Remembered with Compassion
Skagit County Coroner Indigent Remains Ceremony
The Skagit County Coroner’s Office works to connect with family or friends of those who have passed away. With the assistance of Kern Funeral Home, Skagit County Coroner’s Office hosts a ceremony for indigent decedents who have died within Skagit County. This ceremony reflects the county’s commitment to ensure that every life is honored with care and compassion, regardless of circumstances. The first ceremony took place in 2019. During this ceremony, all unclaimed cremains (ashes) in the care of Skagit County Coroner were interred at Mount Vernon Cemetery. The second ceremony took place on May 2, 2025. The cremains were privately spread at sea by licensed funeral directors with Kern Funeral Home, followed by a public ceremony at Mount Vernon Cemetery. The Skagit County Coroner’s Office intends to have future ceremonies every two years.
The next ceremony is tentatively planned for Friday, May 7, 2027 at Mount Vernon Cemetery. Address: 1200 E Fir St, Mount Vernon, WA 98273.
List of decedents honored in 2025:
|
Name
|
Date of Birth
|
Date of Death
|
Coroner Case #
|
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Anthony, Paul
|
9/16/1938
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8/21/2023
|
230822-877
|
|
Antilles, Wedge
|
1/23/1957
|
10/20/2021
|
211020-723
|
|
Arden, Robert
|
10/22/1962
|
11/24/2021
|
211124-597
|
|
Bacon, Raymond Jr.
|
1/4/1983
|
3/30/2024
|
240330-645
|
|
Birkowski, Irene
|
7/7/1946
|
5/3/2021
|
210503-737
|
|
Bork, Steven R.
|
7/22/1951
|
4/2/2012
|
060-12
|
|
Broadhurst, Julia Anne
|
10/17/1953
|
2/22/2022
|
220222-927
|
|
Brown, Barbara
|
3/13/1945
|
6/1/2012
|
231026-991
|
|
Bury, Benjamin
|
4/2/1986
|
6/21/2024
|
240621-314
|
|
Calfee, Mary K.
|
6/30/1949
|
3/15/2016
|
063-16
|
|
Cardell, Georgia E.
|
1/10/1946
|
3/2/2015
|
039-15
|
|
Comstock, Randall
|
6/19/1954
|
1/27/2023
|
230127-199
|
|
Cox, George B. (Jr)
|
7/18/1935
|
10/31/2008
|
217-08
|
|
Csaky, David
|
11/24/1955
|
7/2/2021
|
210702-153
|
|
Damaeno, Rafael Leonardi
|
12/8/1969
|
10/3/2003
|
138-03
|
|
Demich, Jessy
|
12/16/1943
|
7/4/2021
|
210704-349
|
|
Dewey, Tamerie
A.
|
2/8/1955
|
2/26/2021
|
210310-472
|
|
Domasin, Richard H.
|
10/27/1949
|
11/6/2011
|
183-11
|
|
Ferguson, Randal
|
2/24/1959
|
3/19/2021
|
210320-102
|
|
Fox, Ronald
|
4/11/1951
|
10/31/2022
|
221101-88
|
|
Gillmer, Barbara Jean
|
10/21/1952
|
8/24/2021
|
210824-323
|
|
Gracey, William
|
8/5/1947
|
5/8/2023
|
230508-879
|
|
Green, Sharon Lou
|
8/16/1939
|
7/29/2020
|
200729-494
|
|
Hart, Janet Lynn
|
5/27/1963
|
5/14/2021
|
210515-439
|
|
Holmes, Tara Lynn (and ashes of pet,
“Pootie”)
|
1/2/1958
|
8/4/2022
|
220805-112
|
|
Hurst, Paula
|
10/23/1953
|
6/24/2021
|
210624-300
|
|
Jensen, Robert
|
7/12/1953
|
7/26/2024
|
240806-485
|
|
Jones, Patricia A.
|
10/3/1935
|
11/27/2013
|
190-13
|
|
Kay, Joanne
|
10/19/1938
|
3/27/2021
|
210328-67
|
|
Kuykendall, Kendra K.
|
5/31/1978
|
9/15/2023
|
230915-807
|
|
Laplante, Garry Vernon
|
5/27/1948
|
6/18/2011
|
091-11
|
|
Mathis, Herbert
|
6/2/1928
|
1/7/2000
|
005-00
|
|
Muhammad, Saba
|
8/26/1947
|
1/8/2003
|
005-03
|
|
O'Dell, Theodore Nathan
|
5/16/1958
|
3/27/2015
|
063-15
|
|
Olsen, Betty Ann
|
2/11/1941
|
9/19/2021
|
210920-577
|
|
Paine, Eugene Milton
|
12/25/1953
|
2/19/2016
|
231021-370
|
|
Patra, Cleo Renee
|
6/17/1945
|
4/10/2012
|
063-12
|
|
Patterson, Kenneth
|
6/18/1954
|
3/22/2021
|
210322-575
|
|
Patton, James R.
