Arena High Continuation California Alumni Obituaries

JoAnn Vaughn 79 passed away on Thursday January 29 2026 at the Centerville Care Center in Centerville SD. Funeral services will be held at 1000 AM Friday February 6 2026 at Miller Funeral Home Downtown Chapel 507 S. Main Ave. Sioux Falls. The family will greet friends for visitation from 500 700 P...

Leona Gilbert 75 of Sioux Falls SD passed away on Saturday January 31 2026 after a courageous 11year battle with breast cancer. Her memorial service will be held at 1000 a.m. on Thursday February 5 2026 at George Boom Funeral Home OnSite Crematory. Visitation with the family present will take place...

It is with deep sadness that we announce the unexpecting passing of Juan Johnny Martinez Avila. Jesus called him home late afternoon on Tuesday January 13 2026 at the age of 74 in Four Corners Sugar Land Texas. Its been understood that it was due to a complication of his heart. Johnny is proceeded i...

A much loved uncle brother farmer and friend Robert D. Wilke Robbie 68 of Close City TX Ragtown TX passed away on November 26 2025 after a brief illness. He was born August 2 1957 to Reuben and Pauline Wilke in Slaton TX. He was a longtime resident of Post TX and graduated from Post High School in 1...

Elaine E. (Anding) Drachenberg, 80, of Arena passed away on Wednesday, January 28th after an extended illness.Elaine was born on April 25, 1945 to Arthur and Lorraine (Guell) Anding. She was in the first graduating class of River Valley High School in 1963. She married Ronald Drachenberg in 1963.I...

Charles Henry Roelke Charlie passed away on January 30 2026 at the age of 93. Charlie was born on November 3 1932 to Gilbert and Ada Coldwell Roelke. Charlie grew up in the Arena area and graduated from Arena High School class of 1950. Soon after graduation he met the love of his life Verna Thiers. ...

Betty Lou Kasiska age 86 formerly of Prairie du Sac passed away on Monday January 12 2026 at the Montello Care Center. She was born in Madison on March 20 1939 to the late Marvin and Minnie Topper Roberts. Betty grew up in Arena and graduated from Arena High School in 1957. After high school she att...

Mary Elaine Peterson Sawle 74 of Arena WI passed away peacefully on January 19th 2026 surrounded by her family. Mary was born January 31 1951 in Baraboo WI to Russell and Ramona Demby Peterson. The oldest of seven siblings she grew up on the family farm and stepped into the role of caregiver for her...

John Milton Ringstad age 74 passed away at U.W. Hospital in Madison on January 18 2026 after a recent heart surgery. He was born Dec. 3 1951 to the late Harry and Doris Corcoran Ringstad. John grew up in Madison and graduated from Madison Memorial High School. Following high school he traveled out w...

Frances Fiske Wright Grandma Frank 88 passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 13th 2025 in SeaTac Washington after a long and fulfilling life. She was born in Miles City Montana on December 201936 the second child in a family of five daughters to Edward Albert and Lona Belle Fiske Vest. She l...

Peter E. Burns Jr. age 93 passed away on Tuesday January 6 2026 at Agrace Hospice Care Inc. in Fitchburg WI. He was born on March 16 1932 on the family farm in the Town of Barneveld to Peter and Regina Leary Burns Sr. Peter was the last surviving sibling of their eleven children. Peter graduated fro...

Carrie Robinson born in Anacortes on October 2 1954 died on December 1 2025 at the age of 71. She passed away at St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham from cardiac arrest. Carrie is survived by her brother Ray Robinson and sister Roxan Robinson Kraft of Anacortes. Carrie was a long term resident o...

James Jim R. Ely age 85 entered into eternal rest on Tuesday January 27 2026 after a brief illness he joins his beloved wife Linda in Heaven. He leaves behind a legacy of creativity kindness and laughter. Born on October 12 1940 to the late Jarvis and Alphild Swanson Ely Jim was born and raised in S...

Billy Joe James was born April 21, 1941, in Lockett, Texas, the youngest of nine children born to Alfred L. and Ethel James and passed away January 28, 2026, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Most recently of Bowie, Texas, he was raised in Lockett where he learned the enduring values of faith, hard work, and...

The memorial servicecelebration of life for Dion Hebel will be held on Thursday December 4 2025 at 200 p.m. at Sprague Community Recreation 2045 PR308 Sprague MB. Dion David Hebel passed away at his home on Tuesday November 25 2025. He was surrounded in love with family by his side in Buffalo Point ...

