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Index By Category

Business

Baumann, Chuck — 3-2024
Boyle, Barbara Franke — 3-4-2011
Bru, Bob — 3-7-2014
Campana, Joe — 11-2004
Cosso, Louis M. — 2-23-2015
Craig, E. G. — 11-2004
Duffy, Gloria — 8-1-2009 (2009 Library Project)
Eames, Bill — 10-2004
Eames, Dawn — 3-4-2014
Grodin, Anne — 2-2005
Loucks, Scotty — 4–2006
Magrath, Miler — 10-2005
Morton, Hirsh — 4-2006
Murphey, Ted and Linda — 11-1976
Murphy, Theodore “Ted” — 11-29-1976
Nagel, Ken and Sue — 11-2004
Panfilli, Beverly — 10-2004
Pedder, Stan — 7-2021
Rasmussen, Sallie Gavey — 7-2008
Sherman, Bob – 10-2005
Shierry, Jim — 11-2004
Silverman, Mark — 10-2022
Stokes, Ed — 11-2004
Stokes, Ed — 1-26-2007
Young, Chris — 4-2024

City Government

Atwood, Guy — 5-19-2016
Black, Donn L. — 6-1-1980
Fisher, Bob — 6-19-2009 (2009 Library Project)
Fisher, Robert ‘Bob’ M. Fisher — 6-28-2021
Grodin, Anne — 5-12-2009 (2009 Library Project)
Grodin, Anne — 2-2005
Langlois, Barbara — 5-24-2016
Morton, Hirsh — 4-2006
Robinson, Ned — 10-2005
Tatzin, Don — 8.5.2009 (2009 Library Project)
Wakeman, Bill
Wasson, George — 7-22-2013
Young, Andrew H. — 11-11-1981

Community Activist

Clark, Louise — 10-14-2010
McCosker, Mary — 8-20-2015
Walker, Dorothy — 10-5-2015
Wood, Bruce — 5-29-2017
Young, Betsey — 4-28-2014

Development

Bruzzone, Russell & Joan — October 2006
Marchant, Jack — 11-30-1984
Marchant, Jack — 11-1984

Doctor

Cook, Sheldon — 7-2005
Cook, Sheldon — 5-16-2014
Feiler, Dr. Clifford — 11-17-1979

Early Resident

Baumann, Chuck — 3-2024
Bedsworth, Gary — 10-22-2021
Bill, Eddie — 11-2005
Blodgett, George – 10-2004
Borghesani, Lou at LHS Potluck — 4-12-1977
Borghesani, Lou — 4-1977
Bowbeer, Mabel — 11-14-1977
Campana, Joe — 11-2004
Cook, Sheldon — 7-2005
Cosso, John — 10-2004
Craig, E. G. — 11-2004
Curran Family
Cusick, Ken and Marge — 12-6-2015
Cutter, Dave — 12-2005
Davis, Fern Powell — 9-14-1976
Dubbs, Marge — 5-9-2024
Duffy, Gloria — 8-1-2009 (2009 Library Project)
Duffy, Dr. Gloria — 5-10-2021
Eames, Bill — 10-2004
Franke Family — 3-6-1978
Ginochio, Mary Machado — 10-23-2018
Grodin, Anne — 2-2005
Hamlin, Oliver — 7-2004
Ide, Shigeko and Harry, Jiro Nishimoto, Harry’s Nursery
Lagiss, Tony — 11-2004
Lercari-Barber, Sherril
Lynch, Mary-Louise and Timothy Lynch, Jr. — 10-25-2022
MacPherson, Mickey — 8-2004
(Malley) Millette, Marianne — 5-5-2014
Magrath, Miler — 10-2005
Marchant, Jack — 11-1984
Meyers, Mickey at LHS Potluck — 4-12-1977
Meyers, Mickey — 4-1977
Morton, Hirsh — 4-2006
Mott, Susan — 8-17-2015
Murphey, Ted and Linda — 11-1976
Nagel, Ken and Sue — 11-2004
Nishimoto, Jiro, Shigeko and Harry Ide, Harry’s Nursery
Pagliero, Vic — 9-2005
Pedder, Stan — 7-2021
Persico, Louis — 6-2005
Peters, Ray — 10-2005
Quenzel, Edwin — 9-24-2015
Rasmussen, Sallie Gavey — 7-2008
Ravazza, Fred — 4-14-2014
Repetto, Lou — 8-2004
Reynolds, Charles — 3-20-1979
Rossi, Angelo — 7-2005
Schroder, Fran — 11-2004
Sherman, Bob – 10-2005
Shierry, Jim — 11-2004
Silverman, Mark — 10-2022
Sinnott, Catherine — 9-30-2011
Skram, Ann — 1-26-2015
Skuce, Mabel — 6-2-2017
Stahle, Effie Root — 5-11-1978
Stokes, Ed — 11-2004
Stokes, Ed — 1-26-2007
Tilton, Barbara — 8.10.2015
Trujillo, Nick — 9-2005
Wakeman, Bill
Wendt, Patricia Whitehead — 10-6-2014
Whitten, Tom and Percy — 11-2005
Wing, Robert and Sophie — 9-28-2011
Young, Chris — 4-2024

Early Settlers

Bunker, Irene — 1961
Bunker, Irene — 10-20-1976
Flood, Nancy — 7-2-2008 (2009 Library Project)

Education

Bickerstaff, Jennie — 1957
Flood, Nancy — 7-2-2008 (2009 Library Project)
Hamburger, Millicent — 2002
Melmed, Paul — 4-17-2015
Pleis, Wendell — 5-21-2021
Wodhams, Bruce — 8-3-2015

Farmer/Rancher

Armanino, Louis — 5-6-1980
Cosso, Louis M. — 2-23-2015
Martino, Jim — 8-2010
Martino, Natale “Nat” — 5-1975
Rossi, James — 6-11-2021
Santos, Rita — 10-3-1978

Lafayette Horse Show

Boyer, Patricia — April 2006

Langeac Society

Langlois, Barbara — 5-24-2016

Performing Arts

Nelson, Theron — 5-2-2014
Seagrave, Sheila — 4-27-2018
Young, Betsey — 4-28-2014

Pioneer

(Allen) Gerow, Adelaide– 6-28-1962
Armanino, Louis — 5-6-1980
Bickerstaff, Jennie — 1957
McNeil, Bill — 6-8-2016
Stewart, Joyce Allen — 7-14-2017

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