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In Memory Of
Mark E Cairo, Certified Professional Horticulturist and longtime volunteer at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show for WSNLA passed away August 14th, 2021. Mark was passionate about plants and especially trees. He was known for donating and planting trees in his home of Brier and Bobcat Park in Brier.
He often planted trees for neighbors. He was one of our dedicated professionals at Home Depot in Bothell. He had worked in the nursery industry all his life and was a resource for gardening to everyone he came in contact with. He is missed.
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Dennis Gilbert Bahr www.BIRINGERNURSERY.com
On January 31, 2023 Dennis Gilbert Bahr passed away at his home in Addy, Washington. At the time of his passing Dennis was 69 years old. Dennis was born on February 19, 1953 in Glendale, California to Lydia (Koerner) and Gilbert Bahr.
Dennis attended school at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California. He graduated from Lynbrook Highschool in 1973. After high school he moved to west side of Washington and worked at a plant nursery in Bellevue, Washington and would become self-employed with his own landscape maintenance business.
Dennis was married to Julie Wells and had two children, Ben and Aimee Bahr. In 1985, Dennis married Christine “Chris” Lambert living in Bothell, Washington. Dennis and Chris worked side by side in his landscape maintenance business.
Dennis and his wife Chris owned and operated Machias Nursery in Snohomish, WA from 2004-2015. He was an avid plant collector and especially enjoyed rare conifers and Japanese Maples. Their home in Snohomish was an absolute Arboretum which both Dennis and Chris took pride in working in and adding to year after year. Since owning Machias Nursery and “retiring”, Dennis worked at Sunnyside Nursery in Maryville. He has many friends in the industry, and will be sorely missed.
Dennis was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Barbara Villhard.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Christine Bahr, his son; Ben Bahr of Issaquah, WA, one daughter; Aimee Bahr of Issaquah, and 2 step-children who look to him as their dad, Step-son Doug Lambert of Addy, WA; step-daughter Toni Wessar of Marysville, WA, eight grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren.
WA State Nursery & Landscape Association
