Matthew Steven Moran
March 5, 1992 - July 17, 2015

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Matt was the loving son of Steve and Lora Moran of Upper Lake, Calif.

He loved football, basketball and music. After graduating from Upper Lake High School he went on to help coach the football team, and was always up for an alumni event.

He loved his Upper Lake community and enjoyed decorating the town for all occasions.

Matt was a kind person; there to help when anyone needed him and whenever a loved one passed.

He leaves behind his parents, his brother Vince (Julie) Moran and their children Justine, Raymond and Adam; many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Matt will be dearly missed by his family and friends.

God bless you, Matthew …

Visitation will be held at Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary on Friday, July 24, from 4 to 7 p.m.

Graveside funeral service will be held at Upper Lake Cemetery on Saturday, July 25, at 11 a.m.

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

Carl Martin Jensen, Ph.D
1929 – 2015

Carl was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1929. His parents, immigrants from Denmark and Sweden, believed in education, hard work and the pursuit of the American Dream.

Carl was an honor student and loved reading. His favorite childhood books were the Tom Swift series. He got his first typewriter as a child and enjoyed writing stories. He also loved going to Brooklyn Dodger games at Ebbets Field and remained a loyal Dodgers fan all his life.

At the start of World War II Carl and his parents moved across the country to Arcata, Calif. Carl attended Arcata Union High School and remained lifelong friends with his graduating class of 1947.

After high school he attended Columbia University in New York and Humboldt State in California. While pursuing his education he married his first wife, Donna, and worked for the Arcata Union newspaper.

When the Korean war began Carl joined the Air Force. He attended Officer Candidate School and became a first lieutenant. He worked in military intelligence and in his spare time he entertained the troops as a disc jockey on the radio. He served most of his military career at Ramey Air Base in Puerto Rico.

After the war he returned to civilian life as a newspaper reporter in Miami, Florida. He eventually started his own paper to pursue hard-hitting investigative journalism.

Exposing political corruption in 1950s Miami was a dangerous occupation. After receiving serious threats, Carl and his second wife, Patricia, moved to San Francisco, Calif.

While in San Francisco Carl began his career as an ad man. His success in advertising eventually took him to Los Angeles where he was a vice-president at Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn (BBDO).

After a near fatal car accident, in 1969, Carl had an epiphany. He vowed that if he survived his injuries he would make big changes in his life. He left the Mad Men lifestyle and enrolled at U C Santa Barbara to pursue a Ph.D. in sociology and a new career in teaching.

Carl began his teaching career in the Sociology department at Sonoma State University, then Sonoma State College, in 1973.

Appalled that the school didn't have a communications major he worked to develop the Communication and Media Studies department.

The academic freedom at Sonoma State in the 1970s allowed Carl to begin a groundbreaking research program called Project Censored in 1976. The project included a who's who of media experts including Bill Moyers, Mike Wallace, Jessica Mitford and Noam Chomsky.

Carl's legacy continues as Project Censored will be celebrating the 40th anniversary next year. It is the longest running media research project in the country.

Carl wrote the annual censored yearbooks through 1996, and a anniversary edition titled 20 Years of Censored News. He also wrote a biographical book about the muckraking journalists of the 20th century titled “Stories that Changed America.”

He was rewarded for his efforts with numerous awards including the Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award, and the Freedom of Information Award from both the Los Angeles and the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists.

Carl retired from SSU in 1997 because of health issues. He continued to participate in Project Censored and to write.

Along with his books on censorship he brought to publication a little-known manuscript from 1907 titled “Millennium, a Comedy of the Year 2000” by Upton Sinclair.

Throughout the rest of his life, his keen interest in media and journalism continued. He was an inspiration and a key figure behind the development and launch of the online-based news publication, Lake County News, operated by his son, John Jensen, and daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Larson. He also sat on the publication's editorial board.

Carl's son, John, in 2014 won the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' James Madison Freedom of Information Award, an award his father had won more than 20 years earlier. They are the only father and son known to have won that particular honor.

Carl married his third wife, Sandra, in 1977. Over the years they shared their home with three Great Danes and four cats. They also shared an interest in photography. Carl enjoyed showing his photographs and won several awards for his art.

After a long and interesting life Carl passed away at his home in Cotati on April 23 due to complications from advanced Parkinson's and Lewy body disease.

Carl is survived by his wife of 38 years, Sandra; his children, Sherman (Mary), Lisa, Pia and John (Elizabeth); several grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at Cross and Crown Lutheran Church in Rohnert Park.

Memorial contributions may be made to Project Censored, P.O. Box 571, Cotati, CA 94931, or to the Sonoma Humane Society, http://sonomahumane.org/help/give/ .

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – In loving memory of Mike Hopper.

We were gifted with Mike's beautiful soul on July 31, 1950.

