PACKARD, Adeline (d. 1899)
The death of Mrs. Albert Packard, aged 53 years, occurred at her home at Lynden, Saturday morning, after a long illness with paralysis. Funeral services were held at the family residence at 2 o'clock Sunday. Interment was made in the Lynden cemetery. She leaves a husband, two sons and a daughter. Her death is mourned by a large circle of sympathizing friends.
(From The Blaine Journal, March 17, 1899) Submitted by site coordinator.
PACKER, J. J. (d 1890)
J. J. Packer, well known to all the old settlers, died at the Pacific house at 2 p. m., Sunday, of old age and bronchitis, aged 76. His death was painless. He passed away as quietly as one falls asleep. He took to his bed but a few hours before death. He was buried from Brackett's undertaking parlors, at the expense of his son, yesterday. J. J. Packer was born in Ohio in 1814, when that state was an almost unbroken wilderness. He followed the trade of a house painter. In 1849 the gold fever caught him, and deserting his wife and family which consisted of a boy 5 years of age, a girl 3 years old, and an unborn baby, he traveled overland from St. Joe, Mo. He disappeared to his family for years, as though the earth had opened and swallowed him. During this time he sluiced in the American and Feather rivers; he was at Angel's, Sherlock's, Table Mountain, Hangtown, and other camps of the Argonauts. His prospector's hammer was heard in the coves of the mountains as far north as Shasta. He finally drifted to Whatcom in 1872, and went up on the North Fork prospecting; but nearly starved to death in the big timber. He afterward worked for the B. B. Co. for a year or two and then returned to California. He came back here in 1883 and has been here ever since, painting signs, etc. In 1860 (sic) he sent for his family. His wife has been dead some years. F. M. Packer, the son resides at Whatcom; his daughter, the wife of Rev. C. P. Jones, a Methodist minister, lives at Kent, Wash. He leaves no property. He had saved up a little money a year ago when, nearly in his dotage, and a sharp little adventuress wheedled him out of it under a promise of marriage. She was clerk in a peanut stand in the Glass block. As soon as she acquired his money she went to Seattle and married another man. This embittered the old gentleman. He slept at his son's home for the last six months, but would speak neither to his son or his son's wife. The man knew that he was not long for this world. Last week he told the reporter that unless he was relieved of his bronchitis he did not expect to live sixty days. The remains lay at the undertaking parlors yesterday in a handsome casket.
(From The Daily Reveille, September 30, 1890) Submitted by site coordinator.
PACKER, Katie (d. 1960)
Katie Packer, age 77 years of Rt. 2, Everson passed away in a local
hospital Thursday, June 23, following an extended illness. Mrs. Packer had
been a resident of Whatcom County since 1915 and was preceded in death by
her husband Ray in 1950. Surviving are 3 sons, William of Gaston, Oregon,
George of Los Angeles, and Mason of Amarillo, Texas; 3 daughters, Mrs. Frances
Vadose and Mrs. Alma McKnight, both of Portland and Mrs. Helen Lacariere
of San Francisco; and a half brother, Pete Goldbarrough in Maryland; also
12 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held in
the Gillies Funeral Home in Sumas Monday, June 27, at 2 p.m. with the Rev.
Claire Richards officiating. Burial will follow in Greenacres Memorial
Park.
(From The Bellingham Herald, June 24, 1960) Submitted by
Tamra (Packer) Buchanan
PACKER, Ray (d. 1950)
Ray Packer, 77, of route 2, Everson, died at his home Monday, August
14. Surviving relatives include his wife, Katie; three daughters, Mrs. Anna
Swafford and Mrs. Frances Vadose, both of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Helen
Lacariere, of Los Angeles; three sons, William R., of Portland, George W.,
of Los Angeles, and Pfc. Mason G., U. S. A. F., Wichita Falls, Texas; a brother
Aubrey, Medical Lake; and eight grandchildren. The remains rest at the Gillies
Funeral Home in Sumas.
(From The Bellingham Herald, August 14, 1950) Submitted by
Tamra (Packer) Buchanan
PADDEN, John J. (d. 1998)
PADDEN, John (d. 1969)
PADDEN, Mary A. (d. 1960)
Mrs. Abbie Lynn Padden, 79, a resident of Bellingham for the past 35 years, died Sunday in local hospital following an extended illness.
She was the wife of John V. Padden, 443 14th Street, Bellingham. They were married in 1911.
Mrs. Padden was a 1904 graduate of Washington State Normal School here. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Church, the Altar Society and the Arch Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.
In addition to her husband, John, Mrs. Padden is survived by one daughter, Miss Anne Mary Padden of Seattle; one son, John James Padden of Bellingham; one brother, Clarence C. Lynn, and two grandchildren.
Rosary will be recited in the chapel of Bingham and Jerns Funeral Home tomorrow at 7:45 p.m. Requiem High Mass will be in Sacred Heart Church on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. with Rev. Father Thomas R. Hanley as celebrant. Interment at Bay View Cemetery.
(From The Bellingham Herald, November 21, 1960) Submitted by Cathy Padden Atkinson
PAINE, George E. (d. 1939)
PALMER, James (d. 1927)
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer resided at 912 Laurel street. For the past few weeks he had been visiting his daughter at Beach. He was a member of J. B. Steedman post, Bellingham. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Frances M. Palmer, city; one brother, Robert Palmer, Holten, Maine; three daughters, Mrs. G. E. Pingrey, Paris; Mrs. Lucille Douglas, London, England, and Mrs. Grant, and one niece, residing in Maine. The body is being cared for at the Arthur C. Harlow mortuary where funeral arrangement will be announced later.
Interment was made in the family plot in the Beach cemetery.
(From The Bellingham Herald, June 23, 1927) Submitted by site coordinator.
PALMER, Paul (d. 1911)
Mr. Paul Palmer, an old resident, of Whatcom County, passed away at his home in Ferndale, last Saturday, at the age of seventy years, having been born in Indiana, August 7, 1841. Mr. Palmer was married to Nancy Smith, in 1863 at Quincy, Illinois, moving then to Kansas and later to Oklahoma, and after several years, to this state. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer had nine children, seven of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, and six of whom are still living. Leander, one of the four sons, died about four years ago, while Albert, Ernest, Marion, Mrs. W. H. Giles and Mrs. J. N. Alexander are residents of Lynden, and another daughter, Mrs. A. W. Dumas lives in Ft. Worth, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer were separated many years ago, Mr. Palmer marrying Sarah Follis in 1888. Left a widower in 1893, Mr. Palmer was married to Bina Wheeler in 1908, who survives him. Mr. Palmer lived in Bellingham for sixteen years and was loved and respected by all who knew him.
(From The Lynden Tribune, October 26, 1911) Submitted by site coordinator.
PALMER, Ruth S. (d. 1918)
Old friends crowded the Methodist Church Saturday to pay a final tribute to a pioneer of the district, Mrs. Ruth Scoville Palmer, who passed away Thursday morning. Rev. W. O. Benadom conducted the services.
Ruth Scoville was born June 16, 1851 in Dane County, Missouri, where she lived until after she was married. When a girl, she united with the Methodist Church and always took an interest in its work. She was married to Samuel L. Palmer January 19, 1872, when they moved to Iowa. To this union, ten children were born, eight of whom are living and were present at the funeral. They are Carrie L. Scribner of Nooksack, N. A. Palmer, of the Merchant Marine Service, Leola B. King of Addy, Wash., Olive A. Mock of Wickersham, Wash., Roy F. Palmer, Kendall, Wash., and Archie R. Palmer, Mary E. Swope and Arza C Palmer, who reside near the old home. There are twenty-three grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer after residing in Iowa, Wisconsin, Dakota and Minnesota, moved to Washington in December, 1887, where they have made their home since. During the years that Mrs. Palmer resided in the Lynden district, she made a host of friends, her kindliness and splendid character making her beloved in all sections, and her loss is mourned in scores of homes here.
(From The Lynden Tribune, September 26, 1918) Submitted by site coordinator.
