Memorials

On Thursday, February 19, 2015, Wilma June Hayes, 80, of Sedro Woolley, went to be with her Lord.  Wilma was born June 6, 1934, the 5th of 6 children, to Joseph and Pearl Stewart in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The family moved to California when she was about 11 years old. Soon after graduating from high school […]

    Floyd G. Hintz, 72, a resident of Birdsview, WA passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Providence Hospital in Everett.     He was born on February 18, 1943 on the White Earth Indian reservation in Minnesota, the son of Floyd & Maxine (Hodder) Hintz. In 1944 the family moved to Seattle, WA, settling […]

Marvin Leo Otte, 84, a resident of Sedro-Woolley, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley. Marvin was born on March 17, 1930 in Thayer Nebraska, the son of John & Lorena (Pohl) Otte.  He was raised and attended school in Bradshaw, NE, graduating […]

Etta Mae (Slattery) Madlung passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at the age of 87 years, surrounded by her family. Etta was born on August 7, 1927 in Beloit, Wisconsin to John (Jack) & Carrie Slattery. She was the youngest of 9 children and moved to Sedro-Woolley when she was just three weeks […]

  Donald Clive “ Don“ Price,  age 80, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015 surrounded by his loving family.    Don was born to Aili and Clive Price on October 20, 1934. He had an older brother, Richard Arnold Price and three years later was joined by a younger sister Virginia Lee “Ginny “Price.      […]

Elsie Mae Palmer, 78, a longtime resident of Skagit Valley passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2014 at the Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley.  She was born on January 9, 1937 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Margaret (Goeringer) Scheuerman. Elsie and her family moved to Washington when she […]

Stewart Gordon Lloyd, 84, passed away January 31, 2015 at Birchview Memory Care in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. Stewart was born March 16, 1930, in Peaceberg, Alabama, to Stewart and Pearl (Nawlin) Lloyd.  Raised in Alabama, he joined the Navy and was stationed in Bremerton, Washington, where he met and married Barbara J. Wheeler on December 14, […]

Vivian M. Talbot, 86 a resident of Sedro-Woolley, WA passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015. She was born on May 4, 1928 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Irene and Edwin Gilbertson. She was previously married to Edwin T. Johnson. She was united in marriage to Allen R. Talbot on March 17, 1961 in Webster, […]

James W. “Woody” White, 47, a former longtime Sedro-Woolley area resident, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 in Wenatchee, Washington. Woody was born on January 28, 1967 in Sanford, Florida, the son of James & Karen (Hoffman) White.  In 1968 the family moved to Sedro-Woolley where Woody was raised and attended school. After high […]

Charlene Cleona Koster, age 78, passed away Monday, January 26, 2015 surrounded by family and friends.  Charlene was born July 17, 1936 at her home on Ferry Street in Sedro Woolley to Hiram and Charlotte Powers.  As a little girl, she was blessed with living the simple life of rural Skagit County.  In 1942 her […]

Virginia May Byrd, a longtime upper Skagit Valley resident, passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon.     She was born on November 8, 1928 in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Harold & Helen (Goltz) Hinshaw.  The family made their home for a short time in Colville, WA before […]

Luther Ford Rhone, 91, a resident of Sedro-Woolley, went home to our Lord on Thursday, January 22, 2015.      Luther was born on February 13, 1923 in Moundville, Alabama.       He joined the Navy at the age of 20 and was stationed at the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.  While on R & R, he […]

    Fay Lenora Dionne, 72, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident, passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon.     She was born on June 9, 1942 in Sedro-Woolley, the daughter of Fred & Pearl (Williams) Foss.  She was raised and attended school in Sedro-Woolley, graduating from SWHS with the class […]

   Daniel Russell Coward, 78, a longtime Concrete area resident, passed away at his home on Monday, January 19, 2015.    Russell was born in Cowarts, North Carolina on December 2, 1936, the son of James & Lillie (Moore) Coward. He was raised and attended school near Sylva, NC. In the mid 1950’s he came […]

    At 8:25am on Saturday, January 17th 2015, we said goodbye to Leo Ray “Buddy” Hayes Jr., and the world of all those who knew him became smaller.  Buddy passed away as the result of an early morning auto accident, which occurred as he was returning to his Naval station near Jacksonville, Florida.  Family and […]

    Gordon Ray Gasho, 76, a longtime Sedro-Woolley area resident, passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at St. Joseph Peace Health Hospital in Bellingham.     He was born on January 4, 1939 in Bellingham, the son of John & Lilly (Ness) Gasho.  He was raised and attended school in Friday Harbor on Orcas Island […]

Bernice Rose Doyle passed away on her 88th birthday, January 12, 2015 in the early morning hours at Mt. Glenn Assisted Living. She had spent the weekend “at her party” with family. She is survived by her sister, Marie Collins, of Laguna Hills, CA; daughter, Susie (Dale) Wardell of Sedro-Woolley; son, Jim (Marjie) Doyle of […]

Bradley Ray Conn, age 47, a resident of Sedro-Woolley, WA, passed away unexpectedly on January 10, 2015 in Mount Vernon, WA. He was born on December 17, 1967, in Mount Vernon, WA the son of David and Betty Jo Conn. Brad was raised and attended school in Burlington, WA, graduating from Burlington-Edison High School in […]

Frank Noles, 60, a resident of Sedro-Woolley, passed away on January 9, 2015 at Whatcom Hospice House from several health issues. Frank was born on March 9, 1954 in Seattle. On November 3, 1973 he was united in marriage to his soul mate, Kathy Self. Frank served in the US Army, then went to work […]

Catherine Mesarchik, age 89, residing in Kent, WA, died in her home January 8, 2015. She was born March 22, 1925 in Belle Valley OH, to Frank and Julia Hrinko.  She was married to Alfred Mesarchik in 1948, and later widowed.  Catherine’s last employer was National Frozen Foods, Burlington, WA.  She was an avid bowler, […]

Russell Valentine Heglin-Hernandez, 21, a lifelong member of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, passed away unexpectedly to cancer at his home in Sedro-Woolley on January 8, 2015. Russell was born on February 14, 1993 in Auburn, Washington, the son of Robert Hernandez and Kirsten Heglin.  He was raised in Sedro-Woolley by his grandmother Linnette B. […]

Jesse M. Sanchez 68 of Sedro-Woolley passed away January 7th. Jesse was born on July 08, 1946 in Mabton Wa, to Silveria  and Raul Sanchez.  He was married to Andrea G. Sanchez   Jesse was employed by the State of WA for 30 years. He worked for the Employment Security and WorkSource departments where his […]