Whatcom County Obituaries

Surnames Beginning with "U"

UHRICH, Jacob (d. 1943)

Jacob Uhrich, aged 79 years, a farmer on Route 1, Everson,passed away at a local hospital Monday, Jan. 4. Mr. Uhrich had resided in this vicinity the past twenty-one years and leaves the following survivors: the widow Mary Dorothy Uhrich and one son Jacob at the family home; five daughters, Mrs. Anna Schield, Mrs. William Stenhouse, Mrs. C. H. Daniels and Miss Pauline Uhrich at Seattle and Mrs. Fred Hofferber at Spokane, and fourteen grandchildren. The remains are at the funeral home of Harlow-Hollingsworth.
(From The Bellingham Herald, January 5, 1943) Submitted by site coordinator.

ULRICH, Anna M. (d. 1928)

Mrs. Anna M. Ulrich, aged 87 years, passed away at the home of her son, Will Ulrich, at Acme, early Tuesday morning, February 7, after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Ulrich had resided in this county since 1886, and leaves two sons, Will of Acme, and Carl of Bellingham, and two grandchildren, Katherine Ulrich of Spokane, and Lloyd Ulrich of Bellingham to mourn her demise. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at the Acme Methodist church, with Rev. F. M. Nitz officiating. Interment was had in Saxon cemetery.
(From The Deming Prospector, February 10, 1928) Submitted by site coordinator.

ULRICH, Marie A. (d. 1928)

Mrs. Marie Anna Ulrich passed away Friday, June 22 at the home of her son Mrs. Frank Ulrich. Mrs. Ulrich was 75 years of age and the mother of four children: Mrs. A. Carlson of Arlington, Frank, of Clipper, Minrod, Snohomish, and Joseph of Ferndale. Her funeral was held at the Catholic church and was conducted by Father Benedict on Monday June 25. There were many friends from afar who attended. Many beautiful floral offerings were made.
(From The Deming Prospector, June 29, 1928) Submitted by site coordinator.

UNGER, Jacob N. (d. 1913)

Jake N. Unger, aged 29 years, passed away at the Martinson rooming house Sunday morning. He has been sick several weeks from appendicitis and was operated upon for relief but without avail. The funeral services were held in the M. E. church Wednesday afternoon in charge of Rev. Hartely. The young man was a member of the Eagles and the Shingle Weavers union, both of which organizations attended the funeral. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. A brother from California came up to attend the funeral. An aged father and three sisters are also living, the father residing in West Virginia where the young man was born.
(From The Blaine Journal, August 15, 1913) Submitted by site coordinator.

UNGER, Vivian B. (d. 1928)

Vivian Burton Unger, aged 20 years, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Unger, Bellingham, R. F. D. No. 4, passed away at the family home early Monday morning, April 23, after an illness of over two years. Mr. Unger was born in Edison and had lived at the present address for the past seventeen years. He was a member of the Firstt Christian church of Bellingham, of the Rome Sunday school and a graduate of the Harmony high school, class of 1925, entering the University of Washington in the fall of 1925, where he was taken ill, and has been at home since that time. Surviving, besides the parents, are one brother, Clayton, at home; grandmothers, Mrs. Emma Duvall, Bellingham R. F. D. No. 4, and Mrs. Eliza Unger, Columbus, Ohio; and two aunts, Mrs. Florence Tallmah, R. F. D. No. 4, and Mrs. Burton Ross, Oakland, Cal. The body rests at the Harlow Mortuary Home, Holly at Forest, and funeral services will be announced later.
(From The Bellingham Herald, April 23, 1928) Submitted by site coordinator.

UNGMAN, Peter (d. 1905)

UNICK, Aloisia (d. 1930)

Mrs. James Unick, 64 years of age, for thirty years a resident of this district, passed away Monday at a Bellingham hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the George Monroe chapel, with Rev. W. R. Grout officiating. Burial took place at the Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Aloisia Unick was born in Germany, April 8, 1866, coming to this country when twelve years of age. She was married to James Unick at Kearny, Neb., March 13, 1887, the family coming to this county in 1900. For many years she has been a well known citizen of the Mountain View district. Besides her husband, Mrs. Unick is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Sylvia Philpott and Miss Essie Unick; eight sons, Oliver, Jesse, Ellsworth, Lee, Louis, Clifford, Stanley and Allen; twenty-three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
(From The Ferndale Record, September 25, 1930) Submitted by site coordinator.