|
1/8/1935
|
1/25/2010
|
019-10
|
|
Payne, Mark
|
11/30/1969
|
1/26/2025
|
250127-170
|
|
Reeder, William Wallace
|
10/31/1949
|
3/6/2004
|
025-04
|
|
Roberts, Audra
|
4/20/1937
|
12/2/2020
|
201203-29
|
|
Roberts, Judy Ann
|
7/12/1950
|
1/25/2014
|
021-14
|
|
Rowley, Mitchell Robert
|
12/6/1964
|
10/25/2021
|
211025-506
|
|
Scudder, William
|
6/10/1906
|
1976
|
240130-1024
|
|
Skaggs, Albert Wesley
|
5/24/1963
|
5/21/2023
|
230523-567
|
|
Tilton, Sonja
|
10/15/1948
|
5/25/2020
|
200525-364
|
|
Thorneycroft, Carl David
|
12/25/1956
|
7/16/2020
|
200716-552
|
|
Tulach, Dusan
|
3/21/1954
|
5/29/2024
|
240529-996
|
|
Underbrink, Roger D.
|
5/9/1945
|
11/15/2015
|
194-15
|
|
Villalba-Lopez, Jose
|
7/22/1958
|
4/3/2020
|
200406-586
|
|
Webber, Stephen
|
2/23/1949
|
2/4/2024
|
240204-477
|
|
Welch, Cher
|
9/27/1956
|
7/4/2024
|
240705-182
|
|
West, Carolyn
|
1/10/1945
|
7/1/2020
|
200701-247
|
|
Wilder, Johanna
|
5/7/1928
|
12/4/2019
|
19SK0384
|
|
Wilson, Paul Arthur
|
3/24/1943
|
7/16/2022
|
220717-73
|
List of decedents honored in 2019:
|
Name
|
Date of Birth
|
Date of Death
|
Coroner Case #
|
|
Anderson, Richard D.
|
4/24/1936
|
3/29/2000
|
029-00
|
|
Ball, Larry E.
|
7/9/1949
|
1/28/2018
|
18SK0028
|
|
Bloomer, William H.
|
11/11/1947
|
2/11/2018
|
18SK0039
|
|
Brooks, Brian J.
|
7/22/1957
|
8/27/2006
|
121-06
|
|
Davis, Leo W.
|
11/3/1934
|
5/7/2014
|
077-14
|
|
Duncan, Jeffery L.
|
11/23/1955
|
12/11/2017
|
17SK0407
|
|
Franklin, Diane S.
|
2/20/1938
|
3/18/2019
|
19SK0004
|
|
Glenn, David M.
|
8/16/1951
|
4/29/2015
|
076-15
|
|
Graul, Terrance L.
|
2/22/1950
|
10/12/2015
|
177-15
|
|
Grimal, Sergio M.
|
2/23/1963
|
11/26/2015
|
203-15
|
|
Howden, Gina D.
|
7/6/1968
|
6/5/2019
|
19SK0200
|
|
King, William H.
|
5/8/1956
|
11/1/2002
|
129-02
|
|
Lahar, Brigitte
|
1/1/1933
|
6/30/2019
|
19SK0218
|
|
Lathrop, Anne S.
|
9/1/1946
|
3/14/2014
|
045-14
|
|
Lewis, Lawrence A.
|
3/22/1945
|
8/29/2016
|
145-16
|
|
McCullen, Ardis L.
|
8/10/1967
|
9/23/2015
|
168-15
|
|
Mowbray, Vickie L.
|
8/19/1965
|
1/29/2019
|
19SK0035
|
|
Nicholson, Sandra M.
|
9/26/1958
|
5/2/2018
|
18SK0144
|
|
Otterson, Karen E.
|
7/14/1960
|
8/10/2014
|
133-14
|
|
Salinas, Mario
|
4/20/1967
|
7/6/2018
|
231020-857
|
|
Schlabach, Gary L.
|
4/15/1954
|
11/1/2017
|
17SK0359
|
|
Siemieniak, James F.
|
10/13/1949
|
11/13/2018
|
18SK0345
|
|
Watson, Leonard W.
|
1/25/1962
|
7/24/2019
|
19SK0253
|
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