Obituaries

Longtime Sonoma County educator, Lynn D. Anderson died on 16 March 2021 after a protracted illness and heart complications. He spent his entire 33 year teaching career in the Cloverdale Unified School District, from which he retired at the end of the 2005 school...

Born in Healdsburg, California, to parents Betty Jean and Gordon Jones, David attended all primary grades in his hometown. He was a proud native son. David graduated from UC Davis with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. He also attended Saint Mary’s College...

Passed away with family by her side on March 23, 2021 at the age of 79. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 22, 1941 where her father was stationed as Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, she...

Emil Leon Gardner 78, passed away peacefully at his home in Cloverdale on March 16, 2021. Emil was born on March 12, 1943 in Shelby, Montana. Emil joined the US Navy in 1962 and was stationed on the Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger.  He married the...

Richard William Etter was born on May 29, 1932 to William and Dagmar Etter. Everyone knew him as Dick Etter. Dick spent his childhood in Pittsburg and Oakland, California and on Fickle Hill near Arcata, California, with his cousins. He graduated from Fremont High...

BOULDER, CO – William George “Will” Riggan, 80, passed away March 10, 2021, at Mesa Vista of Boulder due to complications from Frontotemporal Dementia. He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 11, 1940, the son of the late George and Merle (Robinson) Riggan. Will received...

With a heavy heart.... my Mom... my rock... has made her transition into the Spirit World. She was very strong and stubborn all the way through to the end. She loved life and wanted keep living for ever and ever.  But my Grams, my son...

Gerald (Jerry) Walker passed away peacefully at his home on February 3, 2021.  Jerry’s early life was spent in San Francisco and Marin County with seasonal stints in Yosemite. Jerry served in the Korean War, was an Arthur Murray ballroom dance instructor and a private...

Timothy Laughlin Keegan (“TK”) of Healdsburg, CA. was born on April 11, 1948. He passed away suddenly at home and was taken into the lord’s arms on February 4, 2021. Tim is survived by the love of his life and wife of 45 years...

Albert (Bert) Villemaire, loving husband of Mary Villemaire and father of Craig (Roman) and Elise Villemaire of Healdsburg and Alan (wife, Signe) Villemaire of Santa Rosa, passed away peacefully in Healdsburg on January 30, 2021.  Born in Burlington, Vermont, Bert grew up with three siblings....