PALMER, Samuel L. (d. 1928)
PALMER, Sarah J. (d. 1926)
Mrs. Whitman Palmer, one of the early pioneers of the Blaine section, passed away suddenly at her home at Drayton Sunday morning. She was in the act of lacing her shoes when heart failure brought sudden death. She had apparently been in her usual health up to the sudden fatal blow. Sarah Jane Thompson was born in Ohio July 24, 1853 and was therefore 72 years, 6 months and 13 days old at the time of her death. Aug. 30, 1874, she was united in marriage to Whitman Palmer at Eau Galle, Wisc., and he still survives. To this union of over 50 years was born one son and three daughters, Carlton of Drayton, Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Scott of Seattle, and Miss Ethel of Drayton. She also has three sisters living, Mrs. Cassel of Wisconsin, Mrs. York of Tacoma, and Miss Thompson, who resided at the Palmer home.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer located here over 35 years ago and have lived
at Drayton all these years except three spent in Alaska. Deceased was a member
of the Methodist church for the past 25 years. Funeral services were held
at the home Tuesday afternoon at 1:30, Rev. F. M. Bushong officiating, and
interment was made in the Blaine cemetery. Music was furnished by the Drayton
choir. Mrs. Palmer was highly esteemed by everyone who knew her and in her
passing a kind and loving wife and mother has passed beyond.
(From The Blaine Journal-Press, February 11, 1926) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PALMER, William H. (d. 1920)
SUMAS, Dec. 23. - William Henry Palmer, a well known and respected resident of Sumas, died on Tuesday morning at his home at the advanced age of 89 years and 26 days, after a short illness. Mr. Palmer was born in Donnington, England, November 25, 1831, and was married to Miss Nancy Ann McIntyre, in Hamilton, Me., in October, 1864. Two sons were born to them. His wife died April 30, 1908. On November 5, 1912, Mr. Palmer married Miss Mary E. Boyer, of Manchester, England, and his widow survives him.
Mr. Palmer was one of six brothers, each being over 6 feet 2 inches in height and he served in the British army for seven years before migrating to America. He joined the Sixteenth United States Maine infantry in the spring of 1862 and was mustered in as principal musician. He was present at Antietam when President Lincoln inspected the troops on the battlefield. He was afterwards ordered to Virginia, and marched to near Stafford's Court House, where he was mustered out of the army by the order of the war department, after which he returned to Maine. It was only a few days before he again re-entered the service and joined the Ninth Maine infantry at Hiltonhead, S. C., where he was attached to Company A. A few days later he received the appointment of principal musician and drum major of that regiment, in which capacity he served with honors until the end of the war.
Mr. Palmer was also a member of the Eastern Frontier lodge No. 112, Fort Fairfield, Me. The funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon, December 26, at the Federated church, the Rev. O. Congdon officiating. The interment, following in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. The funeral will be under the direction of Undertaker Gillies. The services at the grave will be conducted by the Masonic lodge.
(From The Bellingham Herald, December 23, 1920) Submitted by site coordinator.
PALMER, William W. (d. 1923)
Lynden lost a sturdy pioneer and honored veteran Saturday, when William Wallace Palmer passed away at his residence after a long illness.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at Knapp's Parlors, with an exceptionally large gathering of friends in attendance. Rev. E. O. Grimes conducted the services.
William Wallace Palmer was born in Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1843, and died at his home in Lynden, September 8, 1923. When about 13 years of age he left Pennsylvania and came to Southern Wisconsin, where he was married to Miss Nancy Pierce of Oregon, Dane County, May 27, 1868. Of this union two children were born: Addie M. Palmer and Cary Alfred Palmer, both now living. Mrs. Palmer died Nov. 17, 1894, and Mr. Palmer was again married to Mrs. Elizabeth Satterthwaite, who faithfully ministered to his needs in his last illness.
In 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Wisconsin Cavalry, and reenlisted in 1862, serving till the close of the war. After the war he went to Iowa and from there to Minnesota. He came in 1887 to Olympia, Washington, and the following year to Whatcom County, where he has since resided.
Mr. Palmer had been ill for the last six months and through it all seemed cheerful and courageous. He was a carpenter by trade, and as a pioneer helped to fell the trees and build the houses in and around Lynden. Uniting with the M. E. Church, he remained a member and attendant in the communion till his death. As a husband, father, friend and pioneer citizen he had a large place in the hearts of the community.
(From The Lynden Tribune, September 23, 1923) Submitted by site coordinator.
PANCOAST, Albert (d. 1935)
Although devoting considerable time to his private business, Mr. Pancoast found time in which to enter into public and civic life. He served a two-year term as a member of the City Council and was active in Chamber of Commerce work. He was a member of the Elks and the Knights of Pythias lodge. Surviving relatives are four sons, Walter F. Pancoast, city; John R., A. E. and Ira Pancoast, all of Seattle; one daughter, Mrs. Mildred B. Borchardt, city; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Wheeler and Clara Pancoast, both of California; seven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Funeral services will be held at the Harlow-Hollingsworth funeral home Monday at 3 p. m. Rev. James M. Wilson will officiate.
(From The Bellingham Herald, February 2, 1935) Submitted by site coordinator.
PANGBORN, Lorenzo D. (d. 1927)
He came to Eastern Washington in 1884, remaining there two years, when he joined his relatives in Lynden.
Mr. Pangborn edited and published the first newspaper in Lynden, the Pioneer Press, later joining his sister, Miss Olive Pangborn on her homestead two miles west of Clearbrook, near Pangborn Lake, named for them, where he lived until July 1919, when this pioneer home, built of logs, which had given hospitality so freely to friend and stranger, was destroyed by fire. They again made their home in Lynden.
Mr. Pangborn joined the Methodist church in early manhood, remaining a faithful member until his death. He organized the first Methodist Sunday School in Lynden, and was its first superintendent.
The surviving relatives are one brother, C. A. Pangborn of Bellingham; one sister, Miss Louise Pangborn of Chicago; two nephews, Hal. R. Pangborn, San Francisco, and Arthur L. Swim, Twin Falls, Idaho; three nieces, Olive M. Baxter, San Jose, Calif., Margaret L. Tew, Lynden, Margaret E. Tyler, Clearbrook; three grand nieces, ten grand nephews, and a host of friends.
(From The Lynden Tribune, September 22, 1927) Submitted by site coordinator.
PANGBORN, Ransom B. (d. 1905)
In Keene township, Essex County, New York, at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains, was born in 1812, Ranson (sic) Belden Pangborn. When four years of age his parents emigrated to Ohio, where he grew to manhood. In 1837, with family and friends, he again moved to new and untried scenes, locating in Iroquois County, Illinois. One brother, Cyrus S. Pangborn of Burr Oak, Kansas, is the only member of his family living.
June 21, 1838, he was united in marriage to Margaret K. Harper, whose death occurred March 19, 1871. He was married September 24, 1874, to Mrs. Cornelia E. Lash, who survives him. They came to Washington in June, 1900. At twenty-six years of age Mr. Pangborn was happily converted, united with the Methodist Church, and has lived a faithful and consistent life. About two years ago he entered into a richer experience of grace. Judge Williams, an old-time friend, said of him and the little band of pioneers that it was due to them that the foundation of the Church in that section was laid broad and deep on a firm and enduring basis. Very few are left of the representatives of a grand race of pioneers. They wrought faithfully and their words do follow them. They found the country wild and unproductive; they left it a rich legacy to their children. The weary itinerant received cordial treatment in the home of the subject of this sketch. His was a religion that spoke eloquently in generous, kindly deeds rather than words. His life and personality were a living embodiment and illustration of the simple life, a life hid with Christ in God.
In 1863 he helped to organize a school in Onarga, Illinois, and he never lost interest in everything pertaining to it. Since coming to Washington he has dictated messages of greeting and reminiscence to the friends of what is now an important and endowed institution, growing, as he expressed it, into a giant oak from the acorn which he assisted in planting so many years ago.
