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Empty Saddles - Obituaries



Tom Findlay was born September 14, 1934 in Roseburg, Oregon and went to be with the Lord December 9, 2019 while watching the National Finals Rodeo on television.

SIERRAVILLE, CALIF. – Albert John “Johnny” Roen passed away on October 30, 2019 surrounded by his family. He had a great love of life, family, hard work and told all he had a “great run” in life to the very end.


SALINAS, CALIF. – James Joseph Martins passed away peacefully on November 19, 2019. He was born to Frank and Marie (Ruda) Martins on June 9, 1931. He graduated from Salinas High School in 1949 where he met the love of his life, Sally Wilson. After eloping on July 9, 1949, on his father’s fishing boat, they honeymooned in close quarters as they enjoyed their journey to Mexico.


RIVERSIDE, CALIF. – Louis Robert Tavaglione was born April 23, 1929 in Riverside to parents, Joseph and Mary Tavaglione. He was the 10th child in a family of 11 children and the first to be born in Riverside. He would stay a Riverside resident for life. He passed away at Riverside Community Hospital on Nov. 11, 2019 after a brief illness.


Courtesy of The Arizona Jackpot

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – After a lifetime of love, generosity, courage, and humor, Bob Tuley rode into the sunset on Oct. 11, 2019, in Phoenix, Arizona.