

Civic leader, educator Billington remembered
For The Madera Tribune Grady Billington. Grady Billington, longtime Madera educator and pacesetter in numerous community projects, died...
Bill Coate
Feb 17, 2018


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...
Tami Jo Nix
Feb 3, 2018


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...
The Madera Tribune
Jan 30, 2018


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...
For The Madera Tribune
Jan 30, 2018


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...
The Madera Tribune
Jan 3, 2018


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...
Charles Doud
Aug 18, 2017


Wallace Emmert dead at 101
Courtesy of Pat Manning Far left and right, Wallace E. Emmert. Center, His B-17 Bomber after it crashed in Holland in 1943. Madera has...
Bill Coate
Jun 21, 2017


Duane Furman dies at 89
Educator was first MUSD superintendent; a community leader Duane Furman and Cecilia Massetti, former Madera Unified School District...
Bill Coate
Nov 17, 2016