The influence of his personality upon the plastic minds and hearts of the younger generation will be a constant and potent factor for good, extending in ever widening circles as time rolls on. Gladly he obeyed the summons of the Master, "Thou has been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many."
(From The Pacific Pilot, April 13, 1905) Submitted by site coordinator.
PARISH, Gilbert R. (d. 1903)
Gilbert Rose Parish was born in Pennsylvania April 10, 1842, died at Index, Wash., March 17, at 9:50 p.m., 1903, being sixty-one years of age. Mr. Parish served three years as a private soldier in the Civil War in Company C., Twenty-seventh Regiment, Iowa Volunteers. He moved with his parents from Pennsylvania to Ohio, thence to Michigan and later to Iowa. Here in August 1865 he was married to Margaret Ann Gipe and in 1871 he moved with his wife and three children to Nebraska where he took up a homestead which has been his permanent home ever since, thus be has spent the greater part of his life in a frontier country. He has always taken an active part in politics from a Republican standpoint, being one of the organizers and first treasurer of Harlan County, always working for the best interest of the county and the people concerned.
To Mr. and Mrs. Parish were born nine children of which six are still living, Jane Elizabeth at Elm Creek, Nebraska, Byron at Goodland, Kansas, Harlan and Lee at Alma, Nebraska and Vern and Jed who reside here. Amon the oldest boy died at Lander, Wyoming, in March, 1895, leaving a wife and two sons, Lloyd Anson and Everett, all of whom reside near Lynden. Deceased also leaves twenty-one grand-children and four great-grandchildren. He was a patriotic citizen, a kind father and a loving husband.
(additional article on April 2, 1903)
Death came to Mr. Parish while on the Northern Pacific train near
Index, while on his way to his old home in Nebraska. He had been out in this
part of the country for the benefit of his health and with his wife was returning
to the old home when he died. After consultation with the county sheriff
the remains were returned to Snohomish for the coroner's inquest. Death was
declared to be due to heart disease. Physicians have stated his ailment to
be traced to a gunshot wound in the breast, received in battle. The body
being embalmed, Mrs. Parish returned with same to Whatcom on Wednesday evening
train. There the body remained until Saturday March 21, when it was conveyed
to the Lynden cemetery, where the funeral services took place at 11 a. m.
under the auspices of the G. A. R. post of Lynden.
(From The Pacific Pilot, March 26 and April 2, 1903) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PARKER, Martin B. (d. 1907)
PARKS, Frances (d. 1929)
Miss Frances B. Parks, aged 43 years, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Parks, of Clipper, passed away Tuesday afternoon after a long illness.
She was said to be the first white child born on the South Fork of the Nooksack
river, and was a graduate of the Bellingham high school and had attended
the Normal school in Bellingham. She was a former member of the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
Surviving are the mother, two brothers, Charles, of Port Angeles,
and E. W. Parks, of Montague, Montana; one sister, Mrs. Rose Smoot,
of Park, and twelve nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at the
Nazarene church at Van Zandt, Friday morning, September 13, at 10 o'clock,
with the Rev. J. W. Frazier officiating. Interment was made in the family
plot in Van Zandt cemetery.
(From The Deming Prospector, September 13, 1929) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PARR, William (d. 1905)
There is hardly a man, woman or child in Blaine who did not know William Parr. And as the news of his death was worked around the city it was felt that a true man, upright citizen and loyal friend had passed over the great divide. That staunch hearted whitehaired old Yorkshireman was as honest as the day was long. He came here when this county was a forest and demonstrated that a living could be made on the land. And while the community has lost a good man, yet the work done by Mr. Parr for this part, in showing the possibilities of the land here will never be lost. He was an educator in the highest sense of the word. The funeral occurred at Pleasant Valley on Wednesday at one thirty o'clock. The floral tributes were exceedingly beautiful, and the processional that followed the remains to the cemetery was one of the longest ever seen in this country. All the relatives were present. The services were conducted by Rev. J. W. L. Kaufmann, the Congregational minister at Pleasant Valley, and the interment was at the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
(From The Blaine Journal, October 20, 1905) Submitted by site coordinator.
PARROTT, Thomas W. (d. 1917)
Funeral services were held Wednesday, at Knapp's Funeral Parlors for the late T. William Parrott of Everson, formerly of Lynden, who passed away October 12. May friends attended.
T. William Parrott was born in Iowa, on the 25th day of June, 1871. On reaching his majority he left Iowa and located in Woonsocket, South Dakota, where he entered into business for himself. He was married on August 8, 1896 to Miss Alvena Barth. To this union two sons and one daughter were born. The oldest son died in infancy.
After some years spent in Woonsocket, Mr. Parrott moved with his family to Elk Point, South Dakota, where they resided for two years and then moved to Lynden, Wash. Last April Mr. Parrott became Station Agent for the B. and N. Railway Co. in Everson, Wash., where his family joined him and where they have since resided. He leaves a wife, daughter, Genevieve, and son, Robert, in Everson, a father and brother in South Dakota, and a host of friends to mourn his departure. Mrs. Barth, Mrs. Parrott's mother, and Oscar Barth, her brother, of Woonsocket, South Dakota, attended the funeral.
(From The Lynden Tribune, October 18, 1917) Submitted by site coordinator.
PATTERSON, William, Capt. (d. 1898)
Captain William Patterson died at the St. Joseph's Hospital in Fairhaven, Wash., on May 4th. The shock and other effects of the amputation of his wounded limb were too severe for his advanced years and enfeebled condition. The public is fully advised of the tragic circumstances leading up to the death of our old pioneer and fellow citizen. As the Atkinson-Patterson embroglio is to be fully ventilated in the superior court at no distant day, no comment will be made further than to report the progress of the suit until its termination.
As the name of the deceased would indicate, the captain was an original product of the Emerald island. In his younger days he was a sailor in Canadian waters, on the lakes and the St. Lawrence river. While a young man he joined the army of gold seekers, and went with the crowd to California in the days of '49. After following the fortunes of gold hunting in California and in the northwest for a score or more of years, and leading a life of adventure, excitement and hardships, he decided to become a husbandman and located on a ranch on Dakota creek, a couple of miles east of Blaine, where he was a transient resident up to the time of the Blaine boom. During the boom Uncle Billy made an excellent sale of his property. The proceeds of the sale has practically been the source of his support, but his property at the time of his death had become about exhausted.
As a street talker and all around story teller Patterson had no equal in the Pacific northwest. He was always on deck to spin a yarn or relate an old time experience. In his quaint, droll and inimitable way he could tell a joke on a friend or acquaintance that would always draw a crowd. When the old gentleman got wound up to tell a story or have his say he brooked no interference. When called as witness in any of the cases in our courts neither the attorney's objection nor the stentorian voice of the court could stop him from telling what he and the whole neighborhood knew about he case. An attempt was made at one time by a court stenographer to take his testimony in an important case, but the words rolled off from his Irish tongue with such rapidity that the reporter threw down his pencil and paper in despair. ...
Captain Patterson had passed the three score and ten limit in years, but in experience in the rough and tumble of life on wave and frontier, he had seen more, and endured more of its changes and vicissitudes than would fall to the lot of most men if they had lived ten centuries. ... His funeral in Blaine on Thursday was generally attended, and his remains find a resting place in the cemetery on the hill.
(From The Blaine Journal, May 6, 1898) Submitted by site coordinator.
PATTISON, Harry (d. 1898)
Last Monday evening at 9 o'clock Prof. Harry Pattison, city superintendent of schools of New Whatcom, passed away. Friday last Mr. Pattison was taken with a pain in the stomach, which at the time was thought to be but a temporary affair and but little attention was given it. No particular change for the worst occurred until Sunday, when it was decided by the attending physician, Dr. Birney, after consulting with Drs. Biggs, Compton, Cross, and Appleby that an operation would be necessary for appendicitis, which was performed at noon that day. Dr. Biggs, assisted by the other physicians did the work and it was found that the case was one of the worst possible, an intense inflammation resulting in a malignant condition that made blood poisoning and death unavoidable. Mr. Pattison lingered until Monday evening, when death came to his relief.
