All Obituaries

Norma Woods January 2, 1931 - March 16, 2020 Norma was born to Nello and Amelia Banducci on January 2, 1931 in Eureka. She was an only child, and lived her entire 89 years in Eureka, graduating from Eureka High School in 1949. She enjoyed getting together with her classmates for many years, planning their class reunions. She spent her career in retail sales including many years at Bill Beasley’s and the Pro Sports Center. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 64 years,...

Cherylene Beardslee was born on December 28th, 1952 and passed away on March 15th, 2020 at 67 years of age. Services were held at Sanders Funeral Home. Please leave thoughts and condolences to the family and share your memories of Cherylene on her tribute page.  Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Kerry Vance was born on June 16th, 1938 and passed away on March 10th, 2020 at 81 years of age. Services were held at Sanders Funeral Home. Please leave thoughts and condolences to the family and share your memories of Kerry on his tribute page. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Lewis Barnard Olsen was born on September 11, 1919 in Eureka and passed away at the age of 100 on March 4, 2020 in Eureka.  Lewis spent his early years in the town of Falk, where his father worked for the area lumber mill. Lewis met Audrey Marie Thomsen in his teens, and they were married on September 29,1940 in Loleta.  Lewis was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943.  He served in the European and Pacific theaters in World War II.  Lewis was honorably discharged in...

Mary Gay Grinsell, “Marygay”, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed into the house of our Lord on March 3, 2020, after struggling several years with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in Long Beach Feb. 15, 1944, and lived in Compton. When she was three years old her parents, George and Melpha Pettersen and her big brother “Pete”decided to return to their native roots of Eureka where they had grown up and missed the good things the area had to...

Iris Osborn-Gutschmidt was born on November 26th, 1937 and passed away on February 28th, 2020 at 82 years of age. Services were held at Sanders Funeral Home. Please leave thoughts and condolences to the family and share your memories of Iris on her tribute page.  Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash

Nina Deviilbiss was born on April 12th, 1951 and passed away on February 24th, 2020 at 68 years of age. Services were held at Sanders Funeral Home. Please leave thoughts and condolences to the family and share your memories of Nina on her tribute page.  Photo by Michal Hlaváč on Unsplash

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” —A.A. Milne On February 19, 2020, Gloria Lorraine Fanucchi (Draper) gained her angel wings at home surrounded by her adoring family. She was born on August 15, 1945 in Astoria, Oregon. She attended Eureka High School and graduated in 1963. She graduated from Fredrick and Charles Beauty College as a cosmetologist and continued to do hair for 57 years. Simultaneously, in the early 1980s mom started a home...

Little baby Stevie Baccerra passed the same day she was born. Please share your thoughts and condolences with Stevie's family on her tribute wall.  Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Marie Di Ciolla was born on November 2nd, 1924 and passed away on February 13th, 2020 at 95 years of age. Services were held at Sanders Funeral Home. Please leave thoughts and condolences to the family and share your memories of Marie on her tribute page. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash