Obituaries

Thomas Sherman Bewley "Tom"

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Thomas Sherman Bewley, who passed away at the age of 87. Tom was born in Olivesburg, Ohio. At the age of eight, he moved with his family to Alaska, later to Oregon, and finally to Spokane in 1953. There he attended Gonzaga...

Mary Riveland, beloved wife, mother, Oma, civil servant, volunteer and friend, passed away peacefully on November 6th in Tacoma, WA surrounded by her three children. She was 82 years old. Mary was born in Okanogan, Washington, to Alma and Harold Ellsperman, the town's only dentist. Much of her childhood was spent...

Danny George Engle, 84, died 31 July 2025. He was born 8 February 1941 in Spokane, the 2nd of 7 children of Earl & Helen Engle. Danny grew up farming on Deer Lake and in Clayton. The Deer Lake farm was situated around a spectacularly beautiful estuary that is now part of the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife...

Terence N. Todd, of Anacortes, died November 18, 2025 at 90 years old. Mr. Todd was born in Seattle in 1934, the son of J. Ronald and Ola V. Tweedy Todd, and grew up a few miles from the University of Washington, where his father was a professional librarian for 41 years. Early in life, Terry decided on a Journalism...

Cherie Baker, 69, selfless in life and work, passed on Nov 6, 25, from pulmonary fibrosis. At 21, she was sworn in as a police officer for the Bellevue Police Department where she served for 35 years, retiring as Deputy Chief in 2013. She left an indelible mark on the department by establishing programs that...

Theodore Root Smith died at home on October 29th surrounded by his loving family after a three-year battle with cancer. His wife and two sons cared for him the final weeks of his life, alongside excellent support from the Kaiser Hospice Team.

Theodore (Ted) and his twin brother Arthur (Red) were born in New York...

Betty Lou Krutzfeldt Wagner was born in Miles City, Montana, spent her early childhood in rural Montana, and the remainder of her childhood in Tempe, Arizona, and Reardan, Washington. She graduated from Reardan High School in 1946 and Washington State University in 1950 with a degree in English and a certificate in...

Sage Andrew Linn (September 27th, 1975- October 19th, 2025) was one in a million, as it turned out so was his anaplastic thyroid cancer. After his prognosis of 3-6 months, Sage did what he always did and made the most of his time; and what any good lawyer does, their research.

If you spent any time with Sage, you...

Donna Mae Webb, age 89, of Newcastle, WA, passed away peacefully at her home on November 2, 2025. Born and raised in Portland, OR, Donna graduated from Jefferson High School in 1954.

Working as a clerk at Western Electric in Portland, Donna met her future husband and the love of her life, John. Donna and John...

Michael "Mick" Lampkin was born in Washington, D.C., to Kathryn "Kitty" Norris and Philip "Pop" Lampkin Sr. He was preceded in death by his parents, stepfather Gordon Rauch, and brother Philip Jr.

He is survived by his children Theresa Tamura (Lloyd), Tom (Lori), Andy (Stacey), David (Angie), and Steve (Renata);...