Kevin C. Oconnell

It is great sadness we report Kevin C. Oconnell passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023, after a brief illness.

A viewing will be held Saturday, March 11, 2023, between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm at Ullrey Memorial Chapel, 817 Almond Street, Yuba City, CA. Memorial service will follow, at the same location, on Monday, March 13, 2023, at 11 am, with a reception immediately following at Kevin and Karen’s house in Yuba City.

Kevin was born at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado, on July 14, 1954, to Kenneth B. O’connell, an Air Force Lieutenant and Jeanne (Hall) O’connell. Kevin enjoyed being an Air Force brat, embracing the travel and new stations of his dad’s military assignments.

After Lowry, the family moved to Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, where he took on the role of a big brother upon brother Sean’s birth in January 1956, followed by Molly’s birth in February 1959. After Texas, the family spent 4 years at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, where Kevin came to love the island life. The family’s last assignment was Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois.

Upon his father’s retirement from the Air Force in 1969, the family moved to Grass Valley, where the family roots run deep. While at Nevada Union High School, he was on the football team and the golf team and graduated in 1972. After several

Tom Pfeffer, passed away on February 9th, surrounded by his loving family.

Tommy was born on January 4, 1939, to parents Ansel and Freda Pfeffer in Noble County, Ohio. The middle of three sons, Tom was raised and worked on the dairy farm his father owned. After graduating from high school, he went to work for the FBI in Washington, D.C.

There he met the love of his life, Jean Campbell, who also worked for the FBI. They were married in Kentucky, honeymooned across the United States and planned their life in California.

Tom, surprisingly was drafted at age 24 in 1962, and did his basic at Fort Ord and then was assigned to Fort Carson, Colorado. Tom smooth-talked his way into becoming the private chauffeur for a Major for the next two years. While in Colorado Springs, they welcomed their first daughter. After finishing his two years in the service, the family moved back to Yuba City, where they welcomed another daughter and a son in the following years.

Tom and his father acquired what would become Pfeffer’s Liquor store in 1966, and Tom managed it for twelve years. During this time he earned his

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