Sarah “Sally” Funkhouser, 78, who a former teacher, clothing store owner and commercial fisher, on Oct. 28, 2018, in Bellingham.
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Obituaries
Sarah “Sally” Funkhouser - 1979
Anthony Mauhar - 1978
Anthony Mauhar, 67, an attorney in Sequim, on May 13, 2018, in Port Townsend.
Charlotte Brand - 1978
Charlotte Brand, 75, a retired teacher and principal in the Bellingham School District and later a faculty member in elementary education at Western, on June 28, 2018.
Pamela Hall Lane - 1977
Pamela Hall Lane, 63, who retired from Boeing, on June 17, 2018.
Edward Charles Knutson - 1976
Edward Charles Knutson, 63, on Oct. 21, 2017.
John C. “Jack” Street - FRN
John C. “Jack” Street, 87, a Mongolian linguist who donated significantly to Western’s extensive Mongolia Collection, on Aug. 6, 2017, in Janesville, Wisconsin.
Tom Sherwood - FAC
Tom Sherwood, 81, an artist and former assistant professor of aesthetics, art history and the philosophy of religion at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies in the 1970s, on Feb. 7, 2019, in Bellingham.
Joan Karolyn (Sargent) Sherwood - ADM
Joan Karolyn (Sargent) Sherwood, 84, former vice president and dean of Student Affairs at Western, on Dec. 9, 2018, in Wichita, Kansas.
Ronald Savey - FAC
Ronald Savey, 80, associate professor emeritus and chair of the Accounting Department from 1976 to 2000, on May 27, 2018, in Bellingham.
David Rystrom - FAC
David Rystrom, 73, who taught finance and economics in the College of Business and Economics and was a supporter of the arts and athletics at WWU, on Feb. 21, 2019. A memorial scholarship is being created in his name for Western’s Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation Program.
Kurt W. Moerschner - FAC
Kurt W. Moerschner, 96, a former German professor, on Nov. 3, 2018.
Sebastian Mendes - FAC
Sebastian Mendes, 69, a professor of art and head of the sculpture program who had taught at Western since 2001, on April 26, 2018. Much of his art was inspired by his grandfather, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who helped thousands of refugees flee the Nazis during World War II.
Donald H. House - ST
Donald H. House, 89, a former operations manager at WWU, on Dec. 15, 2017, in Bellingham.
Richard J. Fowler - FAC
Richard J. Fowler, 88, a longtime faculty member in the Technology Department, on Sept. 4, 2018.
Don Dean Eklund - FAC
Don Dean Eklund, 92, a retired history professor, author, and former president of the Whatcom County Central Labor Council, on Jan. 7, 2019, in Stanwood.
Mabel Snowden (Pace) Benedict - ST
Mabel Snowden (Pace) Benedict, 100, who worked in Western Libraries, on Dec. 1, 2018.
Richard Vogel - FAC
Richard Vogel, 82, a longtime faculty member in the Technology Department where he taught industrial graphics and AutoCAD, on Nov. 27, 2018.
Gary Warren Phillips - 1960
Gary Warren Phillips, 81, a retired middle school teacher in Port Angeles, on May 10, 2018, in Lebanon, Oregon.
Darrell “Coach” Pearson - 1960
Darrell “Coach” Pearson, a Korean War veteran and long-time teacher and coach at Mount Vernon High School, on March 21, 2019.
Patty M. Norman - 1959
Patty M. Norman, 93, a retired teacher, on May 29, 2019, in Edmonds.