Lifelines

With heavy hearts the family of Genaro Raphael Calabrese announces his passing on July 7, 2021 at approximately 11:30 p.m. PST. Born Feb. 28, 1938, in Covert, Michigan, he grew up with a brother and four sisters. His father Ralph, a jack of all trades, was still picking up refrigerators at 75. His three uncles […]

Carl Allen Eschenbach was born on Jan. 15, 1931, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and peacefully passed away in his home on Nov. 26, 2021, in Arcata California. He grew up in Cincinnati and moved to San Diego, California after he married and then moved to Arcata for his final 12 and a half years. Carl was […]

Robert Wayne Bronnenberg, 69, of Fortuna, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on August 7, 2021. He was born at Glendale Hospital in Glendale, California, to James and Margaret Bronnenberg on October 19, 1951. He grew up in Sun Valley and Sylmar, California. He graduated Sylmar High School in 1969 and shortly after […]

Maxine Anderson Freson passed on December 4th, 2021 at her home in Tigard surrounded by her loving family. Maxine was born and raised in the small town of Ferndale, California, to Harry, a dairy farmer, and Jane, a registered nurse. She thrived in the small community with her siblings, family and friends. She was an […]

Athleen Grace Baker passed away November 3, 2021 in McKinleyville at the age of 73. Athleen, herself, wrote the following on November 24, 2013, noting additions to her family along the way. I’m writing this myself in preparation for the inevitable!  It also saves my family from this chore. I have had a good life!  […]

Larry Francis Freimark passed away from a heart attack on Aug. 25, 2021, at his home in Portland, Oregon. Larry was born in Iowa on March 16, 1957, the second child of Chester and Lois Tramner Freimark. Larry and his older sister, Theresa, were later joined by younger brother Dale. In 1971, when Larry was […]

Samuel P. Oliner passed away on November 17th, 2021. He was born in Zyndranowa, Poland, in 1930. Zyndranowa was a farming village in southern Poland near the Czech border in the Carpathian Mountains.  He lived on the small farm belonging to his grandparents Isak and Reisel Polster, together with his parents and siblings. Sam was […]

Clinton Dean Rebik was born on March 30, 1966, in Brawley, California, and passed away on November 4, 2021, in Eureka, California due to esophageal cancer. He grew up in Brawley and graduated in 1984 from Brawley Union High School. He moved to Arcata to attend Humboldt State University in the fall of 1984 and […]

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Jan Ostrom passed away on November 1, 2021. The world has lost a remarkable woman. There’s a line from a Mary Oliver poem that beautifully reflects Jan’s approach to life, “I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world,” and Jan certainly did not! It […]

Curtis “Curt” Allan Wood passed away October 25th, 2021, after a long battle with Parkinson’s and prostate cancer. Curt was born Sept 12, 1946, to Everett and Elaine Wood.  As a 5th generation Southern Humboldt County native, he was a great local historian, often telling stories about ranching, logging and, of course, the 1955 and […]

Marilyn Louise Barnes Van Deventer Goodwin passed away peacefully on Oct. 23, 2021, at Seaview Rehabilitation and Wellness Center at the age of 82. Known as Mary Lou to her friends, and Lou Lou to her grandchildren and employees at Eureka Florist, she lived her life in service to her community. Mary Lou was born […]