Obituaries

Marguerite Frances O’Hair (Grubb) passed away peacefully on March 26, 2022, surrounded by her family. Marge grew up in Gridley, CA, attended Chico State, and graduated with a degree in English and a teaching credential. She met Don O’Hair in Chico and knew on...

The 20th century provided the perfect atmosphere for James Lawrence Husband (“Larry”), who relished the progress of the age and its popular culture. Larry Husband died Feb. 27, 2022 at his home in Windsor, California at the age of 85. Larry followed and enjoyed all...

Joedon McMasters November 15, 1944 March 9, 2022 Joe McMasters passed away March 9, 2022 at Healdsburg District Hospital. The oldest of three children, he was preceded in death by his parents Joe and Norma McMasters, brother Jack McMasters, and sister Rhonda Ryan. He is survived by his...

Dennis W. Parker passed peacefully on March 2, 2022, in his hometown of Cloverdale, California. Born in San Francisco to Walter and Irene (Gianoli) Parker on October 7, 1943, Dennis was raised in Cloverdale, a 1961 graduate of Cloverdale High School.  He played French...

Bruce Perry, co-owner and co-founder of Papapietro Perry Winery, passed away February 8, 2022 at home in Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley. Born April 21, 1941, a third generation San Franciscan, Bruce worked for the San Francisco Newspaper Agency for more than 30 years, which...

Richard Alan Smith, known universally as Dick, was born May 22, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York, the son and only child of Herman and Katherine “Kay” Smith. He died February 28, 2022 of cancer, at 86, at home in Healdsburg, California. He was surrounded...

David Sinclair Opperman Jr passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 14, 2022 at the age of 89.

Joyce Trail Peters, age 92, died peacefully on January 17, 2022 in Santa Rosa, CA. She was born in the Bay Area on December 31, 1929 to Leo H. and Edith L. Trail. After high school she went to Whitworth College in Spokane, WA...

2/8/1932 – 1/31/2022 2/23/1937 – 2/1/2022 In Memory of Bob and Noreen Curtis - A Legacy of Love Robert William Curtis was born in Darby, Pennsylvania on February 8th, 1932 and moved to Santa Rosa at the age of sixteen. At the age of seventeen, he joined...

1947 - 2022Roger Dormire was born in Howell, Michigan on June 5, 1947 - the closest hospital to the small town of Webberville where his family lived. He died February 2, 2022 playing golf with his longtime Wednesday foursome at Windsor Golf Course.He loved...