Mountain Democrat

Barbara (Bobbie) Jean (Ward-Ferguson) Somerville 95 passed peacefully at her home in Amarillo, TX on August 7, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. No services will be held. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors. She was born June 24, 1929 in Contra Costa County CA to Eugene Ward (Ferguson) and Nevelyn (Henderson) Ward, along with older brother John Ward and younger sister Helen (Ward) Bonner. The family moved to the Sierra foothill town of Camino CA in her early teens, where they owned and operated the 8 Mile House, a diner/cabin motel/service station/store on the highway to Lake Tahoe during the 1940's. She attended grade-school in Camino and El Dorado High School in...

Mary L. Maceiko, 93, formerly of Carlisle, PA, passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at the Celebration Villa of Shippensburg, PA. She was born on June 5, 1931, in Burbank, CA and was the daughter of the late Ralph and Edna (Mueller) Champlain. Mary was the widow of William Maceiko who passed away on June 9, 2018. Mary graduated in 1949 from John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California. She was a devoted homemaker and loved animals. She is survived by one son Vern (wife Deborah) Maceiko of Pollock Pines, CA and one daughter Sharon (husband Bryan) McLaughlin of Shippensburg, PA. A private burial will be in North Middleton Church of God Cemetery, Carlisle. ...

Michael Rakowicz was born in Oakland, California on June 16, 1946. He died of an infection that developed into sepsis on June 21, 2023, five days after his 77th birthday, and he passed at home in Walkersville, Maryland. Mike was the son of Bernice (102 Years Young) and the Late Maurice Rakowicz, brother of the Late John Rakowicz and sister of Janet (Bob) Walker and wife of Lois Calzone. In addition, he was "step-dad" to Jeremiah Horn of San Jose, CA. He grew up in Hayward, CA and graduated from Sunset High. His cousins, the Bradford's and the Boeger's were his frequent companions. It was his grandfather Ernie who took young Mike on elk and deer hunting camping trips to Montana, creating...