Obituaries

Environmental pioneer and Westside Road winemaker Dr. Martin Griffin died this week at his home in Belvedere, Marin County. He was 103 years old. One of his proteges, Don McEnhill of Russian Riverkeeper, tells of the impact Griffin had on his life.

Raymond Arthur Seghesio passed away after a brief illness on April 19, 2017 at the age of 93. Raymond was born on October 7, 1923 to parents, Arthur and Irene Seghesio. He was a lifelong resident of Cloverdale. Just after getting married he served...

“It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. -W. Allen” -Doug Boaz Douglas Norman Boaz, purveyor of bad dad jokes before they were cool, died on December 19, 2021 in Santa Rosa, CA, at the age...

Virgilio Antonio Galdos, 82, passed away suddenly of natural causes on the evening of Friday, September 29, 2017, in Middletown, California. “Tony,” as he was lovingly called, was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador on October 21, 1934, and was the second of 11 siblings. He immigrated...