This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pBC.2ACE/4333.1 Message Board Post: The Washington State Library does free lookups of obituaries. Send an e-mail to askalibrarian@secstate.wa.gov. If they can't help, post on the Pierce County Board as that is the county where Tacoma is.