On Jan. 10, the world lost one of its brightest stars in Sherae Marie O’Shaughnessy. Children lost a mother, parents lost a daughter, siblings lost a sister and countless friends lost someone who they’ll never forget. Sherae Marie Meyers was born May 17, 1985 and raised in Southern California, and moved to Eureka when she was 19 […]
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David Lee Fouché: 1945-2023
On Monday, Feb. 6, David Lee Fouché passed away, with his loving wife and children by his side, after an unexpected and aggressive cancer diagnosis. Born in Sacramento on July 6, 1945, to parents Daniel and Lorraine Fouche, David attended grammar school, junior high and McClatchy High School in Sacramento. David moved to Eureka in […]
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Virginia Ann Ciszek Felter: 1946-2023
Virginia Ann Ciszek Felter, “Ginny,” was born at Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital and grew up in a Marine family. Most of her youth was in southern California during the surf and car culture days but horses were always her love. She got her first horse as young teen and she and a friend would pack […]
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Richard ‘Dick’ Lindsay: 1936-2023
Richard “Dick” Lindsay, loving husband to wife of 31 years, Barbara Lindsay, and adoring father to his children, Michelle and Renee, passed away at home on Jan. 30, 2023. Dick was born May 24,1936, to Alfred and Olga Lindsay in Cambridge, Minnesota. The oldest of six children, Dick joined the U.S. Air Force on June […]
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Casey John Ray: 1973-2022
Casey passed away on Dec. 21. He was born on Nov. 18, 1973, to Jennifer and Geary Ray. He spent his early years in Southern California. His mother remarried in 1982, and his family moved to Ferndale when he was in third grade. Casey was involved in Boy Scouts, church activities and especially sports. He […]
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Patricia Meinhardt: 1937-2022
Patricia Nan Meinhardt, 85, of Ferndale Ca. passed away Nov. 8, 2022 due to living a long fulfilling life of joy, love and faith. Patricia was born on July 23, 1937, to Blanche and Vincent Casavecchia in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts. After she graduated from high school she enlisted in the U.S. Army and […]
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Joan Katri: 1939-2023
Joan Katri was born in 1939 in Eureka to Bernard and Mary Katri. She grew up in Ferndale, graduating in 1957 from Ferndale high school. Joan attended and graduated from California School of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California. She then worked in commercial art in San Francisco for several years after which she lived […]
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Earl Robert Bootier: 1945-2022
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Earl Robert Bootier passed away suddenly but peacefully at Ida Emmerson Hospice House in Eureka on Dec. 3, 2022, from complications of leukemia (CMML), caused by Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam (Earl would want everyone to know that!). He spent some of the last hours of his […]
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Margaret “Maxine” Stevens: 1950-2023
On Jan. 14, 2023, Margaret Stevens, “Maxine” to her parents and siblings, was taken by angels to her place in heaven. A seventh-generation Californian, she was born in Oxnard, California, to Vernon and Rozella Warde on July 8, 1950. Margaret was a nurse for more than 40 years and was very ‘Old School’ when it […]
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Mary Ellen Krohn: 1949-2022
On Nov. 15, 2022, we lost Ellen Krohn at the age of 73. “Mimi” as those close to her called her — and they were many — was formally Mary Ellen Krohn, born Mary Ellen Coffey in Connecticut on Jan. 20, 1949. She spent her early life on the East Coast and her high school […]
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George ‘Henry’ Duran: 1942-2023
George “Henry” Duran, age 80, passed away on Jan. 2, 2023, in Eureka, California. Henry was born in Roswell, New Mexico, on June 19, 1942. He moved to Eureka as a child, attended local schools, and graduated from Eureka High School, class of 1961. He married his high school sweetheart Betty and later welcomed their […]