Prof. Pattison was born in Jefferson county, Pa., about 37 years ago, and received his early education in the common schools of his native state and Illinois. He began teaching in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, in 1880, and afterwards graduated from the Clarion State Normal School, Pennsylvania, in the class of '88. He came to New Whatcom in May, 1891, and began work as superintendent of the Sehome schools in August of the same year. When the two cities were consolidated in 1892 he was made principal of the New Whatcom high school, and after the death of Superintendent G. B. Johnston, in 1894, he was elected superintendent of the city schools. He was married to Miss Edie Finley, a classmate in his normal school work, in 1892, and their infant daughter is now a few day's old. Prof. Pattison was a member of the Oddfellow lodge, a Knight of Pythias, and of the Royal Arcanum, in which latter association he held an insurance of $3,000. The interment of the remains took place from the First M. E. Church on I street, New Whatcom, on Wednesday last, at 2 p.m. The services were conducted by Rev. W. A. Mackey of the Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Pattison was an honored member. The attendance included the members of the various societies with which he affiliated and an immense concourse of friends and fellow citizens. Mr. Pattison was well and favorable known throughout the entire county, and many will mourn with the widow and relatives upon their loss. From an acquaintance of some years with deceased we can speak of him as a man in every sense of the word, and one who will be sorely missed by his many associates.
(From The Blaine Journal, January 21, 1898) Submitted by site coordinator.
PAUL, Bruno (d. 1894)
PAUL, Matthew J. (d. 1992)
Matthew J. Paul, 53, 2653 S. Red River Road, died at home after a long illness Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1992.
Visitation will be from noon to 5 p.m. today at Moles Funeral Home. Vigil service will be today at 7 p.m. at Moles Funeral Home Chapel.
Funeral service will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Chief Cornerstone Church, with the Rev. Phil Zapata officiating. Burial will be at Lummi Reservation Cemetery.
Mr. Paul was born Dec. 31, 1938, to Ray and Mary Paul in Bellingham. He was trained as a barber in Tacoma.
Survivors include his son, Gabriel Paul; daughter Lena Paul; parents Ray and Mary Paul of Lummi; brothers Eugene Paul and Johnny Paul, north of Ferndale; sisters, Marilyn Irwin of Bellingham, Virginia Johnson of Ferndale and Naomi Perez and Ramona Machuca, both of San Jose, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Matthew Paul Fund, care of Moles Funeral Home, 2039 Main St., P. O. Box 279, Ferndale, WA 98248.
(From the Bellingham Herald of September 10, 1992) Submitted by Merrily Lawson.
PAULSON, John (d. 1923)
PAUS, Henry A. (d. 1918)
PAYNE, Clara M. (d. 1946)
PAYNE, Henry S. (d. 1912)
Henry Silas Payne, aged 75 years, passed away Tuesday morning,
March 12, at an early hour at the home of his son, W. E. Payne, 613
1/2 Forest street after an illness of several months. Mr. Payne was born
in Delhi, Delaware county, New York, November 15, 1836. The greater part
of his active life was spent in the lumbering business until about four years
ago he moved with his sons, W. E. and S. D. Payne, to Bellingham, where he
has resided until the time of his death. Besides W. E. Payne and S.
D. Payne, residents of Bellingham, there is one son and two daughters surviving,
residents of the East. The funeral services will be held Thursday, March
14 from the funeral parlors of Undertaker Harry O. Bingham, 1319 Dock street,
at 2 o'clock p. m., Rev. J. E. Sterling, pastor of the Immanuel Baptist church,
corner of Lynn and Jefferson streets, officiating. Interment will be made
in Bay View cemetery.
(From The Bellingham Herald, March 12, 1912) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PAYNE, Isaac S. (d. 1905)
PAYNE, James G. (d. 1941)
PAYNE, Miller D. (d. 1928)
PAYNE, Robert C. (d. 1910)
This week we are pained to announce the death of our old comrade
in arms, Capt. Robert C. Payne, well known, well liked and well respected
in Ferndale and the Northwest.
Washington Soldiers' Home,
Orting, Wash., May 19th 1910.
Ferndale Record:
Gentlemen - Capt. Robert C. Payne died at the Home Hospital May 18th, 1910. He was born in Hudson, New York, June 27th, 1836. He was a single man, engaged in the Livery Business. He enlisted in Company E. 1st Cavalry, April 6, 1864, and was Honorably Discharged November 18th, 1865. He became a member of the Home June 1st, 1909, coming here from Ferndale.
Yours very truly,
Geo. W. Tibbetts, Supt.
(From The Ferndale Record, May 27, 1910) Submitted by site coordinator.
PEARSON, John (d. 1938)
PEASLEE, Mabel H. (d. 1928)
PEBLEY, John F. (d. 1929)
John Franklin Pebley, aged 75 years, passed away at his home at Deming at an early hour this morning, November 1, after a residence in Whatcom county of thirty-nine years, during which time he had made a host of friends. He leaves to survive him, two sons, Walter L. and Lon Pebley, of Anacortes and Deming, respectively; four daughters, Lois and Ina Pebley and Mrs. P. F. Tucker, of Deming, and Mrs. W. C. David, of Bellingham; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Sims, Sedan, Kan., and Mrs. Margaret Morton, of Sedan Kan.; two uncles, James Sharp, Kansas, and Andrew Sharp, of Oklahoma, and five grandchildren. At the time of his death Mr. Pebley was a member of Nooksack lodge No. 192, F. & A. M. (charter member). The body is being cared for by the Arthur C. Harlow Mortuary, Forest and Holly streets, where funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock p. m. Sunday, November 3, with the Rev. O. A. Quall, of the Fairhaven Methodist church officiating, after which interment will take place in Deming cemetery.
(From The Bellingham Herald, November 1, 1929) Submitted by site coordinator.
PEBLEY, John N. (d. 1911)
PEBLEY, Lois I. (d. 1937)
Miss Lois Inez Pebley, a prominent community worker at Deming where she has been principal of the grade school for the past twelve years, died monday at a Bellingham hospital following along illness. Miss Pebley has been a constant worker in this community for several years. Her health forced her to give up her school activities about a year ago. Recently she seemed to be much improved and hope was high that she might soon be able to be about again. Her passing was greatly mourned by loved ones and friends. Final rites were held Wednesday afternoon at the Harlow-Hollingsworth chapel with Rev. Merle F. Ramage reading a very beautiful and comforting service. Mr. Robert Delsman sang two solos, "The End of a Perfect Day" and "Goin' Home." Honorary pall bearers were Messrs. John R. Macauley, Lowell Duling, Harvey Marshall, Joe Mitchell, Ruben Doren and J. N. Niles. The many beautiful floral offerings bore mute testimony to the high regard her friends and pupils had for her.
Lois Inez Pebley was born in Greenwood, Kansas, in 1895. She came
with her parents to Deming when 7 years old. She completed her formal schooling
at the Bellingham Normal in 1912 and taught for twenty-seven years in the
schools of the county. For the past twelve years she had been principal of
the Deming grade school. Throughout a prolonged illness she was always cheerful
and courageous, and will be greatly missed by the school children and
others of the community to who she had endeared herself. Surviving
are two brothers Walter L. of Anacortes, and A. F. of Deming; three sisters,
Mrs. W. C. Davis, Point Roberts, Mrs. Fletcher Tucker and Miss Ina Pebley,
both of Deming.
