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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.

359

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

1,455

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

161

Active sources monitored (30 days)

40

Counties with recent activity

32 minutes ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 32 minutes ago

Washington Death Data by County

40 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
King County21121TodayActive
Pierce County20024TodayActive
Snohomish County12610TodayActive
Yakima County11910TodayActive
Spokane County9215TodayActive
Kitsap County778TodayActive
Clark County7110TodayActive
Whatcom County685TodayActive
Benton County6611YesterdayActive
Island County414YesterdayActive
Whitman County3736 days agoActive
Walla Walla County362TodayActive
Skagit County315TodayActive
Thurston County302TodayActive
Grant County246TodayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Washington

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

Last 7 days

359

Previous 7 days: 381 · -6% vs prior period

Last 30 days

1,455

Compared with the prior 30-day window when available.

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

99.9%

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

89.6%

of recent Washington records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Washington Death & Obituary Data

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

Seattle86Spokane73Lakewood69Yakima60Tacoma57Edmonds48Vancouver45Kingston40Auburn37Walla Walla36Puyallup34Kennewick33

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.