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In memoriam: Roberta Bouverat, 1937 - 2013 2013-10-29
Flags to be lowered Friday in memory of Tom Foley 2013-10-29
Former WWU cross country, track and field coach dies

Richard "Dick" Bowman, who coached men's cross country and track & field and was an assistant professor of physical education at Western Washington University from 1969 to 1973, died June 27.

Bowman, 82, coached two Viking athletes who were later inducted into the…

2013-07-02
Memories of Marc Richards being gathered for May 4 tribute 2013-05-02
In Memoriam: Marc J. Richards 2013-04-17
Charles Wilder Jr., longtime construction boss, dies at 84

Charles Wilder Jr., who started working at his father's construction company when he was 12 and eventually became chairman, died April 2, according to friends and family. He was 84.

Wilder died from natural causes at his ranch in New River, Ariz., said former company employee Chuck…

2013-04-15
In memoriam: Anna Harris, 1994 - 2013 2013-04-09
Blue Horse exhibit honors WWU design leader Marvin Southcott

At the urging of his friends, my buddy Layne Southcott was inspired to have an exhibit of works by his dad, Marvin, who died in February.

Moving with his family to Bellingham from California in 1969, Marvin began developing an industrial design program for what was then Western Washington…

2013-04-04
Former Seattle Councilmember Richard McIver dies

Richard McIver, long the only African American on the Seattle City Council and an advocate for Rainier Valley and underdeveloped parts of the city, died Saturday night at Swedish Medical Center. He was 71.

“He was extremely generous with his wisdom, and he was sort…

2013-03-11
Living her passion, a young woman dies

While her friends were obsessed with dolls or ponies, for as long as anyone can remember Dianna Hanson talked incessantly of her love of lions and tigers.

“She’s always had a fascination with big cats,” Paul Hanson, her father, recalled Thursday morning. “She never…

2013-03-08
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