Ruth Mountaingrove, lesbian-feminist poet, photographer, composer, publisher, musician, playwright, painter and women’s land pioneer, died peacefully Dec. 18, 2016, at age 93, at Ida Emmerson Hospice House in Eureka. Ruth was born Ruth Shook Feb. 21, 1923 in Philadelphia, daughter of Edith Shelling and Herbert Shook. She attended Kutztown State Teachers College. In 1946, she…
OBITUARY: Kenneth Richard David
Kenneth Richard David Ken David was born Jan. 8, 1941 and passed away peacefully at home with his wife at his side on Nov. 8, 2016. He was born in Denver, Colorado, son of Richard and Emma David. They moved to Humboldt County in 1951 from Herlong, Calif., where his father worked in the motor…
Obituary: Danny Wayne Harpe
Danny Harpe passed away at home in Eureka Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at age 68. Danny was born Feb. 9, 1948 in Ukiah to parents Ernest and Eleanor Harpe. He was raised in Hopland on Valley Oaks Farm with three brothers and a sister. Danny graduated from Ukiah High in 1966. While in high school,…
Obituary: Lee Wakefield, 1941 – 2016
Lee Wakefield died in his home at the Pickwick Apartments on Oct. 4, 2016. Lee, 75, was responsible for the terraced gardens, espaliered fruit trees and the sculpture garden behind Sunny Brae’s Pickwick Apartments, which can be viewed from Samoa Boulevard. But he went further, planting fruit trees all over the complex, manicuring the large…
Obituary: Peggy O’Neil Duncan
Peggy O’Neil Duncan, a resident of Gasquet, Calif., died July 26, 2016 in a tragic car accident. Peggy was born April 8, 1956 in Arcata. She was a graduate of McKinleyville High School. She graduated from Humboldt State University in Arcata, with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Masters Degree in Education. She…
Obituary: Dennis Richard Michael Cahill, May 21, 1939 – August 7, 2016
Dennis passed peacefully at his Bayside home surrounded by family on Aug. 7, 2016. He had a great view of the birds in the birdfeeder and four of his six grandchildren playing in the yard. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 21, 1939 to Catherine and Michael Cahill. Nine years later, in 1948,…
Obituary: Ralph William Michael McCarthy
Ralph William Michael McCarthy was born Sept. 6, 1944 in Niagra Falls, New York, to Paul and Mary Madau McCarthy, the first male child of immigrants to be born in the United States. Ralph was raised in Artesia, Calif., a surfboarder at Huntington Beach in the days when one could catch a Janis Joplin or…
Obituary: Lisa Christine Bowes
When an artist passes away, … they return to the cosmic dust and become part of the place where ideas come from. – Gerard Way Lisa Christine Bowes left this earth on July 9, 2016. Her creative spark now joins the stars and the cosmic dust. Lisa was born…
Obituary: Jerry Partain
Professor Emeritus Jerry Partain, who helped establish Humboldt State’s Forestry bachelor’s degree and turn the program into a longstanding success, died on July 4, 2016 at the age of 91. Partain was hired in 1953, when coffee cost students 7¢ a cup, to teach with Ed Pierson, who had recently begun a two-year forestry technical…
Obituary: Darlene Marlow Jan. 11, 1949 – June 6, 2016
Darlene Marlow, a Trinidad resident who served the whole community of Humboldt County, died suddenly on June 6. A long-time president of the Trinidad Friends of the Library, she worked tirelessly to raise funds for the new Trinidad Library, from selling agates and cards at every community event to chairing big fundraisers such as two…