Jen (Shiro) is the beloved mother of Ezekeal Zion Ayo (23), Keani Pele Young (16) and Machete Luke Young (15). She was an artist, a dancer, a generous friend and a radiant personality that shone brightly in the lives and hearts of those who knew her. Our loss is great because the joy and goodness […]
Lifelines
Bruce Miller: 1943-2022
Bruce Miller, born July 10, 1943, in Missoula, Montana, was a man with a lot of passion and strength. He fought off two bouts of cancer – 2004 (throat), and 2018 (bladder). His third bout with esophagus cancer took his strength and his life. Bruce went to his heaven peacefully on Easter Sunday. His last […]
Joseph Raymond Copp: 1941-2022
Joseph Raymond Copp was born on November 11, 1941. He passed away peacefully at his home in Reedsport Oregon on February 18, 2022. He was 80 years old. As a teenager Joe could always be found under the hood of a car, and hunting or fishing in the ocean. At 16 he was a deckhand […]
Vonda G. Wilson: 1939-2022
Vonda Glee Wilson of Eureka, California, peacefully passed away on the night of March 13, 2022, surrounded by her family. Vonda was born on September 14, 1939 to Vivian and Fred Broyles in Olympia, Washington. She moved with her family to Humboldt County in 1954. After Vonda graduated from Eureka Senior High in 1958, she […]
Patricia Ann Welsh: 1936-2022
Patricia Ann Welsh was born on November 1, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Edward and Nan Maguire. She fondly remembered playing in her Germantown neighborhood streets and parks, walking to school, and spending summer holidays enjoying the family beach house in Cape Cod, N.J. At 13, she met Jimmy Welsh. The two fell in love […]
Richard “Rich” Todd: 1951-2022
Rich lived in the Fresno area in his earlier years. He moved to Eureka in 2000 to help his sister. The first time I heard Rick sing, I asked him to marry me. I was joking at the time. History tells a different story. We married in 2002. Rick learned to love Cats and Cruising. […]
John Lee Lyons Celebration of Life
A celebration of life will be held for John Lee Lyons on April 2, 2022, at 2 p.m. at Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (24 Fellowship Way, Bayside, CA 95524. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served after the ceremony. Please dress comfortably and wear a mask.
Teresa Danielle LaPietra: 1985-2021
Teresa Danielle LaPietra came into this world on the evening of September 23, 1985, in Orange, California. She left our world suddenly and unexpectedly on the morning of December 14, 2021. Teresa lived her first 4 ½ years in Orange and in 1990 she and her family moved to Humboldt County. Teresa attended St. Mary’s […]
Lawrence Watts: 1944-2022
After a two year battle with pancreatic cancer, Larry passed away at home peacefully on Feb. 17, 2022, and is survived by his wife Rosalie of 55 years and four children with their spouses: Jed and Janera Watts, Starline and Mark Pitlock, Mindy and Brad Adorador, and Larz and Summer Watts. Larry is also survived […]
Marie-Louise deSouza: 1942-2022
Marie-Louise deSouza died Feb. 8, 2022, and she was born in Singapore to Victor and Cora (maiden name Elliott) on Aug. 4, 1942. Marie’s siblings were Evelyn, Brenda, and Jocelyn (age 13). This was during the Japanese occupation. Hence, Jocelyn was put into a concentration camp because he wouldn’t fight in the Japanese Youth Unit, […]
Bunny Mae Walthuis: 1977-2022
Bunny Mae Walthuis, born Aug.. 25, 1977, in Thousand Oaks, California, died peacefully on Feb. 6, 2022, at the Hospice House in Eureka in the loving presence of her partner and close friends after a 21-month battle with stage 4 cervical cancer was finally over. Bunny is survived by her lover and partner, Tawny Foskett. […]
Carol Lee: 1953-2022
On a sunny Saturday afternoon as she visited with a friend in the sunroom at Eureka’s Hospice, Carol said, “I’ve had a good life!” She died Tuesday morning, Feb. 8, 2022, of ovarian cancer peacefully with Jody and Vickie Victorine by her side. Carol was born on June 2, 1953, in Eureka to Glen and Evelyn […]
