Whatcom County, Washington Obituary Collection

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Bertha Schuman Jenkinson
4/21/1907 - 3/27/2002

Bertha Schuman Jenkinson, 4/21/1907-
3/27/2002, Born in Chicago, Illinois, to Russian
(Brest-Letovsk) immigrant parents as
the 2nd of 5 children, her father was a
tailor who taught his children pride in
their work. She had Polio when less
than 2 years old, but the family was
too poor to afford the sort of doctors
who could recognize it for what it
was. She didn’t learn she’d had had it
until she was 29. She had to use her
body like an Olympic athlete for all
her life as a result.
When her father born in 1946,
she went to work as an editor at
Follett Publishing, continuing her
activity in the Union, civil rights,
and peace and freedom movements. In
the mid ‘50s after the died Tuesday,
April 2, 2002, at St. Joseph Hospital.
born to Walter A. and Antonia Kratcha
Cork, both Wisconsin natives. All have
preceded her in death in 1982. She Cemetery in
Ferndale. Memorials may be made to
Assumption School in Bellingham, WA.
Westford Funeral Home & Cremation Center
Broadway and Eldridge

Mary Margaret Sahlin
10/5/1911 - 6/11/2002

Mary Margaret (Buchanan) Sahlin, age 90
of Bellevue, WA, born Oct. 5, 1911 on San
Juan Island to William and Annie
(Madden) Buchanan. She was a graduate
of Friday Harbor High School and
death by her
husband Carl. She is survived by her
son C. Roger Sahlin and wife GerryAnne
of Bow, WA; daughter Karen and husband
William Buchan of Medina, WA; seven
grandchildren, Heather Ann Sahlin, Carl
Roger “Skip” Sahlin Jr. and wife Linda,
Sigrid Ann Sahlin, Christopher Lane
Sahlin, Carl Buchan and wife Carol,
Mara Bohman and husband Brian, Jennifer
Ledbetter and husband Brian; and six
great-grandchildren. Marg was her
husband Carl’s beautiful companion
during their many years together and
was admired by all for her beauty and
grace. Memorials may be made to the
Alzheimer’s Society of WA or a favorite
charity.

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