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Ethel Stockton, the business owner steeped in contentious debate about the future of downtown Bellingham after Bellis Fair opened, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, in Mount Vernon. She was 94.

After her career in the paint and design business, Stockton moved to Mazatlán, Mexico, where she ran a bed-and-breakfast and wrote five novels about an elderly widow who lived life to the fullest.