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: Editor; Posted On Friday, 04 August 2017 23:58; 04 August 2017

Richard Lewis

Richard Vincent ‘Rich’ Lewis
1933-2017

Richard was born in Oakland, Calif., on July 3, 1933, and passed peacefully in his Glendale, Ariz., home on July 24, 2017, at the age of 84 from natural causes.

A veteran, he served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict followed by many years as a merchant seaman, traveling around the globe numerous times.

A “people person,” Rich was a longtime classic men’s barber, practicing on Matson cruise lines, in San Francisco hotels and later in Lake County, Calif., where he was known as the unofficial “Mayor of Clearlake” at his log cabin shop on Lakeshore Drive. There he also obtained his real estate license and was a successful agent in a profession he truly loved.

Rich and his wife, Sharon, resided in Lake County from 1976 to 1999, when they relocated to Lakewood, Colo., where his son, Donald, was living at the time and his first grandson was about to be born.

Survivors include his spouse, Sharon; sons, Don (Phoenix), Rick (San Mateo) and Tom (Reno); grandsons, Vincent and Eli (Colorado); granddaughters, Natalie and Isabel (California); numerous cousins, nieces and nephews; good friends Donald and Patricia Treppa (Lakeport), and Norma and Rob Hodges (Kelseyville); and his buddy, a Swiss Mountain dog, Jackson.

He is and will be greatly missed.

: Elizabeth Larson; Posted On Wednesday, 02 August 2017 19:38; 06 August 2017

Marjorie Lund

Marjorie Lund
June 8, 1950 - July 2, 2017

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Margie passed away unexpectedly in early July.

Margie loved to travel and took cruises to Mexico and Hawaii. Her family remembers that she was a thoughtful and generous person who made friends easily. She will be missed.

A potluck will be held on Saturday, August 5 at the Sterling Shores Estates Clubhouse in Lakeport at noon.

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

: Editor; Posted On Friday, 28 July 2017 22:00; 28 July 2017

Theodore W. McNeill

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Ted was born in Healdsburg on Feb. 17, 1934, the son of the late James B. and Mary Alice McNeill.

He passed away at age 83 on Monday, July 17, 2017, in Santa Rosa.

He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps and not long after that made his home in Lakeport.

Ted worked as a mechanic at Lake Chevrolet in Lakeport, the city of Lakeport and Union Oil at the Geysers.

Ted is survived by his children, Brian M. McNeill (Laura) of Elk Grove, Kenneth W. McNeill (Becky) of Mill Creek, Wash., Lisa M. McNeill and fiance Tom Kimoto of Denair, and Shelley C. Moore (Eric) of Paso Robles; grandchildren, Colton, Macie, Dylan, Alexa, Lindsey, Brandon, Mckenzie, Hannah, Justin, Alicia, Kelin, Ian, Makenna and Madison; and brother, Bob (Nancy) McNeill of Lakeport. He was predeceased by his sister, Alice Marie McNeill.

A private service was held at Hartley Cemetery.

The family asks that donations in his memory be made to United Christian Parish at 745 North Brush St., Lakeport 95453.

Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com.

: Editor; Posted On Friday, 04 August 2017 23:48; 04 August 2017

Cheryl Lee Adair

Cheryl Lee Adair
Jan. 13, 1950 – July 30, 2017

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Cheryl left us suddenly and unexpectedly in July. She leaves behind her two sons, Adam and Jayson (Amber); and her four grandchildren, Adrianna, Caitlynn, Preston and Elijah.

We will miss your warmth, love and support, but most of all, your hugging arms!

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

: Editor; Posted On Friday, 28 July 2017 22:00; 28 July 2017

Tammy Kay Smith

Tammy Kay Smith
May 14, 1960 - July 16, 2017

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Tammy leaves behind her husband, Mike; three daughters, Courtney, Sara and Lea; and nine grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary on Friday, Aug. 11, at 2 p.m.