(From The Deming Prospector, November 26, 1937) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PECK, Alvah (d. 1940)
PEEL, John (d. 1926)
John Peel, aged 81 years and a resident of this county for the past twenty years, passed away at a local hospital Thursday morning, August 12, after an illness of a few days following a paralytic stroke. Mr. Peel has been a member of Hoquiam lodge No. 64, F. and A. M., for many years, and in 1921 was made an honorary member of that body. He was also a member of Mizpah chapter No. 30, O. E. S., and of the I. O. O. F. of Hoquiam. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Fred Esty of this city, and Mrs. Ada Louzer of Medford, Ore.; three sons, Kenneth V. Peel, Bellingham, Percy Peel of Myrtle Point, Ore., and John R. Peel of Stockton, Ca.; one sister, Mrs. Sarah Laurk, Elma, Wash.; two brothers, Louis Peel of Seattle, and William Peel of Hollywood, Cal., besides nine grandchildren. They body rests at the Harlow mortuary home, Holly and Forest streets, where funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon, August 15, at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. James Wilson officiating and the officers and members of Whatcom lodge No. 151, F. and A. M. of this city in charge, after which interment will be made in the family plot in Bay View cemetery.
(From The Bellingham Herald, August 12, 1926) Submitted by Joene Peel
PEHRSON, Erick (d. 1931)
The deceased was a member of the Ferndale Methodist church for many years.
Mr. Pehrson was a familiar character in Ferndale, as the old-timers knew him after his years of being in business here. Of late years he has continued to ride his bicycle on which he was riding Tuesday when struck by an automobile that he failed to hear approach from behind.
A large crowd gathered at the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon, when funeral services were held. The pastor, Rev. A. W. Smith, officiated, assisted by Rev. G. E. Landen. Interment was made in the Enterprise cemetery under the direction of the Monroe Mortuary.
Surviving him is his widow, Mrs. Olga Pehrson; two sons Charles of Alameda, Calif., and Herman of Bellingham; three daughters, Mrs. Jess Vandemark, Lynden; Mrs. Ray Janitscheck, Bellingham, Mrs. W. J. Van Etten, Lynden. His brothers, August, of Ferndale, and John, of Oakland, also survive him, besides two sisters Miss Sophia Pehrson of Ferndale and Mrs. Mathilda Soderholm, Minneapolis.
Mr. Pehrson was quite active in civic affairs in the early days having served as councilman and another term as police judge besides taking part in other activities.
(From The Ferndale Record, August 27, 1931) Submitted by site coordinator.
PENCE, Catherine E. (d. 1903)
Monday morning G. A. Pence of the Record was called to Whatcom by the sudden illness of his mother, Mrs. Catherine E. Pence of that place. Mrs. Pence breathed her last at about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, surrounded by members of the family and friends. The immediate cause of her death was a severe stroke of paralysis from which she never rallied, and although medical aid was summoned, all efforts to revive her failed. Mrs. Pence had not been sick and was in good spirits Monday morning, having visited her son in Fairhaven at half past ten. Shortly after returning home she complained of a dizzy, fainting sensation and a moment later, with her daughter Ada at her side, sank to the floor unconscious. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. J. N. Smith, pastor of the First Christian church, at the family residence on C street at 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. A large concourse of sympathizing friends were present. The floral tributes were varied and beautiful. Interment was made in Bay View cemetery.
Mrs. Catherine E. Pence was fifty-eight years of age, having been
born in Keosauqua, Van Buren county, Ia., July 4, 1845. She had been a resident
of Whatcom for the past 17 years. Besides her husband, A. J. Pence, seven
children survive her: Orlando E., Gage A., Arthur, Eugene, Mark, Ada and
Mrs. G. W. Felker.
(From The Ferndale Record, August 7, 1903) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PENDLETON, Angeline (d. 1890)
PENDLETON, Robert M. (d. 1905)
Robert M. Pendleton, a prominent farmer of Whatcom county, aged 60 years, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Ederer, 1601 Donovan avenue, yesterday at 9:15 a. m., cardiac paralysis being the cause of death. Mr. Pendleton had been staying at the home of his daughter the past three weeks, undergoing medical treatment. He had not been confined to his bed during his illness, and it was thought that he would be able to return to his home at Custer in a few days, as his condition appeared to be favorable to his ultimate recovery, but a sudden turn for the worse came unexpectedly yesterday morning and he passed peacefully away.
He had resided on a farm near Custer for twenty years, and
is survived by a wife, three sons, Emmett, Luther and Walter, and a daughter,
Mrs. Joseph Ederer, all being residents of this county. The body lies
at W. H. Mock & Sons' mortuary chapel. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed owing to the absence of one of the sons, who is in
the Mount Baker mining district. A messenger has been sent to the mountains
to notify the son of his father's death. Interment is to be made in the cemetery
at Blaine.
(From The Bellingham Reveille, September 13, 1905) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PENFIELD, Sarah A. (d. 1911)
PENFIELD, William H. (d. 1907)
In 1861 he resigned the run to enlist in the Union army, and the following year entered the service of the Second Iowa cavalry, Company L, under General Thomas, in which company he remained until the close of the war. In 1868 he went to Council Bluffs, where in that year he married Miss Alice Barton. Later he moved to a farm near that city, where the family lived until 1880, when he decided to join the Washington colony, and in the fall of that year he and his family were in Seattle. In 1882 he came to Whatcom, which was Whatcom in name only, and ever since has been identified with the general progress of the city. His wife and four married daughters survive him, all of whom live in this city or county, while one son resides in an Eastern state. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the house.
(From The Bellingham Herald, February 15, 1907) Submitted by site coordinator.
PENNINGTON, Emma (d. 1928)
PENNY, Rilla M. Fouts (d. 1954)
Rilla Martha (Fouts) Penny, 85, of 1907 "G" Street, a pioneer Whatcom
county resident having lived here for 81 years, died Saturday October 30,
1954 at a local hospital. Survivors include three grandsons, Arnold Elston
Stenger and Marvin True Stenger both of Bellingham, and William Palmer of
Seattle; a granddaughter Mrs. Betty Peterson of Portland, Oregon; seven
great-grandchildren and a sister Mrs. Grace Hughes of Phoenix, Arizona.
Arrangements are pending at Bingham-Dahlquist & Jerns Funeral Home. Interment
at the family plot in Bayview Cemetery.
Submitted by
John Rauch
PENNY, Thomas Harrison (d. 1936)
Thomas Harrison Penny, 71, 1907 "G" Street died at a local hospital
Monday February 17, 1936 following a lingering illness. Mr. Penny, for many
years a resident of Bellingham, was a member of Bellingham Bay Lodge No.
44 F. & A. M. Immediate survivors are the widow Mrs. Rilla (Fouts) Penny,
at the family home; two step-sons, Ernest Stenger and Fred Sauxauer, both
of Bellingham, and one step- daughter Mrs. Lucille Palmer of Seattle. Funeral
services will be held at Bingham-Dahlquist funeral parlors, the Rev. J. M.
Wilson officiating. Burial will follow at Bayview Cemetery.
Submitted by
John Rauch
PEPPER, Leslie H. (d. 1914)
Leslie Hamilton Pepper, aged 78 years, a well known resident of this city for more than twenty-three years, passed away at the residence, 2101 A street. Sunday morning at 6 o'clock, pneumonia being the cause of death. Mr. Pepper is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Arrie A. Bryan, and two granddaughters, Miss Mabel Bryan and Mrs. Harry P. Dawson, residents of this city, and one brother, Seymour H. Pepper, of Ames, Iowa. Mr. Pepper was a veteran of the Civil war, having served as a private of Company B, Second regiment, Iowa volunteer cavalry for more than three years. He was a member of J. B. Steedman post No. 24, Grand Army of the Republic, funeral services to be held under the auspices of that organization Wednesday afternoon, February 18, at the chapel of Mock & Harlow, 1051-1055 Elk street, at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Fred Alban Weil, minister of the Unitarian society, officiating. The burial service according to the ritual of the Grand Army will be conducted at the grave in Bay View cemetery, where interment will be made. The private funeral car will leave from the junction, corner of Dock and Kentucky streets, Wednesday at 1:45 p. m. for the convenience of the family and friends. All veterans of the civil war and members of the Woman's Relief corps have been requested to attend the funeral.
(From The Bellingham Herald, February 16, 1914) Submitted by site coordinator.
