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In Memoriam
Joseph “Joe” Scholar
January 21, 1933 — July 18, 2006
Gone But Never
Forgotten With Our Love
and Precious Memories.
Your wife, Nell, and children, Joanie & Kevin Ashford, Diana and Dr. Tom Carmichael, Tom Scholar; grandchildren, Cody and Leslie Ashford, Kathryn Ashford, Zach Ashford,
Chap Carmichael and Grant Carmichael
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eryone had to use their own device, so everyones device was a little bit different,” she said. “Trying to teach our students over the phone, what to download, how to use Zoom — things like that were a challenge.”
Bianchi serves as the Curriculum Support Provid- er for Lincoln Elementary School and said the chal-
Obituaries
Jacob Rene Encinia
Jacob Rene Encinia
of Reedley died July 4 in Reedley. He was 25.
Mr. Encinia worked as a warehouse asso-
lenges they faced were the constant changing of plans as students came back to in person classes.
“First they were at home doing online, then they came back as cohorts for a little bit, then hybrids. It was al- ways something evolving and changing so we had to go with the flow,” Bianchi said. “We had to be flexible to do what we needed to keep the kids safe.”
Bianchi said they are
looking forward to return- ing to more normalcy next school year.
“They definitely deserve this recognition they work hard and definitely exem- plify what Sanger Unified School District is all about,” said Adela Jones, SUSD su- perintendent.
The Sanger Chamber Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, July 30, at Belmont Country Club. Early this week, about 50 tickets remained
available for purchase.
In addition to the edu-
cators, top award winners include Citizen of the Year (Denny Noller for 2021), Hall of Fame (Ken Marcantonio for 2021, Cheryl Senn for 2020), Mr. and Mrs. Farmer (Eric and Alessandra Sch- letewitz for 2021), Mother of the Year (Toni Avila Sanchez for 2021, Betty Schaffer Pry- or for 2020), Sanger Police Officers of the Year and Fire Personnel of the Year.
SANGER CHAMBER'S 96th ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
When: Friday, July 30, social hour at 5 p.m., show/dinner at 6 p.m.
Where: Belmont Country Club, Fresno
Theme: The Great Gatsby (period attire is encouraged)
Tickets: Sanger District Chamber of Commerce at 875-4575 or go online to sangerchamber.com.
ciate.
He is survived by
his girlfriend, Yvette Orona, mother Lydia C. Mendoza and father Jose Torres, three sons, two brothers and one sister.
A mass was held Ju- ly 21 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Reedley. Burial was at Reedley Cemetery.
Dopkins Reedley Fu- neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Helen Marquez Gomez
Helen Marquez Go-
mez of Dinuba died July 16. She was 81.
Mrs. Gomez is sur- vived by her husband, Frank Gomez, and two sons.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Mon- day, July 26, at Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 27, at Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel. Buri- al will follow at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Olga Hansen
Olga Hansen of Fres- no died July 7. She was
94.
Mrs. Hansen worked
as a receptionist for Landford.
She is survived by one grandson, Steve Sa- royan of Sanger, and one granddaughter.
A graveside service was held July 20 at Washington Colony Cem- etery in Easton.
Wallin's Fowler Fu- neral Home handled the arrangements.
Norman Lee Kanawyer
Norman Lee Kanaw-
yer of Reedley died July 14 at his home. He was
82.
Mr. Kanawyer
worked in machinery. He is survived by his wife, Donna Kanaw- yer, two daughters, one brother, four grandchil- dren and one four great-
grandchildren.
A service will be held
at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 22, at the Reedley Cemetery Memorial Service Building. Burial will be at Reedley Cem- etery.
Dopkins Reedley Fu- neral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Terry Ray Miller
Terry Ray Miller of Sanger died July 9. He was 69.
Mr. Miller worked for the Internal Revenue Service.
He is survived by one brother and one sister.
Visitation is from noon to 2 p.m. with a chapel service at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 22, at Wallin's Sanger Funeral Home.
Cecilia Christina Rusca
Cecilia Christina Rus-
ca of Sanger died July 7. She was 89.
Mrs. Rusca worked as a sales associate for Barr Pharmacy.
She is survived by one son, one sister, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
A mass was held July 19 at St. Mary's (new) Catholic Church in Sanger.
Wallin's Sanger Fu- neral Home handled the arrangements.
Gabino
Gonzalez Vargas Gabino Gonzalez Var-
gas of Reedley died July 10 in Reedley. He was 92. Mr. Vargas worked in
field labor.
He is survived by
three sons and two daughters.
A mass was held July 20 at St. Anthony of Pad- ua (new) Catholic Church in Reedley. Burial was at Reedley Cemetery.
Dopkins Reedley Fu-
neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Rosemary Villanueva Rosemary Villanueva
of Sanger died July 10. She was 59.
Mrs. Villanueva was a homemaker.
She is survived by her husband, Jesus Villan- ueva of Sanger, one son, three brothers, two sis- ters and one grandchild.
Visitation is from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 22, at Wallin's Sanger Funeral Home. A grave- side service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 22, at Sanger Cemetery.
Wallin's Sanger Fu- neral Home handled the arrangements.
Antonia E. Zavala
Antonia E. Zavala of Reedley died July 13 in Reedley. She was 91.
Ms. Zavala worked as a fruit packer.
She is survived by three sons, one daugh- ter, eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchil- dren and three great- great-grandchildren.
A mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 23, at St. Anthony of Padua (downtown) Catholic Church in Reedley. Buri- al will follow at Reedley Cemetery.
Dopkins Reedley Fu- neral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Dopkins has been serving families for 126 years and much has changed since our
start in 1895. We are proud to announce the opening of our Reedley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, so we can better serve our
growing communities. Our hope is to have an open house this summer
once the restrictions are lifted, but you can always come for a visit. Also Preneed Funeral Policies are transferable. If you have any concerns, please give us a call.
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