Andrew 'Andy' Raymond passed away in California, in September of 2023, a few weeks before his wife, Jackie. This obituary was kindly shared with us by Andy's stepdaughter, Bonnie Vandenberg:
Andy Raymond passed away September 2023 at the age of 76 from dementia and comorbidities.
Dr. John Ralph Parkin, 76, of Bagley, MN died peacefully with his beloved wife and his bulldog Gracie by his side on Monday, August 28th, 2023, with a courageous battle of Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
Celebration of John's Life Services will be held at 2:00pm, Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Cease Family Funeral Home in Bemidji, MN. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Lawyer Robert Bennett was born April 14, 1947, in Columbus, near Fort Benning, Georgia. Raised primarily by his mother, Annie Mae Bennett, Robert attended Claflin School in Columbus; the Harriet Beecher Stowe School in Cincinnati; and graduated from Chicago's Parker High School in 1965. Beginning in high school, Robert spent his summers working on the Santa Fe Super Chief passenger train from Chicago to Los Angeles.
We were saddened to hear that Curtis Nichols passed away on May 5th, 2023. As yet, there is no published obituary available. If you were close to Curtis during or after our college years and wish to share some memorial thoughts, please let the webmaster know.
Thomas E. McWhorter, 75, peacefully passed away on Monday March 27, 2023. He was happily married to his loving wife Ellen (Pressmann) McWhorter for 46 years. Born in Montgomery, AL., Thomas was a son of the late George E. and Margaret (Price) McWhorter. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Alabama and later graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Science in engineering. Tom also received his master's degree in engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his MBA from Lehigh University.
A rememberance published February 5, 2023 in the My Edmonds News by a long time colleague.
Veteran journalist Bob Throndsen died unexpectedly at his Edmonds home Saturday, Feb. 4. He was 75 years old.
I met Bob for the first time in late February 2020, just before the COVID pandemic took hold. He expressed an interest in writing for My Edmonds News and I was thrilled to welcome such an experienced journalist to our team.
Peterborough NH - Frederick Asahel Putnam died January 19 in Peterborough, NH of complications associated with Alzheimer's disease. He was born July 4, 1947 in Keene, NH to David and Rosamond (Page) Putnam. Fred was a kind and gentle person, always with a quiet smile for anyone at any time.
BILLINGS - Dr. Benjamin Thomas Marchello, known to many of his patients as "Gentle Ben," passed away on Dec. 27, 2022, from cardiac complications.
We do not have a published obituary at this time, but will add one when it becomes available.