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Washington Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Washington death and obituary data across supported counties. ObituaryMonitor detects newly published death information from funeral homes and obituary sources and makes eligible records available through API, CSV, and the County Feed portal.

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Washington Death & Obituary Data

Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.

307

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

1,139

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

142

Active sources monitored (30 days)

34

Counties with recent activity

23 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 23 hours ago

Washington Death Data by County

34 counties with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across supported counties. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.

County30-day recordsSourcesLatest activityStatus
Pierce County158192 days agoActive
Spokane County143143 days agoActive
Snohomish County108103 days agoActive
King County10315YesterdayActive
Clark County918YesterdayActive
Kitsap County7582 days agoActive
Yakima County7562 days agoActive
Whatcom County4473 days agoActive
Island County3132 days agoActive
Grays Harbor County2743 days agoActive
Benton County2633 days agoActive
Whitman County222YesterdayActive
Walla Walla County2113 days agoActive
Skagit County2053 days agoActive
Grant County1942 days agoActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Washington

Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.

Last 7 days

307

Previous 7 days: 323 · -5% vs prior period

Last 30 days

1,139

Previous 30 days: 2,022 · -44% vs prior period

These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.

What Washington Death & Obituary Records Can Include

Field availability across recent eligible Washington County Feed records (trailing 30 days).

Name

100%

of recent Washington records

Date of death

100%

of recent Washington records

City / location

100%

of recent Washington records

County

100%

of recent Washington records

Source URL

100%

of recent Washington records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent Washington records

Captured text excerpt

82.5%

of recent Washington records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Washington Death & Obituary Data

Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).

Spokane106Vancouver62Seattle54Kingston41Lakewood39Puyallup37Edmonds36Yakima36Spokane Valley33Tacoma33Wapato27Kennewick25

Washington Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across Washington to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.

Browse Washington Funeral Homes →

How Washington County Feed Works

  1. ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
  2. New death records are detected and normalized.
  3. Geographic information is assigned where supported.
  4. Eligible Washington records become available through County Feed.
  5. Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.

Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.

Access Washington Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Washington death and obituary records programmatically in JSON.

Explore the County Feed API →

CSV

Download or export records for operational workflows and CRM import.

Web Portal

Review and filter new Washington records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Washington Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Washington counties for potential probate or inherited-property research.

Probate & Legal Services

Identify recent deaths within geographic service areas and support downstream estate workflows.

Financial Institutions

Use death signals as an additional input in deceased-customer and risk-monitoring processes. Financial institutions monitoring

Data & Software Companies

Integrate normalized death and obituary data into software products and operational systems.

Research / Operations

Monitor county-level death events without manually checking individual obituary websites.

Example Washington Death Data API Record

Illustrative sample record — not an actual person.

{
  "id": "fh-sample",
  "full_name": "Sample Person",
  "first_name": "Sample",
  "last_name": "Person",
  "date_of_death": "2026-08-08",
  "state": "WA",
  "county": "King",
  "county_slug": "king-county-wa",
  "city": "Seattle",
  "source_type": "funeral_home",
  "obituary_url": "https://example.com/sample",
  "funeral_home_name": "Example Funeral Home",
  "indexed_at": "2026-08-08T14:22:00.000Z",
  "survivors_status": "ok"
}

This example shows the structure of an eligible County Feed record. Field names follow the public County Feed API notice schema. Internal-only fields are omitted.

Washington Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Washington Death Data

Choose the Washington counties that matter to your organization and receive newly detected records through API, CSV, or the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Also see the national County Feed product page and Browse Washington Funeral Homes.