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Mark Garcia (80) of Madera passed away on December 11, 2023, after a brief illness in a Fresno hospital. Mark was born on July 2, 1943, in Yakima, Washington. His parents were Mary Rodriguez and his stepfather, Martin Rodriguez.

Mark was raised in the Yakima area of Washington State, where he attended schools, played baseball, and wrestled in high school. He graduated from Wapato High School in 1961. In high school, he met his first wife, Ruth Salazar, before he enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1962.

FRESNO - It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sally Caglia, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. Born on April 20, 1947, in Fresno, California, Sally peacefully departed this life on December 10, 2023, in her home, surrounded by the warmth and love of her children.

Sally attended Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, San Joaquin Memorial High School, and Fresno City College. She worked in her family’s businesses all her life. Starting at a young age as a cashier at Orange Avenue Disposal and ending as the Executive Assistant at the Electric Motor Shop, Sally worked tirelessly to ensure the viability and success of the Caglia family’s commercial legacy and its philanthropic contributions to the Fresno community.

Norma Jean Vaughn (81) was born to John and Ruby Edwards on January 19, 1942, in Watonga, Oklahoma. The church was integral to the Edwards family, and like her other nine siblings, Norma was baptized at a young age at Ebenezer Apostolic Church in Madera.

As a young lady, Norma enjoyed shadowing her mother in the kitchen. She learned how to cook and bake, which became her signature pastime. Norma attended Pershing Elementary School and Thomas Jefferson Junior High School before graduating from Madera Union High School in 1960. Following graduation, she attended Fresno City College.

MADERA - Local sports icon Hank “The Hawk” Hernandes (85) passed away at the age of 85 peacefully at home on December 3, 2023, in the presence of his loving family.

On the Madera High School sports field, Hank was awarded MVP, team captain, and all-league honors. After high school, he went to Fresno City College, where he played in the Sequoia Bowl as quarterback.

Stephen Lloyd Frazier (76) was born in Turlock Ca on March 13, 1947, to Lloyd and Grace Frazier. He grew up in a typical post-WWII 1950s family playing baseball, joining Boy Scouts, church youth group, and mowing lawns, sometimes for fifty cents and sometimes because his dad told him to. There were many backyard barbeques with family, neighbors, and friends, and rustic old cabins to restore in Ben Lomond, where work and play became one.

Stephen was a high school football standout and played at Modesto Junior College and San Francisco State. His contagious smile earned him the title in his senior yearbook of “Cutest Smile.” He enjoyed being in the “Ports” car club too. His time at San Francisco State was in the days of S I Hayakawa, student protests, and the flower children…so when he graduated, he left the city life and moved to June Lake, where he was a ski instructor by day and managed a bar and restaurant business at night…the perfect life for a single guy with gusto for living!