Celebration of Life
Celebrate Robert Michael Jordan
April 7, 1946-October 18, 2024Bob Jordan passed away at home, surrounded by his loving family, after a 7-year struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Bob lived a full and passionate life in his 78 years, filled with family, friends, adventures, travel, and music whether it was jazz, blues or opera. He...
Celebrate R. B. Southard
In Memoriam - R. B. Southard died Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at the age of 94. Born in Nebraska in 1930, his family came to California when he was three. He spent his childhood in Covelo where his family weathered the Depression, raising their own food supplemented by hunting and fishing. In...
Celebrate Steven Grant Stockham, Sr
On August 31, 2024, the Lord called our beloved Steve home after a long and hard-fought battle with cancer. He passed peacefully at his home in Cloverdale with family members at his side. Steve was born on April 6, 1946 in Healdsburg to parents Darrell and Alice Stockham, and was raised on his...
Celebrate Alisa Ellen Unger Machen
December 6, 1961-August 23, 2024Alisa was born in Healdsburg then came home to Cloverdale, where she spent most of her life. She graduated from CHS in 1980, she attended college at SRJC and the St. Lukes nursing program in San Francisco. She married David Machen in 1985. She was preceded in death...
Celebrate Paul Duane Schuler
Paul Duane Schuler, 69, passed away on March 3, 2024, in Cloverdale, CA. Born on June 8, 1954, in San Francisco, CA, Paul was a lifelong resident of Cloverdale. Paul dedicated 46 years of his life to All-Coast Forest Products in Cloverdale, where he worked under the supervision of Steve Bernardi....
BIG NEWS ~ Juli Southard
Friday, May 17, 2024, was Southard Tire & Auto's official last day of business. June of this year would have been the 70th year of serving this beautiful community, and for Paul and I, our 28th year! There are countless customers, friends and generations of families that have chosen us as...
Celebrate Dennis Wayne Harlan
February 16, 1946 - April 25, 2024A gentleman and a gentle man Janice Carolyn Ennis was born in Muncie, Indiana in 1933. She was the middle child of Maxine and John Filson. Janice attended 10 different high schools growing up and finished high school in Richmond, CA. She then married Daniel...
Celebrate Roland & Evelyn Osmon 75th Anniversary
1933-2024Evelyn and her mother were living in the Gould Shaw house when she and Roland were married there on June 25, 1949. They still live in the home they built in Preston in 1952 and have three children, seven grand-children, nine great grandchildren, and one great-great grandson.
Celebrate David Lingner
1948 – 2023David, first born son of late Wilbur and Dora Lingner 12/08/1938 San Francisco, passed 07/25/2023, Sacramento. 2019 Preceded in death by wife of 56 years, Darlene Survived by son Douglas (wife Janine, children Olivia and Seth), daughter Kristy (partner Myles) Resident of Cloverdale 1948...
Celebrate Janice Carolyn Ennis
1933-2024Janice Carolyn Ennis was born in Muncie, Indiana in 1933. She was the middle child of Maxine and John Filson. Janice attended 10 different high schools growing up and finished high school in Richmond, CA. She then married Daniel Ennis in 1955 and lived in Hayward, CA for many years where...
Celebrate Stephen Thomas Johnson
1948 – 2023Stephen Thomas Johnson died peacefully on March 6, 2024. With him at the time of his departure were loved ones and caring medical staff at UCSF Parnassus, the same location he underwent a life-saving lung transplant 17 years prior. Stephen is survived by his sister Linda Moyer,...
Celebrate Karen Ruth Dunlavy Bosworth
June 2, 1940 - March 15, 2024Karen Bosworth passed away peacefully at her home in Geyserville on March 15, 2024. Born and raised in Healdsburg, Karen was the daughter of a local doctor and nurse, Kenneth, and Ruth Dunlavy.Karen graduated from University of the Pacific in 1962 and then went to...
Turning My Pain Into Purpose
Holly HuntOctober 18th of 2023, was, and will always be, the worst day of my life. My family and I lost my middle son Robert Sterling, to what was deemed an accidental overdose of Fentanyl. His coroner report showed 10 times the lethal dose of this deadly drug, which is sweeping our country like...
Celebrate Susi Laurice
1946 – 2024 Mary Susan Laurice, best known as “Susi,” passed away at home in Yorkville surrounded by her family on January 30, 2024. Susi was born in Evanston, Illinois on December 8, 1946, and grew up in Chicago. Newly married, in 1968, Susi and her husband, Doug, moved to Berkeley where Doug...
Celebrate Michael Driver
Micheal Drive passed away on Sunday night, February 4th, 2024. Originally born in Newark, New Jersey, Michael moved to Sonoma County in the 1980s. He became a member of the Cloverdale community in 2003. He is known as an amazing father, friend, basketball coach, mentor, spectator, and announcer....
Leo Giovannetti
October 5, 1945 – February 8, 2024Son of the late A. Joseph and Dina Giovannetti. A 1963 graduate of Cloverdale High. He attended SRJC, Humboldt State and Sonoma state. He spent a 36-year career teaching and coaching at Armijo High School, Fairfield. Survived by wife Nancy, sons Chris (Samantha),...
Celebrate Susan Lewman
Susan Lewman, a.k.a."Grandma Susie", "Sue" or "Curly Sue" passed away peacefully at home in Cloverdale surrounded by her family on January 25, 2024, at 96. Susan was born in Turlock, CA in 1927 and spent most of her life living in the bay area and the valley. Although she only lived in Cloverdale...
Celebrate Jude Latchford
September 22, 1943 – January 11, 2024“that is all I want”The last Christmas gift I gave my mom was to promise her that since she was the first one to hold me in her arms when I was born, that I would be holding her when she passed. I cannot describe the smile, but she said, “that is all I want.”...
Courtney Jade Davis ~Feb 24
February 6, 1991 – January 5, 2008January 5th marked 16 years that we have been delivering a can of corn to friends and family in Courtney’s memory. We distribute 221-321 cans of Green Giant corn, which was one of Courtney’s favorites. If you did not receive a can then we don’t know where you...
Courtney Jade Davis Memoriam
February 06, 1991 – January 05, 2008Courtney (our shining star from above) You always loved the celestial. It was so great when you were younger to go in your bedroom and see the glow in the dark stars all over your ceiling and all the sun, moon and star things you had everywhere. What does it...
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