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 .

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 .

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 .  

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.

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. – Irma Joyce Forsyth, who had been a noted and well known and loved real estate appraiser in Lake County, of the firm Forsyth & Forsyth, passed away quietly and peacefully in her beautiful lakefront home after a gradual decline from Alzheimer’s on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, at the age of 84.

Irma made many friends in the community through her business and was well respected for the work that she did with integrity and honesty.

In 1979 Irma was awarded the R.M. designation by the Governing Council of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. Along with her husband Earl, she was an M.A.I. member of this Institute.

Irma is survived by a sister, Marilyn Biggs; her second son, Randall Forsyth; a daughter, Pamela Forsyth; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Her first and only husband, Earl Forsyth, passed away in 2007 and her eldest son Glenn Forsyth in 2012.

Irma is one of three daughters of a German immigrant, William Bauman, who entered Ellis Island during the depression in the 1930s.

William hopped a freight train out West to meet with other family members and begin his new life in Seattle, Wash.

Irma met her only husband Earl who worked for New York Life Insurance Co. there. They married in 1950 and began a family in Seattle where they had their first child, Glenn.

Earl’s profession demanded many relocations and he soon was transferred to the office in Atlanta, Georgia, where their second son Randall was born. He returned to the home office in New York where their third child Pamela was born. Earl transferred to San Francisco in 1962 after being promoted to vice president of New York Life.

In 1971 the family moved to Palos Verdes in Southern California. Earl retired in 1975 and moved to Lake County to establish a real estate appraising business with Irma.

After assisting her in setting up the business, he once again retired and Irma took the reins to build it into a successful appraising business which she ran for 30 years before retiring herself.

Up until the end, Irma maintained her wonderful captivating wit and charm. Even in her last week she had her son and caretakers and friends laughing hysterically, as her condition could not contain her charm and humor.

It was difficult for her to smile and laugh but laugh and joke she did and always brought joy to those around her. She was always graceful, entertaining, refined and generous without condition to whoever crossed her path.

Her favorite thing in life was family and she organized many family reunions and get-togethers over her active years, with family ranging from California to Washington to Colorado and even extended herself to family that had been freed from behind the iron curtain in Germany, who she both visited in Germany and invited to visit here.

Irma spoke often of her love for the Lord Jesus Christ and not only spoke of her faith but lived it as she counseled those in grief or pain. She was an example and inspiration to so many.

In her declining years Irma reverted many times to her childhood with the mother who saved her from polio with her love and therapy, and to her father Willy with whom she spent time in her home on Bainbridge Island in Washington during the years of the Great Depression.

She spoke of the times that she would wait for her father to come home from work on the ferry that serviced the island and often reverted to this time that was so close to her heart.

Irma now goes to join her family in heaven, those who went before her, all of whom loved the Lord Jesus Christ and have gone to be with Him eternally.

We love you Irma! Fly free as the butterfly that you always wanted to be. You have been a blessing and joy to all those who surrounded you. Thank you for the opportunity to care for you and be close to your loving heart, a gift beyond measure.

A private memorial service was held in her home for those who remained faithful and loyal to her until the end.

Donations may be made in honor of this fine lady to Hospice Services of Lake County, http://www.lakecountyhospice.org/donate/ , a wonderful organization of caring people who were instrumental in this transition, providing comfort education and care both to her and to those who cared for her and loved her, or to the Alzheimer’s Foundation.