Our Fallen

My father passed this past week. He was one of the original drivers of the Big Jimmy (sp.?) and was honored at the ceremony held at Ramona Airport a few years ago. Dad came home from WW2 and was stationed in San Marcos, Camp Elliot, La Mesa, Julian and other locations in San Diego County […]

 Mike McCoy Retired BC passed away Monday of a brain aneurysm following knee surgery at his home while recovering. Mike was a great guy and a great friend since 1973. He was the guy that lit up the room that everyone liked. Dependability, loyalty, thoughtfulness, honesty, totally reliable are just but a few of his

Jim Harris was born June 20, 1941, in Santa Ana and passed away Sept. 17, 2017, at his home in Sonora at the age of 76.   Jim was a retired Cal Fire captain and a veteran of the Army. He was a member and past governor of the Sonora Moose Lodge 2183 and a

Francis Fairly Musser, “Smokey”, started his career with the California Department of Forestry (CDF, now CAL FIRE) in the Tehama-Glenn Unit in 1958.  He was assigned to the Lassen Lodge Forest Fire Station in Mineral as a Fire Apparatus Engineer.  He promoted to Fire Crew Captain at the Crystal Creek Camp in the Shasta-Trinity Unit,

Bart Sciacqua was born on August 7, 1937, in Madera, CA. He passed away at home on Monday, September 4, 2017, with his family at his side. Bart was a brave and decorated firefighter and civil servant. He spent 25 years protecting our natural resources and community as a Captain with the California Department of

Robert L. (Bob) Yohr, born May 26, 1923, to Katherine and Edward Yohr of Manawa, WI, died September 10, 2017, in Newberg, OR at age 94, a beloved and cherished husband of almost 54 years.   Bob left home to travel west in ’49, joined the California Dept. of Forestry in ’51, worked his way

Russ, 81, was born and raised in Mt. Pocono, Penn. He served in the Air Force from 1954 to 1958 as a jet engine mechanic. Dodie, 81, was born in Hastings, Neb. They both eventually made their way and met each other in Murphys, Calif. They blended their two families when they married in November

Robert Renz Baker, unwavering friend, husband, and dad, went home peacefully to be with his Lord on Wednesday morning at 1:25 a.m. He had fought a long and hard battle with emphysema and asthma, but he could not stand against the final strike of cancer. He will be missed by all who knew and loved

It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of retired Division Chief Roscoe Rowney.   As some of you were aware, Roscoe had been diagnosed with a brain tumor just a few short years after his retirement.  He battled that brain tumor and WON!  We all had hoped it

Steve J. Sayers, age 71, passed away on August 15, 2017 at the Northern Arizona VA Hospice in Prescott, as a result of the progression of Liposarcoma with which he was diagnosed in August 2013. Steve was born on June 16, 1946, in Elmhurst, Illinois. After high school he moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, where he