Dennis Jerome Pearson, 81, a retired math teacher and commercial fisher, on Dec. 4, 2019, in Oak Harbor.
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Obituaries
Dennis Jerome Pearson - 1964
Sandra Strom Mannick - 1964
Sandra Strom Mannick, 78, a musician and longtime Bothell resident, on Nov. 9, 2019.
Bill Mortimer - 1962
Bill Mortimer, 79, a math teacher in the Longview School District who served on the Board of Trustees for Lower Columbia College, on Dec. 4, 2019.
Donald Hasse - 1962
Donald Haase, 80, a retired math teacher, on Dec. 6, 2019.
Mary Smelling - 1962
Mary Smelling, 92, of Port Angeles, on Aug. 27, 2019.
Roy Reichert - 1961
Roy Reichert, 83, a U.S. Army veteran who worked as an FHA appraiser, on Nov. 1, 2019.
Truman William Nybakken - 1961
Truman William Nybakken, 83, who worked for Boeing, EG&G, and Delco, on April 6, 2019.
Karen Dee Barnard - 1969
Karen Dee Barnard, 71, a retired third-grade teacher in the Snohomish School District, on Jan. 10, 2019.
James William Abbott - 1969
James William Abbott, 72, who worked as a lawyer and later in commercial construction and development, on Oct. 15, 2019.
Margaret Gayle Inouye - 1968
Margaret Gayle Inouye, 73, a retired librarian, on Oct. 16, 2019, in Hilo, Hawaii.
Darlene Joy Page - 1967
Darlene Joy Page, 80, a retired teacher, on Nov. 15, 2019, in Bellingham.
Dennis W. Graham - 1967
Dennis W. Graham, 77, a retired elementary teacher for the Kelso School District, on Oct. 25, 2019.
Mary “Pat” Call - 1967
Mary “Pat” Call, 100, a retired teacher and community volunteer who served in the Women’s Air Service Pilots during World War II, on Oct. 17, 2019.
Lance Van Brocklin - 1966
Lance Van Brocklin, 79, retired from Trident Seafoods in Alaska operations quality control, on Oct. 22, 2019.
Rudy Baerg - 1966
Rudy Baerg, 87, retired music faculty member at Columbia Bible College and the founder of the Valley Festival Singers in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sept. 17.
Patricia May Skene - 1965
Patricia May Skene, 76, a retired teacher who worked in Federal Way, Walla Walla, Beaverton and Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 10, 2019, in Beaverton, Oregon.
Ann Margaret Donovan Moore - 1965
Ann Margaret Donovan Moore, 78, a retired middle school English teacher in Anacortes, on Nov. 4, 2019, in Olympia.
Evelyn Larsen - 1971
Evelyn Larsen, 92, a retired teacher in Sacramento, on Oct. 25, 2019, in Provo, Utah.
Katherine Grace (Hicks) Green - 1971
Katherine Grace (Hicks) Green, 71, who worked as a police and ambulance dispatcher and later a substance abuse counselor, on June 30, 2019, in Kent.
Stan Dodd - 1971
Stan Dodd, 69, an exploration geologist, on Aug. 18, 2019.