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OBITUARIES
KOCH,
RUTH J, age 64, died February 21, 2002 at St. Joseph
Hospital in Bellingham. She was born May 29, 1937 to Mathew
and Euehmia Wollersheim in Sweetgrass, MT. She attended
and graduated school in Lethbridge, AB in 1956. Ruth married
Leonard Smyth in 1956, moved to White Rock and divorced
in 1965. Ruth is predeceased by her husband, Robert G. Koch,
and sons Robert D. Koch, Kevin G. Smyth and
brother Robert James Wollersheim.
She is survived by sons Thomas Neil and Charles Smyth and
stepsons Bruce and Richard; daughter Karen Koch, all of
Whatcom County. Also survived by brothers Pat Wollersheim
of MT, Mike Wollersheim of AB, sisters Madeline Bowman of
AK, Josephine Hrycak of AB and Elizabeth Wollersheim of
WA.
Ruth will be loved and missed by her family and friends.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 2 at 1 p.m.
at the American Legion, Post 86 in Blaine. The service will
be performed by Emeritus Rev. Don Walter.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity
of your choice
WAYLETT,
AGNES Feb. 26, 1903 - Feb. 26, 2002. Agnes Waylett,
died on Feb. 26, 2002 at the age of 99. She was born in
Sartoria, Nebraska to Lewis and Anna Kuehnel. Her mother
died when Agnes was one year old. Her family later moved
to the Mountain View area near Ferndale. Agnes helped raise
her sisters and graduated from Ferndale High School in 1924.
She and her husband, Jesse Waylett, farmed the homestead
after Lewis Kuehnel died. Their three daughters were raised
there. Jesse died in 1951. In 1964, Agnes sold the farm
and moved to Blaine, where she lived until 1997, when she
moved to Oak
Harbor.
She is survived by her three daughters and their husbands:
Arloine and Dennis Pendleton of Custer, Bernadeen and James
Bowers of Oak Harbor and Evilo and Dan Adkinson of Concrete;
three grandchildren; four great grandchildren; also, four
great-great-grandchildren; her sister, Maybelle Flickinger
of San Mateo, CA; also, nieces, nephews and longtime friends.
Agnes enjoyed working in her garden, playing pinochle with
her daughters and crocheting exquisite pieces for her family
and friends. Agnes had strength of character and never complained
about the responsibilities she encountered in life. She
will be missed.
Services will be held on March 4, 2002, at 1 p.m. at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Ferndale. Arrangements under direction of Burley
Funeral Chapel, Oak Harbor
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