Joe C. Hettema
March 12, 1929 - March 3, 2015

Joe was born on March 12, 1929, and passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2015.

He was a resident of Clearlake Oaks, Calif., for 25 years prior to relocating to West Lafayette, Ind., where he lived at the time of his passing.

He is survived by his wife Marilyn.

Interment took place at Indiana Veterans Home Cemetery with Air Force military honors.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Lucerne Community Church, 5870 Highway 20.

Memorials may be made to the Lucerne Community Church, P.O. Box 144, Lucerne, CA 95458.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – George Cordon Marvin passed peacefully in his sleep on Feb. 20, 2015.

He was a Kelseyville resident for one and a half years.

He will be greatly missed by his sister, Carole Smith, and her husband, Gary.

Services will be announced at a later date.

Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary.

For further information call Chapel of the Lakes at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Beverly “Katie” Stafford (Parr), 72 years young, passed away April 7, 2015.

Katie was a Lake County resident and business owner for 27 years.

She is survived by two daughters, Bonnie Bishop of Lower Lake and Diane Hughey of Truckee; a granddaughter, Madison Bishop; a niece, Sarah Parr-Malega of Florida; as well as many more nieces and nephews from her Parr heritage.

There will be no services as this was Katie's wish.

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Harry Wray Dutcher passed away on April 2, 2015, at the age of 94.

Wray was born in Scotts Valley, Calif., on February 3, 1921. He was the eldest son of Harry Oscar Dutcher and Clara Lucille Wray, who had three children.

Wray was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Lucille Dutcher. His brother, Edwin Dodge Dutcher, passed four days after Wray.

Wray was a lifelong resident of Upper Lake, with the exception of his service in the United States Navy during World War II.

He married Pearl Lynda Carner on Sept. 3, 1943, in San Diego. They had two children, Laura Wraylene Dutcher of Upper Lake and Allen Mark Dutcher of Scotts Valley.

Pearl had early-onset Parkinson’s Disease and passed away just after her 62nd birthday in 1986.

It is well known Wray enjoyed being in and marveling at nature. Spending time as a fisherman, hunter, logger, rancher, horseman and hard-working farmer were some of the ways he celebrated his love of being outdoors. He took great pride in his work, always ensuring the job was done in his particular way.

Wray valued his family and was proud to be a father, grandfather and great-grandfather, always deeply contented when they gathered around him.

He loved family gatherings and barbecues with friends. Wray also loved cooking family holiday dinners and for the horsemen’s association.

He will be deeply missed.

Memorial services will be held at Upper Lake United Methodist Church, 604 Clover Valley Road, at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18. Burial services will follow at the Upper Lake Cemetery, 780 Clover Valley Road.

A celebration of life gathering will be held at the Upper Lake Grange Hall, 9355 Government St.

If you so choose to honor Wray’s memory, in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, https://support.pdf.org/boardchallenge?tab=3 .

For further information call Chapel of the Lakes at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .

LUCERNE, Calif. – Alan (Maynard) W. Monroe, 62, of Lucerne passed away from a lengthy illness on April 7, 2015.

He was born in Antioch, Calif., to Junior and Annette Monroe. He graduated from Liberty High in Brentwood, Calif., then served in the military as a Marine.

He moved to Lake County, Calif., in 1988 where he loved to drive anything with power. He raced hot boats in the Nor-Cal Boat & Ski Club, rode dirt bikes with his son and the continuous project of his El Camino that was given to him from his dad.

Alan was generous, good-hearted and well-known for always speaking his mind (especially at his son’s football games.)

He is survived by his son, Christopher Monroe of Nice; step-daughters, Lacey Blesio and her son A.J. Blesio of Nice, Stacy Halsted and her son Ryan of Clearlake Oaks; sisters, Barbara Vandersteen of The Woodlands, Texas, Peggie Shuitemaker of Larkspur, Calif., and Neta VanZant of Eureka, Kansas; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Alan is preceded in death by his father, Junior (Nip) Monroe, and his mother, Annette Monroe.

A memorial to celebrate his life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at his home at 6360 Eighth Ave. in Lucerne.

He was much loved by his family and many friends. The world will truly be a lesser place without him.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donation to Hospice Services of Lake County, http://www.lakecountyhospice.org/donate , for their compassionate assistance during this difficult time.

Please share your memories on Alan’s online guest book at www.legacy.com .

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Ed Dutcher, a man who loved life, passed away early the morning of April 6, 2015.

He was always an early riser. He loved logging, hunting, fishing and playing cards, but most of all he loved his family.

Born November 27, 1927, to Oscar and Clara Dutcher, he spent his early years in the Lakeport area and then moved to Upper Lake when he was in the fourth grade.

He graduated from Upper Lake High School just in time to be drafted into the Army and sent to occupied Japan at the end of World War II. While in the Army he trained to be a paratrooper.

After the service he went to college at Oregon State to study forestry. When he decided that wasn’t for him he began logging, which he loved, and there he met Shirley Cole, who was to become his wife and with whom he spent the next 65 years. Then it was back to Lake County where he logged until he was 72.

Ed was known for his honesty, hard work and care of the land. He was known to say, “Don’t run over those young trees, I might want to come back and log here again sometime.”

The California Forestry Department named him Northern California’s second best logger because of that. He was always the first guy on the job site in the morning, and the last to leave at night.

Spare time was spent hunting, fishing and playing cards. In his later years fishing became his main hobby. He joined the Derby Hat Club in 1993, and some of his favorite adventures were spent in a small boat on Howards Prairie in Oregon with some of his closest friends.

His health finally kept him from making the trips, but he never stopped considering himself one of the Derby Hat family.

Ed is survived by his loving wife, Shirley; two sons, Bobby (Nanette) and Dave; and five grandchildren, Briana, Lindsey, Michael, Steven and Samantha.

Visitation will be held at Chapel of the Lakes Friday, April 10, from noon until 2 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 11, at Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, 1625 High St. in Lakeport, with burial to follow at Upper Lake Cemetery, 780 Clover Valley Road.

If you would like to do something in Ed’s memory, take a kid fishing, you’ll never regret it.

For further information call Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .