Portrait of Joan Louise Tierney

Obituary · Bellingham, WA

Joan Louise Tierney

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Joan was a very caring and living friend to many.

"To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die."
— Thomas Campbell
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After a life of love and quiet grace, Joan Louise Tierney of Bellingham, WA has passed.

Below, a small portrait of a life that will not soon be forgotten.

We measure lives in love, not minutes.

Joan Louis Tierney was born December 21, 1959 to David and Jean Tierney in Olympia, WA. Joan was 66 at the time of her death due to kidney failure. She was a lifetime resident of Bellingham since the age of two.

Joan was the proud mom to Shawn Tierney. Her adult life, she devoted to him and is now reunited in death with her son.

Joan was survived by her brother John, and cousins Judy and Margie. As well as her very good friend and caretaker Kevin Lang, and her ex-husband David Frick. She was a very caring and living friend to many. She will be greatly missed, but always remembered in our hearts.

Please share your memories of Joan for all to see and read. Please take time to look through the photos soon to be posted.

Thank you Joan for the love you showed to all. Rest in peace.

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