Obituaries

Jan 11, 2021

Ronald Leland Alban died on January 11, 2021 of complications recovering from a hip replacement surgery. He was 99 years old (he was really 86 years old but wanted to live to 99). Ron was born to Neil and Grace Alban on July 25, 1934 in Pilot Mound, IA. He was third of five children.

Ronald attended...

Jan 10, 2021

Keith Stanley Baugher was born May 27, 1926 on the family farm south of Orland and passed away on Sunday, January 10th. He graduated from Orland High School, where he played football and basketball. After graduating from high school, he was drafted into the Army and served in Italy in the 185th Engineering Division, helping build a bridge over...

Jan 7, 2021

Timothy Allen Brown was born in Castro Valley CA on February 14, 1964.  Died in Willows CA on January 7, 2021.  Beloved son of Mickey & Vernon Brown.  Tim was a bright light in many people's lives.  He was born with Down's Syndrome & for his entire life, he never knew a stranger.  He loved everyone &...

Dec 31, 2020

Christine Irene Pence passed away on December 31, 2020 at the age of 62. Christine was born on February 16th, 1958 in Willows California. For 40 years Christine worked as a waitress in restaurants, and liked to spend time hunting, fishing, and doing any type of outdoor activities. Christine will be dearly missed.

Christine is survived by...

Dec 28, 2020

Jon Kimberlin White passed away on December 28th, 2020 at the age of 86. He is survived by his wife Jackie White.

Dec 28, 2020

Kent passed peacefully, on Dec. 28, 2020 after a brief illness. Born June 28th, 1928 to B.E. and Ima Plott in Ojai Ca., Kent moved with his family to Orland Ca in 1937 and later they moved to Vina, Ca. Kent graduated from Los Molinos High School in 1947.

Before going to the army in 1950, Kent...

Dec 24, 2020

Rafael Perez was born on November 11, 1929 in Woodland, CA to Rafael Perez and Maria Mañas Perez, from Uleila del Campo and Sorbas, Spain. He graduated from Orland High School and began to work in the grocery business at the age of 15.

In 1950, he married LaVon Nichols and raised three sons, Charles (Chuck), Christopher...

Dec 23, 2020

Deena Elyse Clark age 60, passed away on December 23rd, 2020 after a battle with Ovarian Cancer. Deena is preceded in Death by her Parents Kathryn & George Clark of Corning, Ca. and her brother Larry Clark of Fernwood, ID., and is survived by her brother Dennis Clark (Karen), sister Deborah Logue (Bob), daughter Denisha Lawson, sons Jared Lawson (Cindy)...

Dec 23, 2020

Joseph "Zap" DeFaria passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020. He was born in Etna, CA on December 16, 1952 to Joseph and Patricia DeFaria.

Zap spent the first half of his life in the small town of Etna before his family moved to Orland in 1972, where he remained the rest of his days.

Dec 22, 2020

Angelica Rangel-Saavedra passed away December 22nd, 2020 at the age of 34, she is survived by her husband, Ricardo Cazares.

Dec 18, 2020

Glenn "Silvermane" Ferry was born in Chico in September 1944 to Merle and Wilma Ferry and grew up in Orland, California. On December 18th, 2020 Glenn passed away in a Las Vegas hospital due to a massive heart attack.

Glenn attended Orland schools, graduating from Orland High School, and graduated from Chico State with a Geography major....

Dec 17, 2020

Gordon Keith Koehn, 80, passed away December 17, 2020, in Chico. Born in Kansas on March 4th, 1940, Gordon was the loving son of Levi and Julieta Koehn. A resident of Glenn, California for the past 18 years, Gordon had been employed as a truck driver for 45 years, having logged more than a million miles up and down Interstate...

Dec 9, 2020

Margaret was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire England. Her mother was a young British woman married to an American Army Air Corp serviceman. When she was six months old she and her mother came to the USA on the Queen Mary as part of the "Brides and Babies" journey bringing war brides back from Europe, they landed in New York...

Dec 1, 2020

Gordon W. Fredenburg, Orland, California, formerly of Adams Center, New York, died December 1, 2020, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He had been a patient at the Veteran's Hospital of Mather, California since October 22,2020.

Gordon was born June 8, 1948 in Watertown, New York, son of the late Walter R. and Nina (Tiffl Fredenburg. He...

Nov 30, 2020

Rita Auser passed away on Monday, November 30th in the city of Orland at the age of 92.

Nov 29, 2020

Freda Aimee Murray passed away on November 29th, 2020 at the age of 98 at West Haven in Orland. She was born October 9th, 1922 in Santa Rosa, CA to John and Emma Frey, the second oldest of 8 children. She attended school through high school in Santa Rosa. In 1941 she married Thomas M. Murray of Petaluma. They...

Nov 28, 2020

Joy Ann Guhl passed away on November 28, 2020 at the age of 96. She was a resident of Orland for 80 years.

Nov 26, 2020

Rachele Marie Collins passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2020. A longtime resident of Orland, she had moved to Chico just last year. She is survived by her son, Kameron Spencer, and parents, Charles Collins and Virginia Collins,

Nov 23, 2020

From a kiss in a Hamilton City cafe, grew one of the most loving marriages that could have ever happened. Bob and I met in December of 1974 and married shortly after that in August of 1975. In 1980 Bob gave his heart to the lord Jesus Christ, he became a better worker, father, and husband.

He...

Nov 23, 2020

Raymundo Flores Salgado passed away on November 23 rd , 2020 at the age of 87. Raymundo was born on January 23, 1933 in Iguala, Mexico to Tomas Salgado and Reyes Flores. Raymundo has been a resident of Orland CA for the last 50 years.

Raymundo was very family-oriented. He was married 50 years before being widowed...