O.J. Anderson died on Sept. 10, 2005, surrounded by family, here on Orcas Island. O.J. and his wife, Mary Creed,…
John U. Oakes passed away at “The Anchorage,” his Orcas Island home on Buck Mountain, on Aug., 28, 2005, at…
John Underhill Oakes was born in Pittsburgh, Penn. on Jan. 10, 1930. He first plunged into the ocean and took…
Roxanne Lindholm passed away suddenly at her home in Colorado. Roxie was born and raised on her beloved Orcas Island,…
On May 24, 1916, Roderick Franklin Blanchette was born to James Blanchette and Mabel Williams of White Earth, North Dakota….
Ann Reardon, who devoted her life to encouraging art, music, food, and people, died in her home Aug. 10. She…
Barbara Henry Cleaveland of Chapel Hill, North Carolina died of a sudden stroke on Aug. 6. The daughter of Hilda…
John M. “Jack” Graves, a respected philanthropist and founder of the Calumet Oil Company, died July 30, 2005 in Houston,…
Nestled in a seaside cabin along the shore of San Juan Island, Ben White, 53, passed away Saturday, July 30,…
Charles Donald Montgomery was born in Deer Harbor on May 1, 1918 to Ray and May Montgomery. He was welcomed…
Gertrude “Trudy” Jackson Former Eastsound resident Gertrude “Trudy” Jackson, 90, died Dec. 21, 2004 at Providence Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska, after…
Jean Putnam (Brown) passed away peacefully on Saturday Nov. 27, at the Islands Convalescent Center in Friday Harbor. Jean, better…
