First memorial to be held Saturday for Oso mudslide victim

The first memorial service for a victim of the Oso mudslide will take place Saturday afternoon in Darrington.

Linda McPherson, 69, will be remembered in a Celebration of Life at the Darrington Community Center on Saturday, April 5 at 1 p.m.

McPherson’s obituary published in The Everett Herald says she spent 28 years as a librarian at the Darrington Library and was a member of the Darrington School Board.

In the search for victims of the mudslide, that struck the small community on March 22, the death toll has reached 30. Twenty-eight of those victims have been identified.

Workers continue to search in the debris for 15 people still listed as missing.