In 1989, with the help of the Miller family, Jim, Adam Tolmach, and I built a winery at the Bien Nacido Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley. Jim and I have continued to make our wines in the same winery ever since.
Read MorePosted: 06/17/2021
Maestro sin vista para alumnos sin vista.
Read MorePosted: 06/03/2021
I first met Greg Benavidez 25 years ago, when we were both students at the Braille Institute in Santa Barbara.
Read MorePosted: 06/03/2021
Darryl Perlin was known to be an attorney who was ethical, prepared, thorough, and successful, but his career with the District Attorney’s Office was nevertheless overshadowed by his love for the King of Rock and Roll.
Read MorePosted: 05/05/2021
The world is a dimmer place without Peter Richards, our gentle, joyous, and beloved husband, father, brother, and friend.
Read MorePosted: 04/21/2021
Shortly after Judy’s Santa Barbara visit in winter 1978, she sold everything she had in Iowa and returned in her old red VW Beetle. She set out to make new friends, among them Ozzie Da Ros, who suggested Judy as a custom tilemaker to a client. Judy had found a new career.
Read MorePosted: 03/24/2021
On a visit to Esalen with her husband, George, Judith Brown so impressed Dr. Fritz Perls that he invited her to study Gestalt therapy with him. The kind of person to develop life-long friendships after meeting someone on a plane or in a grocery store, Judith brought her patients to self-awareness and self-love.
Read MorePosted: 03/10/2021
Father Jon was a man who was called to be where tragedy, destruction, death, grief, and anguish struck — but he was also a man who sparkled and lifted you up when you were in his presence.
Read MorePosted: 03/10/2021
Assistant DA Pat McKinley once told a defense attorney who threatened to “paper him to death,” or file lots of motions, “You haven’t met Jerry. You have a peashooter; I have a Howitzer.”
Read MorePosted: 03/03/2021
Barbara Tellefson was the founder and matriarch of the Unity Shoppe, which embodies a community of support for residents facing an unforeseen crisis with dignity, autonomy, and independent decision-making intact.
Read MorePosted: 02/25/2021
John Daniel, one half of Daniel & Daniel Publishers, was a warmhearted, brilliant, witty, and generous man who had a profound impact on Santa Barbara’s literary community.
Read MorePosted: 02/17/2021
Kellam de Forest’s career took him to Hollywood as a researcher whose company became the industry standard, and he retired to his native Santa Barbara where he became an incisive presence at many a planning meeting.
Read MorePosted: 02/10/2021
Rosary: Tuesday, 7pm at Welch-Ryce-Haider Santa Barbara Chapel. Mass; Wednesday, 10am at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Interment at Calvary
Read MorePosted: 06/22/2021
Private inurnment will be held at the Mausoleum at Mission Santa Barbara. A celebration of life will be held later
Read MorePosted: 05/24/2021
Visitation; Sunday, May 23, 2021, 11am to 5pm with Memorial Service; Monday, May 24, 2021, 11am at the Welch-Ryce-Haider Goleta
Read MorePosted: 05/20/2021
Visitation: Wednesday, March 10th, 5pm – Rosary:7pm at Welch-Ryce-Haider/Mass: Thursday, March 11th, 10:30am Our Lady Guadalupe. Interment at Calvary
Read MorePosted: 03/05/2021
Visitation:Wednesday, 3/10, 5pm – Rosary at 7pm at the Welch-Ryce-Haider on Sola. Mass:Thursday, 03/11, 10am at St.Raphael’s Church. Calvary Cemetery
Read MorePosted: 03/03/2021
No service due to Covid restrictions.
Read MorePosted: 03/02/2021
A celebration of life will prayerfully be in the fall when gathering together is safer.
Read MorePosted: 02/25/2021
Robert T. Ward was a beloved husband and father. He loved travel, music, reading and rowing on the ocean. He
Read MorePosted: 01/26/2021
John Douglas Dalton, 56 ,owner of JD Electric for 28 years, died 11/14/2020. His Family and friends will remember John’s
Read MorePosted: 01/20/2021
Viewing 10am – 12pm, Thursday January 14, Welch-Ryce-Haider, 15 E. Sola St, Santa Barbara CA. Private internment following at Santa
Read MorePosted: 01/12/2021
Saturday, January 30th 2:00 pm Pacific Time. Trinity Episcopal Church will host an virtual Zoom gathering: Storytelling & Prayers. Visit
Read MorePosted: 01/11/2021
A Renaissance man has passed. Russ Waldrop was truly an eclectic, multi-dimensional character who touched many lives. He was curious.
Read MorePosted: 06/22/2021
William Charles Kaska, beloved husband, father, and grandfather died May 31 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. Bill was born in
Read MorePosted: 06/22/2021
On April 15, 2021, Richard L. Smalley (Rick) earned his wings and was welcomed into Heaven by his Lord and
Read MorePosted: 06/21/2021
Emma Carmelita Lopez went to the loving arms of her husband Robert Lopez on Wednesday June 9, 2021, at the
Read MorePosted: 06/21/2021
In Memory of Jenna Elizabeth Hall August 1991-May 2020 Jenna left this world a year ago. Deeply missed by her
Read MorePosted: 06/15/2021
1945 – 2021 Stan grew-up spending summers at the Malibu Beach Club on Long Island, where he watched adults play
Read MorePosted: 06/15/2021
James Robert Begg passed away at his home on May 25, 2021 from complications of kidney failure. A native of
Read MorePosted: 06/14/2021
William (Bill) Mazzia, age 81, passed away on June 9 at his home in Salinas after a lengthy illness. Bill
Read MorePosted: 06/14/2021
TAMARA IWERKS, age 54, died Friday May 14, 2021 in a hiking accident on the Rogue River Trail, Oregon. Tamara
Read MorePosted: 06/14/2021
Helen passed away peacefully on Monday May 31, 2021 at the age of 98 in Santa Barbara, California with her
Read MorePosted: 06/11/2021
Barbara Clare (Kuenzie) Gregoire passed peacefully May 26, 2021 in Santa Barbara California. Barbara was born March 1, 1932 in
Read MorePosted: 06/10/2021
Dearly loved wife, mother and grandmother, Kay passed away May 12, 2021, at the age of 84. Kay was born
Read MorePosted: 06/10/2021
