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LAKEPORT, Calif. — On Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, Charles “Jake” Rose, loving husband, father of three, grandfather of four and great-grandfather of three, passed away peacefully at his home in Lakeport.
Jake was born in 1943 at Mangum, Oklahoma, to Emmit and Evelyn Rose, the youngest of seven children.
He married Martha Terry in 1961. They were happily married just shy of 60 years at his passing.
He enlisted in the Army National Guard after they were married and worked at his father's plumbing business.
In 1965 Jake moved his family to Clearlake Oaks, California, and began working as a plumber for A.C. Ward and Vic Lamperti. He joined the Operating Engineers Local No. 3 in 1967. He truly loved his job as a heavy equipment operator, working all over Lake County, traveling to jobs in various areas of California and occasionally different states.
After retiring in 1989 he took up wood working as a hobby and built treasured pieces of furniture for his family. Jake was an excellent welder as well, a skill he picked up working in a welding shop when he was 15 years old.
Jake was a quiet, unassuming, peaceful, kind, detail-oriented and disciplined man who was the rock that his family could always count on. He will be forever missed!
He is survived by his wife, Martha Rose; children, Peggy (Craig) Butcher, Charles Junior and Cynthia Carr; grandchildren, Bryce (Kristin) Butcher, Taylor Rose, Briana (Jason) Edwards and Katelyn Bean; and great-grandchildren, Jayden and Layton Butcher and Aubree Edwards.
Services will be held at Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary in Lakeport. Visitation will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 17, from 3 to 6 p.m. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at 10 a.m. with interment to follow at Hartley Cemetery.
Donations can be made in Jake’s memory to the Lakeport Fire Department.
Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Kathleen Anne Harness of Witter Springs passed away Aug. 2, 2021, in Santa Rosa, California as a consequence of Alzheimer's disease.
She and her twin brother Jim were born Aug. 26, 1950, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to LeRoy Russell Erickson and Agnes Mary Farley.
In 1952 she moved with her family to the Farley family ranch near Tomales in western Marin County.
She was a third generation graduate of Tomales High School, attended Santa Rosa Junior College, then transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, where she met her future husband Steve Harness while living at Stebbins Hall, a house in the Berkeley Students Cooperative.
She and Steve were married on Sept. 8, 1973, in Berkeley.
Kathleen worked for the Veterans Administration in Oakland and in Martinez. She finished her AA degree at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill.
The couple moved to Upper Lake in 1978 when Steve was employed as a teacher at Upper Lake High School.
Kathleen worked as a medical transcriber for Dr. Duane Bradley until the birth of their daughter Erin in 1982.
When Erin and son Kevin were attending Upper Lake Elementary School, Kathleen became a volunteer aide, and was later hired as the English Language Learner aide at the school, serving there until 2010.
During this time she completed her BA degree in communications at Sonoma State University in 2000.
Kathy was an attender of the Lake County Friends Worship Group and a member of the Lake County Democratic Club and Sweet Adelines. She was a talented cartoonist and used this skill extensively in teaching her students to learn English.
Kathy had a firm faith in the goodness of God. She played the piano well, loved to sing and could still hum the tunes of hymns long after she lost the ability to speak the words.
Kathy was interested in politics and applied her quirky sense of humor, when she marched in the 2008 Clearlake Independence Day parade in an entirely homemade Statue of Liberty costume.
Kathleen is survived by her husband, Steve Harness of Witter Springs; her brothers, Lee (Janeann) Erickson of Valley Ford, James (Lynn) Erickson of Burney and Daniel (Fran) Erickson of Tomales; sister, Carol (Craig) Maxey of Parker, Colorado; daughter, Erin of Santa Rosa; and son, Kevin of Mountain View.
Kathleen's remains have been donated to the University of California, San Francisco, Medical School for research and education. No formal memorial services have been planned.
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. — A celebration of life for Larry Camotta will be held on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m.
It will take place in the Cultural Hall of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, 1725 Peterson Lane, Santa Rosa.
A mask is requested inside the building. Seating will be socially distanced.
Camotta died in his Santa Rosa home on March 27, 2020, at age 83.
He and his wife, Frieda, were Lake County residents for many years before moving to Sonoma County.
Read his obituary here.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Frieda at 707-293-9872 or Jerry at 707-483-7363.
It will take place in the Cultural Hall of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, 1725 Peterson Lane, Santa Rosa.
A mask is requested inside the building. Seating will be socially distanced.
Camotta died in his Santa Rosa home on March 27, 2020, at age 83.
He and his wife, Frieda, were Lake County residents for many years before moving to Sonoma County.
Read his obituary here.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Frieda at 707-293-9872 or Jerry at 707-483-7363.
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