All Obituaries

  ANGELA LYNNE MCCONNELL Angela Lynne McConnell went to be with the Lord on September 7th 2018, in Shasta City, California, at the age of 26. She was born on December 20th 1991, in Eureka, Ca, to Tammy Carpenter & Kevin McConnell. Angela was an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and was of Mojave, Yurok & Karuk descent. She was also a lifelong resident of Hoopa, Ca. Angela was a graduate of Hoopa Elementary and Hoopa Valley High School. She attended the College of the...

My Obituary,  by M. Gloria Arruda Chambers I went to be with the Lord on July 27, 2018 with my loving family on my mind. I passed away from complications due to COPD, congestive heart failure and many other health conditions, just a few weeks before my 81st birthday. I fought a long battle—10 years ago, doctors told me I would be dead in 6 months. I showed them. My family referred to me as the “energizer bunny”; I kept going and going. I was born in Bristol, Rhode...

  CODY DERRICK WALKER OCTOBER 13, 1985 - AUGUST 27, 2018 Cody Derrick Walker was born on October 13, 1985 at Mad River Hospital in Arcata to Danny H. Walker and Terri Lee Rossiter. Cody was a clever and affable young man, with a knack for all things tech. It is with heavy hearts that his family is announcing that he passed away on August 27, 2018. He was taken too soon, at the young age of 32. Cody grew up on Zelia Court in Arcata, where he met many of his cherished lifelong friends....

  GWENDOLYN FAITH CONDIT Mom said goodbye to her family and fell asleep on Saturday evening, August 25, 2018. She was born to James and Leone Harding on December 9, 1933 in Paonia, Colorado. Gwen was raised with 7 siblings, who wintered in Paonia and spent summers at the ranch at Minnesota Creek. Gwen and Marvin married in August of 1950. In 1956 they moved to Eureka, looking for a new and better life. Gwen was for the most part a stay at home mom, we were very fortunate to have her...

Evelyn, born September 27, 1926, in Eureka to Francis and Florinda Early, passed away in the early morning of August 10, 2018, in Redding. She attended St. Bernard’s Elementary and Junior High, and graduated from Eureka High, class of 1944. Evelyn married her high school sweetheart, Frank Massaro, on December 1, 1946. They were married for over 59 years. She was a devoted wife and mother raising three children in Richmond, Calif., before moving back home to Eureka to enjoy retirement....

  JAMES JIM WILLIAM BUGBEE James "Jim" William Bugbee died peacefully on August 10, 2018, at his home in Eureka surrounded by his family. Born in the old St. Joseph's Hospital in Eureka on June 28, 1926, to Clark and Mae Bugbee, he was raised in Ferndale, California. He attended Grizzly Bluff School and graduated from Ferndale High School in 1944. He married Marie Martin in 1949, and they moved to Eureka, where they raised their family and remained ever since. He had...

  CHLOE B. GOTT Chloe was born at home on the family farm near Waynesville, Missouri, on June 21, 1936. Her parents, Omer & Vella Adkison, welcomed her as the second of their four daughters. Her growing up years were spent in the Missouri Ozarks until World War 2, when the family temporarily moved to Castle Rock, Washington. While living in Castle Rock, by way of a chance encounter at the local feed store, Chloe's family met another family form the Ozarks, Edgar and Eva Gott,...

      REX H. GOTT Rex Harold Gott was born near Ava, Missouri, to parents Edgar and Eva Gott on November 12, 1933. He passed from this life at his home on July 20, 2018, after living a full and happy life. Rex was known for his deep and abiding faith in his God and Lord. Rex spent his entire working life as a logger, a career of which he was very proud. Together, he and his wife, Chloe, owned and operated Gott Logging Company, logging in Humboldt and Trinity Counties for...

  PAMELA STEELE-WIMER Pam was born on 10/14/1947 in Eureka, California, and passed away on 7/23/2018 of respiratory illness in Eureka. She graduated from Eureka High School in 1965 and was a beautician for over 20 years, and a bartender and cook at Del Norte Golf Course for the past several years. She was an avid golfer and includes among her most notable accomplishments winning the women's Humboldt-Del Norte golf championship. Pam was a member of the Elks and women's golf...

“I come from a long line of strong women,” pronounced Ruth, as she gazed down at the vast prairie beneath her first transcontinental plane trip. “I know I was one of those women, I could feel it in my hands.” Indeed, anyone who ever knew Ruth can attest to her spirit strength, optimism, and her “Can Do” attitude. Ruth McCabe was born in 1915, a middle child, between Peter and Jean. Her parents were Alice (Nee) Stone of Ferndale and Peter McCabe of...