedro-Woolley and he was raised and attended school […]

Cecil E. Johnson a longtime resident of Skagit and Whatcom County passed away Saturday, May 3, 2003 at the Rosewood Villa Care Center in Bellingham, WA at the age of 88 years. He was born September 18, 1914 in Juliaetta, Idaho the son of Fred and Clara Dygert Johnson. Cecil moved with his family from […]

Tim Douglas McCoy a resident of Sedro-Woolley for the 51 years passed away at his home on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at the age of 61 years. He was born December 13, 1941 in Big Ridge, North Carolina the son of Gilmer and Ruth Davis McCoy. Tim formally worked as a maintenance worker for Avalon […]

CLAUDE JAMES WEST, 87, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident, passed away on Wednesday April 30, 2003 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley. He was born on March 26, 1916 in Japan, North Carolina, the son of John & Beulah Pilkington West. Claude was raised and attended school in North Carolina. In 1944 […]

Victor C. Laurent, Jr. passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at the Life Care Center in Sedro-Woolley, WA at the age of 64 years. He was born February 2, 1939 in Sultan, WA the son of Victor and Evadina Foster Laurent. Victor was a resident of Bellingham for the past three years and formally resided […]

James V. Elliott a lifetime resident of Sedro-Woolley passed away Saturday, April 26, 2003 at the Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA at the age of 91 years. He was born March 21, 1912 in Red Rock, Oklahoma the son of Charles and Minnie Atterbury Elliott. Jim owned and operated an auto repair shop […]

Elsie Louise Louth, 93, of Sedro-Woolley, WA passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, April 25, 2003. Mrs Louth came from Kansas and has lived in Sedro-Woolley for 33 years. She was married to Howard Louth on July 3, 1938 in Witchita, Kansas. Mrs Louth earned her B.A. in Journalism at Kansas State in […]

Epp L. ‘Buddy’ Early passed away Friday, April 25, 2003 at his home in Sedro-Woolley, WA at the age of 52 years. He was born June 14, 1950 in Waynesville, NC the son of George and Pansy Walls Early. Buddy grew up in Sedro-Woolley attending school and graduating from Sedro-Woolley High School in 1968. He […]

Noel R. ‘Buck’ Holstine passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley, WA with his family at his side from the complications of Lupus at the age of 68 years. He was born February 25, 1935 in Everett, WA the son of Joseph and Dora Cotter Holstine. […]

JAMES R. HOYLE, 61, a resident of the Birdsview community passed away at his home on Tuesday April 15, 2003. He was born on April 28, 1941 in Cullowhee, North Carolina, the son of D. Glen & Edith Watson Hoyle. He was raised and attended school in Cullowhee until 1958 when he moved to Oregon […]

MARY ADELE STRATTON was born on December 24, 1957 in Mount Vernon, Washington to Gerald & Beatrice Stratton. She was first a loving mother to her daughters, Jaimie and Lindsay, as well to their many friends, who remember her as the mom they could always go to for support and advice, as well as for […]