Richard Charles Little, 78, a retired teacher, administrator and coach, on Feb. 1, 2021, in Bellingham.
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Obituaries
Richard Charles Little - 1965
Trudy Ada Kindler - 1964
Trudy Ada Kindler, 79, on March 23, 2021, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
Patricia Ann Baldwin - 1964
Patricia Ann Baldwin, 79, a retired Blaine Elementary School teacher, on July 8, 2021.
Edwin Vadset - 1961
Edwin Vadset, 83, a retired longtime teacher and coach in Anacortes and summertime charter boat skipper of the Sandi L in Westport, on July 25, 2021.
Richard Farrington Canfield - 1961
Richard Farrington Canfield, 81, a retired elementary school teacher and principal in Anacortes, on Jan. 23, 2021.
Bill Wright - 1960
Bill Wright, 84, the first Black person to win a US Golf Association title and one of the first people inducted into Western’s Athletics Hall of Fame, on Feb. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles.
Nancy Carolyn Neisinger - 1959
Nancy Carolyn Neisinger, 83, a retired elementary school music teacher, on Nov. 28, 2020, in Aberdeen.
Margurite J. Ellis - 1959
Margurite J. Ellis, 84, a retired teacher and preschool founder, on April 26, 2021.
Roland Quinn - 1960
Roland Quinn, 86, a Shelton resident, on April 17, 2021.
Ronald Ivan Milton - 1974
Ronald Ivan Milton, 70, artistic director and one of the founders of Ovation! Performing Arts Northwest on Bainbridge Island, on April 29, 2021.
Doris B. Davis Maley - 1974
Doris B. Davis Maley, 82, a retired teacher and principal in Marysville, on July 20, 2019, in Meridian, Idaho.
Larry Kuznetz - 1974
Larry Kuznetz, 68, a lawyer who served as assistant attorney general for the state of Washington and in private practice in Spokane, on Sept. 22, 2020.
Bonnie Lou Sharp - 1973
Bonnie Lou Sharp, 70, retired transportation specialist for the U.S. Postal Service, on Feb. 18, 2021.
Walter Kent Seldal - 1973
Walter Kent Seldal, 73, a retired pastor and clinical chaplain in Ashland, Oregon, on Sept. 25, 2020.
Charleen (Renshaw) Relyea - 1973
Charleen (Renshaw) Relyea, 81, a retired elementary school teacher and community volunteer, on Dec. 23, 2020, in Mount Vernon.
Ronald Main - 1973
Ronald Main, 73, a retired lobbyist and government relations consultant, on Jan. 25, 2020.
R. Daniel Whyte - 1972
R. Daniel Whyte, 75, a musician and teacher, on Aug. 21, 2020, in Longview.
Christian Starks - 1972
Christian Starks, 70, a hair stylist, artist, singer/songwriter, dancer, poet, painter, Lummi Island resident, and longtime volunteer for Whatcom Hospice, on May 24, 2021.
Helen Kermoade - 1972
Helen Kermoade, who taught kindergarten and first grade and helped found the Washington Native Plant Society Salal Chapter, on April 30, 2021, on Fidalgo Island.
John Hura - 1972
John Hura, 75, a U.S. Navy veteran and retired head chemist for the Midway Sewer District, on June 7, 2021, in Tacoma.