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Looking forward to 60th Reunion!
Posted on: Feb 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Is there no reunion this year?
Posted on: Apr 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
bonnie, it looks like you e had a really enriched life. congratulations. I remember going to your house a lot and having fun with your mother. she always wanted fresh lemons from our lemon tree and I happily delivered them to her. she called me "Linda lemons". I don't forget either of you.
Posted on: Feb 24, 2026 at 10:21 AM
I won't be able to come to the 60th class reunion. I've made most of the others. I live in Spain now. I won't return to the US for a while.
Posted on: Mar 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Joanne was one of the nicest people I'd ever met. A real sweetheart.
Joanne E. Borggren
- Dec 4, 2024
Joanne Elliott Borggren passed away Nov. 22, 2024, a gentle artisan who loved the Trinity County lifestyle of peace and nature. She lived life with an innocence and a smile, always offering a positive word and ready to laugh. Her unique faded light green-blue eyes always had a twinkle of love and honesty. Joanne was good to her core, having taken Mary as her confirmation name to suck up to God.
Joanne began life May 27, 1948, with stellar parents Iola and Ray Elliott and six siblings of whom she adored and proclaimed ‘the best’ childhood in San Carlos, California. She met her life love Chris Borggren at 15 years old. After school, wide-eyed in 1971 and amped to live the hippie dream, the two bought land and moved up a dirt road outside of Weaverville. First placing a Tipi and garden, then a cabin, bath house and pottery studio. Finally, building their own design dream home — all with their own hands, trees from the property and books from the library.
Joanne was co-founder with Chris of Clayfantsea — A hands on, kick-wheel, clay arts business which flourished for decades in the art fair communities where they also held close friends. She was also a generous boss to her studio workers with patience and care, gently correcting, offering raises when none were asked for and making daily lunches with her cosmic cookery.
Joanne relished in her garden vegetables, flowers, lizards and nurturing tadpoles. She enjoyed canoeing, bike riding, creek meandering, music and ‘whoopty doodling’. Mostly, Joanne felt no need to venture further, content amongst her craft fairs, garden, critters and Trinity blue sky.
Joanne’s attitude was a rare bird with her sincere relaxed approach to all interactions. She rarely had anything bad to say and if she did it was with a giggle. Nothing was that serious and although she didn’t necessarily want to, she was not afraid of the other side, always confidently remarking ‘It will be good.’
Joanne was the best — friend, sister and wife — the world could ask for. There is not a notch that goes higher than her love, understanding and support, even when quiet. These things were a river in her energy.
Alas, there isn’t enough good nature or gentle earth living and loving that can pardon one from the clutches of cancer and we’ve lost this star girl too soon. Joanne was honored with passing away warm in her bed at home on a Friday morning, in all she created and loved — Joanne lived her dream.
Envision her in her garden, sunlit hair and a smile marveling at the hummingbirds, bees and butterflies ... calling us to come see.
Joanne’s beloved Chris and sister Margie will be hosting a memorial with Joanne’s ashes on a date to be announced this spring.
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Posted on: Jun 09, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I just updated my contact info since a year ago we moved to Independent Living a half hour from our home of 46 years.
After graduation from Med School, Martha and I traveled around the world with three months at a mission hospital in Nepal.
When I started at Monroe Medical Center in 1978, we moved to a 1400 sq ft. home on 16 acres east of Monroe. We doubled the size of the house, built a barn and 10 years ago added a 1000 square-foot extension to the south end of the barn for solar panels and a shop. We had sheep and llamas. Both sons did sheep 4-H and were on multiple soccer teams.
At one point we had 15 ewes and 25 lambs. We had a succession of dogs and cats. We also had llamas, alpacas, goats and chickens. We had a large garden and had a stir fry of greens and fresh eggs daily. For several years, I had 25+ tomato plants and enjoyed fresh tomatoes and froze many to have on Martha’s bread with the stir fry.
It was enjoyable until a few years ago. For example, I maintained the pool primarily for the grandchildren, which was great during the heat dome. But as they’ve gotten older, being at the farm is not as much fun. They have other interests.
The home maintenance was an enjoyable challenge and learning opportunity but became burdensome. And the gardening no longer gave Martha joy. For five years I had increasing difficulty with some chores and stopped getting up on ladders because I had seen too many life-changing injuries from falls.
We moved to independent living while we were still able to experience new adventures and relationships. I thought I would have regrets, but it was definitely the right move for me. I have not worried about our well or thought about moles or home maintenance since moving here.
There is a 1 mile mostly forested trail within the 35-acre property that is maintained by a resident “trail crew”.
There are many wonderful people, lots of activities and outings. I am able to go to the gym every day and swim on a regular basis. As I tell people, it’s like being on a cruise.
Posted on: Jun 09, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Does anyone remember Sly and the Family Tone at the Cinamon Tree in San Carlos??
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Happy Birthday Tom, Hope it’s a special day.
Hi sue. Have a great birthday and a happy new year! Thank you for all that you've done for us!
hi Gordon,
I hope you are well. We are starting our seventh months in independent living and it’s a relief to not have to do any home maintenance, worrying about the well and the septic system and home repairs.
Have you retired from real estate?
Hans
PS.I don’t think they called it the day of infamy because it was your birthday.