PERLEY, William (d. 1910)
William Perley, more familiarly known here as Grandpa Perley, passed away Monday afternoon at 11 o'clock after a short illness which assumed seriousness Saturday. The deceased was surrounded by the members of the family when the end came. Death was apparently caused from a breaking down of the iron will which has kept body and soul together for the past year. About a year ago the deceased slipped from a chair and suffered a fractured thigh from which he never recovered and since which time he has been bed-ridden. He bore his confinement and suffering with extreme patience, but on Saturday last his lungs seemed to fill up and his breathing grew shorter until death came.
William Perley was born in Harrison, Me., June 6, 1816, making
his age at death 94 years and 6 months. In 1838 he was united in marriage
to Miss Lois P. Brackett, who passed away here in November, 1897. To this
union two children were born, George P. and Chas. O., the former having answered
the final summons in 1907, and the latter making his home here and in Oregon.
The family came west to California, and in 1889 removed to Blaine, where
the deceased has resided continuously since.
The deceased was exceptionally strong up to the time he suffered
a broken thigh, a year ago, and might still be in vigorous health had he
not been confined so closely on account of his crippled condition. During
all his life he was a man of strict temperate habits, never having used tea,
coffee, tobacco or liquor. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. O.
P. Avery at the home of Mrs. G. P. Perley Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
and the burial made in the Blaine cemetery.
(From The Blaine Journal December 9, 1910) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PERRY, Amanda V. (d. 1921)
Mrs. Amanda Van Fleet Perry, mother of Mrs. William Walker, of Ferndale, passed away Friday, Sept. 9 after an illness of seven months. She was born April 18, 1834, in the city of Tyrone, N. Y., and was, at the time of her death, aged 87 years 4 months and 21 days. For the past 16 years Mrs. Perry lived in and near Ferndale, coming from Michigan with her husband, George Perry in 1905. She was the mother of five children, three girls and two boys. They are: Mrs. Stella Brown, of Lakeview, Ore., Mrs. Maud Cook of Grand Rapids, Mich., Mrs. Catherine Walker, of Ferndale, Charles Perry of Hamilton and Claud Perry of Bellingham. Funeral services were held Monday from Monroe's parlors Rev. R. C. Day officiating. Interment was made in Woodlyn (sic) cemetery.
(From The Ferndale Record, September 16, 1921) Submitted by site coordinator.
PERRY, Coletta (d. 1938)
PERRY, Emily A. (d. 1929)
SUMAS, Jan. 5. - Emily Ann Perry, widow of the late James B. Perry, passed away at the family home east of Sumas, Thursday evening, January 3, after a brief illness. Mrs. Perry was 73 years of age. She had been a resident of this district fifty years. She was born at Peoria, Ill. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. E. M. Minaker, of Port Clemet, B. C., Mrs. A. P. Bublitz, of Tacoma; Esther Tyner, of Sumas; Annie Saterlee, of Bellingham; four sons, Chas. A. and Ira B., of Sumas; Ellis H., of Eugene, Ore., and Lester, of Seattle. The body rests at the J. C. Gillis mortuary home where the funeral will be conducted Sunday, January 6, at 2 p. m. with Rev. H. L. Richardson officiating. Interment will take place in the family plot in the I. O. O. F. cemetery with oldtime friends and neighbors as pallbearers.
(From The Bellingham Herald, January 5, 1929) Submitted by site coordinator.
PERRY, Mary (d. 1909)
In the year 1870 Captain Perry came up to Birch Bay to the H. B. Bruns claim with a schooner load of lumber, which came from the Yesler mill, in Seattle. Captain Perry returned to Seattle that year and came back in 1871 with Mrs. Perry and located a claim at the mouth of California creek, now the H. Hanson farm. At that time the land was still unsurveyed and Perry had much trouble with adjoining claim holders over his boundary stakes. Finally he sold all but 17 acres of the land and left for part unknown, and nothing has ever been heard of him since. Mrs. Perry secured a divorce and possession of these 17 acres as well, which in time she sold and purchased a place in this city, where she has since lived.
B. N. Kingsley recalls the facts and has furnished them to the
writer. At that time lumber for building settler's homes was rafted around
from Birch Bay from the Bruns place. Many years ago two young men entered
Mrs. Perry's home at California creek and tying her, proceeded to rob her
of everything of value. The young men were later apprehended by Constable
Kingsley and upon trial were given five years each in the state penitentiary.
The old settlers are fast disappearing and there are but two now living here
that were here when Mrs. Perry arrived with her husband, Mr. Kingsley and
Mr. Salsbury. The funeral of Mrs. Perry was held on Tuesday and the interment
made in the Blaine cemetery. The will of the late Mrs. Mary Perry was presented to the superior
court in Bellingham Saturday last by W. B. Whitcomb for probating. The estate
is valued at about $1,500 and is partly in British Columbia and was willed
to the Catholic church of this city.
(From The Blaine Journal, January 15 and 22, 1909) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PETERSON, Alie (d. 1961)
Alie Peterson, 84, of 5414 Fairview Street, a former resident of Bellingham, died at a local hospital Saturday morning. Mr. Peterson was born in Freeborn County, Minnesota, June 17, 1877, and had lived in Bellingham for 24 years, moved to Everett four years ago. He was a retired farmer. His wife, Emma Elizabeth, one daughter, Olivia, and two sons, Clarence and Marvin preceded him in death. Surviving relatives are four daughters, Mrs. William Macrea Smith of 5414 Fairview, Mrs. Robert L. Andrews of Auburn, Mrs. Ingmar Boe of Bellingham, Mrs. William C. Hess of Pasadena, California; two sons, Arnold Peterson of Everett, Alfred Peterson of Bellingham; three brothers, Oscar, Henry and Wendon, all of Kalispell, Montana; two sisters, Mrs, Clara Dixon of Ray, North Dakota, Mrs. Laura Boots of Williston, North Dakota; 30 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later from the Solie Funeral Home.
(From The Everett Daily Herald)
Submitted by Reg Rittenberg
PETERSON, Anne O. (d. 1913)
Anne Olea Amundsen, wife of O. A. Peterson, was born in Sandsver, Norway, Feb. 10, 1861. With her parents she removed to this country when a child of eight years old, settling in Minnesota. May 16, 1879, she was married to Mr. O. A. Peterson. She leaves to mourn her husband, eleven children, her father, two sisters, three brothers and other relatives. In 1901 the family came to Bellingham, soon removing to a farm two and one-half miles northwest of Ferndale, in which community they have lived and built up a commodious home. Three years ago last November Mrs. Peterson was taken violently ill with a complication of diseases, and it seemed that she could not live long. All that medical skill and careful nursing could do, was done to ease the intense suffering so patiently borne. Life seemed to be prolonged to make manifest her faith in God and submission to His will. The end came peacefully at 3:30 p. m., Friday, March 14, 1913. Mrs. Peterson has been a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church since she was sixteen years of age.
Her children are:
Mr. E. A. Peterson of Ferndale, Mrs. O. T. Aubol of Mohrweis, Wash., Mr.
W. E. Peterson of Enumclaw, Wash., Mrs. A. C. Manning, Bellingham, Joseph
Peterson also of Bellingham, Mrs. Wm. Nelson of Edmonton, Alberta, Mrs. Will
Hamilton, of Ferndale, Otto, Daniel, Gidda and Carl who are still at
home. The funeral was held in the S. D. A. church near the family home.
Elder L. Johnson from Seattle conducted the services. Undertaker Monroe of
Ferndale directed the funeral. Before her death Mrs. Peterson made all the
arrangements for the funeral; selecting the hymns to be sung. They were:
"The City Four Squares," "The Beautiful Land" and "When the Roll is Called
Up Yonder."
