Laurie S. Lyons was born to Lew and Bonnie Lyons. She passed to the waiting arms of the Lord on Nov. 17, 2024 at her home in Cave Junction.
Laurie enjoyed an idyllic childhood in Long Beach, California. After graduation she was employed with Long Beach Police Department as a clerk/ secretary. She occasionally played a decoy on prostitution stings. After she retired, she joined her parents, brother Steve and his wife Terri and sister Sally in Cave Junction.
Many knew her from her part-time job at the smoke store and then at the Cave Junction Liquor Store with her bestie Jeanette.
After a lymphoma diagnosis she retired again and fought the good fight, never complaining.
She was an animal lover all her life, taking in strays and feeding the deer and squirrels. Instead of flowers, adopt a cat or dog. Laurie had many friends and will be truly missed.
Celebration of Life to be held in spring.
David Craig Hocker, 74, of Cave Junction, died Dec. 18, 2024 at his home in Takilma. He was born Aug. 26, 1952 in Santa Monica, Calif. to John and Mildred Hocker. Dave moved to the Illinois Valley in 1981. He was known for providing handyman services as “Goodness and Mercy” and was known to many as Skip Church, a DJ handle that stuck after his Sunday morning radio show on the Takilma Pirate Radio station in the late 1990s, and later on KXCJ. He served as president of I.V. Youth Soccer and I.V. Youth Little League, as well as being an umpire. He also served a term as president of the I.V. Fire Volunteers Association. Dave was a clever wordsmith who was always quick with a joke. He loved the Dodgers and he said he could die happy knowing that they won the pennant this year.
He is survived by his two brothers and their wives and children, Bob and Jean Scott of Ashland, Ore. and Chris Hocker and Deb Hawes of Connecticut; his two children and their wives, Chelsea and Ruth Hamblin of Cave Junction and Austin and Krista Hocker of Eugene, Ore. He is preceded in death by his wife, Catherine Wiese Hocker (1951-2001).