Obituaries

We lost a great man. On April 8, 2021 Robert (Bob) Higbee passed away in his home.



Tom Evart died on December 3 in Reno, Nevada at the age of 76 from complications from pneumonia. He had lived in Carson City, Nevada, since 2004 where he had relocated to be General Manager/Director of Golf for Carson City’s Eagle Valley Golf Course. Tom was born in Petaluma in 1943 to parents Thomas (Skip) and Beth Evart. The family moved to Healdsburg in 1952 when the Evarts purchased the slaughter house on Chiquita Road, renaming it the Evart Meat Co.

Eleanor Virginia Hicks Leoni passed away July 12, 2017 in Windsor, CA., peacefully, with her family by her side. Eleanor, a life-long Sonoma County resident was born, at home, to Milton and Mildred Hicks on September 5, 1920. She grew up on the family’s...

SOTO MAGAÑA , Jesus, “Chuche”, Age 76, Windsor, California passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019. Born in Tumbiscatío, Michoacán, Mexico. Preceded by father Ambrosio Soto Orozco and mother Consuelo Magaña Soto. Jesus grew up poor in a rural town as a farmer where he learned his love for the land and animals. Jesus was married to Maria Jacinto Soto in 1966 in Sebastopol, CA; married for 53 years. Immigrated illegally to the U.S. as farm laborer, worked & lived in apple orchards and fulfilled the American Dream having children, buying a home, becoming a resident and settling in Windsor in 1972. Became a US Citizen in 1997. Worked for Analy & El Molino High School’s as Head Custodian for 29 years, retiring in 2005.