Walter Wayne Smith died peacefully in his sleep Saturday, September 29, 2012. He was born in Fresno, Calif., April 19, 1929, to Helen Marie VanEmmon Smith and Wayne Charles Smith. He grew up in Fresno and worked as a diesel mechanic from the time he was young and worked in his father’s truck repair garage. Walt served in the U.S. Army in Korea and was a proud patriot. He was a long-time resident of Del Norte, where he worked in his profession for many years and then retired.

Walter was a jack of all trades and could fix anything he laid his hands on. He reached out to help those in need, and when his children were small he was often seen with a car full of neighborhood children on route to Sunday School. Walter was a hard worker and was tirelessly devoted to his family. He will be remembered for his easygoing laugh and friendly nature. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Walt is survived by his brother Ted and his family; daughter Carola Ponterio, her husband Richard and their children Kristopher, Kathryn, Kent, Kyle and Kimberly, who have six children of their own; his son Kendal and wife Cindy and their children Kasey and Haley and her child; Konnie and her children, Gibson and Kaeden Korrie.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, October 6, at 11 a.m. at Pelican Bay Evangelical Free Church. Interment has taken place at the Del Norte County Veteran’s Cemetery.

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Arrangements are under the direction of Wier’s Mortuary Chapel..

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DJ  is survived by his long-time girlfriend Patricia Pitt;  father David Culbertson and his wife Anna Culbertson;  his mother Trish Melvin and her husband Grant Melvin; siblings Andrea Dawn Williams, David Wade Culbertson, Bailey Norbury, Joshanna Norbury, Leslie Singletary, Jessica Singletary, Zeb Melvin, Brittany Melvin Gilliespie, Patsy Melvin Arnold, Dwayne Melvin and Kendra Berry. Grandparent Elaine Culbertson; uncle Donald Lowry and his wife Shana and their two children Seth and Joanna; uncle CJ Gardenhire and his wife Barbara and their two children Shaylie and Lakayla; aunt June Culbertson and her three children Trish, Barbara and Essie; aunt Laurie Miller and her husband Eric and a ton more just as important aunts, uncles, cousins and friends

DJ  is survived by his long-time girlfriend Patricia Pitt;  father David Culbertson and his wife Anna Culbertson;  his mother Trish Melvin and her husband Grant Melvin; siblings Andrea Dawn Williams, David Wade Culbertson, Bailey Norbury, Joshanna Norbury, Leslie Singletary, Jessica Singletary, Zeb Melvin, Brittany Melvin Gilliespie, Patsy Melvin Arnold, Dwayne Melvin and Kendra Berry. Grandparent Elaine Culbertson; uncle Donald Lowry and his wife Shana and their two children Seth and Joanna; uncle CJ Gardenhire and his wife Barbara and their two children Shaylie and Lakayla; aunt June Culbertson and her three children Trish, Barbara and Essie; aunt Laurie Miller and her husband Eric and a ton more just as important aunts, uncles, cousins and friends

He was preceded in death by his grandma Jonie, grandpa Gus, grandpa Joe and great-grandma Dorothy, and Uncle Bobbi.

I love you son.

Contributions may be made to the Donald Culbertson Trust Account at Tri-Counties Bank, 936 3rd. Street, Crescent City, CA   95531.

Graveside services were held at Smith River District Cemetery on Wednesday, October 3rd, at 1 p.m.

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Christa Anna Perl passed away on Sept. 16, 2012. She was born in Austria on July 31, 1944. She is survived by her son Brian Farr, daughter-in-law Edelma Diepstra, granddaughter Allyson Farr, and significant other Donald Peters. She moved to Crescent City seven years ago, and found here much happiness with her family and friends. Groups like the Red Hat Society and Sunrise Garden Club gave her a joy she could not find anywhere else. She was greatly loved and will be deeply missed.

Services will be held at the Lighthouse Inn, on October 6, 2012, from 2–4 p.m. Coffee and cookies will be provided at memorial service.

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 Frances went to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 18, 2012, at Curry Good Samaritan Center, Brookings, Ore., and was laid to rest with her husband Frank Clay in Eagle Point National Cemetery, White City, Ore.

Frances moved to Crescent City with her husband and their children from Lakewood, Calif., in 1968. Together they raised three sons, John, Steven, and Michael. Fran was a resident of Crescent City until April of 2011, when she was moved to Curry Good Samaritan Center. 

Born on November 13, 1966, in Crescent City, Harold has been a resident of Crescent City all his life. He is a Del Norte High School graduate from the class of 1985, a true warrior that loved Del Norte County and its beautiful outdoors. Hiking through the redwoods and visiting the Smith River was a passion of his that he did all his life.

 Margaret was born to Claire and Myrtle Calkins in Hood River, Ore. She attended grade school in Portland and Hillsboro, Ore., attending high school  at Laurelwood Academy in Gaston, Ore. She went to Walla Walla College in the summer of 1946, where she met her future husband, Robert Devoir.

They married on January 23, 1949, living in Portland and Beaverton, Ore., until September of 1971, when they came to Crescent City to outfit and open the convalescent hospital on Marshall Street. They operated it for 10 years and then sold the facility and moved to Camarillo, Calif., to run their other facility at that time. Margaret retired in 1993, returning to Crescent City in 1999.

Jean Early Anderson, a long-time resident of Crescent City, passed away suddenly on Sunday, September 16, 2012, in Everett, Wash., at the age of 91.

Jean was born Freddie Eugenia Jones in Wynne, Ark., on February 24, 1921. She married Riley Dunlap there in 1942, and moved to Stockton, Calif., to live with her brother when her husband was serving in the Army in WWII. Dunlap was killed in the European theater in 1945. Jean married Liston Early in 1947. 

Audrey Elizabeth Godfrey, 26, passed this life on Sept. 10, 2012. She is survived by long-time partner Dwayne Allen Davis of Crescent City, and their 2-year-old son Abel Charles Allen Davis. She is also survived by her mother Tari Ann Hatfield and her brother Spencer R. Godfrey of Smith River, and her father Robert B. Godfrey of Rio Vista, Calif., and her maternal grandmother Maryann Hatfield of Klamath. She is also survived by her uncle  Rorik Cosma of Cambria, Calif., aunt Donna Jo Lin of Trinidad and uncle Walter O. Hatfield of Crescent City, cousins Jordan O., Kaitlin M., and Hannah L. Freeze of various locations, mother-in-law Terri Davis and sisters-in-law Mariah and Taylor Davis of Crescent City, grandparents-in-law John and Rose Davis of Crescent City.  She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents Vincent and Rita Godfrey. 

There will be a Celebration-of-Life memorial service at the DN Senior Center on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, at 1 p.m. For information please call 951-1633. All welcome. Audrey was a loving and caring mother. We love you, Audrey, and always will. You will live in our minds and hearts forever.

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Christa Anna Perl passed away on Sept. 16, 2012. She was born in Austria on July 31, 1944. She is survived by her son Brian Farr, daughter-in-law Edelma Diepstra, granddaughter Allyson Farr, and significant other Donald Peters. She moved to Crescent City seven years ago, and found here much happiness with her family and friends. Groups like the Red Hat Society and Sunrise Garden Club gave her a joy she could not find anywhere else. She was greatly loved and will be deeply missed.

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