Ms. Ellen Joyce High, beloved Wife, Mother, Sister, and Nana, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 19, 2026, while at her home in Wichita Falls, Texas. She was 77 years old.Born on August 27th,1948, Joyce was born to the late Margaret and Marvin Ray Goff of Kinston and raised by the late ...

Jerry Daniel Adamson age 86 of Cody Nebraska passed away peacefully with his wife Deloris by his side on September 17th 2025 at Linden Court in North Platte. He was born in Valentine Nebraska on February 22nd 1939 as the firstborn child of Emmet and Helen Newberg Adamson. He had one brother Rex and...

CUNDYS HARBOR Patricia J. Watkins was born 17 September 1948 to Eugenia and Joseph Cussano in Yonkers New York. She attended parochial and public schools in Yonkers and Pleasantville New York graduating from Pleasantville High School in 1966. In 1971 Patricia earned her undergraduate degree at East...

Harpswell Merwin Linden Chipman of Harpswell Maine passed away peacefully on September 11 2025 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick Maine in the presence of his wife and three sons. He was born at home on the Allen Point Road in Harpswell on June 16 1933. Merwin attended Brunswick High School and enlis...

Walter Wallace Jr. a native New Orleanian was born on December 13 1954 to the union of the late Walter Wallace Sr. and Mildred Morgan. Walter is a graduate of L.E Rabouin High School and after graduation began teaching printing at his beloved Alma Mater. He later became a business owner by opening t...

Eddie L. Brown Sr. 96 entered eternal rest peacefully on Thursday June 19 2025 after many years of a wonderful life. He was born on January 9 1929 to Fred Brown and Grace Bennefield Brown in Jacksonville Florida. He grew up on Hill Street as one of eight childrenand attended Duval County Public Scho...

Clifford G. Benson Jr 77 of Sewickley PA passed peacefully into his Saviors arms on Friday September 12 2025. He is survived by his loving wife of 45 years Cheryl Allen Benson his two cherished sons Gregory Courtney Elizabeth Benson and Paul Benson along with his four adored granddaughters Brinsley ...

Durham William Murdock MacBride 86 of Edendale Lane Durham died peacefully December 16 2025 at Johnson Creek Village in Dover NH with his wife Roberta at his side. Bill was Born July 31 1939 in Walpole MA the son of Arthur Sloan and Lilian MacDonald MacBride. He graduated from Walpole High School i...

Lorraine Salt 93, longtime resident of Cranford, New Jersey passed away peacefully on February 1, 2026. She was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Michael and Mary Piascik on September 2, 1932. She graduated from St. Mary’s High School. She met the love of her life, Norman Salt, at Twin City Roller Sk...

John Wynne H Coach JW 75 of Cedar Grove passed away on January 12 2026. Born on August 22 1950 in Passaic NJ John was predeceased by his parents Harold and Irene Wynne. Having a long and illustrious career the highlight for John was working for Radio City Music Hall in New York City for over 25 year...

Gary Carl Boam passed away on January 5, 2026 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease at Edenbrook on Second Avenue in Kingston, where he had resided for the past two years. He had just turned 80 on December 14th.He was the son of the late Carl Boam, Jr. and Dorothy “Dottie” (Schild) Boam of...

Marilyn Mitchell Tercero age 95 of Martinsburg PA formerly of Dagsboro DE and Silver Spring MD passed away peacefully on Friday December 5 2025. Marilyn also known as Meesie Mom and Dabba was the daughter of the late William Lloyd and Jessie Henderson Mitchell. Born in Atlanta GA on St. Patricks Day...

Eugene (Eugenio) Augustine Mazza, age 93, passed to the arms of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, peacefully on January 29, 2026 at home. Gene was born in Gimigliano, Catanzaro, Italy on September 30, 1932, the middle child of Giuseppantonio Mazza and Angelina Rosa Francesca Falvo Mazza. He was preceded in de...

Wallace Nathaniel Bailey Jr. was born on February 9 1955. He was born in Newport News Virginia to Catherine Shirley Robinson and Wallace N. Bailey Sr. He went to TC Irwin and Dunbar Elementary Schools in Newport News Virginia Thorpe Junior High School in Hampton Virginia and Lindsey Junior High in H...

James Kevin Patton passed peacefully in the early hours of Saturday January 17 2026 at Springfield Memorial Hospital Hospice in Springfield Illinois. He was surrounded by his entire family who offered comfort support and loving goodbyes during his final hours. Kevin was born on February 15 1954 in K...