Dorothy Estelle Santoyo passed away on March 6, 2024, at home in Rough & Ready, CA. She was 94.She was born on August 22, 1929, in Oakland, CA to her parents, Sadie and Robert, brother John and sister, Noreen.She married Paul Ironside, and they had four children, Eileen, Steven, Nick and Dolly, and twenty years [...]
August 3, 1945 to February 6, 2024Carol Irene Caudle (formerly Cranston) age 78, from Nevada City, CA, gently departed this life in the arms of her daughter, on February 6, 2024 after a long 2 1/2-year battle with cancer. Born in Burlington, Iowa on August 3, 1945, Carol grew up in San Lorenzo, CA where [...]
October 20, 1942 to February 2, 2024Sandra Kaye (McClanahan) Wright passed away 2/2/2024, due to complications from heart surgery. Sandy was born on 10/20/1942, in San Francisco, to Edward and Katherine McClanahan. A 1960 graduate from South San Francisco High School, she was active with Job's Daughters along with her lifelong friend Diana. Sandy was [...]
Wayne Morris Cartwright passed away on March 3, 2024. He was 81.Wayne was born February 6, 1943 in San Francisco, CA. Not long after his birth the Cartwright family returned to Grass Valley, CA where he was raised. While he attended school he was active in extra curricular sports such as softball, baseball, basketball and [...]
Gary Richard Steffens died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, at home. He was 90. A Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Canice Catholic Church in Nevada City. Private interment will take place at the Newcastle Cemetery in Newcastle, CA.Gary was born in San Francisco, in 1933, to [...]
June 8, 1939 to February 27, 2024William Mullis passed away peacefully at UCSF Hospital on February 27, 2024, surrounded by family. Bill is survived by his sister Carol Kendrick, daughter Vicki Lowry, son-in-law Ken Lowry, grandsons Jacob and Josh Lowry and nieces Elizabeth Kendrick and Nancy Christiansen. Bill was predeceased by his parents Bill and [...]
February 25, 1949 to February 24, 2024 Jerry peacefully passed away at home surrounded by family, after an 18-year battle with kidney cancer. Born in Long Beach, CA to Elbia & Yvonne Hall, Jerry served as a Marine Reservist from 1969-1976. He was married to Irene Hall for 52 years and a Nevada County Resident [...]
Our beloved Bill Douglass, jazz master and co-founder of the Sierra Jazz Society, passed away quietly in his sleep at 5 AM on February 26, 2024. Bill’s wife, Nora Nausbaum, had been a steady presence at his side through his years-long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. From his youth in Grass Valley, Bill developed a unique [...]
February 12, 1937 to February 17, 2024Louis Robert "Bob" Libutti, of Nevada City California, sadly left us on February 17th, only days after his 87th birthday, and after years of struggling with Parkinson's disease. He is predeceased by his sister Cathleen and survived by his wife, Mary Tendall, son Robert (Bonnie) of Michigan, Laura (Jon) [...]
SAMUEL “SAM” RAMEYMay 3, 1939 to February 23, 2024Samuel Sam Ramey went to be with his Lord on February 23, 2024. He was born in Los Angeles, CA on May 3, 1939. He moved to Grass Valley in 1949 where he attended local schools and graduated from Nevada Union High School in 1957.He married his [...]
