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Obituaries

Celebrate and remember the lives of late newspaper colleagues. 

Virginia Rhoades, 1931-2022

Jan 1, 2023

Virginia (Jensen) Rhoades, age 91, passed away peacefully at Country House Residence in Elkhorn, Nebraska, on Nov. 22, 2022. 

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Jo Ann Edgecombe, 1947-2022

Dec 1, 2022

Jo Ann Edgecombe was born November 14, 1947, at the Geneva, Nebraska, Hospital to Warren ‘Flunky’ Lefever and Florence ‘Flossie’ Lefever. She passed away on November 13, 2022, at ...

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Times founder and president L. Alan Cruikshank passes away

Dec 1, 2022

L. Alan Cruikshank was born in Oklahoma July 18, 1947, to Leslie and Joyce Cruikshank. He passed away on Oct. 30, 2022, in Las Vegas. Between those dates, he lived nearly all his life in the Phoenix area.

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Barbara King, 1950-2022

Nov 2, 2022

Barbara King, who was an independent spirit, a lifetime advocate for human and animal rights, as well as for integrity in journalism, passed away at her twin sister’s home in Watertown, Massachusetts, ...

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Longtime Enterprise owner/publisher dies at 79

Nov 2, 2022

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of The Calaveras Enterprise’s owner and publisher, our own guiding light, Ralph Alldredge.

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A Legend Lost; In Memory of James Lew Angell

Oct 1, 2022

Lifelong journalist Jim Angell died Wednesday, August 17, at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He worked as a reporter at the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Washington, for several years, where ...

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Celebrate and remember the lives of our late newspaper colleagues, 2021-2022

Oct 1, 2022

NNA members will receive a copy of the NNA member necrology (fall 2021-fall 2022) at the Annual Meeting during the Saturday breakfast of the Annual Convention & Trade Show. It is also available for ...

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Joe Johnson, 1930-2022

Oct 1, 2022

Joe A. Johnson, the first publisher of the Vian Tenkiller News, died June 7, 2022. He was 91.

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Longtime journalist Tom Graham dies at 71

Oct 1, 2022

Tom Graham, former executive editor of the once vaunted Patuxent Publishing newspapers and a longtime editor of the health section at The Washington Post, died early Wednesday, June 22, at his home in ...

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