General News

Winnifred (‘Win’) Napier

Winnifred M. Napier died suddenly on Tuesday, August 15 at her home in Ajijic at the age of 96.

Anita W. Labra

Nancy Woods Chaloner

Nancy Woods Chaloner died July 22 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Eliana Maria Herrerias Najera

Eliana Herrerias Najera passed away at the age of 53, April 18, 2017.

Jane M. Payette

Jane M. Payette died Saturday, July 22 from natural causes, at her home in Chapala at the age of 84.

David “Dash” Charles Hammer, 66, passed away, June 14, of complications from a stroke. He was born in 1950 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, the first son of Gilmore and Neva (Eckmann) Hammer. The family moved around Minnesota and South Dakota and finally settled in the small town of Olivia, Minnesota when he entered the third grade. There he met Jeff Vadheim,with whom he became a lifelong friend through a shared passion for stamp collecting. He graduated from high school in Mason City, Iowa. The family moved yet again to Garland, Texas, where Hammer entered Texas A&M Commerce, graduating with a degree in music education. From 1974-1979, Hammer completed his master’s in music history while simultaneously building a brand-new band program in Paris, Texas. 

Richard Freed

Richard Freed, a resident of Roca Azul, Jocotepec, died at home Friday, July 7 at the age of 79, with his wife Rosalind holding his hand.

Robert George Sorensen, father, teacher, friend and, until recently, director of studies at Vancouver Language Centre in Guadalajara, died in Texas, May 25, of liver and kidney failure.