James Cress
Oct 18, 2008
James "Jim" Cress age 62 passed away October 18, 2008 in Mount Vernon from a motorcycle accident. He was born May 13, 1946 in Chicago IL. He moved to Skagit Valley in 1989 and started Skipper Cress Yacht Sales in Anacortes and then became C.E.O of Nordic Tugs. He enjoyed boating, motorcycles, sprint cars but his main passion was his...
Thomas Joseph Pollino
Oct 9, 2008
Thomas Joseph Pollino Thomas J. Pollino, longtime Mt. Vernon educator died in Mt. Vernon on October 9, 2008, at the family home. Tom was born in Rochester, New York on November 20, 1932 to parents Mary and James Pollino. In 1933, the family moved to California with his beloved paternal grandparents, Tom and Salvatricia Pollino, to seek opportunity in the...
Ernest A. "Ernie" Dahl
Sep 27, 2008
Ernie Dahl, 76, life long resident of Skagit County, passed away September 27, 2008 following a brief battle with liver cancer. Born February 27, 1932 in Bellingham, Washington to Oscar and Marie (Denis) Dahl. He was educated in the Edison area, and graduated with the class of 1950 from Burlington-Edison High School. Always a hard worker, Ernie started out milking...
Paul John Lienau
Sep 27, 2008
Paul John Lienau Paul was born January 20, 1937 in Mitchell, SD to Walter and Mary Ann Lienau. He passed into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on September 27, 2998 at his home, in his own bed with loving family surrounding him. In 1958 he married Donna Burckhard and they had 3 sons: Michael, David and Jeffrey. In...
Bonnie Lee (Chaples) Echlin
Sep 26, 2008
Bonnie Lee (Chaples) Echlin, age 66 passed away September 26, 2008. She was born June 6, 1942 to A.J. and Hannah Chaples. She attended Beaumont Grade School and graduated from Grant High School in 1960. Mrs. Echlin was a Navy wife, Legal Secretary and mother of two children. Surviving are her husband Delos Echlin, brother Robert Chaples, daughter Kimberly Taylor,...
John "Chris" Christian Hendrickson
Sep 21, 2008
John Christian "Chris" Hendrickson age 52 passed away September 21, 2008 in Mount Vernon. He was born November 17, 1955 in Seattle. He resided in Seattle and married Michelle Forinash December 17, 1975; he graduated from City University with a B.A. in accounting in 1980. In 1984 the family moved to Eureka, MT and then in 1988 settled in Mount...
Nancy Jane Kintner
Sep 19, 2008
Nancy Jane KINTNER Born February 28, 1918 in Louisville, Kentucky and died at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, Washington at age 90 with her family by her side. She was raised in West Seattle by her parents Dr. William C. and Martha Kintner. She followed her father and brother, Bill, into medicine graduating from the University of Washington in...
Raymond Bussing
Sep 12, 2008
Raymond L. Bussing, a lifelong Skagit County resident, died Sept. 12, 2008, at Country Care adult family home in Sedro-Woolley following a brief illness. He was 93. Ray was born to Cal and Hanna Bussing on July 8, 1915, at the family home in Day Creek. He worked as a logger in Skagit County until the early 1950s.. He later...
Zona Bee Aubel
Sep 11, 2008
Zona Bee Aubel passed away peacefully at her home in Mount Vernon on September 11, 2008, at the age of 82. Zona was born on November 1, 1925, one of four children of Chester and Merna Malone, in Elma, Washington. She was valedictorian of her 8th grade class and later graduated from Bellingham High School. In Zona's younger years she...
Deputy Anne Jackson
Sep 2, 2008
Anne Jackson Anne Jackson was born with a sunny disposition that never left her. When she was four, she found a passion for horses that also never left her. By her teens she was caring for neighborhood horses for the opportunity to ride them. Together with friends Caroline Conn and Kelly Clark, she learned her horsemanship from the Tecolote Pony...
Leroy B. Lange
Sep 2, 2008
LeRoy B. Lange went to the Lord tragically on Sept. 2, 2008. He was born on March 30, 1944 in Hobbs, New Mexico. He is survived by his mother Cecelia J. Lange, wife Carla, son Nick, daughter-in-law Melissa, brother Jerome (Susan), brother-in-law Don (Linda) Hayes, numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. His father Henry J. Lange preceded him in...
Mary Louise Hanson
Sep 2, 2008
Mary Louise "Mary Lou" Hanson Loving wife, mother & grandmother, Mary Lou Hanson, 70, passed away peacefully on Sept. 2, 2008 after suffering a massive stroke. She was born to Dr. Benjamin & Lucille Broghammer on February 5, 1938 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is survived by her husband of 50 years Roger L. Hanson of Mt. Vernon, her children...
Greg Gillum
Sep 2, 2008
Greg Gillum age 38 passed away September 02, 2008. A Memorial Reception will be held Sunday September 7, 2008, 2:00pm at Hawthorne Funeral Home 1825 E College Way, Mount Vernon
Graham Fraser
Sep 2, 2008
Graham Fraser passed away on September 2 in Mt. Vernon. An Anacortes resident since 1994, Graham enjoyed an active retirement with his wife Midge. After joining the Sunrise Kiwanis Club, he became a mentor for elementary school children in the K club and enjoyed participating in the club's committee to select high school scholarship winners. Graham was born in Falkirk,...
George M. Carroll
Aug 25, 2008
George M. Carroll passed away August 25, 2008 in Mount Vernon, Washington at age 91. George was born in Missoula, Montana on May 25, 1917 to Charles P. and Flora (McDonald) Carroll, the family home being in Helmville at that time. His early youth was spent in Drummond, Montana after which the family lived in small towns in Eastern Washington...
Brynjulv (Gordon) Berge
Aug 15, 2008
Brynjulv (Gordon) Berge Gordon was born to Ingvald and Gudrun Berge in Rugby, North Dakota on September 12th, 1925. He passed away peacefully, Friday, August 15th, 2008 with his loving daughter Greta at his bedside. Gordon moved with his family to Norway when he was two. His life truly began when he met his future wife Gislaug at Voss Landsgymnas...
Thomas Curtis Stripling
Jul 20, 2008
Thomas C. "Tom" Stripling Tom was born August 8, 1952 in Ashville, NC to John Thomas and Irene Flora Stripling; he passed away July 20, 2008 at his home in Mount Vernon. Tom is survived by his loving wife: Nancy; daughters: Allyson and Estelle; brothers: Jim, Vic (Emily), John (Gloria), and Ed; grandchildren: Shawn, Nikkol, Jessica, Kyle and Quentin Thomas;...
Byron Eugene Norman
Jul 18, 2008
Byron E. Norman Byron "By" passed away on July, 18 2008 at the age of 92 as a result of complications from ALS. He was born in Sedro Woolley, Wash., on March 9, 1916 and grew up in the Sedro Woolley and Anacortes area. By was graduated from Anacortes High School in 1934, where he met his bride to be...
John William Garner
Jul 14, 2008
John William Garner, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend was called home to the Lord on July 14, 2008 at the age of 86. John was born May 20, 1922 in Quanah, Texas, the third child and only son to James Lee and Zona Garner. The family eventually settled in O'Donnell, Texas where he attended O'Donnell High School. He enlisted...
Danny H. Miller
Jul 9, 2008
Danny was born April 26, 1941 in Burlington,WA to Oliver "Bus" and Doris Miller. He passed away July 9, 2008 in Sedro Woolley, with loved ones by his side. Danny graduated from Burlington-Edison High School in 1959. His whole life was in dairy and crop farming. He married Carol J. Arp on August 19, 1977. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and...
