Viola Madden Means Viola Madden Means passed away Monday, April 6, 2015 at her home in Susanville surrounded by her loving family.  Viola was born in 1924 in Gillette, Wyoming to John and Flossie (Scull) Madden. She was raised in Oshkosh, Nebraska on the Madden family farm, which her grandmother and children homesteaded in the Great Land Rush.  Viola attended the Penn Valley School District.  She was able to complete school through the 8th grade due to the distance to the high school, but she taught her eight children many grandchildren, great grandchildren and others from her community lessons throughout her whole...

Rodney James Hoffman Rodney James Hoffman, of Susanville, California, passed away on April 5, 2015, after a short illness surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 10, 2015 at 11:30 a.m., at Calvary Chapel, 450 Richmond Road.  Pastor Mike Scanlan will be officiating.  Inurnment will follow at the Diamond Crest Cemetery in Johnstonville. Rod was born in Harbor City, California, to Barbara Hoffman November 16, 1964. In 1989, Rod met the love of his life and best friend, Brenda, in Upland, California, and they were married a year later awaiting the birth of their first son.  They were married...

Pat Workman Pat was born in Idell, Arkansas to Jesse and Martha Workman. He is survived by his daughters Jean (Dennis) Jones of Susanville, Mavis Wenger (Bob) of Atkins, Iowa. Lisa (John)Kuenzelok of Gold Beach, Oregon, six grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, brothers; Russell Workman of Pawnee, Oklahoma, Curtis Workman of Laurel, Montana, sisters; Wanda Roden of Van Buren , Arkansas and numerous nieces and nephews. Pat was preceded in death by his brother Elmer Workman, sisters, Edyth Withrow and Imagean Prince and grandson’s Scott and Danny Jones. He was a quiet man, a gentle giant, an awesome father, brother and uncle. Why Pre-plan? Thinking...

Viola June Wood Viola June Wood, the Granddaughter of two neighboring long Valley pioneer families, Doyle and Ferris, and the step granddaughter of another pioneer family, the Robinson's, passed away peacefully with family by her side on March 29, 2015. One of three children , she was born on June 5, 1922 in Doyle, California to Jessie Luella Doyle and Levi Leonard Armstrong. June, as she was commonly known attended school at Long Valley and in the seventh grade took the janitor job. For five dollars a month, June walked to school an hour early every morning and built the fire, swept the floor, cleaned blackboards, dusted...

Kenneth Lyle Erb  Longtime Susanville resident, Kenneth Lyle Erb passed away at the age of 93 on March 27, 2015. Ken was born on June 19, 1921 in Albany Oregon. He was the first born of five children of Elmer and Jennie Erb. Ken attended schools in Albany, graduating from Albany High School in 1939. He was active in football, baseball and band. Upon graduation, Ken attended technical school to learn to be an airplane mechanic. He then went to work for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle Washington, building B-17 airplanes. He also obtained his pilot’s license. Ken served in the...

  Gladys French On the 13th of March, a few minutes before midnight, Gladys lost her final battle; the victor was lung cancer. Her final battle began in June 2013 with a small spot on her left lung. Gladys didn’t want chemo or radiation due to her age. Gladys was born in Chicago in 1925 to Joseph and Monica Barbeaux. She began her schooling and graduated from Wells high school in Chicago in 1943. She worked as a bookkeeper until her enlistment in the Marine Corps. A short time later she met and fell in love with her first and only husband, Clyde...

  Mardel Dawn Marlatt Mardel Dawn Marlatt, passed away on March 3, 2015 at the age of 68 after an extended illness at Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nevada. She was born on January 28th, 1947 in La Grande, Oregon to Lester and Maida Wells. Mardel spent the first 12 years of her life in the little Eastern Oregon logging and lumber town of Pondoasa, OR. She attended a two-room school for her grade school years in Pondosa. In 1959 the family relocated to Baker, Oregon where she graduated from Baker High School in 1965. Mardel met the love of her life, Daniel Marlatt while roller-skating and dated...

Thomas Neil Eilers Thomas Neil Eilers was born June 7th, at Potter's Nursing Home to August W Eilers and Eva Thomas Eilers. Thomas graduated from Lassen High and then Chico State with a degree in archaeology. He served in the Navy on the USS Columbus from to 1967 to 1973 as a Fire Control Specialist. He married Sharon Louise Eilers on July 23rd, 1978. Thomas was a practicing Wiccan. He was a great photographer and he grew some of the most amazing tomatoes and managed the farmers market for a while.  He worked at the local Walmart in the Garden Center and in Sporting Goods.  One of his...

  Bruce Evans Date of death: 02/23/2015 Place of death: Susanville, California City of residence: Janesville Date of birth: 10/10/1958 Place of birth: Santa Cruz, California Survived by:  Father and Mother Ronald and Janet Evans, sons Bryce and Andrew Evans,daughters Melissa and Michael, Danille and Matt, brothers, Dave and Scott Evans, sisters, Ronette Scarbrough, Karen and Mel Graruinger and four grandchildren. Memorial: Saturday, March 14, 2015  at 10:30 a.m., at the Church of the Nazarene ( next to Banner Lassen Medical Center). Why Pre-plan? Thinking about your own funeral leaves most people feeling a little uneasy, but more adults are finding that pre-planning a funeral offers great emotional and...

Norma Lee Yorg Norma Lee Yorg, of Susanville, California, died peacefully at home on Wednesday morning, February 4th, 2015. Norma was born January 18th, 1949 in Lakeport, California, to Gordon and Genevieve Thrash. She dearly loved her only sibling Sharon who raised Norma after her parents died when she was an adolescent. She spent her childhood in Covelo, California, moving to Susanville in 1972. Norma is survived by her loving husband Floriano Yorg, brother-in-law Jack Brown of Covelo, son Jarrett Black and his wife Alicia, step-daughter Nicole Yorg, grandchildren Myranda Heard, Stevee Heard, Teagan Pearsall, Anna Black, Rachel Black, Samantha Brill, Isabella Brill, and Kenny Brill, niece Melody Brown,...