Joseph Charles Astle passed away on January 10, 2020. He was 90. Memorial services were held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Nevada City. Joe was born on May 28, 1929 in Sacramento, California to William L. and Ella Jane Astle. He was a U.S. Army Korean War Veteran. He worked [...]

After a long (103 years!) and interesting life, Alfredo Nespral left this earth on November 25, 2019. Alfredo was born April 16, 1916, in Madrid, Spain. At the age of nine, his uncle took him and his cousin to Havana, Cuba, where he was left to make it on his own. He was taken in [...]

Robert “Bob” Mills Billick passed quietly at Golden Empire Nursing and Rehab on January 2, 2020. He lived 89 wonderful years. Bob was born in Carroll, Iowa, to parents Glen and Hazel Billick, on November 8, 1930. The Great Depression drove the family West, in search of work, where they settled in Longview Washington. Times [...]

Janice Ruth Maxey Collins passed away in her home on December 17, 2019. She was 73 years old. A private memorial service will be held by the family. Janice was born on April 16, 1946 in Joplin, Missouri to Ruth Elaine Carey and Bennie Leon Maxey. She was the owner and CEO of CJ Enterprise [...]

Walter Owen Creasey passed away January 5, 2020, surrounded by family, in Nevada City, CA. He was 94. Walter was born and raised in Long Beach California but spent summers “cowboying” at his family’s cattle ranch in southwestern Arizona. He attended High School at Long Beach Polytechnic and as a teen, earned the title of [...]

Barbara Lee Havis Lucente passed away in Grass Valley on January 8, 2020. She was 73 years old. Services will be held this Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at Hooper & Weaver Mortuary, 459 Hollow Way, Nevada City. A Celebration of Life begins at 1:00 p.m. A Reception will follow. Barbara was born on October 22, [...]

Vicki Landucci passed away January 7, 2020. She was 63. Per her request, no services will be held. She was born on October 18, 1957 and was a resident of Penn Valley, CA. She was the beloved daughter of Patricia and Leo Landucci of Modesto, CA, loving sister of Kathye Landucci of New York City, [...]

Jim Haire passed away peacefully in his home on the evening of December 31, 2019 surrounded by his family. Graveside services will be held on Friday, January 10th, 2020 at 1:00 PM at Hooper and Weaver’s Sierra Memorial Lawn. 459 Hollow Way in Nevada City, CA. Jim was born February 17th, 1930 in Long Beach, [...]

Helen Ardell Long passed away peacefully on November 25th, 2019 in Grass Valley, CA. She was 94. Helen was born October 2, 1925 to Herbert and Ardell Radle in Los Angeles, CA, where she grew up. She was a housewife and mother of 3 children until her mid-forties when she started investing and reconditioning homes [...]

On Saturday, December 14th, Mike Zauss died peacefully at home surrounded by his family and beloved dog Sasha. He is survived by his wife Lis, his sister Sandy, his daughters and their husbands – Sue & Kevin and Michelle & Robbie, his step daughter Linda and husband Pancho, and his grandchildren Junior and Madison. Mike [...]