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Bill Coate
Civic leader, educator Billington remembered
For The Madera Tribune Grady Billington. Grady Billington, longtime Madera educator and pacesetter in numerous community projects, died...
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Tami Jo Nix
Baraldi was a business owner and activist
Madera Tribune File Photo Paula Baraldi. One of Madera’s grand matriarchs, Paula Baraldi, (nee De Cesari), was born in Madera and lived...
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The Madera Tribune
Business, civic leader Baraldi dies
For The Madera Tribune Paula Baraldi. Paula Baraldi, a Madera business owner and civic leader, died Monday at 89. She was known for her...
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Jim Fox, minister and Tribune columnist, dies
Annette Nordine/For The Madera Tribune The Rev. Dr. James E. Fox and his boxer, Tyson. The Rev. Dr. James E. Fox, co-minister of the...
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The Madera Tribune
Carol Ann Taylor
Carol Ann Taylor was born in Arcata, CA on November 8, 1949, and passed away peacefully in her home on December 22, 2017. She grew up in...
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Charles Doud
Community leader, businessman Mike Purl dies at 71
Madera businessman and community leader Mike Purl died Wednesday, a victim of ALS/Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 71. Purl was born in...