Francis (Fred) Henry Butler passed away of natural causes February 6, 2010, just 32 days short of his 96 birthday. His last residence was at the Macklyn House in Brookings. He was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island on March 10, 1914, to Fredrick Alfred Butler and Emma A Bernard.

In 1931, at the age of 17, he left home to join the Navy. He was very proud of his Navy service, serving on the battleships New York, Pennsylvania and Nevada. He always said he didn’t join the Navy to see the world; he joined to have a place to sleep and get three meals a day, this being the time of the Great Depression. In the meanwhile, he did get to see the world. He traveled to Cuba, Panama, Hawaii, Philippines and Japan.

Ronald Gene Gaddis

Ron was born to John and Peggy Gaddis on July 3, 1953, in Crescent City, where he was a 53-year resident before moving to Oregon.

Bob Wolfinbarger died February 4, 2010, after a short fight with cancer.

Born June 22, 1938, in Chino, he grew up around cattle ranching and learned to drive trucks and tractors at a very young age.  Bob joined the military in the 1950's and proudly served in a motor pool unit in occupied Berlin, Germany.  It was there that he met his wife of 48 years, Edith.  After the military, Bob drove trucks as a profession until he moved to Del Norte County in 1966.  While in Del Norte, Bob had a goat farm, a pet shop and zoo, worked in the logging industry, commercial fished, line cooked at restaurants and had a landscape business.  Bob is best remembered by many Del Norte residents as the high school custodian, where he worked for over 20 years.