(From The Ferndale Record, March 21, 1913) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PETERSON, Charles E. (d. 1988)
PETERSON, Memorial services for Charles E Peterson, age 84 of 4206 Anker Park Dr, B'ham, will be Tues, June 14, 2pm at the First Congregational Church, B'ham. Mr Peterson died June 7, 1899 in Madrid, Spain. The body was cremated. He was a member of the First Congregational Church, B'ham. Mr Peterson was born in Spokane & was a graduate of MIT Architectural Dept & was a member of the Architectural Institute of America. Mr. Peterson was employed for 40 years by the Milwaukee Railroad. Upon retirement he lived in Athol, Idaho until moving to B'ham in 1982. His survivors include a daughter, Freya Jones of Waxhaw, NC; one brother & two sisters of the Spokane area; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Jones Funeral Home.
(From The Bellingham Herald, June 13, 1988) Submitted by Reg Rittenberg
PETERSON, Cornelia (d. 1933)
Mrs. Carmelia (sic) Peterson aged 92 years, passed away at the home of her son, Mr. Carl Johnson, 2012 Cowgill avenue, this city, last evening, January 11, after several months' illness. Mrs. Peterson had resided in this city for the past thirty years and was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran church. Other surviving relatives include two sons, Mr. Carl Johnson, city, and Henry Johnson, Blaine, route No. 1; three daughters, Mrs. Josie Turnberg, Wenatchee, Wash.; Mrs. Sophia Dahl, Tacoma, Wash., and Mrs. Kala Marten, Superior, Wisconsin; one brother, Mr. Hans Kvalnes, Fort Ranson, North Dakota; twenty grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. The body is resting at the Homer Mark mortuary, Cornwall avenue and Halleck street. Funeral announcements will be made at a later date.
(From The Bellingham Herald, January 12, 1933)
PETERSON, Elias (d. 1924)
Elias Peterson, an old resident of Mountain View, died at his home
in Mountain View Friday, June 20 at 1 p. m., at the age of 70 years and 17
days. He was born at Elsborlain, Sweden, June 3, 1854. He resided in Sweden
until 26 years of age, when he came to the United States, settling in Minnesota.
There he worked at his trade of stone mason. Peterson was married in Minnesota
on Sept. 20, 1890, to Miss Christina Ekman, who survives him. To this union
were born four sons. The surviving sons are Gus and Richard Peterson, both
of whom live at home. The others, Fritz and Elmer, both died, Fritz in early
childhood and Elmer, in 1917. In addition he is survived by two brothers,
and one sister. He leaves a host of friends to mourn his passing. The deceased
lived 21 years in Mountain View and was highly respected. Funeral services
were held Sunday with the Rev. C. A. Bartlett officiating. Interment was
made in Mountain View cemetery under George A. Monroe's direction.
(From The Ferndale Record, June 27, 1924) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PETERSON, Harriet (d. 1893)
Mrs. Harriet Peterson, wife of John Peterson, died last evening
at her residence on Railroad ave., between Oak and Pine streets. Mrs. Peterson
was 69 years old, and one of the oldest settlers, having resided in this
vicinity for nearly thirty-five years. She has been suffering with asthma
for the past month. The funeral will take place from the residence tomorrow
at 2 p.m.
(From The Bellingham Bay Evening Express, May 24, 1893) Submitted
by site coordinator.
PETERSON, Jennie (d. 1923)
Stricken with pleuric-neuralgia that affected her heart, Mrs. E. A. Peterson, of Alder Grove, passed away Thursday, July 26, after a brief illness. Her death came quite unexpectedly both to family and friends, as she had been ill but a short time and her illness had not been considered serious. Mrs. Peterson was loved and respected by a large circle of friends, made through 20 years of continuous residence in the Alder Grove district. She was a professional nurse and many times during the past two decades both she and Mr. Peterson had endeared themselves to neighbors by their helpfulness and cheerful attitude in ministering to the sick.
A native of Minnesota, Mrs. Peterson was 40 years of age. She
is survived by her parents and two brothers, residing in Minnesota, her husband
and eight children, four boys and four girls. The oldest of the children
is 17 and the youngest a baby of six weeks. The baby is being cared for by
relatives of Mr. Peterson's in Pleasant Valley.
Funeral services for the deceased were held Tuesday afternoon
from the Seventh Day Adventist church in Alder Grove, Rev. Al Johnson, of
Seattle and Rev. Hanson of Bellingham, officiating. Burial was made in Enterprise
cemetery, George A. Monroe directing.
(From The Ferndale Record, August 3, 1923) Submitted by site
coordinator.
PETERSON, Martin (d. 1905)
PETERSON, Marvin G. (d. 1959)
Marvin G. Peterson, 42, 2807 1/2 Hewitt Ave. died in his home Friday. He was born in Tioga, N. D., May 10, 1917, was a resident of Bellingham from the end of World War II until the five years when he moved to Everett. Mr. Peterson was a veteran of World Was II with the U.S. Army serving on Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands. He is survived by two daughters, Susan and Shelly Peterson of 1919 Grand Ave.; one son, Mark Peterson of 1919 Grand Ave.; his father, Allie Peterson of 616 Casino Rd.; four sisters, Mrs. Agnes Macrae Smith of 616 Casino Rd.; Mrs. Pearl Boe of Bellingham, Mrs. Lila Hess of Pasadena, Calif., and Mrs. Evelyn Andrews of Seattle; three brothers, Clarence Peterson of Bellingham, Arnold of R 3 Everett, and Alfred of Bellingham. Funeral services will be in Jones Funeral Home, Bellingham, at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Friends wishing to see Mr. Peterson should call at the chapel of Challacombe-Fickel & Precht before 6 o'clock Wednesday evening. Burial in Green Acres Memorial Park, Bellingham.
(From The Bellingham Herald, August 31, 1959) Submitted by Reg Rittenberg
PETERSON, Nels (d. 1936)
Nels Peterson 82 years old, passed away in San Francisco, California, September 25th. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. M. Knipschild where he had been visiting for the past year. Mr. Peterson was born August 21, 1854 in Bjarlof, Kristianstad, Sweden; coming to Minnesota in 1880 and then to Washington in 1901. He lived in Ferndale for several years, later moving to Bellingham where he resided for 23 years. He was a widower, his wife dying four years ago. Mr. Peterson leaves to mourn his death, thirteen children: Ernest Peterson, Seattle; Charlie, of Bellingham; George and Ed, of Blaine; Frank and Miller, of Snoqualmie; Eber, of Kirkland; Mrs. Arthur Garanson, of Fort Bragg; Mrs. C. M. Knipschild, Mrs. E. E. Cooper, Mrs. Mark Young, Mrs. Ed Goach, all of California; Mrs. Clyde Campbell, of Bellingham. Thee are also thirty-five grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Mr. Peterson was a member of the Swedish-Baptist church of Bellingham. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 29th, at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Gordon Carlson, assisted by Rev. Charles Asplund at Monroe's Chapel, Ferndale. Burial will follow in Enterprise cemetery.
(From The Bellingham Herald, September 29, 1936) Submitted by site coordinator.
PETERSON, Ruth (d. 1988)
PETERSON, Memorial services for Ruth Ireland Peterson, age 90 of 4206 Anker Park Dr, B'ham, will be held Tues., June 14, 2pm at the First Congregational Church, B'ham. Mrs Peterson died June 2, 1988 in Madrid, Spain. The body was cremated. She was born Dec 3, 1897 in Wilmont, SD, and was a retired school teacher. After her retirement she spent a year serving the Vista Program. Her love of travel took to many parts of the world. She was a member of the First Congregational Church, B'ham. Survivors include a sister, Susan Hays of B'ham, nieces, Marjorie Alderson of Bellingham, Dorothy Johnson of Eugene, OR & Bette Laws of Council, AK; nephew, Tom Day of Seattle. Arrangements by Jones Funeral Home.
