[ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ] Whatcom County, Washington Obituary Collection GenealogyBuff.com - Whatcom County, Washington Obituary Collection - 91 Posted By: GenealogyBuff.com Date: Tuesday, 5 December 2017, at 2:51 p.m. Huge Marriages Search Engine Karen Lore Wilkerson 10/18/1954 - 11/23/2003 Karen Lore Wilkerson, age 49 of Bellingham, born October 18, 1954 in North Hollywood, California to Robert & Lore Wilkerson. She moved to Whatcom County in 1974, where she has lived since. In Karen’s early years in Whatcom County, she worked at the Chicken Farm on Mosquito Lake Road, the Mushroom Farm on Hwy. 9, Acme Café, Hungry Bear Café, and delivered newspapers. Karen was always independent and took care of herself. She worked her way up in the Marriott Corporation at Western Washington University from cook to the Director of Food Services for the Ferndale School District. She was very accomplished and won many awards in her professional life. Karen had a great love of the outdoors and photography. She loved to swim and sunbathe at the Nooksack River and was always up for a day at the beach. Music was a big part of her pleasure in life. Karen loved to cook and was known for her hospitality and her generous nature. She was the embodiment of love and compassion: the most loyal friend, sister, and daughter. Karen’s compassion led her to participating in Big Sister/Little Sister program. Karen enjoyed cars and was very mechanically inclined. She never hesitated to pull out an instruction manual to fix or program whatever device she was working on. She loved flowers and always marked special occasions with a gift of a bouquet. Karen is survived by her father Robert Wilkerson of Mt. Vernon; mother Lore Wilkerson of Laguna Wood, CA; brother Earl Wilkerson of Orem, UT; and many other relatives and close friends. Karen touched the lives of everyone who knew her. Her warmth and love will be greatly missed. For her friends and family, the hole left in our lives will never be filled. She left us much too early in life, but her memory will always be honored and celebrated. A visitation will be held on Friday, November 28th at Westford Funeral Home from 2 – 4 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held at the Ferndale High School Auditorium on Saturday, November 29th at 1:30 p.m. Frances G Westre 11/30/1917 - 12/5/2003 Frances Westre, age 86 of Petersburg, Alaska, born November 30, 1917 in Bellingham to Raymond and Olive (Barnett) Greene. Frances had a deep love of nature and took advantage of everything that Alaska had to offer. Her greatest joy in life was her grandchildren and great grandchildren, to whom she was known as “G.G.” Fran graduated from Fairhaven High School in Bellingham and attended college at what is now Western Washington University. She could and would do many different things to assist and support her family, from bookkeeping for her husband's business to demonstrating products in her daughter and son-in- law's grocery store. She could fillet a fish or shoot a moose. She often helped a grandchild pick their first blueberry. She opened her home to young people from logging camps that needed housing to attend high school, and was an unofficial 'foster mother' to many others. The house became a meeting place and feed stop for the friends of her teenage children. She had an open mind, allowing people to be what they would, yet retained her own strict sense of morality. Her code of ethics was very strong, and she stood up for what she believed in. Her father instilled in her a love for the outdoors, which she passed on to her children. Very athletic, when younger, she enjoyed sports and was a Mariners fan, never missing a televised game. At eleven years old, she passed her lifeguard test and was the youngest certificated lifeguard in the State of Washington. Her love of animals was intense and her house was never without a cat or a dog. She sorrowed deeply when one would pass on. Although she lived in Alaska, she made many trips to Bellingham to visit her siblings and friends. She maintained membership in the Mt. Baker Organ Society, and Chapt. F., P.E.O. Fran had an inquiring mind and read widely to further her knowledge. A train trip across Siberia became a high-light in her life, especially when the children gathered around her to 'practice their English'. A younger Fran served actively on the Petersburg City Council, but remained active to her politics until the end. She loved staying at her waterfront cabin, surrounded by her grandchildren. She chopped wood faster than three children could carry and stack it. In later years a visit to "G.G." (great-grandmother) would find her knitting, the T.V. tuned to CNN or Discovery channel, and the smell of dehydrating apples filling the house. She knit hundreds of extraordinary afghans, donating some to charity. She was the anchor in life for her family, and will be sorely missed by friends. Frances was preceded in passed away January 16, 2004. She was death by grandfathers William Spyksma and Roger Schmidt and great-grandfathers Ed Schmidt and Frank White. Memorials may be made to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave East, Seattle, WA 98109. Memorial Services will be held at Christ the King Church in Bellingham on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004 at 2:00 PM. Nicole will be missed by all of her family and friends. Huge Marriages Search Engine [ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ] Whatcom County, Washington Obituary Collection is maintained by GenealogyBuff with WebBBS 5.12.

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