Sandra Fredrickson was born in 1939 in Duluth, Minnesota, to John and Ruth Fredrickson, and was the middle child of three, between Paul and younger sister, Tracey. Sandra was an active nurse for 40 years, the last 20 spent as a nurse educator in San Francisco. She began her retirement in Humboldt County in 1999, […]
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Alton “Whit” Lewis: 1937-2024
Alton “Whit” Lewis, age 87, peacefully passed away on June 17, at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California. He was born on April 28, 1937, in Merced, California, the son of Arthur Wright Lewis and Alice Sarah Savage. They lived in Fish Camp, Mariposa County, near Yosemite, with his sister Lyla and brother Dennis. […]
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Don Nielsen
Donald Alan Nielsen, 84, the grandson of Swedish and Danish immigrants who settled on the Arcata Bottom in the early 1900s, passed away the first week of April, following complications from a fall. From an early age, Don worked on the farmers’ and ranchers’ fields on the Bottom weeding, mowing and baling hay, and later […]
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Mike Knight: 1951-2024
Sadly, a kind and good husband, father, brother, uncle, cousin, friend and neighbor, Mike Knight, died of pancreatic cancer at home Jan. 12, at age 72. Wishing he could still be with us, we are left with a new way of living with him through our memories. Mike was born on Feb. 3, 1951, in […]
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Martin Michael Campusano: 1960-2024
Martin Michael Campusano passed away at his home on March 29, following a lengthy battle with cancer. As was very typical of Martin’s personality, he was courageous and pragmatic during his illness. Even during the most difficult times, Martin maintained his sense of humor and his propensity for telling corny jokes — he’d rather see […]
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Donna Goddard: 1934-2024
Donna Goddard passed away Sunday June 30, at the age of 89. Born Nov. 5, 1934, in Sanger, California, to Granville and Alice Alcorn. In 1952 the family moved to Westhaven, where Donna graduated from Arcata High School. Donna met and married her lifelong love, Don, and together they had four children. Donna loved her […]
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Joe (Joseph) Frank Lewis: 1950 – 2024
Joe (Joseph) Frank Lewis, 73, passed away and went home to be with the Lord on June 8. He was born in Arcata, California, to Joe Lewis, Jr. and Mary (Schuler) Lewis. The family moved to Ferndale in 1954. He attended Assumption Catholic School, then Ferndale Union High School, graduating in 1969. He was drafted […]
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Kyle Steven Wear: 1970 —2024
Kyle Steven Wear, a beloved son, brother, husband and father whose life’s work was dedicated to protecting the rare and endangered plants of his adopted North Coast home, died April 29 with his wife and stepfather at his side after battling heart issues caused by a virus he contracted six years earlier. He was 54. […]
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Timothy Christopher Trower: 1965 – 2024
Tim was born to his parents Dan Trower and Suzanne (Walker) Trower (now Smith) in southern California. He was raised in Cypress, California, for most of his first 12 years. The family camped on the small 13-acre parcel purchased in 1973, on Wilder Ridge, south of Honeydew, California, during vacations over the next 5 years, […]
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Marcy Foster: 1948-2024
Our fun-loving, creative, and heart-felt friend Marcy Foster passed on May 13, 2024, surrounded by loved ones in her home after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Marcy moved to Humboldt County in 1980 and as a single-mother put herself through Humboldt State College for her BA in Social Work and received her Masters of […]
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Bodil Vanderlinde-Ravn May 2, 1934-May 4, 2024
On Saturday night, May 4, 2024, my darling Bodil passed away peacefully of dementia at age 90. When we met in Rhodesia, you had just arrived from Denmark to see your parents who were farming in Rhodesia. She had been a nursery school teacher and director in American Canyon at Noah’s Arc, before working in […]
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Kenneth Ray Wittenberg
Kenneth Ray Wittenberg passed away suddenly on April 22. He left behind his wife and high school sweetheart of almost 55 years, Ronda Wittenberg, and two daughters, Jenna Wittenberg and Emily Wittenberg (David Shiriwastaw). Ken was a devoted family man, nothing surpassing his love of family. Often described as a man with nine lives, his […]