Obituaries

James “Jim” Forchini passed away unexpectedly at the age of 83 on Friday, January 21, 2022 while crab fishing at Tomales Bay. A longtime Healdsburg grapegrower and winemaker, Jim was still strong and active in the vineyard. He missed his late wife Anita terribly and...

With great sadness, the family of Frank Palmieri report his sudden passing. Frank was born in San Francisco, CA to Dorena Palmieri, (nee Foppiano) and Frank M. Palmieri, Sr. He was a resident of Sonoma County for 68 years.   While working at Purity Chemical, Frank...

Jean, a lifelong resident of Sonoma County, passed away at the age of 87 on January 10, 2022, in Healdsburg, CA. She is survived by son Patrick Mukaida, daughter Carole Nichols and her husband George Nichols, all of Healdsburg. Preceded in death by her...

Sheridan Watt Bertoli left this world on Dec 31, 2021. She was born in Pasadena, CA. to William Everett Watt and Mary Jean Paulsell Watt. She attended Arcadia High School class of 1968. Soon after, she started her career with Pacific Bell, where she...

Loren Lee Bell, born in Healdsburg November 18th, 1946, passed from this life on December 15th at his long-time home in San Francisco. Raised in Healdsburg by his parents, Inez and Lea Bell of the Bells Ambulance Family and his Nonnie, Palmira Lazzareschi Guadagni Vittori,...

Our beloved daughter Gina Emilia Giacomelli went to Heaven freed of pain on December 23, 2021. Gina was born in April of 1984. She was a joy to her family and friends. She fought a hard eleven year battle with breast cancer. Gina was brave, strong, and loved her life. She moved to Fort Jones in beautiful Scott Valley with her family in 1999. She loved the water, mountains, her cattle, dogs, cat, family, and friends very much.

“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...

John Charles Carriger passed into the arms of his Lord on December 21, 2021 after several years of ill health. He was born September 27, 1945 in Boonville, Missouri, near the hometown of his mother, Julia Ruth Lefever Carriger. John’s father, John Elbert “Al”...

Nancy Brown was born in Springfield, Missouri in 1950 and as a young girl, moved with her family to Healdsburg. She graduated from Healdsburg High School in 1968. She briefly attended Santa Rosa Beauty College and this ensured her hair always looked great, minus...

Alfredo “Fred” Vela passed away peacefully in his home in Buckeye, Arizona on December 9, 2021, at the age of 83. He was born on February 16, 1938, in Cuero, Texas to Dionicio and Marta Barrera Vela. Fred spent most of his childhood in...