All Obituaries

Joshua Ryan Keppner Josh (age 33) passed away in his home in the afternoon of September 3rd, 2020. He was with his parents at the time. He passed quickly and unexpectedly. He was born October 30th, 1986 in Eureka, California to Carol L. and Allen J. Keppner. He was the third son in the family joining his brothers Robert Doyle Burton and Bryce Allen Keppner. As a lifelong resident of Eureka, he attended Washington Elementary, Zane Junior High, Eureka High, and College of the...

Everett Henkle was born June 14, 1939 in Corvallis, Oregon to Ralph and Mildred Henkle. He died at his home on August 27, after a short battle from lung cancer. In 1955 his family moved from Oregon to Eureka, where Everett enrolled at Eureka High School and graduated with the class of 1958. Later Everett joined the army and was stationed in Germany where he was assigned to guard duty. Then he returned to Eureka and found employment with Eureka City Schools as a custodian. He worked for the...

Everette passed away at home on August 20, 2020 with his daughters by his side. Everett was born on May 26, 1934 in Eureka to John Wesley Ellingwood of Fort Bragg and Loretta Nevada Lambert of Covelo. He remained in Fort Bragg before moving with his family to Eureka. It was there that his met his future wife, Anita. As the story goes, he had a buddy (Ray) heading off to serve his country and asked Everette to take care of Anita while he was gone, and he did just that — he married...

Charles ‘Tiny’ Hubler was born in Albany, Oregon on November 11, 1936. He died on August 18, 2020 while driving to Blue Slide Camp to do maintenance work. Tiny was 83 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Anne Hubler, his brothers Tony, Curt, and Jimmy, and his wife, Joyce. Tiny is survived by his wife, Claire, his son Chuck Hubler and family, his daughter Sharron Hubler Stanfield and family, his bonus daughter Tammy Roslosnik and family, and his bonus...

Phoy Phanhsavang was born on February 10th, 1941 and passed away on August 16th, 2020 at 79 years of age. After life care was provided by Sanders Funeral Home. Please leave thoughts and condolences to the family and share your memories of Phoy on her tribute page.  

On August 15, 2020, we lost our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Judith Anne Santsche. She was born on June 13, 1942 to William Stephen Clark and Gladys Mae James in Twin Falls, Idaho during WWII. In 1954, the Clark family moved to Fortuna to better work conditions. At 12 years old Judy soon made several friends and received a school letter for athletics in high school with the Girls Athletic Association (GAA). Judy’s new friends were devoted to school...

Donna Ilene Meng 07/28/1935-08/12/2020 Donna was born on July 28, 1935 in Ukiah, California to her parents Loran and Millie DeVee. Donna grew up in Garberville and went to South Fork High School and graduated in 1954. She attended San Francisco State for a short time until her mother passed away, which she then moved back home to help her father. Donna worked at Redway Elementary and then later became a dispatcher for the California Highway Patrol before she moved to Eureka in 1958, and...

Wayne Graham was born on April 27th, 1950 and passed away on August 12th, 2020 at 70 years of age. After life care was provided by Sanders Funeral Home. Please leave thoughts and condolences to the family and share your memories of Wayne on his tribute page.  

Jere Seidt was born on November 16th, 1944 and passed away on August 11th, 2020 at 75 years of age. After life care was provided by Sanders Funeral Home. Please leave thoughts and condolences to the family and share your memories of Jere on his tribute page. Photo by Yogendra Singh on Unsplash

Rob Renner joined his family in the house of the Lord on August 9, 2020, surrounded by his family who cherished him dearly. He was born in Alton, and at the age of 96 he was still doing what he enjoyed most — puttering around the ranch and going out to watch deer in the fields in the evening. Rob was born on November 25, 1923 to Ted and Mary Renner and was raised on their family dairy in Alton along with his five siblings. He attended Fortuna High and when he graduated in 1941 he had...