Soil Conservation Service, who was taken by Irma from the start.Decades working for Pacific Bell brought Steve Stelter and Janet Costanzo into each other's lives, and led them to the piece of solitude they shared in Mendocino County's Redwood Valley, where they lived in retirement. But behind the gruff exterior, he was known to his family as a big teddy bear who'd give his mother, Maria Triliegi, of San Ped-ro, a kiss good night most evenings. Mike Grabow's property in Santa Rosa. Fire victim Dan Southard, worked out five days a week until he was 65. The Dogwood Drive area east of Coffey Park was nearly obliterated save for a few homes bordering Banyan Street and Banyan Place, bottom, razed by the Tubbs fire in Santa Rosa. Here, we chronicle the lives they lived.Surrounded by mountains in his hometown of Zahlé, Lebanon, Michel Azarian grew up hiking and exploring nature.
Fire victim Dan Southard, worked out five days a week until he was 65. An advantage of dancing while seated in a wheelchair was that it caused less wear and tear to her shoes.
Amy Marlar embraces her daughter Logyn, 11, as they stand on what used to be the front porch of their Santiago Drive home that was destroyed by the Tubbs Fire, in the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa, California on Wednesday, December 20, 2017. “He went beyond and beyond for people to make them feel good in their lives.”Art and Suiko Grant were avid gardeners, transforming their 3½-acre property in the hills off Reibli Road into a “veritable Garden of Eden,” with every type of fruit tree imaginable, recalls their daughter, Trina Grant.
Outside of work, she loved to read, play music, shoot rifles and, up until about a decade ago, ride motorcycles.What Marilyn Ress wanted most in life, was to assist and care for people who struggle and, if possible, to bring them a little joy. Firefighting became his true passion, battling wildland blazes. The framework of a destroyed building and burned car smolder behind a statue of Mary on the Cardinal Newman High School campus after the Tubbs Fire burned through north Santa Rosa, California on Monday, October 9, 2017. Michael Azarian, 41, died … Houston Evans Jr., in front of his childhood home off Dennis Lane, Friday Dec. 29, 2017 where his mother, Valerie Evans, perished in the Tubbs fire in October. With her horse, Tony, and her dog, Pooch, Lewis freely explored the slopes of Atlas Peak and the shuttered springs property, a period that helped instill within her a fiercely independent streak and lifelong love of the outdoors.After a harrowing rescue attempt, Lewis, 90, and her caretaker, Teresa Santos, 59, were overtaken by the Atlas Peak fire.Irma Bowman was raising two sons on her own in the 1960s, soldering parts for military aircraft in San Diego County, when she left the boys with a trusted neighbor and attended a square dance. “They kept in love, in touch and fervently dedicated to each other,” said Meissner, of Agoura Hills just outside of Los Angeles. She grew up in St. Louis and moved with her mother and two adult brothers to San Francisco about 25 years ago. But even with a wet towel draped over them, Tak-Fu Hung didn't see how he would survive the violent storm and told his wife to try to get out on her own.Carmen McReynolds, a retired physician who specialized in internal medicine, lived a life of unwavering independence, according to her relatives and friends. From the age of 14 until he was 65, he went to the gym five days a week.Lee Chadwick Rogers of Glen Ellen mostly kept to himself, but those who knew him described him as a big, physically active man who loved nature and working on his 40-acre property on Cavedale Road overlooking Sonoma Valley.Michael Dornbach was a big, burly man with lots of tattoos and a big truck. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2017 (This icon can be updated by visiting At 63 he appeared in a Press Democrat article on staying fit as we age. Now in a mission to build a Better Bay Area, many of those survivors are still at rebuilding their lives but on Sunday, many took time to look back and reflect at a special anniversary event.COVID-19 construction lockdown spares Sonoma CountyRent crisis: Business owners struggling to pay landlords during COVID-19Sen.
Fire victim Dan Southard, worked out five days a week until he was 65. An advantage of dancing while seated in a wheelchair was that it caused less wear and tear to her shoes.
Amy Marlar embraces her daughter Logyn, 11, as they stand on what used to be the front porch of their Santiago Drive home that was destroyed by the Tubbs Fire, in the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa, California on Wednesday, December 20, 2017. “He went beyond and beyond for people to make them feel good in their lives.”Art and Suiko Grant were avid gardeners, transforming their 3½-acre property in the hills off Reibli Road into a “veritable Garden of Eden,” with every type of fruit tree imaginable, recalls their daughter, Trina Grant.
Outside of work, she loved to read, play music, shoot rifles and, up until about a decade ago, ride motorcycles.What Marilyn Ress wanted most in life, was to assist and care for people who struggle and, if possible, to bring them a little joy. Firefighting became his true passion, battling wildland blazes. The framework of a destroyed building and burned car smolder behind a statue of Mary on the Cardinal Newman High School campus after the Tubbs Fire burned through north Santa Rosa, California on Monday, October 9, 2017. Michael Azarian, 41, died … Houston Evans Jr., in front of his childhood home off Dennis Lane, Friday Dec. 29, 2017 where his mother, Valerie Evans, perished in the Tubbs fire in October. With her horse, Tony, and her dog, Pooch, Lewis freely explored the slopes of Atlas Peak and the shuttered springs property, a period that helped instill within her a fiercely independent streak and lifelong love of the outdoors.After a harrowing rescue attempt, Lewis, 90, and her caretaker, Teresa Santos, 59, were overtaken by the Atlas Peak fire.Irma Bowman was raising two sons on her own in the 1960s, soldering parts for military aircraft in San Diego County, when she left the boys with a trusted neighbor and attended a square dance. “They kept in love, in touch and fervently dedicated to each other,” said Meissner, of Agoura Hills just outside of Los Angeles. She grew up in St. Louis and moved with her mother and two adult brothers to San Francisco about 25 years ago. But even with a wet towel draped over them, Tak-Fu Hung didn't see how he would survive the violent storm and told his wife to try to get out on her own.Carmen McReynolds, a retired physician who specialized in internal medicine, lived a life of unwavering independence, according to her relatives and friends. From the age of 14 until he was 65, he went to the gym five days a week.Lee Chadwick Rogers of Glen Ellen mostly kept to himself, but those who knew him described him as a big, physically active man who loved nature and working on his 40-acre property on Cavedale Road overlooking Sonoma Valley.Michael Dornbach was a big, burly man with lots of tattoos and a big truck. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2017 (This icon can be updated by visiting At 63 he appeared in a Press Democrat article on staying fit as we age. Now in a mission to build a Better Bay Area, many of those survivors are still at rebuilding their lives but on Sunday, many took time to look back and reflect at a special anniversary event.COVID-19 construction lockdown spares Sonoma CountyRent crisis: Business owners struggling to pay landlords during COVID-19Sen.