Siskiyou Daily News (11/26/2003)
Michael Stephen Trombetta
Happy Camp resident, Michael Stephan Trombetta, 57, passed away Nov. 17, 2003 at Mercy Medical Center in
Redding, following an accident at his home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. on Nov. 25 at the
Happy Camp Grange. Pastor Kirk Eadie of the Happy Camp Christian
Fellowship will officiate.
Mike was born July 29, 1946 in Bakersfield. He moved to Siskiyou County in
1992 from San Ramon.
Mike held an Associate of Science in Electronic Engineering, a Bachelor of
Science in Business Administration and an MBA in Business Administration.
He also held an FCC First Class Radio Telephone License, FCC Extra Class
Amateur Radio License, and was an FCC volunteer examiner.
As a past board member and employee of the Karuk
Community Development Corporation, Mike participated in founding the Happy
Camp Community Computer Center, where he worked as director for 6 years.
Mike was also an integral part of founding the Orleans Community Computer
Center. In 1998, the year the computer center opened, Mike received the
Happy Camp High School Community Member of the Year award. He also worked
for the Karuk Tribe of California as the information technology manager.
Over the last 10 years Mike had participated in many organizations and
activities within the community, including but not limited to chief
technician of Slater Butte Translator Company, Happy Camp Action Committee
member, a board member of Happy Camp Health Services, Karuk Community
Development Corporation and Happy Camp Achievement Program.
Mike was a U.S. Marine Corp veteran from Vietnam.
Survivors include his wife, Janice
Trombetta
of Happy Camp; his parents, Ralph Nicholas and Alma
Trombetta
of Bakersfield; brother-in-law, Gary Edmondson of Arcata; sister
and brother-in-law, Terry and Mike Stone of Bakersfield; niece Melissa
Stone; and a nephew, Tim Stone.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Slater Butte Translator
Company, P.O. Box 185, Happy Camp, CA. 96039, Happy Camp Fire Protection
District, P.O. Box 189, Happy Camp, CA. 96039, Happy Camp Volunteer
Ambulance, P.O. Box 596, Happy Camp, CA. 96039, Disabled American
Veterans, or the charity of one's choice.
Allen and Dahl Funeral Chapel in Redding are handling the arrangements.
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