obituaries

Feb 5, 2023

Raquel Chaires, age 57, loving mother of three, and adoring grandmother of six grandchildren, passed away peacefully with her family on February 5th, 2023 after a courageous battle with cancer. Raquel was born on November 11th, 1965 in Mercedes, Texas and grew up with a large family, she was the youngest of 8 siblings. She was...

Feb 3, 2023

Edwin Criss Anderson was born July 24, 1946 in Mount Vernon at the old Rally Hospital and passed away February 3, 2023. He was 76 years old. Ed was the 2nd child to Erma and Rutz Anderson. He had a sister, Nancy Johnson, who was two years his senior.

Ed graduated from MV High School where he...

Feb 3, 2023

Arthur Franklin Floetke Jr (Frank)

Death date: 2/3/23 Death Place   Olympia WA

Birthdate: 6/9/30   South Bend WA

Life Events: Frank was raised in the Willapa Valley where he enjoyed fishing and harvesting oysters.  He graduated from South Bend HS and worked at Twin Harbors Lumber prior to enlisting in the Navy in 1950...

Feb 1, 2023

Ruth Jane Stone (Jane), 90, died Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at Mira Vista Care Center, Mount Vernon, WA. Jane was born July 7, 1932, in DeKalb, Illinois, to Eugene (Gene) and Ruth Stone. She attended schools in DeKalb, Illinois, and graduated from North Park Academy and College (School of Music) in Chicago, Illinois. Jane started working in the youth...

Jan 30, 2023

Victor Barajas, 36, passed away on January 30, 2023.

Jan 25, 2023

On January 25 we all lost Verna Woodrum, our beloved Mother, Grandmother and Auntie. Born Verna Belle Trussell on a farm near Orchard, Nebraska in 1927. She and her older sister Edith were raised by her parents, Samuel, and Mary Trussell. Verna would walk or take a ride on a neighbor's pony the one mile to elementary school.  When...

Jan 24, 2023

Lorraine passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.

A viewing will be held on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 1 PM at Hawthorne Funeral Home, with a graveside service to follow at 2 PM at Hawthorne Memorial Park. A reception will be held in the Reception Hall right after the graveside.

Full obituary to come....

Jan 24, 2023

After a wonderful life of 103 years, we have lost our mother, grandmother, great grandmother aunt, and best friend.

Mattie Lorena (Lorraine) was born in Pensacola, NC, on June 12, 1919, to Charles David Buchanan and Bessie Lee Putnam Buchanan, she was the 6 th child of a family of 9 children. She grew up in a...

Jan 23, 2023

Sadly, Marjorie unexpectedly passed away Monday, January 23 rd , 2023.

Marjorie was the daughter of Robert and Ruth Wade, she was born in Mount Vernon, WA on September 17 th...

Jan 18, 2023

Alaska Antonio Nirvana Waite passed away peacefully and unexpectedly, at his home on January 18, 2023. He was a talented and intelligent young man with a quick wit, who loved his friends and family deeply. He was also very troubled by addiction and depression, and it sadly took his life far too soon. Alaska was born in the car,...

Jan 18, 2023

Deborah was born in Seattle on August 13, 1952.  On January 18, 2023, the world lost Deborah, an extraordinary human, a loving mother, grandmother, and sister at the age 70.

Deborah valued many things but most of all, she valued her family.  At just 16 years old, Deborah met and married her first love, William Price.  She...

Jan 13, 2023

After struggling with a chronic illness for the past two years, Antonie "Toni" Sutton passed peacefully on January 13. She had recently celebrated her 82nd birthday. Toni was born in Staten Island, New York, to parents Ethel and Ferdinand Hayn. She loved playing with friends in the neighborhood, especially her life-long friend Jeri. She attended an all-girls Catholic high...

Jan 12, 2023

Maxine Elizabeth Gow passed away peacefully at home on January 12, 2023.

Maxine was born March 5, 1924, in Clear Lake, WA.

Maxine had a full life, but some things she was most proud of were owning her own beauty salon in California and working as a Greeter at Walmart for 20 years.

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Jan 11, 2023

Bill Hicks, a lifetime resident of northwest Washington, passed from this life on January 11. He leaves a great hole in our hearts, but will forever be remembered for his playful and generous spirit. He was easy to converse with and never met a stranger. Whether meeting with a home owner who was experiencing trepidation about their building project...

Jan 9, 2023

Frances June Ford, 85, passed away peacefully on January 9, 2023, in Mill Creek, WA.  Frances was born on June 6, 1937, in Grover, CO.

Though raised in a town so small that in 1996 it still had dirt roads (Grover, CO), Junebug managed to travel all 50 states - most of them several times over.  June's...

Jan 8, 2023

James Joseph Hannigan born 68 years ago in New Haven, Connecticut died in Seattle, Washington January 8 of 2023.    Jim was a successful survivor of multiple heart attacks.  He died peacefully of brain cancer after a short month of illness.

Jim first graduated from the University of Washington in 1987 with a BSEE degree and went to...

Jan 8, 2023

Roy Wright Lower passed away January 8th, 2023. His memorial will be held at the Museum of Flight, Personal Courage Wing in Seattle, Washington on March 10th, 2023 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. The day would have been his 72nd birthday.

He leaves behind his wife, Ann Lower, of 49 years, and daughters Adrianna and Dominique as...

Jan 6, 2023

Noel Guthrie went to be with the Lord on January 6, 2023 at the age of 90. After graduating from Anacortes High School, he discovered his dream career in the United States Air Force. He served his country for 20 years as a navigator and retired at the rank of Lt. Colonel. Noel retained his love of flying into...

Jan 5, 2023

Mark Lloyd Nelson, age 65, of Mount Vernon, WA, passed away peacefully on January 5, 2023, with his family at his side after having been recently diagnosed with lung cancer. He was born on August 27, 1957, at the Rowley Hospital in Mount Vernon to Glen and Irene (Demers) Nelson. He was the youngest of five siblings, attended Immaculate...

Jan 2, 2023

Mark Petersen was born August 1st, 1966 at Northwest Hospital. His parents are Duane (Skook) Petersen and Gail Petersen.   He is survived by his Mom: Gail Petersen; daughter: Sydney Petersen; son: Connor Petersen; sister: Diane (Didi) Petersen and brother Daniel Petersen.

Mark started his first job at Olson's when he was 16 in 1982, and worked up...