This is the man who designed and created the iron work sign "Bayview" over the main Lakeway Drive entrance to the cemetery (pictured to the right).
Harry Durkin was a blacksmith, iron worker in Bellinham Washington. He arrived in Bellingham around 1918.
The Durkins were living in Saginaw Michigan when he was born. He left the area as a young man and went first to Vancouver, BC, then to Anacortes, WA. The next move was to Bellingham. Here in 1919 he married Clara Amelia Oberlatz (Bayview Cemetery-1968). They had a daughter, Mary Margrette who was born in 1923 (Bayview Cemetery 1993).
In 1928 he build the home that he and his family lived in the rest of their lives at 112 Alabama Street. For those familiar with Bellingham, when he built it the house had a view of the forest which began on the north side of Alabama Street and continued to the Tundra :).
Harry worked at various endeavors. He was often employed by Pacific Alaskan Fisheries (PAF), owned logging trucks, and at one time an oyster processing plant in Skagit County.
He was a member of Assumption Parish and a Knight of Columbus.
I remember him as a gentle and kind man who taught me some of the basics of behavior and how to get along in the world.
He died in bed after a series of heart attacks while being attended by his wife.
Harry Durkin was a blacksmith, iron worker in Bellinham Washington. He arrived in Bellingham around 1918.
The Durkins were living in Saginaw Michigan when he was born. He left the area as a young man and went first to Vancouver, BC, then to Anacortes, WA. The next move was to Bellingham. Here in 1919 he married Clara Amelia Oberlatz (Bayview Cemetery-1968). They had a daughter, Mary Margrette who was born in 1923 (Bayview Cemetery 1993).
In 1928 he build the home that he and his family lived in the rest of their lives at 112 Alabama Street. For those familiar with Bellingham, when he built it the house had a view of the forest which began on the north side of Alabama Street and continued to the Tundra :).
Harry worked at various endeavors. He was often employed by Pacific Alaskan Fisheries (PAF), owned logging trucks, and at one time an oyster processing plant in Skagit County.
He was a member of Assumption Parish and a Knight of Columbus.
I remember him as a gentle and kind man who taught me some of the basics of behavior and how to get along in the world.
He died in bed after a series of heart attacks while being attended by his wife.
This is the man who designed and created the iron work sign "Bayview" over the main Lakeway Drive entrance to the cemetery (pictured to the right).
Harry Durkin was a blacksmith, iron worker in Bellinham Washington. He arrived in Bellingham around 1918.
The Durkins were living in Saginaw Michigan when he was born. He left the area as a young man and went first to Vancouver, BC, then to Anacortes, WA. The next move was to Bellingham. Here in 1919 he married Clara Amelia Oberlatz (Bayview Cemetery-1968). They had a daughter, Mary Margrette who was born in 1923 (Bayview Cemetery 1993).
In 1928 he build the home that he and his family lived in the rest of their lives at 112 Alabama Street. For those familiar with Bellingham, when he built it the house had a view of the forest which began on the north side of Alabama Street and continued to the Tundra :).
Harry worked at various endeavors. He was often employed by Pacific Alaskan Fisheries (PAF), owned logging trucks, and at one time an oyster processing plant in Skagit County.
He was a member of Assumption Parish and a Knight of Columbus.
I remember him as a gentle and kind man who taught me some of the basics of behavior and how to get along in the world.
He died in bed after a series of heart attacks while being attended by his wife.
Harry Durkin was a blacksmith, iron worker in Bellinham Washington. He arrived in Bellingham around 1918.
The Durkins were living in Saginaw Michigan when he was born. He left the area as a young man and went first to Vancouver, BC, then to Anacortes, WA. The next move was to Bellingham. Here in 1919 he married Clara Amelia Oberlatz (Bayview Cemetery-1968). They had a daughter, Mary Margrette who was born in 1923 (Bayview Cemetery 1993).
In 1928 he build the home that he and his family lived in the rest of their lives at 112 Alabama Street. For those familiar with Bellingham, when he built it the house had a view of the forest which began on the north side of Alabama Street and continued to the Tundra :).
Harry worked at various endeavors. He was often employed by Pacific Alaskan Fisheries (PAF), owned logging trucks, and at one time an oyster processing plant in Skagit County.
He was a member of Assumption Parish and a Knight of Columbus.
I remember him as a gentle and kind man who taught me some of the basics of behavior and how to get along in the world.
He died in bed after a series of heart attacks while being attended by his wife.
Bio by: Boyd Hemminger
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