(From The Bellingham Herald, June 13, 1988) Submitted by Reg Rittenberg
PETHERAM, John W. (d. 1928)
Taken ill when he was enroute to California John W. Petheram, Bellingham resident since 1904, died Sunday in Portland at the home of his son, Dr. Charles Petheram, aged 79 years. He and his wife left Bellingham about a week ago and he was taken ill while visiting his son. Other surviving relatives are one son, Paul Petheram, of Blaine; two daughters, Dr. Ethel Petheram Gould, Berkeley, Cal., and Mrs. Elsie Petheram Snow, Petaluma, Cal.; one brother, G. W. Cole, and one sister, Miss Josephine Petheram of Bellingham, and four grandchildren. Mr. Petheram was a member of the Garden Street M. E. church and of Rising Star lodge No. 202, Bellingham. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Harlow mortuary, with Dr. J. C. Harrison, former pastor of the Garden street church, officiating. Dr. Harrison, now pastor of the Wilbur-Centenary church, Portland, will make a special trip to Bellingham to officiate. Entombment will occur in Bay View Abbey.
(From The Bellingham Herald, September 24, 1928) Submitted by site coordinator.
PETTY, T. A. (d. 1904)
The young man called T. A. Petty, who was injured at Custer two weeks ago Sunday, as exclusively reported in the Journal, died in Bellingham last week. The remains were brought to Custer last Thursday and interred at the cemetery at that place. The funeral was one of the largest ever seen in this county. Petty was a stranger in a strange land. He came from the east in ill health and without means, under the advice of physicians. At Custer he opened a small barber shop and picked up barely enough to afford him a scanty living. When he suffered the accident in the runaway Sunday, money was subscribed to sent him to Bellingham for treatment. But a weakened vitality together with his broken leg caused his death. Instead of leaving his funeral charge upon the county, the Custer people, principally the young men who had associated with Petty while he lived there, subscribed sufficient money to pay all expenses of a private funeral. Consequently the body of the homeless man has been respectably buried at the Custer cemetery.
(From The Blaine Journal, June 24, 1904) Submitted by site coordinator.
PHILBRICK, Franklin (d. 1918)
Franklin Philbrick, aged 90 years, passed away at the family home, near Forest Landing, on Lakeway drive, on the evening of Tuesday, March 5, after an illness of several months. Mr. Philbrick had resided at the place of death for the past sixteen years. He was a member of J. B. Steedman Post No. 24, Grand Army of the Republic, and of Bellingham Bay lodge No. 44, F. & A. M. of Bellingham. Besides a large circle of friends, there are left to mourn his loss Mrs. Philbrick, two sons and five daughters, Charles C., of Heber, Cal.; Fred P. Philbrick, of Bellingham; Mrs. S. M. Wirig, of Bellingham; Mrs. J. T. Williams, and Mrs. J. J. Banta, of Corning, Cal.; Mrs. F. U. Jamison, Kinder, La., and Miss Canda Philbrick, Paris, Cal. There are also thirty-two grandchildren to survive. the remains are being cared for at the funeral parlors of Harry O. Bingham, 1319 Dock street. Funeral announcements will be made later.
(From The Bellingham Herald, March 6, 1918) Submitted by site coordinator.
PHILLIPS, Albert H. (d. 1910)
Phillips was born on April 2, 1837, at Rochester, N. Y. At the age of 21 he moved to Bureau County, Illinois, where he was married in 1860 to Miss Ellen A. Nichols. The next year he left his young wife to answer the call of his country. After the war he went back to farming in Whiteside County, Illinois. Two years later he moved to Kossuth County, Iowa, and took up a soldier's homestead where he lived until 1891, when he came to Whatcom County and settled in what was then New Whatcom. The widow, Mrs. Ellen A. Phillips, is a very active member of the Women's Relief Corps. Besides the widow two sons, Cyrus A., of Bellingham, and Henry E., of New Hampton, Iowa, survive. Funeral services will be held at the undertaking parlors of Harry O. Bingham on Dock Street probably Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. Charles H. Burdick, of the First Congregational Church, will officiate. Interment will be made in Bay View Cemetery. At the cemetery the ritualistic services of J. B. Steedman Post No. 25 [24], G. A. R., of which Phillips was a member, will be held. The active pall bearers will be George Foltz, Amos Zimmers, F. C. Offerman, Albert Pancoast, John Diehl and E. C. Countryman. Honorary pall bearers will be chosen from the G. A. R.
(From The Morning Reveille, July 12, 1910) Submitted by site coordinator.
PHILLIPS, Helen J. (d. 1909)
Mrs. Helen J. Phillips, wife of Judge J. N. Phillips, president of the Humane society, passed away at 7 o'clock this morning at the country home at Rusticana, Lake Whatcom, at the age of 62 years. A general nervous breakdown is said to have been the cause of death. Mrs. Phillips has been gradually declining since the holidays. In the death of Mrs. Phillips the community loses one of its noblest women. She leaves a great number of friends who mourn her loss. Mrs. Phillips was a great reader, being an ardent student of Shakespeare. She was also an able public speaker.
Mrs. Helen Phillips was born at Rochester, N. Y., November 26?, 1847, and in 1865 married Mengo Gates. Of this union two children were born, both of whom are living, Herbert M. Gates, who was with his mother at the time of her illness and Ida Gates Sexton, of Marshfield, Wis. With her husband Mrs. Phillips came west to Menasha, Wis., in 1875, where several members of her family were engaged in business. After the death of her first husband in 1893, Mrs. Phillips followed her son to San Francisco, where she met Judge Phillips, a former friend of the family. On May 24 of the same year they were married. A brief trip was made to Oregon, where the judge closed up his business, and the couple went to Los Angeles, at which place Mrs. Phillips was made a member of the Morning club. The judge made a visit to Bellingham in 1902 and becoming enamored of the climate, returned to Los Angeles for Mrs. Phillips.
Soon after their arrival in Bellingham Mrs. Phillips became a member of the Aftermath club, and has been actively engaged in the advancement of the club. ... (resolution of Aftermath club) ... The funeral will probably be held Sunday, but until several of the children are heard from this will not be definite.
(From the Bellingham Herald, May 14, 1909) Submitted by site coordinator.
PHILLIPS, James H. (d. 1905)
J. H. Phillips, aged 65 years, died at Deming yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, catarrh of the stomach being the cause of death. Mr. Phillips had been making his home in this city for some time past, residing with his son, C. C. Phillips, at 1110 Ellis street. He came here from Deming with his wife for the purpose of procuring medical treatment, and remained until two weeks ago, when be returned to his home at Deming. He was a veteran of the civil war, having served in Company C, Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry. Mr. Phillips came to Deming eight years ago from Nebraska. He is survived by his widow, one son and a daughter. The daughter, Mrs. Jessie Bell, resides at Deming. The funeral will be held from the late residence of the deceased at Deming today at 2 p. m. W. H. Mock, commander of J. B. Steedman Post No. 24, G. A. R., will officiate at the funeral by special request of Mr. Phillips before his death. A number of the old soldiers will attend the services from this city. Interment will be made in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Deming under the direction of W. H. Mock & Sons.
(From The Bellingham Reveille, June 25, 1905) Submitted by site coordinator.
PHILO, Edwin M. (d. 1925)
PHILO, Louis G. (d. 1902)
The community was shocked Monday night to hear that Mr. Louis G.
Philo had passed to the great beyond. The shock was greater for the reason
that but few were aware that he was sick. He had been sick in bed for only
three days, with inflammation of the bowels and stomach.
Mr. Philo was born in Alden Hardin county, Iowa, April 15, 1863.
He removed with his parents to Wadena, Minn., in November, 1876, and resided
there ten years. In 1886, he came west and settled at Lynden, which has since
been his home. He was married to Miss Beatrice Wampler the 14th of September,
1890, and to them three daughters have been born. They are Leona, aged eleven,
Mabel, aged ten, and Florence, aged four, who with the widow, and a brother,
Ed, are left to mourn his loss. His parents, two brothers, and a sister still
reside at the old home in Minnesota.
The funeral was held from the M. E. church Tuesday afternoon.
The Rev. Kern conducted the services. Interment was in the cemetery west
of town. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved
ones in their affliction. Mr. Philo was one of the pioneers in these parts
and was well known and liked by all.
(From The Pacific Pilot, November 27, 1902) Submitted by site
coordinator.