Mike lived many wonderful happy years and filled many hearts with his love.

He passed away July 9, 2015.

Mike is survived by his wife, Peggy Hopper of Kelseyville; his son, Jerry, and Mike's new granddaughter of Nice; his sisters, Roxy Ress of Sebastopol, Barbara Collinsworth of Guerneville and Sue Denton of Sebastopol; his brothers, Alva Hopper of Arkoma, Okla., and Ken Hopper of Cobb Mountain; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Mike, your loving family loved you deeply and will forever miss you.

Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, Lakeport.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Henry (Hank) Bartolucci, 93, went to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, July 18, 2015.

Henry was born in St. Helena, Calif., and was the third son of Andrea and Gulierma Bartolucci.

Henry graduated from Napa High, attended college at UC Davis, married Jewell in 1943, had two children, Ronald and Judith, and was a successful vintner along with his brothers Louis and Bruno Bartolucci.

They sold their winery and vineyards in 1971 in the Napa Valley and Henry and his wife, Jewell, moved to Lake County.

There, Henry and his son, Ronald purchased land and developed vineyards beginning in 1972 and formed Bartolucci Vineyards Inc. The Bartolucci lake house was the hub of gatherings for family and friends.

After the passing of Jewell he then met and married Bernice in 1982. The two of them enjoyed dancing, traveling, and entertaining family and friends.

His love of agriculture made him well known for his green thumb and an amazing garden. Those who knew him best knew there was always a project at the Bartolucci's.

Some of his accomplishments include being a World War II veteran, a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church for more than 38 years where some of his contributions are still standing, a member of St. Anthony's Italian Catholic Federation of Manteca, Napa Elks, Yountville Volunteer Fireman’s Association, North Coast Grape Growers Association and Lake County Grape Growers Association.

Henry was preceded by his wife, Jewell; brothers, Louis and Bruno; and daughter, Judith Gomez.

Henry is survived by wife, Bernice; son, Ronald (Sondra); sister, Eda Gonsalves; son-in-law, Del Gomez; stepchildren, Michael (Teri) Greer and Cheryl (Tim) Bass; grandchildren, Andrea (Randy) Doughty, Deanna Bartolucci, Laura (Rich) Gold, Brigette (Denny) Klein, Ed Gomez, Jessica (Steve) Stepp, Matthew (Jenny) Brown, Ashley Greer, Sabrina (Matt) Goehring and Jeremy Greer; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Doughty, Corey Patten, Rebecca Doughty, Elizabeth Gold, Emma Lawson, Easton Stepp, Ellie Stepp, Ava Brown, Bristol Wilson, Quinten Keller, Maxwell Goehring and Jayla Greer; and great-great-grandchildren, Tanner Doughty, Justice Doughty and Methias Doughty.

Rosary service will be held on Saturday, Aug. 1, at 10 a.m., with a memorial Mass to follow at 11 a.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 4085 Main St., Kelseyville.

Donations preferred to a charity of your choice.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Annalee May Bussard, 87 years old, went to sleep on July 18, 2015, and woke up in Heaven.

She will be missed by her many friends, extended family and immediate family.

She was born Oct. 15, 1927, in Bloomington, Ind., and moved to California with her family.

Annalee married Almas Bussard on Oct. 25, 1946.

He survives her, along with her sons, Steven with wife, Roxie, and Gregory with wife, Cynde; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. All of them will miss her.

Her life was full and active and we will always love her.

No services will be held per her request.

Donations can be made to your favorite charity in memory of Annie Bussard.

Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, Lakeport.

Mrs. Dorothy (Hines) Eickhoff, 93, passed away on July 18, 2015, in Fresno, Calif.
 
The youngest of eight children, Dorothy was born on Feb. 16, 1922 in Jackson, Miss.

She married Greg Eickhoff on March 29, 1941, and then moved to Lakeport, Calif., after Greg left military service in 1945. In Lakeport, they raised four children before ultimately settling in Clovis, Calif., in 1990.
 
A southern belle with a feisty spirit, Dorothy enjoyed quilting, crossword puzzles, cockatiels and cocktails.

Her quiet faith and love for her husband brought her immense joy, and her love for off-color songs and jokes brought joy and laughter to all those around her.
 
Dorothy was preceded in death by her dearly loved husband of 51 years.

She is survived by her four children and their spouses, Vicki (Eickhoff) and Gary Hendrickson (Clovis); Cindy (Eickhoff) and Ron Kiggins (Fresno); Greg and Mary Eickhoff (Dangarsleigh, NSW, Australia); and Melissa (Eickhoff) and Joe Davis (Clovis); and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren (who affectionately called her Mimi). We’ll all miss her greatly.
 
No services will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to one’s favorite charity in memory of Dorothy Eickhoff.