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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Frank Juquin Del Valle began his journey home to the Ancestors on Dec. 27, 2020.
Frank was born Feb. 15, 1958, in Colusa, California, to Joseph Del Valle and Elizabeth (Holmes) Del Valle.
Frank passed away at his home on the Big Valley Rancheria in Lakeport, where he was also an enrolled tribal member.
Frank is predeceased by his parents; brothers, Joseph and Leonard Del Valle; and sisters, Delores Rivas and Mary Billy.
He is survived by brother, Fred Del Valle; sisters, Carmen Crabtree and Patricia Del Valle; daughters, Jessica Rendon and Maria Washington; grandchildren, Andrea, Ashley, Lorena, Emily and Viviana; and great-grandchildren, Izaiah, Aubrey and Brandon; as well as many, many nieces and nephews.
Frank worked as a tribal monitor for his tribe’s environmental department. He held an oak tree walk for the youth, volunteered at the tule boat festivals and participated in meetings with the state of California on water issues and helped to influence the prioritization of tribal traditional uses of our water throughout the Central Valley Region, including Clear Lake.
Through it all, he remained true to his culture, traditions and heritage. He was an Elder and a dancer in our roundhouse and participated in many Shake Head events to entertain and educate the public about his Pomo people.
Frank was proud of his Pomo heritage and was kind to his people. Frank was always willing to converse and share with anyone in a good way. He was a man of humility and enjoyed creating beadwork, fishing and was an avid San Francisco Giants fan and collector.
Frank’s final resting place will be St. Mary's Cemetery in Lakeport.
Frank, you will be missed. Journey well and may the Ancestors welcome you Home with open arms. Oh, Oh, Oh!
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. – Trish was born in North Bergen, New Jersey and raised in Leonia where she attended grade school and high school.
She hung out under the George Washington Bridge with her friends when she was not working at the local Acme Market as a grocery clerk.
At 18 she moved to the East Bay of California near her brothers before moving to the Borax area of Clearlake in 1986 where her parents retired. On St Patrick's day she obtained a position with Safeway in Clearlake, where she enjoyed her co-workers and patrons. She always had a smile and was accepting of all, working until she retired in August 2020.
Trish met Douglas in 1988 at a Safeway Halloween party and married him in 1991, helping him raise his five children; Gary, Jenifare’, Genessa, Erin and Jaime. They purchased a house in Lucerne where they made it their home and brought in two more children together, Robin and Emilyann.
Her hobbies were gardening, reading, sewing, painting and she loved to hike, cut firewood, camp at Richardson's Grove and Manchester Beach, and travel to see lighthouses along California and Oregon's coast, New Jersey and France. She enjoyed the Beach Boys, ELO, and bee bopping to country music. She often volunteered with her husband at music festivals and was a Temple Guardian with Burning Man with her best friend Theresa.
Trish is survived by her husband, seven children, a niece and nephew in Pennsylvania and eight grandchildren.
Trish joins her parents, Nikolaus and Katharina Heiartz; her brothers, Klaus and Rolf Heiartz and sister, Marlena Jung.
She was a light to all while here on Earth and no words can ever describe what she was to each of us.
Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Our Hero, our father, passed away suddenly on Dec. 20, 2020, at his home in Lower Lake.
Dennis was born May 23, 1935, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
He served in the U.S. Navy and while on leave he married and had four children, Keith, Renee, Bill and Michael.
He married our stepmother, Lilian Allen, in the early 1980s and was married 30-plus years.
Dennis loved traveling, fishing, Nascar races and loved his family.
He is survived by children, Keith Shoffeitt, Renee’ Shoffeitt and Bill Shoffeitt; stepdaughters, Cindy Allen and Karen Allen; sisters, Sandy Shoffeitt and Janet Browning; grandchildren, Desiree Neese, Kendra Medina and Kelsie Shoffeitt; and great-grandchildren, Jaydyn, Ezaue, Aloya and Kaliah.
He was predeceased by son, Michael Shoffeitt; sister, Bobbi Imler; and granddaughter, Amber Shoffeitt.
He will truly be missed.
Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .
Dennis was born May 23, 1935, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
He served in the U.S. Navy and while on leave he married and had four children, Keith, Renee, Bill and Michael.
He married our stepmother, Lilian Allen, in the early 1980s and was married 30-plus years.
Dennis loved traveling, fishing, Nascar races and loved his family.
He is survived by children, Keith Shoffeitt, Renee’ Shoffeitt and Bill Shoffeitt; stepdaughters, Cindy Allen and Karen Allen; sisters, Sandy Shoffeitt and Janet Browning; grandchildren, Desiree Neese, Kendra Medina and Kelsie Shoffeitt; and great-grandchildren, Jaydyn, Ezaue, Aloya and Kaliah.
He was predeceased by son, Michael Shoffeitt; sister, Bobbi Imler; and granddaughter, Amber Shoffeitt.
He will truly be missed.
Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .
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