Tammy was a loving soul who touched everyone she encountered and she will be dearly missed.

For further information please contact Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611.

: Editor; Posted On Friday, 28 July 2017 22:00; 28 July 2017

Harold Pierce

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Harold Foster Pierce, “Hal,” was born Aug. 2, 1950, in Oakland, Calif., and passed away on July 20, 2017, surrounded by family, in Kelseyville.

Hal was born and raised in Pacheco and Benicia, Calif. After graduating from Benicia High as the local football super star, he volunteered for the service branch Army, where he volunteered for a year in Vietnam shortly after and a member of the 101st Airborne.

Not long into his tours, Hal earned the prestigious role of sniper for his marksman skills, where he became known as “Mountain Man” amongst his military superiors and peers, from that point on.

After his service in the Army, Hal worked in construction. He enjoyed construction and became quite the craftsman.

Hal first came to Lake County as a child vacationing here with his family. He lived here on and off over the years, however, moved here permanently almost 20 years ago.

It is in Lake County that he honed in on his golf skills and became quite good at it. He played golf weekly, sometimes daily, with his friends.

Golf was a hobby, but his true love was really being an outdoorsman. He loved more than anything hunting and fishing with his brothers. He was still planning his next hunting trip up until the day he spoke his last words.

Every time I saw him he would tell a joke before saying “hi” and would giggle his infectious giggle that one couldn’t help but laugh with him. He always had a smile on his face that you knew he loved life.

Hal was hunter and marksman. There weren’t many times that you didn’t have a visit will him that he didn’t speak about his new rounds or show you his latest target grouping.

Hal was a constant source of entertainment. My favorite story that he ever told was the one where he and his brothers set up a burglar that had terrorized their neighborhood with a rash of break-ins. I wish I could tell the story the same as he did because then I would have one last belly laugh at the expense of that poor teenage neighbor, turned “burglar.” They set the burglar up. His parents had left them home alone and the brothers took the liberty to make the house look completely empty. They waited and waited until sure enough, they heard the burglar coming through their window. What happened next involves ropes, duct tape and shaving cream. And for fear of incriminating my uncles still living, I’ll leave it at the “burglar” left that night scared and embarrassed. The neighborhood houses were safe from that night on.

Hal was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Jo Bishop, and stepfather, Joe Bishop, and father, Jim Pierce Sr.

He is survived by his three children, Christine, Lora Jo and Harold Jr.; his sister and best friend, Janice Donaldson and Mark Donaldson; his brothers, Jim Pierce (Kevin), David (Linda) Pierce, Chuck Pierce, Dennis (Shelley) Pierce and Joseph (Kay) Bishop; and sister Joyce Feeney.

He is also survived by several nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews, a great-great-nephew and several special friends throughout the area.

Final note from your niece: Uncles have a special role in life. Not being our father, they are both companion and relative; one of the few people allowed to be both. Whether you see them on just the holidays or they’re your hunting buddy, the loss of an uncle is hard.

Uncle Hal’s passing is particularly a hard one. His loss, however, is filled with years of happy memories and that special connection that belongs only to my uncle Hal.

Thank you for the goodness that you always showed to me, my mother, my father, my sisters, their children and my child. Thank for being my uncle and my friend.

No one lives forever. But, Uncle Hal, you will forever live in our hearts. Now I will go “Enjoy the ……. out of my son,” just as you told me in your final words to me.

One last cheesy joke for you, Uncle Hal: Why didn’t the toilet paper cross the road? Because it got stuck in a crack!

A memorial service will be held at Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary in Lakeport on Monday, July 31, at 11 a.m., with a gathering to follow at Mark and Janice Donaldson’s home.

Donations can be made in Hal’s memory to Hospice Services of Lake County.

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

Obits

Richard Lewis

Marjorie Lund

Theodore W. McNeill

Cheryl Lee Adair

Tammy Kay Smith

Harold Pierce

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