Melvin Leo Cook Jr. Melvin Leo Cook Jr. 72 went home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ peacefully at home surrounded by family on April 8th 2017. He was born May 1st 1944 in Berryville Arkansas to Dovie and Melvin Cook Sr.  Leo served in the US Army and retired from Sierra Army Depot in Herlong California. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dovie and Melvin Cook Sr., along with his sister Linda Olives. He loved the outdoors and always looked forward to opening day of creek fishing with his family. When not outside or spending...

  Paul Bruce Ingle Paul Bruce Ingle was born on March 15th 1950 in Santa Clara California to Otis Vernell Ingle, and Carmen Ingle.  Bruce was raised in the Santa Clara area until the age of 13 when he and his family moved to Ashland Oregon.  He attended Pentecostal Bible College in Livermore, Ca, or as he called it Pentecostal Bridal College in Lovermore, Ca.  There he met Debbie Lucas and after a 6-week courtship he asked Debbie to be his wife.  They were married in Romoland, Ca January 29th, 1972.  Bruce worked many vocations in his life, but his joy...

  William Robert Knox William Robert Knox was born in Portola, California, Sept. 30, 1937 to Clifford Knox and Ethel Knox-Osterman. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family Feb. 20. William was one of four children, Ilda Davis, Alice Knox, Patricia Worthen and brother-in-law, George Worthen, and several nephews and nieces. William went to high school in Bakersfield, California. In 1955 he enlisted into the Navy and served for 12 years, five months. William continued his civil service career at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, as a federal security officer until 1990 when he transferred to Herlong,...

  “Corkey” Loyd Henry Urmson Jr. August 8, 1944 – March 13, 2017 “In Loving Memory” Loyd “Corkey” H Urmson Jr., passed peacefully at home Monday, March 13th, 2017 from pancreatic cancer. Corkey was born to Loyd H Urmson Sr., “Pappy”, and Marie Myers on August 8, 1944. As a kid, he was self-taught on the guitar and other various musical instruments, but as a teen, Corkey was stricken with polio and told by doctors he would never walk, hunt or fish again but in no time, he was up and running with his friends as he was not one to just give...

David Walter Sullivan David Walter Sullivan was born 10-24-80 and passed from this world, into heaven too soon on 2-21-17. Dave was an amazing man! He spent more than half of his life loving his wife, Chris Sullivan madly, truly, deeply… And loving his kids Kyrie, Jordan, and Dominique to the moon and back. In his short life, he touched the souls of every person he met. He was loving, sarcastic, funny, and tough on the outside but a teddy bear on the inside. He was 100% dedicated to every person in his family, especially his dad Eugene 'Charlie' Sullivan and...

Martha Grace Bacon Miller Martha passed away on February 15, 2017 in Sparks Nevada at the age of 86. She was born on February 22, 1930 in Hollister, California to Clarence and Grace Butterfield Bacon. Martha's great grandfather, Myron Bacon, headed out to California during the Gold Rush from Illinois. He and his wife and six children eventually settled in 1866 in Bear Valley on the east side of the Pinnacles and were among the first Americans to settle there. Their son Horace Greeley Bacon, which was Martha's grandfather, taught at the one-room Bear Valley School for more than twenty years, becoming the community's most popular and...

Jack Tomberlin 1930 – 2017 Jack Tomberlin born in November of 1930 to Lewis and Isabel Tomberlin. John M. Tomberlin, one of five children, was always known as Jack.  A graduate of Half Moon Bay High school, he participated in band and choir. Jack loved to sing and had a beautiful voice. He later completed his Associate in Arts degree at San Mateo Junior College in 1953. Jack followed the path of his father and brothers and became a plumber and a Union Member of Local Union 467. Several years later, he became part owner of Gazos Creek Beach House in...

Laura Ann (Tunney) Terry Laura Ann (Tunney) Terry, age 53 of Westwood, passed away at her home surrounded by the love of family, on Saturday , February 11, 2017. She was born to Georgeann Ledbetter and the late Bj Hicks, on June 18, 1964. Laura attended Westwood High School (class of 1983), and was, at that time, an active member of the First Baptist Church of Westwood where she met Glen J Terry, whom she later married in December 1983. Laura attended and graduated from Heald’s Business College in San Francisco. She later became a devoted mother to Bryan (Bj) Terry...

Dustin James Davenport Dustin James Davenport was a kind and loving son who had many hopes for his future. He was born July 20, 1985, in Susanville, California, to Sherry Chappuis Hunt and Matt Davenport. Dustin lost his life at the young age of 31 on February 5, 2017, in Reno, Nevada. Dustin had struggles in life that called him to his Heavenly home early; he was received in the Loving arms of his Heavenly Father and beloved grandparents. Dustin lived in Susanville until he was 16, where he attended Meadow View and Lassen High School, before moving to Minden, Nevada,...

Dr. David R. Beckwith Dr. David R. Beckwith, 60, of Susanville, California, died January 23, 2017 due to complications arising from a previous surgery. He was born in Denver, Colorado on September 5, 1956 and grew up in Pueblo, Colorado. After completing an undergraduate degree at Colorado State University he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he earned his Medical Degree from Northwestern University Medical School. Dr. Beckwith trained as a General Surgeon in Honolulu, Hawaii prior to managing a medical clinic in Dallas, Texas. In 1988 he moved to Susanville, California and began his 28 year career as a “small...