Jon Louis L'Arrivee
Dec 17, 2022
Jon Louis L'Arrivee, 82, passed away on December 17, 2022, in Mount Vernon, Washington.
Jon was born on July 6, 1940, in St. Boniface, Manitoba Canada.
Jon attended Provencher school in Manitoba, Canada. He worked for Air Canada. Jon then moved to United States and became a naturalized citizen on July 7,1978. During this time,...
Patricia Proctor Skelton
Dec 15, 2022
Patricia P Skelton passed away peacefully on December 15, 2022, in Mount Vernon, WA.
Patricia was born on August 22,1928 to William H and Llelwyn Proctor in Everett, WA. The Great Depression climate proved formative to this hardworking compassionate soul. She grew up in a stone house built by her father's hands in Alderwood Manor. Her mother...
Regina May Ash
Dec 12, 2022
Regina May Ash was born September 13, 1932, in Sedro-Woolley WA to Homer Myers and Elsie Thompson and passed away on December 12, 2022, in Mount Vernon.
Jean grew up in the Clear Lake area and graduated with the class of 1950 from Sedro Woolley High School. Jean was married to Keith Ash for 67 years and...
Wilma Faye Torretta
Dec 12, 2022
Wilma Faye McRae Torretta passed peacefully surrounded by her family at home on December 12, 2022. She was born in Twin Falls Idaho on September 22, 1943. The daughter of Donald and Nellie McRae, Wilma grew up in a loving home that was enriched with music, a menagerie of pets and a love of God. She grew up attending...
James Michael Yahns
Dec 12, 2022
James Michael Yahns, known to friends and family as "Mike," passed away surrounded by family at home in Mount Vernon on Monday, December 12, 2022.
He was born on December 5, 1945 in Hannibal, Missouri to James Lee and Wenonah Yahns. He graduated from Hannibal Senior High School and played for the school football team.
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Karen Kimsey
Dec 9, 2022
Karen Agnes (Sellereite) Kimsey passed away peacefully after a brief illness. Karen was born to Bernt and Lila (Thompson) Sellereite in Seattle, WA. She spent her life caring for others, working as a registered nurse and then in retirement visiting nursing homes and hospice patients with her certified therapy dog Tribble. She was an active member at Salem Lutheran...
Brian Lynn Wolfe
Dec 5, 2022
Brian passed away on December 5, 2022, after a year-long battle with aggressive cancer.
He is survived by his life partner of 50 years, wife Kathy Wolfe; sons Nathan (Katherine) Wolfe, Conway, WA and Benjamin Wolfe, Danville, CA; granddaughters Meredith and Evelyn Wolfe; sisters Janet Landess (Richard Davis); and Nancy (David) Kimberly; brother Curtis (Margot) Wolfe; nieces,...
Richard Thomas Ellison
Dec 4, 2022
Richard Thomas Ellison, 89, of Mount Vernon, WA passed away peacefully on December 4, 2022.
Richard was born on February 25, 1933, in Chicago, IL to Charles and Helen Ellison.
Richard started working at the age of 9 with his sister Mary. Together they sold vegetables from his garden to their neighbors and Richard continued...
Cora Steinhauer
Dec 2, 2022
Cora Steinhauer passed away suddenly on December 2, 2022, in Mount Vernon, WA.
Cora was born on December 17 th , 1958, in Fresno, CA, and had moved to WA in 2002.
Many people know of both Cora and Curtis; however, many don't know their unique story of how they met. They had known each...
Della Mae Schingeck
Dec 1, 2022
Della Mae Schingeck passed away on Thursday, December 1 st , 2022. She died peacefully and was attended by her devoted husband, children, and grand-children.
Born of Leonard and Ona Wagoner on February 14 th 1939 she was sister to Wayne Wade, Judy Newlin, and Leslie Wagoner, all of whom preceded her in death. The family lived...
Abraham Gonzalez Jr.
Nov 27, 2022
On Sunday, November 27, 2022, Abraham Gonzalez, Jr., beloved son, brother, uncle, and cousin passed away at the age of 61. He was born on May 20, 1961, in Avenal, California, to the late Abraham Gonzalez, Sr, and Estela Gonzalez.
He lived his early childhood in Porterville, California. In 1973, his family migrated to Skagit County to...
Dorothy Carroll
Nov 27, 2022
Dorothy (Grimm) Carroll of Mount Vernon passed away on November 27, 2022, age 98.
She was born in Arlington, Washington on June 6, 1924, to Stillaguamish Valley pioneers William G. and Dora (Jensen) Grimm. She attended rural Island School and graduated from Arlington High School in 1942 after which she attended secretarial school in Seattle.
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Robert W. Rosso
Nov 25, 2022
Bob was born February 29, 1944, in Detroit, MI to his parents, Marion Brenniman Rosso and William Rosso. The family moved west to Lake Oswego, OR in 1950, and Bob began the life he was proud of. He was a star football player at Lake Oswego HS, and then went on to work his way through the University of...
Keith Woods
Nov 24, 2022
Keith was born in Seattle, WA to Edwin and Imogene Woods. Keith joined the Navy at 17 years of age in 1946. He did 2 around the world tours aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, the first Nuclear powered aircraft carrier. He rose through the ranks to E-8 and retired in 1967 as Operations Maintenance Leading Chief at NAS Whidbey. He...
Shirley Ann Tollefson
Nov 24, 2022
Shirley Ann Tollefson passed away peacefully on November 24, 2022, in Burlington, WA.
Shirley was born on August 30, 1935. She was the youngest of a trio of sisters. She graduated from Nooksach High School. Shirley then went to school and graduated from Seattle Pacific. After graduating, Shirley became a full-time Teacher of the 4 th grade....
Leo "Joe" Thramer
Nov 24, 2022
On November 24, 2022, Leo Joseph Thramer went to meet the Lord. Just before his passing, he was surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren singing his favorite hymns. We give thanks to God for blessing us with this thoughtful, caring husband, father and papa. He was the best of men.
Leo Joseph Thramer was born in...
Willa Josephine Hansen
Nov 21, 2022
Willa was born April 20, 1929 in Burlington, WA to Carl and Lennie Davenport. She grew up in the small community of Belfast (Bow Hill) and attended a one room school house until the 8 th grade. She graduated from Burlington-Edison High School in 1946 at the top of her class. After high school she worked in the Skagit...
Roy Andrew Griffith
Nov 21, 2022
Roy Griffith, 92, passed away peacefully on November 21, 2022, in Mount Vernon, WA.
He was born on March 20, 1930, in Pencer, MN. After Roy graduated from high school, he joined the army and proudly served his country in Korea. When he returned home, he met and married Elaine Lien in Spring Grove, MN on April...
April Ellen Conger
Nov 21, 2022
April Ellen Conger, 64, passed away peacefully on November 21, 2022 in Everett, WA.
April was born in Sunburst, Montana and moved to Burlington, Washington with her family when her father transferred with Texaco. As a child, April had the opportunity to experience foreign culture when living in Honduras with her father supporting Texaco refining operations there....
John Elmore Tollefson
Nov 20, 2022
John Elmore Tollefson passed away peacefully on November 20, 2022, in Burlington, WA.
John was born on December 19, 1934, in Mount Vernon, WA. John graduated high school from Burlington Edison. He then went on to complete his studies at Seattle Pacific University, where he happened to meet his "Bride-to-Be", Shirley. John is a Veteran of the...
