Celebration of Life
Celebrate Mark Grandy Service Cancelled
Mark Grandy Service Cancelled The family of Mark R Grandy wish to thank the many people who have expressed condolences to our family. Due to Sonoma County’s recent restrictions, Mark’s Celebration of Life event that was scheduled for February 5, 2022, is cancelled.
Celebrate Courtney Jade Davis
Court & Shelbs COURTNEY JADE DAVISFebruary 6, 1991 - January 5, 2008 Wow, ......what a crazy ride it has been this past year. Now, here we are coming up to your 31st Birthday. A highlight of 2021, though, was the birth of Harper Jade Ottoboni. We were very excited, as you would be, that your...
Celebrate Courtney Jade Davis
COURTNEY JADE DAVISFebruary 6, 1991 - January 5, 2008 Here we are into "2022" and we are glad to see life slowly getting back to normal. It is good to see people out and about for holiday events, kids playing sports, our community supporting each other, seeing family and friends, Vickey's Elves...
Celebrate Ronald DenBeste
Happy Birthday Erma Burden
Erma Burden turned 102 last month and celebrated with a party at the Cloverdale Senior Multipurpose Center last week.
Celebrate Mark Gandy
Mark Gandy The family of Mark R. Grandy, shares that he departed on October 19, 2021 at the age of 78, in Cloverdale, Ca. He kept his courage and humor through the end and left in the comforts of his own home, and on his own terms, surrounded by love. He will be missed by his loving wife of 50...
Celebration of Donald “Frank” Rose 2/1/26 – 11/24/22
Donald "Frank" Rose 2/1/26 - 11/24/20 Please join us for a celebration if life on January 20, 2022, Noon-4:00 p.m. at the Druids Hall in Cloverdale. Come share your stories and join the family in remembering Frank.
Mark Grandy
Tribute to Mark Grandy by Melanie Hall During a recent interview, when asked: “Who were the greatest influences on your life and why?”, Mark Grandy replied: “My parents, without whom I would not exist, and Japanese imperialism of the 1930s & 1940s, without which my life would have been very...
Shelby Forman
Shelby Forman, at a young age of 31, passed away on Oct. 22nd in the high desert near Death Valley doing what he loved to do: exploring old mines and driving his jeep in open terrain and on old dusty roads. A longtime Cloverdale resident, Shelby touched the lives of many people during his short...
Bruce Bergman
Our family would like to announce the passing of Bruce Bergman on October 24th, 2021. We lost him after a short battle with health issues that arose as a result of numerous falls. Bruce was born in San Francisco on March 5th, 1937. Bruce moved to Cloverdale in 1969 where he served as a teacher,...
Happy October Birthday Raymond Pesce
Fantastic chef, former owner of the World Famous Hamburger Ranch, creator of everyone’s favorite – BBQ Pasta, avid golfer, SF Giants fan and mushroom hunter! Father to Rico, Natalie and Andrea, Grandpa to Alia, Eli, Isabella, Cody and Demi, bonus Grandpa to Jax, June and Baby Toews, loving partner...
Ann Gillis is a Cloverdale Treasure
Known as the “Hugging Grandma of Cloverdale,” Ann Gillis celebrated her 101st birthday last month with a party at the Cloverdale Senior Center. Born Anna Maria Amaroli in Tuscany on September 8, 1920, she came to America when she was only 11 months old. As a youngster, she played both the viola...
Lloyd Robert Mittelstadt July 30, 1928 – September 6, 2021
Lloyd Robert Mittelstadt was born July 30, 1928 in Gackle, North Dakota and died on September 6, 2021 at age 93. When he was 14 Lloyd took the train alone from North Dakota to California, joined his father in Cloverdale and worked in the timber and lumber industry for 50 years. Lloyd operated...
Happy Birthday Vickie Norris
Vickie is the graphic designer, production director, layout artist, webmaster, and fiscal administrator for Cloverdale Connect. Since 1993 she has focused on creating business and corporate marketing plans, materials and websites for consumer products, companies, retailers, and business owners....
Updates from Courtney’s Pumpkin Patch
The Board of Directors for CPP was very sad not to have been able to hold Courtney’s Pumpkin Patch this past year due to the COVID restrictions. It has been a tough past year for all of us and so many wonderful events cancelled and missed. We are happy to report that due to this supportive...
Tina Reuser Dogali, April 21, 1970 – May 16, 2021
Tina Reuser Dogali was a caring friend, a loving daughter, a protective sister, and a wonderful mother. Tina grew up in Sonoma County but spent some time in Colorado and Nebraska. She loved being part of the family business and worked her way through the company doing everything from picking...
Greg Carter 11/10/1959 – 4/12/2021
“Two things I've discovered: There is nothing that I must do, say, think, feel, accomplish, prove, create, destroy, manipulate, manage, arrange, judge, give, receive, see, hear, taste, smell, or touch in order for my life to be perfect and complete just as it is in this moment. There never was.”...
Ron & Jane Pavelka Anniversary
For those that believe in “Love at First Sight”, this is an adventure that began over 41 years ago on a scuba diving excursion in Southern California. “Ron asked me to marry him the first night we met in 1980” states Jane. They married one year later and the rest is history! The Pavelka’s are now...
Remembering Doris Jean Julius
Doris Jean Julius was a strong, courageous, caring and faithful mother. She passed away suddenly on March 27th 2021 in Cloverdale, California at the age of 90. Doris was born to Otto and Eva Beck in Anaconda Montana on Feb 13th 1931. She graduated from Anaconda High School in June of 1949. In...
Michael & Beverlee Laird Celebrate 50th Anniversary!
On April 24, 2021 Michael & Beverlee Laird will celebrate 50 years of marriage. They met in 1970 when Beverlee was working at First National Bank of Ontario & Michael (employed with Southern Counties Gas) came in to buy U.S. Savings Bonds for his two young children. One year later at the...
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