obituaries

Jul 1, 2020

Charles Meade Sprouse was born on June 16, 1940 in Burlington, Wa.He passed away on July 1, 2020 during heart surgery at the UW Medical Center in Seattle.

Meade graduated from Mount Vernon High School with the class of 1958.

He married Geraldine Carol Roach in September of 1959. Meade and Geri celebrated 60 years...

Jun 29, 2020

Melvin was born October 29, 1939 in Oak Harbor, Washington to parents Bud and Ava Kingma. Melvin graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1959 and was a Washington State Wrestling Champion in 1959.

Upon graduation, Melvin moved to Seattle and joined the Carpenters Local Union 1289 as an apprentice and worked in the construction industry as...

Jun 29, 2020

Loren Dale Estell at age 91, passed away comfortably on June 29, 2020 in Kennewick, Washington.  He was born on February 9th, 1929 to Joseph and Maude (Harrison) Estell in Orleans, Indiana.

Loren, who was known as "Dale" to his friends and family, joined the Navy at the age of 18 after graduating from high school.  He...

Jun 26, 2020

EMIL FREIMARK

October 3, 1941 - June 26, 2020

Emil Freimark, 78, beloved husband, father, uncle and friend went to his heavenly home on June 26, 2020 after a long battle with Parkinsons.

He was born on October 3, 1941 to John and Ernestina (Grenz) Freimark at Eureka, South Dakota.  He was number...

Jun 21, 2020

Donna J Baldwin, 68, of Mount Vernon, WA passed away peacefully on June 21, 2020 with her family by her side following a 14-year battle with cancer.  Donna was born on October 29, 1951 in Centralia, WA to Donald and Joy Baldwin.

Donna had many passions that included roller skating at the Roller Frolic in Burlington, WA...

Jun 20, 2020

Judith N. (Peterson) Montoya, was born June 13th, 1941 to Oscar and Eileen (Tenneson) Peterson. As the oldest of 4 children and the only girl-Judy had to grow up to be strong and tough. These traits followed her through business and life.

Judy married Thomas E. Fuller October 2nd 1958 and became a military wife. They had...

Jun 17, 2020

Mario Alberto Gonzalez, 64, from Ameca, Jalisco Mexico, was born on January 16, 1956 to Jose Gonzalez Ahumada and Maria Soledad Lopez Candido. He passed peacefully on June 17, 2020 at Harborview Medical Center surrounded by his loving wife and children.

Mario moved to the United States at the young age of 16 and was cared for...

Jun 16, 2020

Cheryl Rae Bishop age 71, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2020 unexpectedly at her home in Burlington.

She was born January 10, 1949 in Bellingham to James P. and Mabel (Youngdyke) Bishop. Cheryl spent the early years of her life in Sumas and Forks Washington prior to her family moving to Burlington in 1958.

Cheryl...

Jun 11, 2020

Bob was born November 20, 1932 in Abilene, Texas to parents Aleen and Jerrold McCormick.  He moved to Dallas, Texas as a young child.  In his teens he moved to Garland, Texas and graduated from Garland High School in 1950.  Upon graduation, he joined the navy and served as a corpsman on the hospital ship Repose and with the...

Jun 11, 2020

Paul S. Whisman, 71, of Mount Vernon, passed away peacefully on June 11, 2020. Paul was born on July 24, 1948 in Everett, WA to Joseph and Edna Whisman. He graduated from Stanwood High School in 1966 and went on to spend 2 years in the Army. After Paul was discharged from the Army he began working at NAPA...

Jun 9, 2020

Patrick Ryan Plummer, 73, passed away on June 9, 2020 in Mount Vernon, Washington. He was born in Glasgow, Montana. His grade school and high school years were in Missoula, Montana. In

1967 Pat enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged in 1970. Pat's return home gave him opportunity to work at his...

Jun 8, 2020

Nancy L."Nana" Van Zandt passed peacefully on June 8, 2020 in Mt. Vernon WA. Nancy was born to Maude and William (Guy) Loving on July 24, 1931. She was married to Dick Van Zandt at the First Baptist church in Burlington on August 25, 1951. Nancy graduated Burlington-Edison high school with the class of 1949. After raising her children,...

Jun 3, 2020

Lori Janeen Crabtree passed peacefully on June 3, 2020 at Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham following a brief struggle with cancer.

Lori was born to James and Nada Crabtree on February 18, 1967 in Bellingham, WA. and spent her early childhood on a dairy farm in Custer, WA.

Lori attended school in Custer, Acme, Burlington,...

May 23, 2020

Calvin M Buck III

1/26/33 to 5/23/20

Calvin Buck was born January 26, 1933 in Sacramento, California to Hulda and Calvin Buck Jr. He passed away peacefully at home of heart related issues in May 23, 2020.

After a short time working in the cannery industry, he began doing construction work. He then...

May 23, 2020

Calvin M Buck III

1/26/33 to 5/23/20

Calvin Buck was born January 26, 1933 in Sacramento, California to Hulda and Calvin Buck Jr. He passed away peacefully at home of heart related issues in May 23, 2020.

After a short time working in the cannery industry, he began doing construction work. He then...

May 20, 2020

Torsten Ralph Pundt, born in Oldenburg, Germany on March 28, 1957 passed away in the early morning of May 20th, 2020 peacefully in his sleep at the age of 63.

Torsten is preceded in death by step-father Elton, brother Roland and father in law Kenneth. He is survived by his loving wife Lisa, two children; Daniel and...

May 20, 2020

Donna L Hayton, 95, of Mount Vernon, WA passed away peacefully on May 20, 2020 with her family by her side.

There will be a private family graveside at Hawthorne Memorial Park, Mount Vernon, WA.

A full obituary will run in a future edition of the newspaper.

Arrangements are under the care of...

May 19, 2020

Gary Wayne Coselman, 84, of Sedro Woolley, WA passed away peacefully on May 19, 2020.  Gary was born in Burlington, WA on May 31, 1935 and was raised in the Sterling area between Burlington and Sedro Woolley.  He attended schools in Burlington and graduated from Burlington-Edison High School.  After graduation Gary served in the US Navy Reserves.  Gary met...

May 19, 2020

Dorothy (Dottie) Ann Cross, 82, died May 19th, 2020 at Providence Hospital in Everett. She is proceeded in death by her parents Roy and Stella Olsen, and a baby sister Louise. She was born in Aberdeen Washington and grew up in Westport Washington as an only child.

She loved lighthouses as her and her 1st husband lived...

May 17, 2020

Sandra A Loehr, 80, beloved wife and mother passed away peacefully on May 17, 2020.  Sandra was born on November 7, 1939 in Houma, LA.  Sandra is survived by her loving husband, William E "Bill" Loehr and her daughter Kim (Steve) Stafford of Burlington, WA, brothers Joseph Pique Jr. and Gary Pique, both of Louisiana.  She is preceded in...