UNICK, Jesse (d. 1937)

UPSON, Mary S. (d. 1895)

UPSON, Mary Ann (d. 1910)

Another Pioneer Gone

Mrs. M. A. Upson, an old settler of this county, passed away at her home in this city shortly after midnight last Thursday, September 29th, being about 71 years of age at the time of her death. Her loss will be mourned not only by her family and many friends in this city, but by many friends throughout the county, as she was so well known and so highly respected. Mrs. Upson came to Blaine in the early 70's when this county was a wilderness, and passed bravely through the hardships that follow the path of the early settler in such a new country. She was born in Cleveland, O., in 1840. She married Merril [Merritt] Upson in Lomira, Wisconsin, in 1861, removing to Petaluma, California, not long afterward. They came to Washington territory in 1871, living for awhile at Semiahmoo, but finally taking up the homestead on California creek, where they lived many years. In those days she proved herself a heroine in many ways, going to the sick for miles around in the capacity of both nurse and doctor as there was then no physician nearer than Whatcom, a distance of 25 miles, and the only mode of travel being by trails through the forests or by water in small boats. She might well be called a Good Samaritan as she not only helped bodily ailments but gave her heartfelt sympathy to those in trouble, until failing health a few years ago compelled her to give up this work. She was a great church worker, taking a prominent part in starting the first Congregational society in this part of the state and of which she was a member, also assisting in may ways in building the first church of that denomination, an old log structure which still stands on California creek. She leaves a family of five children, Mrs. William Stewart of Tacoma, Mrs. J. M. Smith of Seattle, Charles Upson, who is now in Alaska, and Bert and Russell of this city. She was buried from the Congregational church on Sunday last at 2:30 o'clock. The funeral services were largely attended notwithstanding the inclement weather, many old settlers coming from all parts of the county and state to attend. The remains were laid to rest beside those of her husband in the Blaine cemetery, and we all feel that we have lost a good friend and neighbor.
(From The Blaine Journal, October 7, 1910) Submitted by site coordinator.

UPSON, Merritt H. (d. 1902)

It was nothing short of a shock to the community when on last Friday evening it was learned that M. H. Upson has passed to the Great Beyond. He had been ill but a few days and up to within the last forty-eight hours of his life his condition was not at all considered serious. On Wednesday acute inflammation of the bladder set in and from that time on he grew rapidly worse and the end came as above stated.

M. H. Upson was born at Elkhart, Indiana on February 24th 1841. In 1848 moved with his parents to Wisconsin and resided there until 1864. On Nov. 7th 1861 he was married to Miss Mary Upson. In the spring of 1864 Mr. Upson started with others across the plains to carve for themselves a home and fortune in the great west. This party was made up of neighbors and relatives and the caravan consisted of nine wagons. They traveled all that summer and in the autumn arrived at Lake Tahoe where they spent the winter. In the spring of '65 they proceeded on their journey and arrived in Sonoma county California. From this place a part of the party found their way up to Puget sound and made settlement. They gave a good account of the country up here and this induced Mr. and Mrs. Upson to decide to make their home on Puget sound. Mrs. Upson with a party of relatives came to what was then called Semiahmoo in the fall of 1871 and Mr. Upson came the next autumn. They settled on a homestead up on California creek and soon had a good home provided.

Mr. Upson was one of the active men in the pioneer work of opening up the country. He helped to build the little church that stood so long up on California creek and after it was built he took care of the church. Services were held by Rev. Stewart, who lived with his son nearby. At that time no steam boat came here except on special order and the only communication with Whatcom was by canoe. The provisions were brought this way for the community as was also the mail. These trips were generally made by Mr. Upson and the journey would often take a weeks' time when conditions were unfavorable. He was sheriff of Whatcom county during the years of '74 and '75 and for a number of years was local justice.

Of Mr. Upson only good words can be said. He was a kind and loving husband and father and a good neighbor and citizen. He leaves a wife and five grown children all of whom reside here except the eldest daughter, Mrs. W. W. Stewart of Tacoma. The funeral occurred on Sunday from the Congregational church and was one of the largest attended in the history of this city. The funeral oration was by Rev. Stayt who paid a glowing tribute to his lifes work. The pall bearers were: S. P. Hughes, Byron Kingsley, E. A. Boblett, D. S. Miller, E. Holtzheimer and J. N. Lindsey. These are all old settlers of the place and came here about the same time as Mr. Upson. The body was placed at rest in the cemetery on the hill in the east part of the city.
(From The Blaine Journal, April 25, 1902) Submitted by site coordinator.

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